Exploration Rover

Game a Week #7 - Exploration Rover - Box Art Jam

You are a rover on a distant planet. Analyze different artifacts on this alien world.
A visual experiment.

Controls:
W + S = Acceleration
A + D = Steer
Space = Hand Brake
Mouse = Look Around

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This week's theme was to create a game based on the Box Art above. The visuals of the face intrigued me deeply and had a very technological appeal. I wanted to create a simple experience that exemplifies this look. An Exploration Rover appealed to me on a number of levels. The visual aesthetic fit and the red colors connected well with Mars (not that this is meant to be the planet. Just the reference).

Most of my time was spent working on the shader to create this look as well as the feel of the robot. It was my first time working with vehicles in Unity. I was happy overall with the final controls but it does some strange stuff at times. My favorite aspect of this robot was the head bobbing of the camera. That felt really good to me.

Let me know your thoughts!

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I am currently making a game a week in a prototype course at the NYU Game Center. I decided I wanted to publish each of these projects weekly to get feedback and see what people think.

These are complete works in the sense I don't have expectations to work on them further (unless you all love one for whatever reason).
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