Snow Mercy
The Game
Snow Mercy is the second game from Smashbyte Studios. In it you control an army of snowmen as they vie for dominance on the battlefield. The gameplay has elements of multiplayer shoot-em-ups mixed with army building and real-time-strategy mechanics. Initially aimed for PC release, Smashbyte is also endeavouring to port it to the three main consoles of the current generation; the Sony Play Station 4, Microsoft's X-Box One and the Nintendo Switch.
The Snowman
The snowman was initially concepted by Squid (SmashByte's concept artist) back in 2016. The design was since updated at the start of 2018 leading to my interpretation. It was decided to do the mouth as an animated texture, rather than a geometric shape, so my version does appear mouthless.
During late March 2018 it was decided to give Gloved hands a go on the model, which became my final iterations on the model before I began rigging and animating.
The Snow Mech
In the 2016 version of the game, I helped rig and animate (but not model) a "Snow Mech". Designed to be driven by the smaller snowmen, it would require a walk animation that was exaggerated to look goofy, a melee and ranged attack animation, and a 'death' animation.
