{"id":1966,"date":"2022-12-15T09:41:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T14:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/?p=1966"},"modified":"2022-12-19T11:02:22","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T16:02:22","slug":"kirsten-roethel-final-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joshuarosenstock.com\/teaching\/imgd3500-b22\/knroethel\/kirsten-roethel-final-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsten Roethel: Final Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The game world that I have created is the graveyard of Burrowsville, which is tended to and inhabited by Meeko. The world of Burrowsville is a spooky and autumnal place, populated by animals, monsters, and spirits. In their town, every day is like Halloween. Meeko is the solitary Grave Reaper of Burrowsville, responsible for maintaining the tombstones within the graveyard. He\u2019s shy and keeps to himself, only making friends with the graveyard\u2019s skeleton inhabitants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The game area includes Meeko\u2019s home, some farm fields, the woods, a secret alcove, and the graveyard itself. I modeled and textured all assets, excluding the water and skybox. The playable character is a custom rigged and animated model of Meeko, and there are skeleton NPCs that were rigged and animated with Mixamo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few images of the final result:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I had a lot of fun bringing this concept to life, as it\u2019s been an idea I\u2019ve had for over a year now. I was surprised at how motivated I was to continue working on this project throughout the term. The only time I experienced burnout was around the last few classes after break, which ultimately led to me not adding in all the NPCs I had hoped for. However, I\u2019m still proud of what I was able to accomplish. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had the most fun modeling my characters as well as painting\/applying my own textures. I\u2019ve never painted stylized textures before, and I\u2019m really happy with the results! In the future, I\u2019ll have to make normal\/height maps for them to achieve an even better effect. Using the same types of textures also helped me get a more cohesive feel for the whole level. The parts I struggled most on were definitely UVs and animation. I\u2019ve never liked unwrapping, and I was okay with how my UVs came out for the project even if they could have been better. As for animation, I had some geometry clipping due to the clothes laying on top of Meeko\u2019s body mesh, so extreme poses were a bit off. I\u2019m still happy to have tried my own animation and rigging, even if it isn\u2019t perfect. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, everything came together to make my concept come to life! I wasn\u2019t expecting it to be exactly what I imagined, but I\u2019m impressed at how close I was able to get in such a short time. I learned a lot of new methods and techniques that I\u2019ll keep using in the future, especially all of the features in Unity!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MacOS Build:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1do-UmC4nzjxq032066njrRthhp2yFPET\/view?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Windows Build:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1Re1wJ5sI8HWyiJiny4Y9qVul074vrWdW\/view?usp=share_link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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