LUTUM!
Created by Julia Fernandez
LUTUM! is an interactive computer-based experience made entirely out of clay. Inspired by point-and-click media throughout history LUTUM! Is an experiment in using analog methods in a digital space. In the space, users are greeted by the main character, a clay figure representative of myself, in her apartment. Users are prompted to accomplish various tasks such as cleaning her room. LUTUM! pushes the limitations of clay as a digital medium, re-imagines early stop-motion media, and contributes to the contemporary conversation surrounding claymation as an art form and avenue for interactivity. Since its earliest origin in the 1926 film, Long Live the Bull, claymation has charmed the world as plasticine manipulates our perception of reality. While Gumby, Wallace, and Gromit have remained some of the world's most beloved cartoon icons, stop motion has lost popularity due to the tedious nature of its production as media technologies especially as new VFX and CGI technologies improve. In an effort to revive claymation as a relevant medium, all of the game assets are made out of plasticine clay, programmed in Unity, and stop-motion animated in DragonFrame.
This is the progress I have made so far and it may or may not work! Try it anyways!
CREDITS & THANKS
I couldn’t have done it without the help and support of the IMA faculty, friends and family.
IMA Professor
Christina Dacanay
Graduate Assistants
Tinrey Wang
Alexandra Palocz
3D Scanning
Webb Hunt
Unity Knowledge
Sarah Rothberg
Music
Noah Cote
https://www.instagram.com/noahcotee/?hl=en
SFX
Ethan O’Donovan
Photography Resources
Noah Pivnik
ITP Documentation Lab
Carter Beardmore
Playtesters
Isabelle Rieken
Webb Hunt
Ethan O’Donovan
George Gildersleeve
Bailey Foltz
XY Zhou
Max Chu
Elliot Wright
Aidan Massie
Bailey Foltz
Shiva Viswanathan
Status | In development |
Platforms | HTML5 |
Rating | Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | jaf765 |
Tags | adventure-creator, Animation, claymation, Point & Click, stop-motion, Unity, unity2d |
Comments
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Great job! I wish the game was longer
So cool! I want to see more!
That was surely a beatiful short experience, loved the style so much!