This game is being developed by MASA Studios, in partnership with MAXART.
I’m lead artist, and I’ve dedicated my time to developing the main playable character, Roo-ver; including modelling, rigging, texturing and animating, along with in-engine implementation in Unity.
If you’d like to follow along with the development of A Rover’s Journey, click here!
A Rover’s Journey is now on Steam!
Roo-ver’s in-engine laser arm setup utilises a multi-aim, and two bone IK constraints, which targets the player’s cursor. Damped transforms are applied to create a smoothing effect as the laser arm pivots.
His rocker-bogie suspension functions similarly, with multi-aim constraints targeting anchors attached to the wheel centres. These anchors are parented to and move with Unity’s built-in wheel colliders, creating an effective visual simulation of working supsension.
Roo-ver has a ‘boost metre’, which is fueled by ‘power cells’. I modelled, textured, and implemented these in-engine; an emissive map makes them glow against the environment!
Development Period:
February 2026 – Ongoing
Producer:
Max Kennedy
Art & Animation:
Piper Jarvinen, Lead
Audrey Dai
Design:
Takuma Aoki, Lead
Lachlan Taylor
Acelin Berthelot
Software:
Ben Worton, Lead
Tris Rose
Eva Haraguchi
