Introduction
I was introduced to what I now consider my worst enemy, Unity. In this artifact, we had to make a virtual world representing our home town.
Now somehow the others found Unity easy which I’m still perplexed by. The complexity, the intricacy, it was too much for me. I know how everyone says that the more you practice the better you get at something and I’m sure that’s true to a certain extent, but something told me that within the timeframe we were given, I would be unable to make a world in such a software that was up to the standards of the teachers as compared to the other students who were surpisingly enjoying it (psychopaths). Pierre had also asked us to download a folder which had all the components needed to make the world so I can say he did everything in his power to make it easier for us but unfortunately, my brain wasn’t having it.
Thankfully since it was meant to be a version of your hometown, I didnt have to brainstorm further than literally thinking about my home back in India. The images of my apartment, the colony, road and overcrowded malls popped into my mind instantly along with a memory of the extremely strong smell of pollution. I was suddenly back in the busy streets of Delhi and it was clear what my world was going to look like. The only problem was my incompetence and inexperience at handeling Unity. I was having trouble starting at first but then seeing other people doing it, I realised what I needed to do was fairly straight forward and after around 30 minutes of fiddling around with the software, I was able to add a character and a grassy plot of land. For the three hotspots, I used the India Gate, the Ambience Mall and the famous Chhatarpur Temple, adding trees and small details around to make it look better.
I downloaded the 3D models from Sketchfab, Turbosquid and the Unity store. The most time-consuming part was finding good quality, free models that were valuable to my world. Most models that looked good were either undownloadable, high priced or weren’t in the file format I was looking for. I ended up spending 3 pounds on the India Gate model, which didnt look too great, but I had to use it only because I couldn’t find another model anywhere.
Moodboard
Final Look