BOI Blueprints – Soul Gear
By Kantorek @ May 25, 2010 at 7:10pm
Ever wondered about how a game is actually designed from start to finish? Want to sneak a peek into the minds of the developers and designers of Battle of the Immortals? Enter: BoI Blueprints
BoI Blueprints is a ongoing blog where we connect you straight with the folks responsible for developing and designing the game you know and love.
This week we’ll be looking at a set of Soul Gear, the Prometheus Set. The Prometheus Set is a Magus Soul Gear set that is usable once you hit level 45. This set can be found either by completing the Dragon Emperor Catacombs event/dungeon or killing “The True Dragon Emperor” in the public version of Dragon Emperor Catacombs.
Looking at a few pieces of initial concept art, it’s not hard to see that there’s a lot of detail involved with this set. We has the chance to sit down with Liao (Fruit) Shuiguo, Lead Art Designer on the BoI Development Team and ask her a few questions regarding this amazing set of gear.
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Q: How did you guys come up with the idea to have idle animations for Soul Gear?
A: One day someone on the team designed a staff that had an energy beam extending from it, adding an idle animation to the weapon. Everyone thought it was innovative and creative, so from there on we adapted this concept for all sets of Soul Gear and even some pieces of non-Soul Gear.
Q: What was your main influence when designing this set of armor?
A: The theme for this set is loosely translated as “the Skin of the Crystalline Thunder Monster”. We wanted to create a set that is themed around one of the more powerful low level direct damage skills of the Magus, Lightning.
Q: What aspect of the Prometheus Set do you enjoy the most?
A: The shoulders are my favorite part. Not only just the fact that they move and rotate, but also the lightning effect.
Q: Which part of designing this set took the longest to do?
A: Probably the hardest part of designing this set was keeping the animation in mind when applying the armor to the character models. Designing the set conceptually and in 3D honestly doesn’t take that long. When you start equipping the gear you see a lot of clipping issues that you don’t see during the design process, so most of your time is spent in the implementation stage rather than design.
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Big thanks to Fruit for taking the time and answering some questions for the community at large. To see what all her hard work resulted in, check out the video below!
wyldeblood @ Jun 1st, 2010 9:10PM
its COOL!
tetsuo25sg @ May 29th, 2010 10:58PM
Hey Champs lover yes I agree, champs are pallys, they tank and protect.so they look thick with their hides and they have skills to buff their party. I like em thick and hard looking yeah!
arylos @ May 28th, 2010 10:48PM
how do i redeem this email code for the character creation bonus armor..
pdubs
input the induction code at the character creation screen
mtse
If you are joining the West realm Abyss Use 2580120G030802054004050S3ecfb2 as your Inductor ID during character creation, or if you are below level 30 click the menu bar in-game Func > Induction: What you get: Free newbie gear set, additional rewards as you level, and a friendly helpful Mentor who can answer most any question you have about the game :)
camarenaortiz @ May 28th, 2010 8:43AM
helo como etas
cappox84 @ May 27th, 2010 9:46PM
nice more videos plssss
geraldsw @ May 27th, 2010 4:36PM
and Palmercory why did u steal what i said?!!?!?! Plagiarism u do kno that right?
silenthit
atleast he left your email address in it lol....
palmercorey @ May 27th, 2010 2:29PM
lol
geraldsw
whats funny im telling the truth -.-
dasnumnum
lmfao who gives a fck on a FREE game on FREE forums...god forbid he does it the "Legal" way and puts those 2 dumba$$ little quotaion marks (") (") on either end... just keep your dumba$$ ideas too yourself and let the developers do what they want...ive played SO many MMO's that guarenteed that they listend to thier players and they did till the money started rolling in then they sat back and made patches to fix what had to be fixed...IM SURE the developers dont give a rats a$$ bout ur idea and what ppl at lvl 75 think...give it 2months and there will be lvl 120's and they will work hard to keep them around
palmercorey @ May 27th, 2010 2:28PM
you guys need to make champ 75SG look a lil better i dont think enough time was spent on Chamg SG gear only lvl 60 looks good to me. im just sayin like if champs are going to be the Tanks why not make them look like a human Tank with Bulky armor, thick layer looking armor and stuff like that. not only is the champ SG gear dont look the way its supposed to but ive noticed that the weapons dont match the armor. as an example the lvl 75 champ reg sword and the lvl 75 reg shield dont match what so ever. only the lvl 75 champ SG sword and the lvl 75 reg sheild matches...........explain why is that. my point is that i think more time should of been put into Champs because i think their the most important class they "Protect" and if we do that we must look like we protect as well. but i am injoying the game TY BOI team and PLEASE think about what i said if you read this. and if u want to hear any of my idea i got feel free to contact me via emia, no i dont wana put on forums i think this is a faster way for u guys to see so its williamsgerald21@gmail.com please contact me i have tons of ideas that i think will make an empact on this game well champ gear =] ty guys
teradolp
i totally agree with u the there should be more weapons and armour for each level not just for champs but for every class and there should be more subclasses. it gives players more time to enjoy your game and something to work on cuz that means there are more items that could be bougth for real life money. It would truly make more players happy to have more equipment.
drakethral @ May 27th, 2010 9:35AM
Apreciate all your effort mates, Long live, CHEERS,Chris.
abdosan @ May 27th, 2010 7:06AM
Awesome, thanks for that
f2pelerin2010 @ May 27th, 2010 2:26AM
Awesome, thanks for that.
kingkazzey2 @ May 26th, 2010 5:02PM
how do u play
dopeslang
noob
rangerlovely
how to start this game
bigpunisher69 @ May 26th, 2010 12:13PM
i was ateara sence da public skoo era, bathroom passes,cuttin class and sqeezin aasses,smokin blunts was a daily ruteen sence 13 a chubby nigga on da sene
calumea @ May 26th, 2010 11:41AM
can you please put the Berserker gear on ass well?? Thx
evilhadez @ May 26th, 2010 10:51AM
what is an introduction code?
lordnasre @ May 26th, 2010 7:44AM
i hope the soul gear changes happen when the caractar be in the attack position and the is a calm down position too so it come bk to normal so for Example if i'm in town or in safe play ........ my staff be short and if i attack or get attack it become long & same with all
saxmis @ May 26th, 2010 6:51AM
I like seeing this developement of gear. How may hours are involved in creating these? Very nice indeed.
parkkungkiss @ May 26th, 2010 3:16AM
i want it.
mazaku @ May 25th, 2010 11:36PM
Geraldsw I agree, Champ gear needs to look a lot better, it seems out of the classes to me champ soul gear sets look the least attractive.
madscr3k @ May 25th, 2010 11:30PM
My introduction ID: 4220395G080802080002650S3fdf92
serengeti @ May 25th, 2010 11:01PM
this is going to sound very shallow but what's the deal with upgraded to max weapons?? my lvl 60 sg is +7 and it looks like crrrap,give us some sparkle or shine or whatever and i guarantee you would sell a lot more fortifying stones because every noob would be like ' omg how can i make my weapon shine like that '
lukus333 @ May 25th, 2010 10:51PM
yah, i want some.
geraldsw @ May 25th, 2010 9:43PM
you guys need to make champ 75SG look a lil better i dont think enough time was spent on Chamg SG gear only lvl 60 looks good to me. im just sayin like if champs are going to be the Tanks why not make them look like a human Tank with Bulky armor, thick layer looking armor and stuff like that. not only is the champ SG gear dont look the way its supposed to but ive noticed that the weapons dont match the armor. as an example the lvl 75 champ reg sword and the lvl 75 reg shield dont match what so ever. only the lvl 75 champ SG sword and the lvl 75 reg sheild matches...........explain why is that. my point is that i think more time should of been put into Champs because i think their the most important class they "Protect" and if we do that we must look like we protect as well. but i am injoying the game TY BOI team and PLEASE think about what i said if you read this. and if u want to hear any of my idea i got feel free to contact me via emia, no i dont wana put on forums i think this is a faster way for u guys to see so its williamsgerald21@gmail.com please contact me i have tons of ideas that i think will make an empact on this game well champ gear =] ty guys
xdeadlyxpker
LOL. You really think they will mail you? Haha kinda funny tho!
anastaziaromano @ May 25th, 2010 9:14PM
I have come to take over the world whahahaha Okay not really
kyofubad @ May 25th, 2010 8:55PM
I want!!!!
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