Diary #2 - Setting the Scene

23 November 2023

After a very busy and tiring week, it's time for me to turn to my Food Soccer game!

In this entry, I will discuss how we imported all our assets into Unity, and got into making our 4v4 venue that will be used. I contemplated what sort of venue we'd have for our matches. My initial thought was to have an actual football stadium, but then my mind into going with a setting that matched our theme, so I began thinking about having our matches held in a kitchen or dining table. I ended up going with the latter. 

The reason why I made this decision, is mainly to do with the textures and resources available on the web. It's A LOT harder and time consuming if I searched for assets to use in a kitchen (tiles, metals) not to forget the extra modelling that needs to be done, whereas a dining table doesn't need much going on, other than a table, four walls, a ceiling, and a floor. I used www.opengameart.org for textures, and began working on the setting, as well as the lighting in Unity. 

My next steps are now to figure out the networking. I felt as though it would be necessary to get the multiplayer stuff sorted out, and figuring out how to connect users to each other and get messages/events through before working on controls and the actual gameplay. I also need to add the liquid to the tea's clay cups, as well as adding the banners to the scene.