TGD & Friends KitJam 2021

Here you can find my contribution's source files to the TGD KitJam 2021.

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File	Description
`KitJam-2021-08.blend`	the master source file for pretty much the whole level kit, it's compatible with Blender 2.79 and up (no questions about why I am using 2.79 and not 2.8x or 2.9x, I have my reasons)
`KitJam-2021-08.fbx`	FBX export of the level kit for importing into game engines like Unity or Unreal Engine
`KitJam-2021-08.glb`	glTF export of the level kit for importing into game engines like Godot
two `*.png` images	textures for UV mapping the 3D models of the level kit, the textures are used as color palettes
`/wip`	directory containing "work in progress" screenshots and renders that I made during development of the level kit
`/Godot Sample Project`	directory containing a sample level in the Godot game engine that has been built using this level kit
`/itch`	directory containing screenshots from the Godot sample project for submitting my jam results to the itch.io project page

How to

Preamble: I am only experienced with the Godot game engine, I have no idea how to prepare anything for UE and Unity.

That being said, you're lucky when using Godot. I prepared something for you to play around with, so you don't have to follow the next instructions. Just open the sample project and/or copy its files into your own project.

But generally spoken, all you have to do is …

Import the files into your game engine

open your project directory
copy either the *.fbx or *.glb file to your project directory
copy the sky-pirate-studios-palette-8x.png to the same directory
switch to your game engine, it should probably automatically import the files

The imported models come with three materials:
rough, glas and emissive

Unfortunately you now have to …

Setup the materials

drag'n'drop the palette texture (that *.png file) onto the albedo fields of all three materials
enable transparency for the glas material, also play around with its metallic and specular properties to create a slight mirror effect since this material has been named glas for a reason ;)
enable emission for the emissive material and give it some nice lightened look, if desired activate "glow" or "bloom" in world or environmental settings

And finally you can …

Create a mesh library / tile set

First of all, each tile of this level kit has a dimension of
5m × 5m × 4m (width × depth × height)

I don't know much about how it works in UE and Unity, but in Godot there's a thing called GridMap. After converting the tiles into a MeshLibrary and putting it into the grid map's mesh_library field you have to set the cell_cize according to the tiles's dimensions. Feel free to also check the center_cell_x and center_cell_z checkboxes.

Only one thing left …

Build a level

This falls to you. Have fun, I'd say. :)

Used 3rd party assets

Imphenzia Gradient palette (only used for some practicing objects)
Sky Pirate Studios Palette (used for all final assets)

dueddel / TGD-Friends-KitJam-2021