Andy Xiao

creative technologist

All work

inFAMOUS

Sucker Punch Productions, Bellevue, WA. September 2010–February 2013.

Vehicles, props and environments for Second Son on PS4. Gameplay, cinematic and user-generated-content assets for inFAMOUS 2.

inFAMOUS: Second Son

Sucker Punch, PS4, 2014

  • Vehicles
    • Most of the game's vehicles
    • Shader R&D
    • Modeling workflow and texture-set planning
    • Gameplay rigging
  • Props. Modular prop sets for Seattle.

Vehicles

APC

  • D.U.P. armored transport
  • D.U.P. armored transport on a city street
  • The APC beside a fire at night
  • The APC at night, its red lights on
  • The APC's front at night, headlights on
  • APC, studio render
  • APC wireframe

Hatchback

  • Red hatchback on a street
  • Hatchback with its doors and hatch open
  • Hatchback at dusk, headlights on
  • Hatchback at dusk, from behind
  • Hatchback, studio render
  • Hatchback wireframe

Hummer

  • Red and black versions
  • Red Hummer on a street
  • Hummer with its doors and hood open
  • Black version of the Hummer
  • Hummer at night with its doors open
  • Hummer with roof lights, studio render
  • Hummer wireframe

Pickup

  • Red pickup on a street
  • Pickup with its doors and tailgate open
  • Pickup at night, headlights on
  • Pickup at night, from behind
  • Pickup, studio render

Sedan

  • Red sedan on a street
  • Sedan with its hood and doors open
  • Sedan at night, headlights on
  • Sedan at dusk with its hood open
  • Sedan, studio render
  • Sedan wireframe

SUV

  • Red SUV on a street
  • SUV with its doors open
  • SUV at dusk, headlights on
  • SUV at dusk with its hood and doors open
  • SUV at night, tail lights on

Van

  • Graffiti version
  • Red van on a street
  • Van with its doors open
  • Van with graffiti
  • Van at dusk, headlights on
  • Van at night

Lineup

  • Three cars side by side, in daylight
  • The three cars at dusk
  • The three cars at night

Engine and parts kit

  • Parts shared across the vehicles
  • Engine bay under an open hood
  • Engine assembly, studio render
  • Shared parts: seats, wheels and engine pieces

Texture sheets

  • Tiling texture sets with their normal maps
  • Panel texture set with its normal map
  • The panel texture on a test wall
  • Tread texture set with its normal map
  • The tread texture on a test wall
  • Gauges and dials texture set with its normal map
  • The gauges and dials on a test wall

Props

Delsin’s chain

  • Delsin’s signature chain
  • Delsin's chain at full length
  • The chain's links, close up
  • The chain from another angle

D.U.P. fences

  • Modular fence panels with D.U.P. graphics
  • Fence generator
  • Fence panels set in a zigzag
  • Fence panel with the D.U.P. eagle
  • Fence panels reading LET US HELP
  • Fence panels reading SAFETY, SECURITY, PEACE, TRUST
  • Fence generator on a street

Checkpoints

  • Pedestrian checkpoint with gates
  • Vehicle checkpoint booth
  • Pedestrian checkpoint with gates
  • Pedestrian checkpoint at night
  • Checkpoint gates, close up
  • Vehicle checkpoint booth
  • Booth equipment and a generator

Lighting

  • Light rig
  • Panning and reflector spotlights
  • Strobe light
  • Light rig truss
  • The light rig lit at night
  • The light rig at dusk
  • Panning spotlight
  • Reflector spotlights
  • Strobe light glowing at night

Jumbotron

  • Mobile screen trailer
  • Jumbotron trailer
  • The jumbotron trailer from another side

Towers and scaffolding

  • Modular towers and platforms
  • Modular scaffolding towers
  • Rooftop antennas and platforms
  • Scaffolding pieces
  • Modular truss set
  • A tower in the city, from below

Street props

  • Mailbox, newspaper boxes, dumpster
  • Gas meters, security camera, barriers
  • Generator and crates
  • Newspaper boxes and a trash can
  • Mailbox on a street
  • Dumpster
  • Gas meters
  • Security camera
  • Roadie barrier cases
  • Barricades, a speaker and a hand truck
  • Generator on a street
  • Crates and a D.U.P. container
  • Industrial machine at night

inFAMOUS 2 and Festival of Blood

Sucker Punch, PS3, 2011

  • Assets
    • Gameplay, cinematic and user-generated-content props
    • Tiling textures with unique decals
    • ZBrush sculpting
  • User-generated content. Rigging and scripting support.
  • Cutscenes. Environments for motion-capture cutscenes.

Props

Blast core and blast shard

  • Blast core in many in-game cinematics
  • Blast shards across New Marais
  • ZBrush sculpting
  • Blast core, glowing violet
  • Blast core from another side
  • A character holding a blast core, in game
  • Two blast shards

Conduit container

  • In Bertrand’s warehouse, shipping pre-made soldiers
  • Conduit containers with glass chambers

Nuke

  • Original model by John Germann
  • Nuclear missile on a transport truck
  • The nuke on its truck at a checkpoint, in game

Mortar

  • Militia gameplay asset for set pieces
  • Mortar
  • A militiaman firing the mortar, in game

Oil well and cap

  • Mission asset
  • Well cap modeled by John Germann
  • Oil well cap
  • The well cap in game
  • The oil well on fire, in game

Prison cars

  • Militia parade mission
  • Second car converted into militia transport
  • Prison car on a street
  • Prison car carrying militia

Ray Field Inhibitor

  • Key prop in motion-capture cutscenes and character set pieces
  • Ray Field Inhibitor, two views
  • A character holding the inhibitor, in a cutscene
  • A character holding the glowing inhibitor
  • The inhibitor in pieces
  • The inhibitor's beams in a cutscene

RFI generator

  • Gameplay and motion-capture cutscenes
  • RFI generator machine
  • RFI generator from another side
  • Characters at the RFI generator, in a cutscene
  • A character beside the RFI generator

Sci-fi props

  • Gameplay and motion-capture cutscenes
  • Sci-fi console and lockers
  • Sci-fi chamber in a frosted tank
  • Sci-fi crates and canisters
  • Pods and canisters
  • Sci-fi props dressing a scene

Power transfer device

  • Motion-capture cutscenes
  • Transfers superpowers
  • Power transfer device with spherical chambers
  • The device from another side
  • The device firing, in a cutscene
  • Power transfer device, full view

Exploding trolley

  • Trolley modeled and textured by Isaiah Sherman
  • Trolley rigged to explode
  • The trolley in game

Turret

  • Player turret, in game and in cutscenes
  • Base model by John Hall
  • Mounted turret with a shield
  • Turret from the side
  • Turret from behind

Other props

  • Gameplay, mission and cutscene props
  • Binoculars
  • Characters with binoculars, in game
  • Glowing crate
  • Body bags
  • Briefcase, open and closed
  • Medical boxes
  • Radio on a table, with an antenna
  • The radio in game
  • Safe, open and closed
  • Target on a tripod
  • A character beside the tripod target
  • Dumpster in an alley

Environments

Sacrificial altar

  • Built by New Marais natives to appease the swamp monsters
  • Swamp altar lit by hanging lanterns
  • The altar at night

Boxcar

  • Environment for motion-capture cutscenes
  • Boxcar interior
  • Boxcar interior, toward the door
  • Jukebox in the boxcar
  • Characters in the boxcar, in a cutscene
  • Characters around the jukebox, in a cutscene

Crashed helicopter

  • Environment for motion-capture cutscenes
  • Crashed helicopter on a rooftop
  • The wreck from the front
  • The wreck from above
  • The cockpit and rotor
  • A character at the wreck at night, in a cutscene
  • The wreck at night

Dr. Wolfe’s lab

  • His destroyed lab, for motion-capture cutscenes
  • Additional debris by Jeff Lester
  • Destroyed laboratory
  • The lab's wreckage over the water

Zeke’s rooftop

  • Zeke’s hideout, in gameplay and cutscenes
  • Additional dressing by Jamie Burton
  • ZBrush sculpting
  • Rooftop hideout with couches
  • The hideout from above
  • Worn leather couch