Author: Maxim Blinov

Detoxification.

Goal of game:
The goal of the game is to gather ingredients on the list (which is generated randomly) and put the items into the cauldron to cure yourself from poison.

Was the goal met? Yes it was. The list is generated randomly each time the scene is started. 5 items of 34 are picked from the list using random number as an index to that list array. The game changes its state to won as soon as the items in the cauldron match the items in the winning list (with up to 5 mistakes possible).

Space description:
The space was a dungeon looking area, with random objects flying around like potions, skulls, books, cat statues and etc. In the middle of the room there was a sarcophagus with a cauldron on it.

Light:
Light emission was used as the main source of light. None of the direct light sources was used. The emissive texture was placed on the chandeliers and the light probes were scattered around the room for the non-static objects to receive lights.

Process and implementation:
Since our topic was poison, we came up with the idea to make the user be poisoned and make him do an antidote. The initial expectations matched the result and we are extremely happy with that. It can be imagined like an escape room where the user has to meet the goals to escape.
We started of with just placing a cauldron and and a sarcophagus in the middle of the room and tried writing the scripts.

Then we added a collider inside of the cauldron to destroy the objects when they are collided.

Afterwards we added the particle system to play on the collision with that object)destroyer collider

Then we added the list of object and made it randomize

Later on we added the winning list and made sure the it is randomized each time and printed on the clipboard. We also made a list that keeps track of objects that are being put in the cauldron and the winning condition became true as soon as the winning list matched the items in the cauldron. Also sounds were added. The main sound was the ticking clock sound which made the user feel more pressured.

Reflection/Evaluation:
The goal of the game was to make the user to gather ingredients on the list (which is generated randomly) and put the items into the cauldron to cure yourself from poison. As can be seen above, the goal is met and the user feels pressured due to the ticking sound. As soon as the user meets the goal, it makes him/her feel free and continue, alive or dead it depends on how the game goes (:

This project was created together with Mai Lootah and Shenuka Corea. Since they were working more on the environment and textures and animation, I was working on the scripts and mostly will dicuss them.

Description:
This project is a greenhouse on an alien planet where you can see all sorts of alien plants. And when you place a seed in the pot and water it, something weird grows. Some plants make sound, like the one that is behind you and placed in a cage.
There were a total of two main interaction and some secondary interactions. The main interaction was tied to the seed. You can pick it up, its throwable, but the goal is to put it into the pot. Once the seed is in the pot, you can water it to make it grow. That is the second interaction which is tilting the watering jug so it could pour water. This script was a disaster since it was the first script I have ever written. The secondary interactions are the gardening instruments that can be picked up and thrown.

Implementation:
It started off with an empty terrain where we put an imported from the asset store greenhouse (costed is 1$) and made the outside tree meshes and grass. After the we have created a work station which included some benches from that same greenhouse asset and pots. Right after that we have added mesh colliders to every part of the work station and added a new asset which was the gardening tools. The main camera was set in front of the work station and it consisted of the “player” from the steamVR interaction example scene. After the environment was set by Shenuka and Mai, I have started working on the scripts. The first script was to make the particle system, which was attached to the water canister, play when tilted. This script used the transform.euler angle (took me a while to figure out) and when it is in the desired range, just run it. The next script was the collision detection of the seed and pot. That one was not hard: when the seed is on the soil of the pot, pass a “true” boolean value. The next script was to detect collision from the particle system to the seed. Not hard as well, same thing as with the seed and pot. Next is making a counter for the seed which will count the particles of the water only when the seed is in the pot. That is where we need the seed with pot collision script, and once there is enough water for the seed, it shrinks and the plant grows. This was another script named “growth”. If growth was true, the seed began to shrink and plant to grow. Those are all the scripts that were created to make our project 2.

Reflection:
Our goal was to make a greenhouse with a man-eater plant. You can find a clue about it if you look behind you (same plant in cage) and that it is dangerous. As it is seen on the pictures of the blog which was dedicated to expectations before the project was started, we have reached our expectations. The environment was really well made to understand that we are actually on an alien planet.

This project was made to show the environment that could be possibly perfect. The environment set as a goal was a sunset valley.

Description:
I have created a mountain area with trees. The main camera was set at the top of the mountain, not the highest, but then the ground level. From that point of you you could see a lovely sunset and some trees that are below you.

Process and implementation:
Using a terrain tool I have raised the terrain in some areas to make it look like mountains and using the brush tool I have added tree meshes and grass meshes. After that I have added some filters on the main camera to make the sunset look even better and move the camera using the “smooth mouse look” script. This made a wonderful representation of the sunset valley.

Reflection:
This places is build to make a person be immersed into a nice place where you can clear your thoughts and just relax. I have never seen a place with such sunset before personally, but now I have a goal to find something in real life that will look very similar.