During my game development studies, I was tasked to create a map for Counter-Strike 2 (CS:GO 2) using Unity. To design and create the environment, I conducted research about first-person shooter (FPS) games to better understand how potential players could make use of weapons, cover and elevation. Creating this map allowed me to develop my understanding of the Unity game engine and the importance of lighting, elevation and flow.
- A 3D city environment designed for an FPS game, which the player can explore
- Post-processing effects to create the player’s field-of-vision (FOV)
- Lighting, sound effects and a skybox to enhance immersion and realism
- Blender: Utilised Image as Planes to implement the storefronts
- Unity: Built the environment using ProBuilder, prefabs, colliders, post-processing effects, lighting and a skybox
Overview of the city.
Close-up of the Café and nearby structures.
Example of elevation, cover and sightlines within the map.
Close-up of different storefronts.
Working on this project gave me valuable insight into how important gameplay mechanics, player audience, elevation, flow and atmosphere are when designing and creating a level. Furthermore, when designing and creating the environment, I built more confidence in using Unity and Blender. Additionally, I was also able to reinforce my understanding of how important planning, testing and iteration are, and I have since used these skills to work on other projects, including The Departed.
Disclaimer: The 3D environment was developed for educational and portfolio purposes only. To my knowledge, all third-party assets used and their creators have been listed, with appropriate credit being given to the creators for their work. I do not claim any ownership of any third-party assets used. If there are any issues regarding the use of these assets or the credits, please contact me.
- Garbage Bin — By Rob Ortiz, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Basic Street Lamp — By elouisetrewartha, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Nivelles House 10b Belgium — By Lost Gecko, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Tree For Games — By Daniel Gryningstjerna, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Nivelles Shop 1 Belgium — By Lost Gecko, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Nivelles House 2 Belgium — By Lost Gecko, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- British compact car - Low poly model — By Daniel Zhabotinsk, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Road System — By Maxi Barmetler
- Corner cafe — By patrakeevasveta, licensed under CC BY 4.0 (In the scene, I added a wall at the back of the café.)
- Cork Corner Shop 1 Ireland — By Lost Gecko, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Bordeaux Flat 2 corner France — By Lost Gecko, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Conwy Pharmacy UK — By Lost Gecko, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Traffic Light — By Lyskilde, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
- Toyota Corola — By danieljorge435, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- 2022 Toyota Hilux — By BHP3D, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Generic Town Bus — By own.guest, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Dumpster — By wand3rer, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Construction Signs Set — By Caboose3d, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Fountain Prop — By Thunderent
- Old Bench — By Thunder, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Low Poly Truck — By FS 3D Studio, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Concrete Block — By ThomasE, licensed under CC BY 4.0
- Procedural City Generator — By ProbableTrain (I used this to create the surrounding buildings outside of the city.)
- Concrete Pavement 02 — By Charlotte Baglioni, licensed under CC0
- Skybox Series Free — By Avionx
- Kloofendal 48d Partly Cloudy (Pure Sky) — By Greg Zaal & Jarod Guest, licensed under CC0
- Cracked Concrete Wall — By Dimitrios Savva & Rico Cilliers, licensed under CC0
- Rusty Metal 02 — By Rob Tuytel, licensed under CC0
- Rust Coarse 01 — By Dimitrios Savva & Rico Cilliers, licensed under CC0
- Weathered Brown Planks — By Dimitrios Savva & Rico Cilliers, licensed under CC0
- Buildings - Batch of 21 Seamless Textures with normalmaps — By Keith333, licensed under CC BY 3.0
- Air Tone - School Yard - Dawn Empty City Air — By leonelmail, licensed under CC0 1.0
- moving plant — By Eelke, licensed under CC0 1.0
- Rusle of leaves 2 — By Magnesus, licensed under CC0 1.0
- bushmovement — By j1987 (Freesound), licensed under Pixabay Content License
- Tool Shop Shopfront
- GAME store closed.jpg — By Smurfy, licensed under CC0 1.0
- Old fashioned shop front in Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 1156700.jpg — By ceridwen, licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
- Starbucks-Coffee-Osu.jpg — By HQA02330, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wild Things Shop Front — By Erik Mclean, licensed under Pexels License
