Week 6

Week 6:

Learning How To Use Unity -- Part 1:

For my Degree Project, I have set my sights on creating a “Survival Horror”-type game using the Unity Engine. In order to create it, however, I must first learn how to use the mechanics and navigate around Unity Engine itself. Fortunately, Wayne, has began to create and post a series of Unity Engine tutorials on his YouTube channel that I can follow.

In his first video, Wayne has began to show us to create a basic 3D Environment in Unity. As a result, I have given it ago myself and by following his instructions, I have managed to create my own 3D Environment. To begin with, I first needed to create a landscape that’d act as the hub for my game. I began by “Right-Clicking” > “3D Object” and then “Terrain”. In the “Inspector”, I then went into “Paint Height” and then set the “Height” to “100”. I then pressed the “Flatten” button, which raised the “Terrain”. With the Raise/Lower Terrain options, I can now sculpt and create a terrain by using the “Raise” tools and the “Lower” tools.

Before I continued, I went into the “Paint Texture” section and clicked on “Add Texture”. Here, I proceeded to add some texture. I then went into the “Raise/Lower Terrain” section, which I then began to use the “Raise” and “Lower” tools to sculpt the terrain until I managed to create a landscape to use. Admittedly, I feel I'll need some more practice and this will likely not be the final landscape that I shall be using for my Degree Project.