Andy Xiao

creative technologist

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Past projects: Requiem, and earlier 3D and 2D work.

Requiem

2017–2024

  • Twin-stick shooter and new IP, built solo in Unreal 4 with Blueprints
  • Planning, art, design, engineering
  • Everything in the trailer made from scratch, including VFX, shaders and animation
  • Shipped to a closed beta on Steam

Trailer

Systems

  • Talent tree, weapon loot, item perks, unlockable skills, level progression
  • Steam leaderboards and stat tracking
  • All systems in Blueprints

Props

Twin crossbow

  • Modeled in Maya
  • Unfinished
  • Twin crossbow, high-poly render
  • Twin crossbow from the side, high-poly render

NLT-9 flood light tower

  • Aska NLT-9 mobile flood light tower, from photo references
  • 1,500 triangles
  • 1024 diffuse, normal and specular maps
  • Two NLT-9 flood light towers, textured
  • NLT-9 generator unit, close up
  • Two NLT-9 towers, untextured
  • NLT-9 towers, wireframe
  • NLT-9 diffuse, normal and specular maps
  • NLT-9 towers in the viewport
  • NLT-9 tower with its mast raised

UNSC propane field generator

  • Halo's propane field generator
  • 1,796 polygons
  • 768 diffuse and specular maps, 1024 normal map
  • 384 decal diffuse and alpha
  • Propane field generator presentation sheet: renders and texture maps
  • Propane field generator, high-poly render, front
  • Propane field generator, high-poly render, back

Sci-fi textures

  • Tileable, inspired by Unreal Tournament and Dead Space
  • High-poly models built and baked in 3ds Max, textured in Photoshop
  • 1024 diffuse, normal, specular and specular power maps
  • Ribbed sci-fi wall panel with its maps
  • Square sci-fi panels with their maps
  • Sci-fi trim strip with its maps
  • Grated sci-fi wall with its maps
  • Riveted sci-fi panels with their maps
  • Sci-fi wall with mossy vents, with its maps

MK 5 flare gun

  • British MK 5 flare gun
  • 2,276 triangles
  • 2048 diffuse, normal, specular and specular power maps
  • MK 5 flare gun and flare, high-poly render
  • MK 5 flare gun, textured, from the side
  • MK 5 flare gun, textured, from the front
  • MK 5 flare gun, open and closed
  • MK 5 flare gun and flare, wireframe
  • MK 5 flare gun texture maps

FN FAL

  • High-poly model by Mark Dedecker
  • Game mesh, UV unwrap and textures
  • 6,894 triangles
  • 2048 diffuse, normal, specular and specular power maps
  • FN FAL rifle, side view
  • FN FAL receiver and magazine, close up
  • FN FAL, three-quarter view
  • FN FAL in first-person view
  • FN FAL, assembled and taken apart
  • FN FAL, wireframe
  • FN FAL in Unreal Engine
  • FN FAL in first-person view, in Unreal Engine
  • FN FAL texture maps

M79 grenade launcher

  • High-poly model and game mesh by Mark Dedecker
  • Game mesh optimization, UV unwrap and textures
  • M79 grenade launcher, side view
  • M79, three-quarter view
  • M79 from below, sight raised
  • M79 sight, close up
  • M79 in first-person view
  • M79 on grey, side view
  • M79 texture maps

Sci-fi doorway

  • Exercise inspired by Halo 3
  • Modeled in 3ds Max, textured in Photoshop
  • 332 triangles
  • 1024 diffuse and normal maps
  • Sci-fi doorway, three-quarter view
  • Sci-fi doorway from the side
  • Sci-fi doorway, front view
  • Sci-fi doorway, wireframe
  • Sci-fi doorway diffuse and normal maps

Destructible barrier

  • Exercise in a 3ds Max to ZBrush workflow for destroyed props
  • Concrete barrier, intact
  • Barrier broken in two
  • Barrier shattered into pieces
  • Intact and shattered barriers
  • Barrier, wireframe
  • Barrier diffuse and normal maps

Guitar

  • 967 triangles
  • Diffuse, normal and specular maps
  • Demonic guitar, front
  • Guitar body, close up
  • Guitar from the side
  • Guitar, wireframe
  • Guitar texture maps
  • Guitar on a floor

Steamer trunk

  • 235 triangles
  • Diffuse, normal and specular maps
  • Steamer trunk
  • Trunk, front
  • Trunk, wireframe
  • Trunk diffuse and normal maps

Desk

  • 400 triangles
  • Diffuse, normal and specular maps
  • Wooden desk
  • Desk, front
  • Desk, wireframe
  • Desk diffuse and normal maps
  • Desks in a scene, in the editor
  • Desks in a scene, another view

Blade of Fel Empowerment

  • 710 triangles
  • Diffuse and specular maps
  • Blade of Fel Empowerment
  • Blade from the side
  • Blade, wireframe
  • Blade diffuse and specular maps

Hammer

  • Too Human style
  • Sci-fi hammer
  • Hammer head, close up
  • Hammer from the side
  • Hammer head, face on
  • Hammer, wireframe
  • Hammer texture maps

Machete

  • Too Human style
  • Machete
  • Machete handle
  • Machete blade
  • Machete grip

Incinerator

  • Too Human style
  • Incinerator canister
  • Incinerator, back
  • Incinerator, side
  • Incinerator front panel
  • Incinerator, wireframe

Hypo-spray

  • Too Human style
  • Hypo-spray
  • Hypo-spray, other side
  • Hypo-spray, close up
  • Hypo-spray, wireframe
  • Hypo-spray, wireframe, another angle

Futuristic flare gun

  • Model by Trevor Sommer
  • Futuristic flare gun with a flare
  • Flare gun, three-quarter view
  • Flare gun, back
  • Flare gun, other side
  • Flare gun drum, close up
  • Flare gun, wireframe

VW Beetle

  • VW Beetle, front three-quarter view
  • VW Beetle from the side
  • VW Beetle from above
  • VW Beetle, front

Environments

Dilapidated building

  • Model by Sucker Punch Productions
  • 90% tileable textures, made in Photoshop
  • Normal maps from 3ds Max, ZBrush and the NVIDIA normal map plugin
  • Lit, UV unwrapped and rendered in 3ds Max
  • Dilapidated building with a water tower
  • Building from above
  • Building's storefront, close up
  • Building wall with a fire escape
  • Building corner with a fire escape
  • Building on its street corner
  • Building's tileable textures

Sci-fi hallway

  • Six unique textures, from the sci-fi texture set
  • Modular pieces built in 3ds Max
  • Design influenced by Unreal Tournament 3 and Mass Effect
  • Sci-fi hallway in orange light
  • Sci-fi hallway in purple light
  • Hallway pillar and arches
  • Hallway, looking down its length
  • Hallway in cool light
  • Hallway, lighting only
  • Hallway in game, with a player
  • Hallway in game, another angle
  • Hallway's modular pieces

Orc slaughter house

  • Modeled in 3ds Max
  • Diffuse and specular textures hand painted in Photoshop
  • World of Warcraft art style
  • Orc slaughter house, outside
  • Slaughter house, inside
  • Slaughter house entrance
  • Slaughter house, outside, other side
  • Slaughter house, inside, with lanterns
  • Slaughter house props
  • Slaughter house inside, in the viewport
  • Slaughter house outside, in the viewport
  • Slaughter house textures

Unreal Engine 3 levels

Gears of War editor

SP-Skate

  • Grunge and punk skate park
  • Modeled in Maya, textured in Photoshop, scripted in the Gears of War editor
  • Played as two civilians (Epic Games' models and animations)
  • Warehouse skate park
  • Ramp with graffiti
  • Ramps along the wall
  • Quarter pipe
  • Graffiti ramp, close up
  • Skate park in game
  • Two players in the skate park
  • Skate park from above
  • Skate park, lighting only
  • Half pipe, lighting only

SP-Sewer

  • Modeled in 3ds Max
  • Hand-painted and photo-sourced textures
  • Animated and physics meshes in gameplay
  • Round sewer chamber from above
  • Sewer chamber with lamps
  • Sewer chamber, pipes and a barrel
  • Scaffold tower in the sewer
  • Sewer shaft, looking up
  • Sewer walkway
  • Sewer scaffolding
  • Sewer floor with lamps
  • Sewer in game
  • Sewer in game, by a lamp
  • Sewer in game, by a steam vent
  • Sewer, lighting only

SP-Parking

  • Modeled in Maya, textured in Photoshop
  • Animated with Kismet and Matinee
  • Parking lot with a billboard and a bus
  • Wrecked bus by a fence
  • Parking lot at night
  • Parking lot under a street lamp
  • Bus from above
  • Billboard of a cat over a brick wall
  • Parking lot in game
  • Player by the bus
  • Bus in game, with motion blur
  • Parking lot, lighting only

SP-Basement

  • Small room for texturing
  • Modeled in Maya, textured in Photoshop
  • About 3,500 triangles with all props
  • Basement doorway and pillar
  • Basement wall and door
  • Basement fuse box
  • Basement laundry room
  • Washing machines
  • Basement corridor
  • Fuse box, close up
  • Basement in game
  • Laundry room in game
  • Basement corridor in game
  • Basement, lighting only

2D

Digital paintings

Textures

Sketches