We were given the task of creating some form of gamification aspect for our Npower App/Experience. Our first thought was to make something really simplistic like a happy house or a sad house depending on energy use but that was definately not enough. So we came up with something that would get the customer to think about the environment being in direct relationship with their energy use. First we thought about having themes like save the rainforest or prevent the icecaps from melting. THis was a bit out of my current animation skills so I tried to simplify it a little. My first idea was to link their consumption to the melting of an iceberg, So that the less energy that they use the less of the iceberg melts, we could introduce other elements like a grass growing or a tree growing ….We could then compare that household with the other Npower clients and whoever has saved the most energy/money on their bill percentage wise would win a prize…either money off a bill or some energy saving device. Here is my first attempt at animating a melting iceberg created in C4D. I am struggling with making a realistic iceberg material and shade. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Here are some screenshots and a link to the first draft render. https://vimeo.com/121132886
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