Creating the level (Maya Stage)

As I start creating my level I put down a few basic blocks to map the shape from the drawings I done. I have compiled all of the screen caps I have taken so far.

I had a few problems with building this for a long time, At first I started by making the level out of flat boxes, but soon found out that once I put a texture on there would only be one texture for the whole thing, so I had to create walls with two planes so I could have different colours on each side of the walls. The next challenge was the stairways ... I was having so many problems creating the stairs and then unwrapping them, there were too many edges and this was supposed to be low poly so I deleted the stairs in favour of a sloping corridor.

One thing I found as I was building was that it is a lot harder creating a downwards going level, I lost so many cubes because I thought I was building it where I put it only to realise the cube was up on the grid somewhere. Silly times!

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And here are the some of my favourite screen caps from the build now the base model is finished. I really love just making things, even if something where a challenge, this was the first time I made leaves and flowerpots, it was rather fun!