Environmental Design – Games Design Document

Main Hub Building Creation

With the alt modelling prototype that I produced, I aimed to keep the design simple and concise due to time limitations and not being too knowledgeable with Blender yet. The alt modelling prototype allowed me to develop my skills and understanding of Blender, with these new skills I aim to create a building of greatContinue reading “Main Hub Building Creation”

Alt Modelling

Alt Modelling was one of the techniques that I have used in order to create randomly generated chaotic layouts which rival the purpose of composition. The method of alt modelling includes the use of various different modifiers on a basic shape, this is an extremely helpful tool used for creating foliage and rather unique shapesContinue reading “Alt Modelling”

Environmental Moodboards

Cityscapes and Landscapes Buildings

Building Sketch / Thumbnail

References This is a sketch I made of what the main hub building would look like in the game world, I made this on photoshop by only using the brush tool. This is meant to be a medieval style lodge kind of building with different sections all with their own purposes in the game forContinue reading “Building Sketch / Thumbnail”

Composition

Composition is the arrangement of the components of a picture, in the environments of level design, it is how the environment would be arranged for the player to see. The composed elements should be laid out in a way to not confuse the players and instead smoothly guide them to their destination. A well executedContinue reading “Composition”

Theme and Colours

The theme I chose was inspired by lovecraftian horrors and a varitety of different fantasy based media. These resources allowed me to explore and develop my chosen theme, how it would work and the type of colours it would contain. With the thematic of the game being corruption, one of the things I had toContinue reading “Theme and Colours”

Influences

Princess Mononoke This Studio Ghibli movie was recommended to me for research during a peer to peer discussion. Although I’ve already previously seen this, using it for research is beneficial to me as an element covered in this film is the theme of corruption. The thing that attracted my attention the most when rewatching thisContinue reading “Influences”