Friday 28 January 2011

Day Five

So managed to get through all the first set of videos and build the level, wasn't ever going to be too complex because there's no scripting in it but good nonetheless. Opened a new project file and accidently saved over the one with all my work in it - GENIUS FINLAY you muppet!

FORTUNEATELY I had just taken some video captures of me playing in the level so I have some proof that I did do the work :P.

I'll uploads these in a bit then update the blog later tonight when I've made more progress with my work :)

*NOTE - its Day 6 and I will upload these vids for Day 5 because they were done on Day 5 so I will do them when im not killing the latency for Alec's WOW palying :P

Also I did actually find my level again - I had saved a new blank scene in the project so when I opened it up it opened the blank scene - not the one with all my work in it. Glad :D

Day Four

So the days feel like they're tumbling now that I'm keeping a record of the progress.

Today I've tossed around a few ideas of what questions to ask the designers in my interviews and its getting tricky now, this part I feel I should have put more thought into earlier but I have such a strong belief that my project is worthwhile that I'm certain there's good detailed juicy questions out there that really will put some of the designers on the spot! Although I won't release what few questions I currently have down at the moment I will do them more like this time next week (after my 2nd meeting with Iain) so I have a better quality of what I have down :).

As well as that I've restarted the unity vids, so I'm on video 39!!!!!!!!!! WOO!. Good progress I feel there and I certainly feel like what I'm doing is sticking in my head which is always re-assuring. So i've gone over, terrain creation, weather effects, shaders, lightmapping, importing/exporting, messing around with the player controller and a host of other things. Dead happy. Just need Maya 2011 on my computer at home and I'll be sorted!

Apart from that getting up early to see Andy Murray's semi final and with djokovic beating federer in the other semi it is very promising indeed, so I will sign off here - come on andy!