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Wholesome cat game (2021)

Soji Lovers (2020)

Black Orlov (2021)

Max Escape (2021)

planet of the ants (2022)

Wholesome cat game (2021)

Wholesome Cat Game is a 3D environment built in the Unity engine. Play as a husband cat who decides to run errands for his tired wife. Explore the busy market and interact with various cat characters.Models, animations, textures, and concepts by Carrie Grella.

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black orlov (2021)

The Black Orlov is an extremely valuable gem passed between many wealthy owners. After breaking into a patron's home in search of the diamond, a thief discovers the curse behind the gem.Black Orlov (2021) is a 2D point-and-click adventure game. Character art, objects, title screen, CGs, backgrounds, and animations are by Carrie Grella.

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planet of the a.n.t.s. (2022)

Planet of the A.N.T.S. (2022) is a top-down real-time strategy game. The player controls a colony of ants, building structures and fighting the enemy colony. To win, the player must kill the enemy queen and ensure their queen's survival.

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Character art, models, rigs and animations were made by Carrie Grella. Planet of the A.N.T.S. uses a custom-built rig for all ant classes. The rig was made on Maya.

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Soji Lovers (2020)

The cleanest dating sim around! Soji Lovers is a dating simulator featuring various cleaning products. Character art for Dick, Dan, and Charming by Carrie Grella. Background art by Carrie Grella and Hannah Belan.

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DICK AND DAN

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Max Escape (2021)

Max Escape (2021) by Carrie Grella is a visual novel where players must interact with various real-life objects and sensors in order to help the young girl escape the old house. The game was demonstrated in IMGD 3200 in Fall 2021. The following link is a video demonstration and explanation for how it was developed.

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Rigs of Color (2021), a year-long Major Qualifying Project by Carrie Grella and Hannah Belan, aimed to bring diversity to websites hosting accessible 3D character rigs. Animators, hobbyists, and animation students download and use paid or free rigs from these websites. Unfortunately, the rigs available on these sites tend to lack ethnic and cultural diversity; most rigs are white or non-human in nature. This lack of representation for other ethnic backgrounds inspired the Rigs of Color (2021) project.
All models were designed by the student team or inspired by other artists' stylized concept art. The characters were fully modeled, clothed, and painted by the Rigs of Color (2021) team.
This project is expected to inspire other artists to create their own diverse rigs and animators to create content with more representation.

Each team member made 6 character models.