This week I made a volcano scene from an empty level. I thought of the idea while I was playing with the terrain tool, initially I only wanted to make a cliff by the sea where the Pikachu got struck…
Virtual Production Week 1
Assignment 1: Watch video — Your first hour in Unreal Engine Even though I had experience with Unreal Engine since last semester, I found that there is something I don’t know in the basic tutorial, such as: It is convenient…
Week 6 First Ride
Ride Story: It’s a quiet little town, but at night, monsters lurl within. The players first encounter the little dragon, then run away into the mother dragon. Unfortunately, when the players flee back to the gate, the mother dragon is…
Week 5: Communications with Arduino
This week I linked Arduino, Max and Unreal. Max —> Arduino: controlling led brightness with slider in Max IMG_0754 Arduino —> Max: using potentiameter to control brightness of led in Max IMG_0755 Unreal —> Arduino: when player in the collision…
Week 4: OSC Control and Awe Walk
Unreal Engine This week we covered OSC control with Max8 in Unreal. The effect is very cool! Then I tried to call OSC outside of the object blueprint to control sequences, like this: Pretty Cool! Awe Walk The object…
Week 2: Interactions in Unreal Engine
3 Interactions in Unreal Engine I used the Fantasy World Asset in Marketplace and built a little house with no roof. I want the house to feel like some magic has gone wrong, so I made 3 animations: a flying…
Week 1: Unreal Engine Setup
I have heard of Unreal Engine and how good it is a long time ago, but I only developed in Unity before. So I am a bit excited to try it! Desktop: Storage: First Hour in Unreal Engine: I found…
Week 3: House of Magic
I found a bunch of assets in the Marketplace called fantasy asset, and I really like magical fantasy style, so I downloaded it and added to my project. I scanned through the assets and decided to build a little house…
Animation: Production
This week I decided to change route, as my last subject was too philosophical for me to ponder. I thought of one way to tell the story then another… In the end I just couldn’t bear it anymore. None of…
Animation: Pre-Production
These two weeks I tried to figure out the characters for my animation. But because of my inexperience in drawing figures, this homework troubled me for long… It was hard for me to get the perspectives right. I finally took…