Game Scene Week 3

 Project 3 Week 3(11/4/2020): Bioshock Infinite Game Scene

Trello Board

Figure 3.1

Group Progress Table

Figure 3.2

Object List with Tri Count

Figure 3.3

My work:

This week I worked on a couple things. First was the skybox. Now, I had compared a couple skyboxes last week, and found that none in the existing package fit the theme. I also checked HDRI Haven, and unfortunately all the "sky" tagged skyboxes included a ground, which does not fit the floating island setting of Bioshock. Since the game is not hyper realistic, I took this opportunity to create a custom skybox, utilizing one of the existing images. I took the cartoon sky and added clouds to it for a distanced look. While I am quite satisfied with the look now, I think there are a couple things I could improve on (cloud shape and transparency could be worked on, the seam needs to be worked on), but can be a secondary thing after I finish the other requirements.

Skybox in the scene!

Custom Skybox

The other thing I worked on was the cloud particle effect. I think this can add some life to the scene and make it more immersive to have moving clouds rather than just the stationary ones. I do still think I can work on the shape of the clouds a little bit more, and the settings still need to be played around with, however if I do not get around to fixing these things, it would not be a huge deal.

Cloud particle system

For next week, I will work on the fog particle effect, as well as start to assist on creating models for the fences.