A jump point is a point in space that marks the opening of a traversable wormhole (jump tunnel) that tunnels through interspace and opens to another location, often a different solar system. In their natural state, jump points are nearly invisible to the naked eye. Their discovery has allowed civilizations to cross vast distances in the universe. Known, stabilized jump points are marked off with large structures and usually patrolled to ensure that they have been legally and safely traversed. (from Robert Space Industry’s Galactapedia)
I was responsible for bringing this idea to life. With the help of other Artists and programmers, we made an extraordinary piece of Art that pushed our technical and creative boundaries for Star Citizen. A well-received key part of the gameplay feature by the Players that I am proud to be part of. Trying it yourself is much more fun than just watching some glimpses of it here.
VFX Director: Mike Snowdon
Creative Director: Ian Layland
VFX Concept Artist: Rob Lujan
VFX Programmer: Cieron Matthews
Environment Artist: Jake Dunlop
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Gameplay - Cutlass traversing from the Stanton system to the Pyro system
Jump point in its Dormant state
The Anomaly will react to the ship that starts tuning in and starts to agitate, this makes the anomaly to prepare for opening
The Jump Points Opening - First Person Camera
The Jump Points Opening - 3rd Person Camera
Jump Point Open
Jump Point Closing
Gameplay - Observing the Jump point
Ship Tuning - when the ship is in the range to detect the Anomaly to start the agitation process.
Ship Pulse & Projectile - a projectile containing the gathered energy from the ship will be shot at the agitated anomaly and trigger it to open
Ship Entry
Ship Traveling - Ships will have Jump drive Distortion that has a threshold. If a ship doesn't keep itself in the middle of the tunnel, it will gain distortion damage, and that is being communicated via sound and VFX to the players.
Ship Tunnel Interaction - To help players understand their ship's location in the tunnel (which is usually huge), a distortion element will appear on the tunnel surface when they get near the walls.
Ship Success
Ship Fail - when the Jump Drive distortion gets to its highest point, the ship will be spat out of the tunnel, and depending on where it was in between the two points will warp to the edge of the solar system.
Ship Wake/Push - the anomaly has an antigravitation force around it, and if ships get near the anomaly, they get pushed back via the force
Gameplay - Cutlass traversing from the Pyro system to the Stanton system