DMU Game Art Christmas Quiz 2024

Santa needs to have 9 reindeer to pull his sleigh. He wants to use instancing to cut costs but still include Rudolph. How should he setup his sleigh?

• Assemble the reindeer modularly, piece by piece

• Instance 8 times, have a unique reindeer for Rudolph

• Instance all reindeer 9 times.

What type of map should Santa assign to control the intensity of Rudolph's glowing nose?

• Normal Map

• Emissive map

• Roughness map

Santa needs to have 12 variations of colour for his presents, what should he do?

• Make a material primitive to change the colour per mesh

• A different material instance for each colour

• Texture different colours in varying UV islands

Why is the North Pole split into chunks?

• It’s easier to draw on a map

• You might get lost

• To cut rendering cost down

Mrs Clause wants to keep rendering costs down. How many tris should Santa’s beard have? (He is using hair cards.)

• 30,000+

• 10,000

• 80,000

Some of the elves have incorrect channel packed their maps. What should the Green channel contain?

• Ambient Occlusion

• Metallic

• Roughness

Which parts of the Christmas tree set up by Santa ARE NOT modular?

• Baubles

• Star atop the tree

• Tinsel

Which UV islands should be larger for Santa?

• Boots

• Face

• Clothing sheet

Why should Santa leave more space on his UV sheets for the name tags on the presents?

• To make the text more readable

• To make the text more colourful

• To make the text smaller

How should Santa apply snow to the roof of his house in the North Pole?

• Material instancing for parts of roof

• Primitive data per shingle

• Vertex painting in engine