Task 7 - Evaluation

3D Environment Evaluation

My 3D environment, the space ship, felt quite empty overall. I think that I could have done more for it if I managed my time better, or if I was able to work at home. Despite this I believe that my final product resembles what I had in mind for the environment in the first place, I didn’t want the ship to feel cramped and I only had time to create the essential modules, like the hallway module which took the longest to make.

The images in my research helped me a lot when it came to creating certain parts of the ship, including the rooms and hallways. I managed to get the overall design to closely resemble my sketches that I’d made during my ideas generation.

When I started this project I hadn’t used the modeller software for a long time and wasn’t very confident in my ability to use it, however, as I continued to use the software things started to speed up, just not as much as I had hoped. This led to slower working which affected my final product greatly, making me unable to create new modules that I might have put into the environment, although, I think what it has works well in making a player feel more alone in space which few, if any, people to talk to.

As I was making each module, I would plan out what I would do and how I would go about doing it, this would speed things up because I would have to think about it less when I was half way through making each object. As a result each object ended up looking like I wanted them to in a shorter time than what would be expected if I hadn’t planned everything out.

In the end I think my 3D environment turned out great, the emptiness of the ship gives the feeling on loneliness both within the ship and in space as a passenger/traveller. Each module fits perfectly together as planned and the textures and colours suit the environment and atmosphere well.