Devlog: Week 3
Hello, my name is Shelby! I'm working as a 3D modeler and character artist for this project. My roles in this project are:
- Hard modeling low-poly 3D assets to populate the levels.
- Using references to create semi-realistic models that are engaging to the player.
- Creating key items that will be used in things like cutscenes and puzzles.
- Creating textures that all match each other.
- Putting the objects into Unity and distributing their exported textures.
3D Modeling:
I worked more on creating 3D models to fill the levels. The importance of the items ranges from being set pieces to being important parts of a puzzle in the game. All assets are created with low-poly in mind while still keeping edges beveled and smoothed if needed. UV unwrapping is also done by me, making sure to have an even texel density between UV shells. This prevents textures from stretching abnormally on one part of the model while fitting perfectly on another part.Texturing:
A very large part of this week was creating and maintaining a fast workflow for adding textures to the new 3D models. As seen in the attached video, this project has a very specific painterly appearance that it is going for, and most of the texturing time is taken up by the steps needed to achieve that. I use my own smart material that tends to give warm highlights and cool shadows, then use a pre-made texture before using the stylization filter and changing the setting to what looks best.Importing Models:
After the 3D models have been textured, they are imported into the Unity scene. First, they're added to our 3D model folder and their texture folders are placed in as well. Then they are put in the scene, resized, and their textures are dragged onto them. After that, they are unpacked as a prefab so we can continue to grab them at the correct size each time. If something in the prefab is changed, all of the instances of it will be changed as well.
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