Starship Cinematic Demonstration

• Scene design, layout, & prop placement using third party 3D models within the Unity game engine

  • Implemented post processing, including local and global volumes​

• Custom implementation of starship controller that includes both first-person and third-person view perspectives driven by Unity's Cinemachine asset

• Used Unity's Timeline asset to script assorted cinematic events

  • Once triggered, the opening and closing of jump gate & portal, complete with visual effects (VFX)​

  • Several mining ships that travel from asteroids to the space station and back to mining

  • A non-player controlled starship that travels from the space station's dock to the portal, triggering its activation and visual effects, and then jumping out of scene

• Imported and implemented 3D model assets from multiple providers

  • Customized the player's starship asset by adding a complete cockpit from separate asset vendors on the Unity Asset Store

  • Added additional 3D assets (lights) to the starship model​​​​

• Implemented thrusters using particle visual effects (VFX) on player ship

• Configured starship wing's animations to be connected to player input when activating thrust

• Modified a third party Skybox asset to include planets and sun in the distance using GIMP 

• Scripted game logic with C# in Jetbrains Rider integrated development environment (IDE)

  • Game state, scene loading, player input with Unity's Legacy Input System, triggers, and more