Conference
2017 TGDF Notes: Visual Design Notes from Qubot
Speaker | Qubit Games | Louis Lu
Louis Lu has worked on several well-known games in Taiwan and overseas. He is a co-founder and art director of Qubit Games.
─ Excerpted from TGDF official
These are personal notes and may not fully represent the original speaker’s intent.
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Game case: Qubot Pixel Fighter
Everything starts here
Players created robots through SpaceQube.
Homemade engine
LynxEngine supports dynamic voxel computation, using 3D pixels as the visual foundation.
Visual performance challenges
Style concept sketches
Game prototype
Finalized style test
Later polish and visual refinement
Development schedule
- After testing, the response in Japan was strong, so the team planned development for the Japanese market.
- Because the game was similar to Monster Strike, the gameplay was significantly revised.
Web version mecha editor
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