Hound Tor History & Legends
Virtual Tourism based, Height map data led real location virtual experience of Hound tor location on Dartmoor National Park. Devon, UK
AUTHOR:
Gareth Wright (gruffy.wright@gmail.com)
Unity Forums ID: Gruffy
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Final Year Project submission, PROC303, Gareth Wright 10239101, Pre Alpha Phase Test
Casual exploration driven experience of a real world location on Dartmoor, Devon. United Kingdom
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CONTROLS
MOUSE & KEYBOARD OR XBOX
CONTROLS:
LOOK : MOUSE/ (Windows xbox controller compatible rightanalogue joy stick)
MOVE : W,A,S,D (Windows xbox controller compatible left analogue joy stick)
PAUSE GAME : "P" key or (Windows xbox controller button "Start")
PAUSE MENU: MOUSE CONTROL ONLY
ANY OTHER ACTIONS/ BUTTONS : "R" key or (Windows xbox controller button "A")
XBOX Unity Controls SetUp
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WHAT & WHY ?
WHAT & WHY ?
PRE-ALPHA STAGE DEMO RELEASE
The objective of the prototype is to demonstrate the mechanics and expandable idea that
tourism can be virtually delivered to provide key marketing of tourist areas to the next generation.
REASONING:
A comprehension into the nature of the UNITY 3D IDE, alongside it`s programming paradigms,
Caveats, and advantages.
Gain experience in modelling real environments using height-map data, making and mapping tileable textures.
Gain new experiences in modelling software - Maya 2013, Max 2013, Blender 2.6
PROOF OF CONCEPT & FUTURE POTENTIAL :
Real map data could be utilised to accurately visualise directional flow for interested water analysis companies.
See if the mechanics,logic and prefabricated "GameObjects"could be modular enough to fashion a UNITY 3D template to create further enhanced episodic real world location based experiences that explore local folklore and histories of that area.
I CHOSE HOUND TOR BECAUSE IT FIT INTO THE CONCEPT OF BEING A LOCAL AREA WITH SOME NICE HISTORY,
FOLKLORE, AND A GOOD CHALLENGING ENVIRONMENT TO TRY AND RECREATE AS A MODEL VIRTUALISATION WITH THE UNITY TERRAIN BY TAKING IN HEIGHT MAP DATA.
ORIGINAL REFERENCE SHOT
CONCEPT DESIGN WITH GUI
FINAL IN GAME SCREEN SHOT
Though the angle is not accurate to both images, hopefully you can see the similarities :)
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CASUAL OBJECTIVES:
EXPLORE HOUND TOR ROCKS
VISIT AREAS OF INTEREST
SEARCH FOR AND COLLECT THE BONES OF KITTY JAY TO DISCOVER HER STORY
& RETURN HER BONES !
GET YOUR FINAL EXPERIENCE AT THE TREE !?
DISCOVER THE GEO CACHES FOUND AT THEIR REAL WORLD LOCATION !
SEARCH FOR AND COLLECT THE BONES OF KITTY JAY! :
COLLECT THESE:
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VISIT AREAS OF INTEREST :
VISIT THESE
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DISCOVER THE GEO CACHES AT THEIR REAL WORLD LOCATIONS :
DISCOVER THESE*(1)
(Bonus mini discoveries for geo-cache game players)
(New
cache has been placed on to Hound Tor Rocks area to tie in with this
game-play experience "Geo-cachers" who know the Hound Tor area, will
easily know how to find this one as the coordinates cannot be found on
geocaching.com
Later updates to this
blog will relay further cryptic clues as to the cache`s exact spot but,
the game will indeed guide you to the correct immediate vicinity)
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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE AT THE START*
* A REAL EXPLORER MIGHT NOT GO STRAIGHT FOR THE PLAY GAME BUTTON !
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Well, I hope you enjoy trying out my prototype and be sure to let me know the good, the bad, and the even worse stuff (I`m hoping you won`t find too much "even worse stuff" !) but its all good and I thank you preemptively for your your honesty in any feedback.
FOR BEST RESULTS USE HEADPHONES, BE CAREFUL NOT TO DAMAGE YOUR EARS!
Take care
Gruffy - Gareth wright 10239101
gruffy.wright@gmail.com
below have both secure and non secure links in case of any issues etc but secure (https) should be fine
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DOWNLOADING THE GAME
....please get them all, if you want
to play and read game controls that is, prior to playing.They are labelled as folders:
For the Standalone version -
PROC303_WINSTANDALONE -
Gruffyt_PROC303_FPDemo.zip
README.txt
18082013_FINAL.html
18082013_FINAL.unity3d
README.txt
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INSTRUCTION FOR USING GOOGLE DRIVE TO GET GAME
DOWNLOAD LINKS
Secure link
STANDALONE WINDOWS EXE SECURE LINK (HTTPS)
Secure link
In case secure link denies you access
STANDALONE NON SECURE LINK (HTTP)
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WEB PLAYER version, with windows only XBOX controller compatibleSecure link
WEB PLAYER SECURE LINK(HTTPS)
In case secure link denies you access
WEB PLAYER NON SECURE(HTTP)
THE ABOVE LINKS ARE NOW SUPERCEEDED BY THE SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS LINK BELOW
PLEASE USE THIS LINKTO DOWNLOAD EITHER - WIN , MAC STANDALONES OR WEBPLAYER XPLATFORM. THANKYOU
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ABOUT THE WEB PLAYER
CAVEAT TO WEB PLAYER :
There is both a standalone and a web player version to choose from, so the exit game will not
work in web player but will fine in stand-alone , just close the
browser window when finished for webplayer as per usual.FURTHER CAVEAT FOR MAC USERS(sorry), if you are on MAC, the controller will probably be out of sorts, I imagine, but windows uses the controller fine in both standalone and web player versions.
http://unity3d.com/webplayer
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Direct links to Web players for each respective platformMAC
webplayer.unity3d.com/download_webplayer-3.x/webplayer-mini.dmg
WINDOWS
webplayer.unity3d.com/download_webplayer-3.x/UnityWebPlayer.exe
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Wow, looks good man. I may give it a test :p
ReplyDeleteThis is a really kewl and beautiful game. Well presented, narrated and a lot of effort can be seen in it's development, which has well surpassed a degree stature.
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