Memo dump: GDC 2018 Art Direction Bootcamp

英文资料只看slide是真不行 试下1.5倍速视频…
所以有个别分上下半场的是怎么回事，主办方偷懒吗？内容还没什么关联…
这篇仅仅是memo dump，不保证信息准确，觉得不错的部分标了粗体。
有兴趣请阅读原文，内容按推荐顺序排列。

A No Nonsense Approach to Designing Robot Dinosaurs

Horizon的设计过程，推荐！

• Sony - Bottom-up structure - Developers->Studio->WWS

• Double diamond design process

• Pitch process

  • develop an epic and cinematic character-driven game franchise with intense action-packed gameplay, strong storytelling, set in a distinct and rich universe
  • the pitches 详见slide，这些一句话pitch还是挺有参考性的
  • recurring themes: Lush, Rich worlds/Bots & Mechs/Fresh, Positive, Humor/Juxtaposition/New experience instead of being better than the competition

• Tech & Nature，acopolyse，post-acopolypse. Horizon is new, blossom over ashes, bright, hopeful view.

• Mystery - what happened? - Create a world of sensitivity and believability

  • THE WORLD WITHOUT US by Alan weisman.
    How trace of humankind disappear.
  • Design the process

• Piller methodoly / key statements of intended experience / take quite a bit of time to craft / mid point of the double diamond design process

  • Environment: Explorer the majestic wilderness growing on the mysterious ruins of a post-post-apocalyptic far-future America where machines have become the dominant lifeform
  • Trible culture: Experience the compelling stories, rich cultures and memorable characters of a tribal mankind and save them from the brink of extinction
    • Use "Intrinsic ideation" to achieve believability
    • "The rule of cool" - add cool stuff on top - destroy believability of any idea
    • GUNS GERMS, AND STEEL by Jared Diamond - culture is all about resources
      • Nora: high mountain woodlands = little agriculture = hunting gathering lifestyle = smaller tribe = less vocational specialization = little trade
    • Layering element. Everything is there for a reason
  • Machines: Hunt lethal, awe-inspiring animalistic machines with your speed, agility and smarts using weapons, gears and traps crafted from their salvaged parts
    • Roleplay the machine design company, at first
    • Review pillar, there are "hunt" and "dominating lifeform"
    • Boston dynamic! Bionics! Arts imitating technology that imitating life

• pitch process一方面从studio内收集idea，一方面采用theme也能让成员做想做的内容

• design process特别是pillar方面的介绍很有可操作性！

• 另外noclip的视频也有一些额外信息

• 总觉得有点超过Art Direction范畴www

• 没Vault账号可以看这里 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g5a5CFGVZE

On Cultures of Shared Creative Ownership

团队建设中的creativity部分。推荐！

• Individual place value | Autonomy(self-government) = Risk
• What -> How -> Why -> Ownership. Add "why" into communication
• Shared ownership principles for individuals : Everything is your business
  • 当想去完成一件事的时候，是不能将责任丢给别人的，得自己站起来请别人协作
  • 如果想要ownership，必须这么做 （深有体会！）
• Your work vs. Whole product | 立足于公共的Vision | 可以去找别人的茬，也会被找茬，所以auto balancing(?)
• Transparency: Everyone's work is visible to everyone at all times !
• Inclusivity: Anyone who is part of the solution should be part of the discussion
• Structure reduces responsibility 减轻risk是没错，但减轻responsibilty的时候同时也削减了ownership
• 用virtual camera + timelapse来观察场景进展这招太先进了，难怪推上会有uncharted 4的timelapse放出来
  • 发现知乎上也有介绍这种技巧的 https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/46320627
• YOU DO NOT NEED PERMISSION TO CARE ！！！
• 80lv有篇报道，DD的视频也不要钱
  https://80.lv/articles/fostering-a-progressive-team-culture-model/
  
• Maximov依然语速飞快…

Artistry in a New Medium: 'Lone Echo' and the Magic of VR

以游戏为背景介绍了VR制作中的挑战以及分享了一些经验技巧

• Content Challenges
  • Very aggressive performance target / 90FPS + Stereo
  • Forgetting what you know / 特别是传统3A制作人员
  • Comfort is king!
• Current gen hand tracking limitations (Touch)
  • Tracks 6DoF for hands and head
  • Limited finger tracking (index, thumb, rest as‘mitt’)
  • No elbow, shoulder, or body tracking
• Use of Negative Space / 字面意思，留白。留给玩家脑补更容易缓解认知上的矛盾
• 太空无重力环境，用grab/pull/push等基本操作来移动也很自然
• 技术力保证了就算是VR环境Visual也很棒
• Olivia（貌似唯一的NPC?）对各种动作进行相应的即时反馈，反过来也帮助确立character
• 两个游戏在交互上基本共通，但因为游戏类型不同在visual上风格有所区别
• VR的玻璃上一定要有花纹！不然会容易一样撞上去
• Low contrast detail以specular/roughness为主，没有normal，保证有detail的同时又comfort
• Q：怎么引导视线？A：本身是基于环境的叙事，而且放弃控制也不坏，例子是随玩家自由看爆炸还是看身边被困的朋友，当然Sound也很有帮助

Inspiring Creativity through Internal Game Jams

内部gamejam的细节和成果

• 内容略有些流水账，一些tips还不错
• Cross discipline 强调多元化
• Artists are being notorious at time management
• Game jams at RIOT: Wednesday ~ Friday. 2 times a year.
• Lesson learned - All artist
  - Team composition matters
  - Work with new people
  - Finishing something is important
  - Producers! (someone pay attention to time, resource, organize people)
• Lesson learned - Magma chamber
  - Sleep is good
  - Player expectation
  - Team size doesn't matter when you have organized people
  - Theme tone can affect work tone (focus on fun) (没必要做成regular work)
• Lesson learned - A pirate map skin
  - Big teams are awesome! (25 people)
  - Prioritizing having fun
  - White board tracking FTW! (比复杂的工具更管用)
  - Yes to all the ideas
  - We can make a tone of content quickly
• Goals shift (基于上面的经验)
  - Make games without over planning
  - Get lots of new people involved
  - Push people out of their comfort zone
• Lesson learned
  - We can make a game with no planning
  - No crunch needed
  - Accelerated learning FTW! (Force people to learn something)
  - This game sucks!
• Lesson learned - 41 people - include HR etc. - A complete game
  - Pixel art is hard mode
  - Part timers welcome
  - The best ideas can come from anyone
  - Anyone can help make games
• Lesson learned - ?? People (even more) - A complete game, and ship it
• Game jams: GGJ https://itch.io/jams http://www.indiegamejams.com/
• Closing thoughts
  - Builds teamwork skills
  - Creative problem solving
  - Time management
  - Fresh perspective
• 每个单独的advice虽然从局外人角度来看起来有点理所当然，
  但这一路learn from fails挺值得学习
• 不仅是发挥creativity还有build confidence
• 白板超级棒！No floating task！
• 把ppt放白板上效果还挺赞的

'Windup': An Animation Feature Quality Rendering in Real-Time

demo的设计和制作上的细节

• 回避（非目标）难点 Avoid difficulty
  • Braid hair -> sort
  • Dark hair -> shading
  • Sweater -> no wrinkle, only weaving pattern
• Hair detail
  • Tileable specular map 256x256
  • Loose hair strands
  • Extra layer to hide repeat pattern 讲道理Tiling用的出神入化…
• Sweater
  • Loose hair cards to break silhouette! 这个思路真的很棒！

Three Steps to Becoming a Better Artist Immediately!

作为Artist的一些基本事项

• Checklist!
  • Don't be a dick | Trust + Respect = Collaboration
  • Stop and think
  • Use reference
• ( Idea + Design + Technique ) -> Tone -> Execution
• There is no generic barrel! Do you fucking homework! Expressive reference!
• 1h for a paint. Use 50min to think, 10min to paint

The Passion Project: Catalyst to Creativity and Cure for the Stagnate

用业余project的形式来提升自己

• Take any opportunity to practice
• Finding the project -> e.g. Make a sketch book
• Observational sketching
• Don’t be shy | Marketing > Solicitation

The Distributed Art Direction of 'Edith Finch'

设计过程介绍。不够详细，而且流程其实挺标准的。

• 因为没有Art Director，所以来的是Technical Art Lead
• concept art -> asset 转化率高得惊人
• Hire people you trust with your design, it's harder to teach taste than technique
• Mechanics affects the art direction? Story object as hook, almost all animations are bespoke

Visual Language of 'Electronauts': An Immersive Sound Based VR Experience

没看懂… 流水账项目介绍，内容略过