WADI Walks, Cities Can Dream
MMU Project Assistant
Using Unreal Engine 4 to create Dovestone Reservoir and becoming familiar with Quixel Bridge Megascans
Games Art and Design Collaboration between Higher College of Technology (FJW HCT) (Fujairah, UAE) and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) (Manchester, UK). Focusing on developing storyboarding, design ideas and prototype a for a virtual game, that investigates the landscapes that surround the city of Manchester and the city of Fujairah in UAE.
Unreal Engine 4 virtual world of Dovestone Reservoir outside of Manchester
SOURCES FOR 3D MODELS:
EPIC Games: Infinity Blade: Grass Lands
Quixel Bridge Megascans
The Project
The focus was on valleys (Wadi), water, (or lack of it), and the environment, exploring the cultural, geographical and historical differences of the partner cities, with participants making sense of their surroundings and how it shapes our identities and working towards a gamification of that experience.