Sam & Ella - Before Blast Off

This was a project created for the 3D in Games module of the PgCert Introduction to Games Technologies at Queen's University Belfast.

The brief was to model a character in Blender, rig & animate it using Mixamo, and import it into Unity.  Then create an environment and allow the player to explore it by controlling the character.  It was specified that there should be a story behind the scene.

I decided to further develop the Bacteria Blast/Sam & Ella universe by modelling both Sam (as the controllable character) and Ella (as a NPC), their spaceship, a crashed spaceship, and a football.  The environment would consist of a rocky area which would serve as their launchpad.  I would generate a Skybox of their home planet using AI.  The story would be that Sam & Ella were about to head off on an antimicrobial research mission, and Sam wanted a last kickabout before boarding the ship.  Sam can wander round the launchpad, enjoy the view of their planet, check out the spaceships, and kick the ball around to score goals.

This was one of my first attempts at using Blender and Mixamo, my first time using any of my own models in Unity, and my very first time generating an AI Skybox.  I really enjoyed making it and I would love to explore this further.