I have added hedge around the map in-order to stop the player from walking of the map and beyond the hedges I have added more trees to make the player believe that there is more to the world.
This is a link to the video of our project with working sound, health bar and mini-map
Here is a screenshot of the health bar and mini-map and what it looks like in the game.
I started of my project by creating different tree’s in 3DS max and seeing which tree I liked most to put in my environment that I was creating here is a screen shot of the tree I created.I also made shards of grass in 3DS max to add more detail to the environment by using foliage I was able to spread them all over the map which would be much more difficult to do manually by dragging and dropping one by one and would have taken up a lot more of my time.This tree model was actually made by another person in my group although I did plan on putting a tree like this in the environment but the tree that I created wasn’t as detailed or as complex so we agreed to put this model of the tree instead of my model that I created. we also planned on putting an animation on the tree and make the edges of the top part of it shake as if wind was blowing the top of the tree side to side to give it more realism and make the environment more lively. But unfortunately we didn’t get to put it in the game because we were running out of time and it wasn’t working well and did not look as good as we hoped it would.By using the models that me and my group made I was able to put together and make this environment which is supposed to be a dense forest.This flower was created by Brendan who also created the more detailed tree this flower has animation where it floats and slowly spins around it is also a collectible so when the player model walks into the collision box the player will gain health.
Evaluation
I set out to create a beautiful and lively environment that would take place in a forest that didn’t have any lore or story but one could be formed the players own ideas.
As a group I have achieved most of my aims I made a nice looking environment that looks quite lively and it really comes together
What did go well was that I was able to create the environment I imagined and I am quite happy with the models that I did create and how they went together well.
Unfortunately what didn’t go well was that we didn’t go was that we didn’t finish the project and we ran out of time there were a few more things that I wanted to add in that I feel would have made the environment much more complete such as a hedge around the map and then trees behind the hedge to make it feel like there is more in the world.
The most important thing that I have learnt from this project and what will help me improve next time is to manage my time properly so I have the time to make the things I need to make and to adjust them so they feel somewhat complete.
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