Ragalla Seliby-Kaplan Blog

Ragalla Seliby-Kaplan I UVed several of my main items in my scene but as I'm still playing catch up I have a couple more left to complete. The project overall is going well enough as I am getting my work done in a timely manner and all of my items are on my laptop where I work.  I plan on UV the rest of my work very soon despite you recommending we be done with UVing by now. I know I'm behind but I am juggling multiple projects so I make time where I can especially considering that this is one of my later works. The cart UV came out a bit weird as I used both my own and auto UV to see what it would come out like. I plan on redoing this UV as I feel the size of the UVs are disproportionate. I think this had something to do with me resizing the image to make it easier to work with and think shrinking it down. I'm not sure if that would cause an issue but I wanted to check anyway. This UV also had issues with my laptop and campus computer UVing my work di

When making my 3D level I followed the tutorial presented to us in class and unfortunately used the detailed environment design rather than the simplified one which explains the time it took my assignment to upload. Despite this I still manage to implement the design I was going for using the model presented to us with the Disney example of a center place of interest and areas surrounding it being interest points to hook customers into seeing the whole park. I wanted to implement something similar but much more simplified. The idea was to have a center area that looped outward and had players to further out to explore and have to find some keys and head back to the center in order to reach the exit but ultimately I had fail in that ambition but with tools like this I can definitely see myself coming back and making something of this scale a bit more detailed for my final product. I wanted something a bit more exploratory that had you going inside some not to deep caverns to l

When designing my Megaman level 2 I wanted to have a Metroid Vania style exploration element to the overall level. Despite the level I turned in being an incomplete version I managed to make the intended level and had friends and people online test the level and even provide me with feedback via email. The design was a strait forward linear level with now peaks or troughs at first glance and eventually you reach a door at the end of the level where you need 4 keys. To find the keys you must engage in activities you might night even think was a wise choice on your first run through. Jump to heights on platforms mysteriously higher than normal and arranged in a stair like manner gets you into the upper portion while falling through a pit gets you to the lower half. I also avoid death pits in general as to not lie to the player about some pits being okay and other not because I feel like that’s pretty cheap the design allows for players to explore and get the keys needed to succeed wi

Ragalla Seliby-Kaplan When developing the second level using the first as a base was a simple task as I was able to implement various aspects of design I wanted in my previous level. Unlike the last level however I felt like I ran into the problem of inconsistency as when making this one I mainly went by the seat of my pants when designing it. Ultimately, I had a clear vision of the max size of my level and how I wanted it to end but getting there was basically me filling up the spaces until I got there.  The linear levels I want to avoid as I feel they are too simple.  When making the level I had much more creativity flowing from me than last time as I was used to the system even after the updates. Creating levels was like drawing and I just let whatever came to me out and honestly if worked out in my opinion for the best. I kept the overall linearity of the level deciding that if I was going to expand the overall design into having more roots then I was going to hav