Skylar & Plux: Adventure On Clover Island

Skylar & Plux: Adventure On Clover Island
Developer: Right Nice Games Publisher: Grip Digital Platforms: Windows, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 Released internationally: May 19, 2017 This game has unused enemies. This game has unused objects. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused models. This game has unused cinematics.

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

To do: Find a way to look at animations and blueprint code so we can expand the JumpPad and Unused Enemies sections.

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: There's evidence of demo content in the game's files, but it is yet to be ripped and properly looked at.

Skylar & Plux: Adventure On Clover Island is a 3D Platformer inspired by sixth-generation platformers such as the Ratchet & Clank series and the Jak and Daxter series.

Unused Models

Character Models

• Early models of both Skylar and Plux exist in the game's files, each with two different textures. Both of these models can be seen in the March 17, 2016 teaser trailer, but only one of each texture variant is seen (The variant with the yellower fur for Skylar, and the white-feathered Plux). Speaking of Plux, several of his files, including the early model and textures, are labelled as "Flaxx" in the game's files, suggesting he had a different name early in development.
  • The file path to Skylar's early model is:

    /Game/Characters/new_character/new_char_bindpose.uasset

    • The file path to Skylar's early textures are:

      /Game/Characters/new_character/mat

      and

      /Game/Characters/new_character/mat/texv2

  • The file path to Plux's early model is:

    /Game/Characters/FLAXX/owl_mesh_rigg_02.uasset

    • The file path to Plux's early textures is:

      /Game/Characters/FLAXX/FLAXX_material

Jump Pad

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: There's a blueprint file for thing in /Game/Blueprints/Gimmicks/BP_UT4JumpPad.uasset. Might be more than just an unused model.

• An unused model of something called the Jump Pad, also known as the Trampoline exists in

  /Game/Meshes/Mesh_jump_Pad_unreal.uasset

  .
  • Its textures can be found in

    /Game/Textures/

    , files prefixed with Trampoline, suffixed with A, E, O, M, N, or R, depending on the type of map.

Speed Sphere

• Part of the unused Speed Sphere, specifically its balance ring, exists in

  /Game/Meshes/Mesh_speedsphere_balancering.uasset

  .
  • Its textures can be found in

    /Game/Textures/

    files prefixed with SpeedSphere, suffixed with A, E, O, M, N, or R, depending on the type of map.

Unused Textures

Character Textures

Skylar Armour Early Texture

• There is an unused texture for Skylar's armour. Compared to the final, it is a darker, duller colour and has less noticeable detail.
  • The path to this texture is

    /Game/Characters/FinalSkylar/Material_textures/Skylar_armor_Base_Color

• 

  The texture in question.

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  A render of both the final (right) and the early colouration (left).

Unused Lo'a Texture

• There is an unused texture for the Lo'a NPCs found throughout the game.
  • The file path to this texture is:

    /Game/Characters/NPC/textures/lambert1_Base_Color.uasset

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  The texture in question.

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  A render of both the final (left) and the unused variant (right).

Unused Milo Colour Variants

• A character by the name of Milo appears in CRT's Citadel: Core of the Moon as a prop, alongside a golden game cartridge, presumably as an Easter egg. Interestingly enough, Skylar's animations are also prefixed with "Milo", suggesting that this character was a very early design for Skylar. Milo appears with an orange and blue texture in the final game, but has two other unused textures.
  • The file paths to Milo's unused textures are:

    /Game/Characters/Milo/Hen_v3_texture

    and

    /Game/Characters/Milo/Hen_v3_texture/MILO_OR

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  All three Milo variants; the middle one appears in the final game.

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  A white and green variant of Milo's texture.

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  A red and orange variant of Milo's texture.

HUD Textures

BigDemoHUDe

• Contained in the folder

  /Game/HUD/BigDemoHUD

  are several HUD textures, presumably for a demo as the file path suggests.

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  An empty Gadget Icon.

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  Presumably a placeholder icon for the Swing Hook.

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  Another icon for the Swing Hook. In the final, the Swing Hook has no icon.

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  An icon for the Crushing Ball, suggesting it was a gadget at one point rather than a stage element.

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  An icon with a question mark within.

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  An early icon for the Time Orb.

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  Labeled as "GadgetPickupBorder" in the files.

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  Labeled as "Talkbox_FLAXX" in the files, suggesting this would show up whenever Plux speaks. Interestingly, Plux's model in this image is the brown-feathered variant of his early model.

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  Labeled as "Talkbox CRT" in the files, suggesting this would show up whenever the main antagonist CRT speaks. In this image is an early design of CRT, which can also be seen in the GDC 2016 Gameplay Demo.

NEW_HUD

• Contained in the folder

  /Game/HUD/NEW_HUD/

  are some unused images.

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  An image of the Crushing Ball, a stage element in the level CRT's Citadel. It appears to have a different texture than in the final.

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  Text saying "The Crushing Ball".

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  An image of something called the Jump Pad. The Jump Pad doesn't seem to appear anywhere in the final game.

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  Text saying "The Jump Pad".

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  An image of something called the Speed Sphere. This doesn't seem to appear anywhere in the final game.

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  Text saying "The Speed Sphere".

JakobCleanHUD

• Contained in the folder

  /Game/HUD/JakobCleanHUD

  are the final HUD assets, but one is unused: Another Gadget image for the Crushing Ball, further suggesting that it was at one point, a Gadget.

Speed Sphere Textures

• Contained in

  /Game/Textures/

  are textures for the unused Speed Sphere.

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  Speed Sphere Albedo.

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  Speed Sphere Emissive Map.

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  Speed Sphere Metallic Map.

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  Speed Sphere Normal Map.

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  Speed Sphere Roughness Map.

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  Speed Sphere Opacity Map.

Unused Cutscenes

An unused, alternate version of the intro cutscene exists in:

SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Skylar & Plux Adventure On Clover Island\CloverIsland\Content\Movies

It's very similar to the final, the only noticeable differences being the first few lines of dialogue being in the voice of Skylar's arm, the location being listed as "The Ocean Moon Lo" rather than "CRT's Space Station", and having no subtitles.

Unused Enemies

Enemy_Large

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: This guy definitely has animations, and may have blueprint code left over. Please take a look at it.

• In

  /Game/Characters/Enemies/EnemyLarge/Enemy_Large_Bindpose.uasset

  exists a large robotic enemy that doesn't appear in gameplay, but does appear in the game's second 2D cutscene.
  • Textures are found in

    /Game/Characters/Enemies/EnemyLarge/EnemyLargeMat

    .

PizzaBot

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: This guy has AI code and a blueprint in his folder, as well as animations. Please take a look at it. Also what the hell is "TurretDankAsFuck.uasset" under this guy's folder? We MUST know!

• In

  /Game/Characters/Enemies/PizzaBot/Enemy_Rig_Skin.uasset

  is another unused robot enemy, seemingly known as PizzaBot based on the folder name. This one doesn't seem to appear at all. Furthermore, in

  /Game/Meshes

  are individual, unrigged body part meshes prefixed "Mesh_Robot_destruction_" and suffixed with either "arm", "leg" or "Body" depending on the part.
  • Textures are found in

    /Game/Textures/

    , prefixed with "T_Robot" and suffixed with A, E, M, N, O, or R depending on the texture map.

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  The PizzaBot.

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  The PizzaBot's arm.

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  The PizzaBot's leg.

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  The PizzaBot's body.