CHGame Design Blog

Development blog of Sydney, Australia based game designer, Casey Hayes.

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Straight Strike Blog Post #2

Hey all!

Since the last post I’ve been working on various different assets for our game, our area layout is reaching its final design and our programmer has started to implement object interactivity. While creating the assets I didn’t really come across any problems. Just getting used to using Maya and it’s tool. I had some issues with certain faces, it was mostly when I cut away faces to remove excess polygons. This left holes in the models and the program didn’t like when I tried to bridge a new face in. I should look into this more because I’m not sure why it’s like that. I know that adding geometry is easier and better than removing geometry.

Here are some images of the assets, I have created. They’re ready for textures!

I have some previous knowledge with UV unwrapping, but not in Maya. So I’m going to delve into this topic once I get the rest of the assets finished. I started to place the objects into our Unity scene so that our programmer can get started on making sure all the objects are interact-able. In the image, you can see we have some Asset Store Assets in the scene where we’ve been toying with object interactions.

I’m hoping I’ll have some textures ready by next blog post.

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Straight Strike Blog Post #1

Hey all!

So this post marks the beginning of a major project I am working on with some classmates. Straight Strike is a VR Project designed to explore communication and language, specifically related to heteronormative and homophobic language.

You as the player will take on the role of a young person, who is struggling to come to terms with themselves. The game takes place during your shift at work at the local bowling alley and your interactions with customers determine the outcome of the game.

My job as one of two designers on the project is to create assets and environments in the game. During this project, I aim to learn more about 3D modelling in Maya and 3D texturing. I also want to explore lighting effects, baked lighting, real-time lighting, volumetric lighting, shadows, ambient occlusion and colour temperature. This will be important as our project relies heavily on colours and atmosphere to convey the message.

Above is a prototype level I created. Just a simple start to get a better idea of our location and environment, what we’d need, where, etc. I have also written up a list of assets we’ll need to work on to create our environment.

I have begun creating the assets starting with a simple bowling shoe which will be used as part of the main job gameplay mechanic.

Within the week I hope to have some more assets completed, ready and interactive. As well as some more work done on the environment.