Background

This project represents one semester's work (approx. 5 months) in a Master's class in Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology. The project brief was to make a virtual environment with purpose and utilising relevant theories. As a group of four we chose to leverage the educational value of computer games and produce work in that direction.

Story

Given that the project is only a prototype for a game it is suggestive of a story rather than exploratory. A person waking up to find that they are a hybrid angel/human, ex-warrior class, species whose bloodline goes back thousands of years is an interesting enough premise to start with. As one of the awoken you are trapped in between dimensions and must now face your first challenge: find replacement wings for the journey ahead.

Tools used

A snip of the theory behind it

Nephilim proposes to utilize three theories of presence, immersion and flow to create an interactive learning experience that fosters lateral and cognitive problem-solving within a virtual environment:

  1. The user's expectations of the game or environment must match the environment's conventions closely,
  2. The user's actions must have a non-trivial impact on the environment and,
  3. The conventions of the world must be consistent, even if they don't match those of reality.

Perron, B. and M. Wolf. eds. 2003. The Video Game Theory Reader. New York: Routledge.

Gallery

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Note that the game doesn't have the lighting above as there were issues transfering multiple UV models from Maya to Quest. Possible fix and file revision is on the way!

Credits

Aleece Loder

Character design/modeling/animation

John Lam

Puzzle design, game engine programming

Mary Vu

Game animation, game engine programming

Philip Tyrer

Project management, texturing, level design/modelling, sound design and music

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Download

Windows download

Quest competition submission:

nephilimQuestSubmission.zip (60 megs)

System requirements

Tested system requirements

Nephilim ran well on a system with the following specs:

Minimum system requirements

Taken from the Quest 3D website:

Some features depend on hardware capabilities.

Different Quest3D project have different requirements.

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Hints

Hint

It's a puzzle game but if you are really really stuck then highlight the following area to reveal some hints.

Puzzle #1

There is a sequence to the blocks.

Puzzle #2

There is no math involved. Think literally regarding the blood writing. If all else fails: trial and error...

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