Level 1 is progressing slower than we originally anticipated, but we’re not too worried. Not only is level 1 planned to be much longer than the next 2 levels, but as it is also dependent on setting up most the game’s mechanics, features and visuals, it makes sense that starting out will be more involved […]
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One of my major influences for the art of Morbid Curiosities comes from gothic comic book illustrations. Not because we plan to structure the game in any way that’s similar to a comic book, actually all of my inspiration is found in the way that the panels and covers are drawn. I particularly liked the
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To improve the atmosphere and visuals of our game, we want to be able to create “filter” effects that we can apply over the whole screen. One of the easiest ways to do this in Unity is to use what’s called a post-processing volume, which is a profile of chosen effects that will be applied
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Now that we have the basic 2D mechanics of pointing, clicking and dragging implemented, I want to start working on the next part of our scene: a large shelf or cabinet that the player will need to collect items from throughout the level. Creating 3D Models I made these sketches after looking at reference images
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When coming up with the artstyle for our game, I had to consider the themes that our game idea was based on. Those were dolls and Frankenstein, and lucky for me we had already decided on Victorian England as a setting, so I had all the key influences I needed. One of the aims of
Initial Art Direction Read More »
Hello! Welcome to my first in-depth post about the development of our game. I’d like to preface this by stating that I am still relatively new to game programming and using Unity, having about 2.5 years of experience with Unity and 4 years of programming in C#, so I still have much to learn about
Starting Development Read More »
Hello! Welcome to the development log for Morbid Curiosities, a horror simulation game about operating on dolls. About Us We’re 2 final year BA Games Design & Art students at the University of Southampton, Winchester School of Art. I’m Laura, and I am predominantly in charge of programming and creating our game in Unity, as