Week 19:

Week 19:

The Player:

This week, I will be working on the Player character. Just like in Week 7, I went into “Standard Assets” and then “Characters”, then “FirstPersonCharacter” and then “Prefab”. There, I then dragged the “RigidBodyFPSController” onto the screen and then renamed it “Player”.  I then renamed and tagged it as “Player”. With the “Player” highlighted, I then created a “Camera” and in the “First Person Controller (Script)”, I then adjusted the “Movement Settings” by changing the following; “Walking Speed” > “2.5”, “Running Speed” > “5” and finally the “Jump” > “2.5”.

After this, I then turned off the “Directional Camera”. I then went into the “Player” > “FirstPersonCharacter” and in the “Camera” option, I changed the “Clear Flags” option to “Skybox” and the “Background” to a black colour. Afterwards, I then decided I would create a “flashlight” for the Player and went into “GameObject” > “Light” and then “Spotlight”. I then attached the “Spotlight” to the Player and then pressed “Reset”, which then made the “Spotlight” face forwards in front of the Player. I also changed the “Range” to “20” and the “Spot Angle” to “70”, and finally changed the colour into a light-blue.

Week 18

Week 18:

Creating My Environment – Part 3:

Having created my Environment for the Map for my Unity Game, I then wanted to set the mood and make it seem a lot creepier than it is already. In order to do this, I went into the Standard Assets and looked at the different skybox options. Upon finding the right fit, I then went into “Windows” and then “Rendering”, and then Lighting Settings. In the “Skybox Material” option, I then changed the Skybox from its “Default” setting to “Moonshine Skybox” which changed the sky from a sunny disposition to a night-time one.

Additionally, I also began to change and experiment with the other options given to me in the “Lighting Settings”. Such as the “Environment”, “Mixed Lighting” and “Lightmapping Setting” options. As a result, I eventually came up with the final look you can see in-game. Next week, I will be focusing on the actual gameplay itself and it’s assets, such as the Player Character, Enemy NPCs and other in-game mechanics. 

Week 17

Week 17

Creating My Environment - Part 2:

Continuing from last week, I continued to work on the environment for my Unity Game. This week, I decided to add different textures and terrain pieces. From the “Paint Texture”, I began to add grass, shrubs and even trees to the Map. I used these pieces from the Standard Assets, which I had found and uploaded from the Unity Store for free.

Additionally, I also searched around the Unity Store for other bits and pieces that I could include within my Map. I actually ended up taking different-but-interesting pieces from a variety of different Horror Packs. This includes, taking trees and gravestones from the Horror Forest Pack, the old abandoned farmhouse from Horror Kit Pack and others.

Week 16

Week 16:

Creating My Environment – Part 1:

For this week, with a Horror Game in mind I began to create my Unity Game. I decided I would begin and start by creating the Map for my Unity Game. Because I am creating a Horror Game, I wanted to create a Map inspired by the Slenderman series and its fan-games. In this case, I decided I would be creating a Maze-like area, based on a spooky forest. 

From the above image, I decided I would try and create a Map inspired by the first Slender game, Slender: The Eight Pages. I began by opening up Unity Engine, I used the knowledge I gained before and began to create a new Map. To begin with, I first needed to create a landscape that’d act as the hub for my game.

Following my own instructions from Week 6, I eventually managed to create an environment for where my Horror Game will take place. For a recap, I did this by “Right-Clicking”, then “3D Object” and then “Terrain”. Then within the “Inspector”, I then changed the height by going into “Paint Height” and then pressed “Flatten” to raise.

After using the sculpt options, I went back into the “Paint Texture” section and clicked onto “Add Texture”. I then proceeded to add some different textures to the environment. 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.