Client : HUMXN LLC

HUMXN

HUMXN is a project centered around high fashion, 3D avatars, and NFTs. The project features a unique avatar customization system to customize Humxn characters, photograph them, and trade them on a custom marketplace. HUMXN is a growing project that seeks to integrate new technology into its platform, such as stable diffusion, motion capture, and AI NPC personalities.

Humxn Avatar Customization

My work at HUMXN has involved programming the avatar customization system. This system includes not only avatar customizations such as hair, skin, clothes, makeup, and accessories. It also includes camera controls, environment switching, poses, animations, screen capture features, and more.
The user interface shown in this video is an HTML overlay for the game that is being pixel-streamed to the website. I designed a WebSocket API that can send JSON code to Unreal, parse it to C++ commands, update the game in real-time, and send JSON code back through the Websocket. The web development team used my API to call all the in-game operations and customization functions seen in this video to update the character, environment, and other settings.

Contributions

The HUMXN project is a collaborative effort, and my role for this team was to be the lead Unreal Engine developer. When I joined the team, their prototype had all the logic for the game crammed into a single blueprint. I worked for two months to re-code the game from scratch and document the project. As the lead developer, I have added new features and customization options to the experience.
Some of the work I've done for HUMXN includes custom APIs for web communication, game programming, UI/UX programming, interaction design, custom in-editor tools and menus, shader and material creation, AI NPC integration, 3D asset library management, and implementation.

Controller Support

I was responsible for all I was responsible for all input interaction programming and building all development and release builds for HUMXN. I designed controller support for the main game, galleries, and other events.

Custom In-Engine Tools

I've made many custom tools for the HUMXN project to support the artists and creatives working on the project. I've made tools for generating the thumbnail images for the HTML interface and rendering every mintable configuration of a humxn character. I've made tools for creating pre-rendered animation with humxn characters and more.

The tool shown in this image is an in-engine avatar customization menu. It has the same avatar customizations you get in the game but with the benefit of executing real-time in the Unreal editor. This tool has been used for creating promotional videos, still renders, and much more.

HUMXN with inworld Integration

Over the years of working on HUMXN, I have made various demos, integrated experimental tools, and created prototypes. In this example, I integrated the inworld API into the project to link the characters with AI. Not only that, but I also made a custom tool to make the NPCs hold a conversation with each other.

I wrote a script with a menu that can adjust settings to drive the conversation. It decides who will respond next, tracks the conversation, and allows you to provide an initial topic prompt. This system can have up to three AI NPCs holding a conversation at once.

Humxn on the Cover of Ocean Drive Magazine

Shane Griff, one of the founders of HUMXN, used the HUMXN project to create the first ever digital cover for Ocean Drive Magazine.

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