Virtual Reality Interactive Story Project
Within this university project we created a 3D interactive story which we designed to be played using Virtual Reality, in our case the Oculus Rift. This story had to have four branches by splitting into two at one point and then each branch splitting in two once more.
Modelled tenement blocks to go in our game and a chain link fence to go around the edges of the map
< >Animating the chain link fence so it opened at the end of one branch of the story
Making the texture for the chain link fence using alpha channels so parts were see through
Creating a conversation within Adobe After Effects on the pc
Picking up and carrying a floppy disk to the pc so an animation of it being inserted would play
Designing and making the hacking minigame using a world space canvas
Creating the UI for the pc before the story branches either into the hacking minigame branch or another branch which also uses the pc
The marks from this project were also 50% of the total marks for two modules. For these two modules I got 65% and 87% respectively. This project also provided 60% of the marks for the introduction to algorithms module in which I get 65% from this project. The main thing I learnt from this project is how to work with Virtual Reality within Unity, as well as learning how to work in Unity 3D. I also learnt how to use alpha channels within Photoshop as well as learning how to make 3D models in 3ds Max. Finally, I learnt how to create animations in Adobe After Effects, 3ds Max and Unity as well as having to get to know new people quickly so that we could plan around people’s strengths and weaknesses. If I could create this game again without everyone having to code certain things to get a good mark on the modules, I would make sure every team member did tasks that they excelled in rather than struggling with tasks that someone else is better at.
Created by Adam Smedley, Leonardo Freire, Austin Wells, Tomasz Łysoń and Irina Stanica
