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GAME DESIGN AND VIRTUAL REALITYCoding and building in Unreal Engine
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EXPLORING THE WORLD IN VR
Rules
• Be safe
• Listen to instructions
• If you feel dizzy or sick take the headset off and tell me
• Look out for each other
• Take lots of breaks from the VR headset
• Seated is safest
• Wear wrist straps
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STARTING A NEW PROJECT
We will test two projects
• Virtual Reality game
• First Person game
Both can be played in VR
Decide which you would prefer to build in for the next few sessions
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STARTING A NEW PROJECT
New Project – VR game
• Virtual Reality
• Give it a name (no spaces)
• Create project
• Remember which PC you are on
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BEGINNING YOUR FIRST GAME
Map
• Content – Virtual Reality BP – Maps
• Motion Controller Map
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MOVING AROUND YOUR GAME
Editor Controls
• Left mouse button and drag on trackpad to move around
• Right mouse button and drag on trackpad to look around
• Two fingers on trackpad to move forwards and backwards
• Left click on an object to edit, tap DEL to delete it
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EDITING YOUR GAME
Editor Controls
• Move an object mode - Press W
• Rotate an object mode – Press E
• Resize an object mode – Press R
• Left click on the appropriate colour arrow and drag to resize, rotate or move object
• You can move, rotate or resize in 3 dimensions (3D) – X, Y, Z
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EXPLORING THE WORLD IN VR
Controls
To play in VR
• Go to Play
• Click on the arrow
• VR Preview
• ESC to exit
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EXPLORING THE WORLD IN VR
Controls
• Play Controls – VR Controls
• Headset (HMD) to look around
• Thumbpad to move around/teleport
• Trigger to pick up items
• ESC to exit to editor
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PLAYING WITH PHYSICS
Disable Gravity
• Left click on an object
• By default it will have gravity enabled
• Untick this box under Physics on the right hand side
• Play in VR – what happens now to that object?
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SECOND NEW PROJECT
New Project – First Person
• First Person
• Give it a name (no spaces)
• Create project
• Remember which PC you are on
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EXPLORING THE WORLD IN VR
Controls
To play in VR
• Go to Play
• Click on the arrow
• VR Preview
• ESC to exit
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EXPLORING THE WORLD IN VR
Controls
• Play Controls – VR Controls
• Headset (HMD) to look around
• Thumbpad to move around/teleport
• Right Trigger to shoot
• ESC to exit
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EXPLORING THE WORLD IN PC
Controls
To play on desktop
• Go to Play
• Click on the arrow
• New Editor Window
• ESC to exit
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EXPLORING THE WORLD IN PCControls
• Left click to begin play
• Drag on trackpad to look around
• W to move forward
• A to move left
• S to move backwards
• D to move right
• Or arrow keys to move around
• Left mouse button to shoot ESC to exit
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CHOOSING YOUR GAME PROJECT
Which starting template did you prefer?
• Virtual Reality game
• First Person game
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EDITING YOUR GAME
Editor Controls
• Move an object mode - Press W
• Rotate an object mode – Press E
• Resize an object mode – Press R
• Left click on the appropriate colour arrow and drag to resize, rotate or move object
• Left click on an object to edit, tap DEL to delete it
• Left click and drag objects into your level
• Left click and drag materials onto objects in Viewport
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BUILD LIGHTING
• When we make changes to materials,
we need to update the lighting, so
reflections and shadows are updated.
• This is called BUILD.
• This takes a while, so only do it after
you are happy with your changes, and
allow it to finish
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EXPLORING THE WORLD IN VR
Controls
• Play Controls – VR Controls
• Headset (HMD) to look around
• Thumbpad to move around/teleport
• Right Trigger to shoot
• ESC to exit to editor
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SAVE YOUR GAME
• Save your game
• Remember which PC you
are using so we can
continue building your
game next week