The concept of this game involves constant switching between two perspectives: a first-person perspective like Call of Duty and an altered third-person perspective (emulating 2D), similar to platforming games like Mario.
This game I worked on was built on the Alteruna FPS game template, in the Unity game Engine.
During week 3, the focus was on running the 2D game template and exploring its scripts and functionalities. This workspace proved user-friendly, with manipulable elements that didn't require extensive scripting.
Week 4 was centered on tutorials about swapping perspectives in Unity. The decision to use 1st and 3rd person perspectives instead of 2D assets was made in order to maintain functionality and simplify model selection.
I focused on the tutorials for the SDK and template that I worked on in the previous week, and attempted to get said SDK running. The tutorials were very helpful and I learned a lot, and made a lot of progress on the project after watching them. I had a few hangups with the process, but nothing that made this step impossible or made me unable to finish it.
This week saw significant challenges, as the textures for models turned pink due to a project type mismatch. After extensive debugging and community support, the issue was resolved, allowing work to continue on perspective locking. Attached is a link to my before and after I was able to resolve the issue and get it to work
Efforts were directed at camera manipulation and asset importing. Despite some setbacks in camera control scripts, progress
was made on other aspects of the project. Some of the things I tried are referenced in the picture below.
Modifications to various scripts, including camera controllers, were explored to improve functionality. The realization
that simpler built-in UI options could address camera adjustments marked a key learning moment for me, and at that point
became what I would focus on attempting to use in the following week. The picture here represents the portion I am referencing.
During the final week, great strides were made in achieving a working camera perspective and importing character models. These advancements were supported by visualizations and diagrams of axis and camera positions. I attached some pictures to show the progress I made during this week.
The following video shows the process I went through of learning how to add models. This particular video shows me explaining and providing a tutorial of how to add a bridge asset, but the steps are universal for all assets.
