Computer Game Development and Design 2023/24 fall

Lab 12 - Level design

1.5p for meeting all the requirements.
0.5p by making your level look interesting (subjective grading).

Probuilder tutorial video: ProBuilder basics
Useful shortcuts:

• Hold Ctrl while moving to snap to grid.
• Hold Shift while moving faces to extrude.
• Alt-click on ProBuilder buttons to modify the custom settings.
• In texture edit mode, hold down ctrl and click on faces to snap them together

Steps:

• Create a new 3D project.
• Add graphics files:
  • Download the following pixel art texture pack: https://subpixel-studios.itch.io/scifi-pixel-texture-pack
  • Download and split explosion graphics: https://opengameart.org/content/pixel-explosion-12-frames
  • Download and split game props:
• Create the initial room
  • Add Probuilder package. Windows->Package Manager->All->ProBuilder
  • Add ProGrids package from preview packages, Open package manager, enable preview packages from project settings and search for ProGrids.
    • If the ProGrids is still not visible, add it manually by pressing plus icon, then choosing add package by name and typing com.unity.progrids.
  • Create materials for 5 of the wall textures:
    • use legacy shaders
    • use point filtering
    • don't generate mipmaps (will break some textures on farther distances)
  • Create an initial room geometry, it is recommended to construct it from multiple meshes.
  • Add materials to the room.
  • Add point lights (disable their shadows to make them significantly faster)
  • Match the texture scaling with the room by changing the tiling option under the material.
• Create explosion effect
• Download a First Person Character Controller from the Unity asset store (there are many options).
  • https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/input-management/mini-first-person-controller-174710
  • Import only Character, Utility and Cross Platform Input folders.
  • If there are any errors, fix them by commenting out those lines.
  • Add FPSController to the scene.
• Create explosive barrels
  • Create an explosion particle system, with texture sheet animation (Sprites mode) and sprite material.
  • Create a script for camera facing billboards (it should rotate only around y-axis). You can do it by modifying the sample code from here: https://answers.unity.com/questions/1231974/quad-to-rotate-towards-camera-on-y-axis-only.html
  • Create an explosive barrel prefab, with the camera facing script and custom barrel script
  • Implement the barrel script. The barrel should start exploding when the player gets close.
  • Extra: push the player away when barrel is exploding (use a function in Character Controller script).
• Continue editing your room geometry, eventually you should have at least 3 different connected rooms or corridors.
• Make your level interesting to run through. (0.5 points are given subjectively by how interesting your scene looks)

You will receive max points by just having 3 different rooms with a lot of explosive barrels. Implementing the collectible keys and doors that can be opened will give you 1 bonus point.

Submission

Build your level and submit the build.