This was my first time ever to design a video game by using this such complex software, unity. I had not only experienced a hard time figuring out the functionalities of each component in the interface, but I also felt frustrated, especially when I saw my First Person Controller wasn’t working the exact way I wanted to.
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The image above (Figure 1) is the 3D model of the environment of my game. I created many cubes and modified their shapes to create the stairs in my game environment. I had also dowloaded a few 3D models of castle online so that the visual aspect of the environment can relate to the title of my game. I was inspired by a video game, called Monument Valley, so I tried to recreate its visual scene and make my game’s environment look abstract and geometric, just like how the game, Monument Vally, looks.
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Figure 2 is the final result of my game environment. I like how colorful it looks and the stairs I made in the game. However, I would definitely increase its complexity if I had more time to work on it!
I was surprised that I had learned so much just by looking at games made by other students. Because we all have our own interested genres of game, we build and explore the types of game that is based on our own interests. In this class, I can hear different opinions from other students and know more about the types of game from the diverse perspectives. I think it’s a good way of learning and can help me advance the complexity of my game that I will be creating in my future classes.
Elle