The concept behind this game was the exploration of a Martian crater in order to prepare a small colony for the arrival of a human science team. The player controls an unmanned mars rover in exploration of the interior of the crater, where they can discover a handful of points of interest that may assist with their mission. Ultimately, the main colony is the largest and most cohesive location, though due to over scoping, I had to remove the interiors of all of the structures, and settle for a completely outdoor experience.

Over the course of this project, I learned a lot about the art pipeline for game design. While I knew how to model, and how to make games in Unity, I had never really touched UVs or tried texturing anything before. Additionally, I’d never taken an asset I had modeled and taken in into Unity. After learning the entire process, I’m very excited to use these skills in my own projects moving forward. Through the entire class, I think I made the most progress when it came to texturing. Even though I struggled with the UVs, I learned multiple new software programs, and think that my final textures look nice, even if they are a bit more cartoony than I’d originally anticipated.

The video is fairly long due to the slowness of the player’s vehicle. Additionally, in order to ensure it didn’t fly away, the vehicle is very heavy, and struggles to climb inclines. For ease of viewing, here are the timestamps of important highlights: 00:00 The Mars Colony and attached solar array. 2:00 The underground airlock. 3:40 The Radio Station 6:45 The abandoned dome. and 13:23 the buried rover.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CL2NhjQPAlmFYEI9DpnQizH1zwz3ivxl?usp=sharing

This should have both a Windows and Mac build of the main level, should anyone want to give it a try. Have fun!