Where has the time
gone?! I have had too many distractions, all I wanted to do this
summer was to get this project out of the way, and maybe do another
self set project afterwards.
I managed to finish the 5 Visual Design
projects that I was set, before the deadline, so I had enough time to
prepare myself for my holiday to Germany which I have had planned for
months.
I went to Gamescom, dressed up as Harley Quinn, acted like a
complete loon and had a fantastic time! XD But now FINALLY back to
this project!!
I wanted to get my Joker project finished before going
to Germany, but recovering from my laser eye surgery and having 5
extra projects piled on top of me got in the way of me progressing as
quickly as I planned.
Having a look over my
level, I realised that I have mainly concentrated on the factory and
maybe wasted my time a bit with lighting etc, that can be done after
everything is built.
I decided to concentrate on the sweet shop, as I
hadn't done anything for this, and this is supposed to be the
starting area. So I started building the walls and a few of the
bigger assets that would be needed, like a display counter and some
barrels filled with sweets. Soon enough, once I had made the
textures, it started to look like a sweet shop.
I decided to use the
purple and green colour scheme to hint at The Joker, and I wanted to
add a few signs around the place as additional hints. (e.g “Service
with a Smile!”)
The floor tiles are supposed to look like
chocolate, and I think I succeeded quite well with this, but once I
have made a normal and a specular map for this, I think it will look
a lot better.
On the back wall, I was
considering making a large Joker face that vomits out sweets, a bit
like the one from Harry Potter, in the Wesley's shop, but a bit more
creepy. I'm not sure if I would actually animate the flow of sweets
to look like they are being vomited out, or to just have it
stationary. 
Obviously it would be easier to have it stationary, but I
could probably figure out how to make it animated, (like the glowing
beakers in the science room of my group project level.)
I created the bags of
sweets by taking photos of some sweets I had at home, the bags of
strawberry laces look a bit like actual hearts in my opinion, but
maybe that's OK as it adds to the unusualness of the level. I will
keep the sweets as they are for now and if I have some spare time at
the end, I might change them. There is still a few things in this
room that needs addressing, like the windows and the texture on the
ceiling and the jars of sweets on the counter, but other than that
everything is looking as I expected it to. Some more sweets and signs
need to be added and possibly the giant Joker head that I mentioned
before, but overall I am quite happy with how this room is.
I am glad that I can get on with this project again, as I was feeling a bit
annoyed that I had to abandon it for a while.
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