Level 1 Game Design and Development

@harrisongamedevelopmentblog

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our game

me and a classmate were going to do a game on unreal engine but the devices we had couldn't handle it. we also tried substance and Maya and that was also hard to handle so we had to resort to Roblox studio.

we are doing a backrooms like game where you have to collect objects to escape while a backrooms like entity chases you.

even thought it was the best option for the software to use I can't bring a device of mine into class so I had to use the Macs we have here but unfortunately they blocked Roblox and studio

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tutorial: Conclusion & Wrap-up

What you learned: Summary of all skills learned: navigation, modeling, texturing, lighting, rendering.

Why you completed it: To reflect on progress and understand how all pieces fit into real Maya work.

What you can use it for: Starting your own projects with confidence, building practice models, and continuing learning new Maya tools.

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Tutorial: Lighting & Arnold Rendering

What you learned: How to set up lights — directional, point, skydome — and use the Arnold renderer to preview and render your scene.

Why you completed it: Lighting is what makes scenes look real or cinematic.

What you can use it for: Final-quality renders, mood lighting, art pieces, portfolio images.

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Tutorial: Lighting & Arnold Rendering

What you learned: How to set up lights — directional, point, skydome — and use the Arnold renderer to preview and render your scene.

Why you completed it: Lighting is what makes scenes look real or cinematic.

What you can use it for: Final-quality renders, mood lighting, art pieces, portfolio images.

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Tutorial: UV Mapping & Unwrapping

What you learned: How to flatten out models into UVs so that textures map correctly.

Why you completed it: Without correct UVs, textures stretch or look wrong on your models.

What you can use it for: Painting textures, preparing models for games or rendering with correct surface detail.

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Topic: Materials (Lambert & AIStandardSurface)

What you learned: How to assign and tweak different materials like basic Lambert and more advanced AIStandardSurface shaders.

Why you completed it: To give your models visual surface qualities — not just shapes.

What you can use it for: Setting up objects to look like metal, glass, plastic, wax, etc.

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Topic: Soft select & NURBS modeling

What you learned:

Soft Select for smooth transformations

Intro to NURBS curves and tools like Revolve and Loft

Why you completed it: To explore modeling beyond basic polygons and shape smoother surfaces.

what you can use it for: Organic shapes, pipes, bottles, rounded objects — areas where polygons are hard to tweak.

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Topic: Grouping, mirroring & smoothing

What you learned:

Mirroring for symmetry

Grouping objects to move them together

Using smoothing to make geometry look cleaner

Why you completed it: To work more smartly: symmetry saves time and grouping keeps scenes organized.

What you can use it for: Any symmetrical models (cars, buildings, characters); cleaner, production-ready meshes.

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tutorial: Filling holes & extruding complex shapes

What you learned: How to fill gaps in a mesh and keep extruding to shape bigger objects.

Why you completed it: To fix incomplete models and continue adding detail.

what you can use it for: Building complex assets like furniture, vehicles, props.

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tutorial: Extruding geometry and making shapes

What i learned: How to use the Extrude tool to create new faces and extend shapes from a mesh.

Why i completed it: This is a key step from basic shapes to real 3D objects.

What you can use it for:

Making walls, windows, body parts, tools — any object that grows out of another.

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tutorial: bevelling edges

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZieJcA5vf0&t=2268s

why I completed: so I can learn how to level edges

What I learned:

Using Arnold or other render engines

Basic render settings

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tutorial: using layers

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZieJcA5vf0&t=2085s

reason completed it:

to learn how to use layers

what I learned:

Placing lights in your scene

Applying shaders/materials

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tutorial: duplicating and rotating

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZieJcA5vf0&t=1811s

reason I completed it: to learn how to duplicate rotate

What I learned :

Extrusion and bevel tools

Loop cuts and edge flow

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tutorial: creating a cube

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZieJcA5vf0

reason I completed it:

to lean how to create objects

what I learnt:

how to make objects and how to move it around the grid

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tutorial: navigating in 3d space

reason I completed it:

to lean how to move around the space I'm working on

what I learnt:

how to move in Maya with the mouse and keyboard

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tutorial: creating a polygon plane

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZieJcA5vf0

reason I completed it:

so I can learn how to create a plane

what I learned:

Make sure you’re on the Polly modelling shelve

Create/polygon primitives/create a plane

Use resale tool (on the left side of your screen) or press r

Click and hold and drag the 2 by 2 plane to extend it to match your floor plan

Control A to get the channel box back

Re name the things you create as soon as possible

Inputs: polyplane1

: width 1

: height 1

: Subdivisions width 1

: Subdivisions height 1

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tutorial: creating a new project

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZieJcA5vf0

reason I completed it:

so that I know how to create a project

what I learnt:

Creating a new project

Creating a new scene (ctrl n)

New file name (go file save as and change file name)

Once you save for the first time it will start auto saving.

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