Computer Games (2023) - Quest Explorer

Project Overview

This project is a team assignment for the "Computer Games" course, offered in the 7th semester of the 2023 academic year at the University of Piraeus, Department of Informatics. The project is a Unity 3D game with basic features, such as an entry screen, in-game menus, and HUD elements. The game simulates the daily life of a farmer named Alex.

Course Information

Institution: University of Piraeus
Department: Department of Informatics
Course: Computer Games (2023)
Semester: 7th

Technologies Used

C#
Unity

Game Description

The game is set in 1995, in Texas, and follows a day in the life of a farmer, Alex, as he deals with daily challenges on his farm. The game features three different maps representing different stages of Alex's journey to fix a problem on his farm. Along the way, Alex meets friends and family who help him overcome obstacles and achieve his goals. The game offers a warm, nostalgic experience, touching on themes such as friendship and connection with the past.

Development Phases

Analysis:

The team decided early on the basic storyline of the game.
After brainstorming, the story chosen was "a day in the life of a farmer named Alex."
The game environment was divided into three distinct areas:
1. Farm: The starting and ending environment where Alex interacts with his surroundings.
2. Forest: The transitional environment between the Farm and the City.
3. City: The environment where Alex resolves the main issue and returns to the farm.

Design:

Unity Version: 2022.3.13f1
Farm: Designed with terrain, roads connecting farm structures, and realistic elements like trees, fields, greenhouses, and farm vehicles.
Forest: Includes a road connecting the farm to the city, with rivers and a waterfall.
City: Features roads and potential locations for houses.

Implementation:

Added realistic elements such as trees, mountains, rivers, houses, and cars to the terrains.
Farm: Completed with interactive elements like automatic irrigation, moving NPCs, and sounds.
Forest: Includes nature sounds, water and air effects, moving cars with NPCs, and predefined paths.
City: Added moving cars and NPCs with predefined paths using NavMeshPath, and unique interactions when the player approaches or looks at certain NPCs using RayCast.