Description

My original concept was to create a farm environment for a survival shooter style game where you fight waves of alien soldiers using musical objects. I was aiming to use stylized colors and shapes and have environmental assets be constructed from repurposed materials.

Reflection

I deviated from my original concept when it came to the specific design of certain elements. I didn’t have the skill or time to get a lot of things right. For example, I used mostly pre-packaged substance materials for my assets. My lack of experience with Substance Designer and creating custom textures compromised the tone I was aiming for. Also, I had to simplify the concept for my enemy character because I didn’t have enough experience with hard surface modeling which the character required for the components that made it interesting.

Even though I had to simplify my project, I’m surprised the overall feel of the environment was close to what I was hoping to achieve considering the time and my experience with maya. I’m also surprised that I was able to decide on a concept that interested me enough to remain motivated even through the frustrating parts of the pipeline. Although, I wish my final submission was a better illustration of that concept.

I learned a lot from this project. I learned how to create a concept and work it to a final piece. I feel fairly comfortable with Unity and how Game Engines work in general and I learned how to apply rules of good composition two a 3D environment. This project also helped me realize the skills I should work on moving forward.

Build (Mac + Windows)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Kg6a3J64sG3q9H450OPUdlYZroIvA0vR?usp=sharing