For
my final major project, I will be creating a first or third person game. It
will be set in 2014 London where you have to survive in a destroyed
environment. You will be faced to survive against an Alien invasion in the
destroyed environment. I will be working to create a 3D representation of an
area in London where I will be creating this in 3Ds max. I will also be
creating textures in Photoshop to make the environment seem more realistic.
Once I have created the final piece, I will be adding the final piece into UDK
or creating a fly through of the environment.
I have taken influence from games and
pieces of concept art. I have looked at Day-z and GTA games and I have also
looked at Mass effect concept art to help develop my idea. I originally thought
of creating a 3D environment in 3Ds Max and applying it into UDK. Internet,
magazines have helped me find inspiration for my final piece.
I intend to create my final piece in 3Ds
max and use Photoshop to create the textures for the models. Possibly once this
piece has been created, I will import it into UDK so it becomes a playable
environment or it will be made as a fly through.
There are techniques I can use in 3Ds max
to help my final piece. Some of the techniques are Polygonal modelling,
primitive modelling, NURBS modelling and Splines and patches modelling. To
create my environment, I will take the process of collecting reference images
and then create small pieces of a building, where I will texture the small
piece in Photoshop. I will then duplicate the creation to form a building, this
is called modular building.
I will document my work in progress
throughout this FMP process. I will be taking screen shots of what I am
creating and also annotating the screen shots and documenting the weekly
progress on a word document. Throughout the process, I will be creating
questionnaires to help develop the idea further and refine my target audience.
I intend to receive feedback from tutors, peers, friends and family so I get a
good depth of feedback on what is being created. I will take information I have
gathered from questionnaires, take them in to excel and create a chart to
clearly display the feedback. When this is clearly displayed, I can develop my
idea based on the feedback I received.
