Mystery Island Level: Laurie Annis Morgan

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Mystery Island: Adventure Puzzle Level

Mysterious island adventure puzzle game concept environment created to demonstrate modeling and texture techniques. Modeled, set up and animated in 3ds Max 2008, 2010 and Mudbox 2009, textured in Mudbox 2009, Photoshop and Illustrator CS4.

Scene Renders

"Space ship" for Mystery Island game environment. Terrain height map painted in Photoshop CS4, modeled in 3ds Max 2008. Objects modeled and unwrapped in 3ds Max 2008, 2010 and Mudbox 2009. Details modeled Mudbox 2009. Texture sets painted in Mudbox 2009 and Photoshop CS4. Scene materials set up, lit and rendered in 3ds Max.

Mystery Island game environment. Terrain height map painted in Photoshop CS4, modeled in 3ds Max 2008. Objects modeled and unwrapped in 3ds Max 2008, 2010 and Mudbox 2009. Details modeled Mudbox 2009. Texture sets painted in Mudbox 2009 and Photoshop CS4. Scene materials set up, lit and rendered in 3ds Max.

Interior view of "space ship" for Mystery Island game environment. Terrain height map painted in Photoshop CS4, modeled in 3ds Max 2008. Objects modeled and unwrapped in 3ds Max 2008, 2010 and Mudbox 2009. Details modeled Mudbox 2009. Texture sets painted in Mudbox 2009 and Photoshop CS4. Scene materials set up, lit and rendered in 3ds Max.

"Space ship" interior for Mystery Island game environment. Objects modeled and unwrapped in 3ds Max 2010. Textures painted in Photoshop CS4. Scene materials set up, lit and rendered in 3ds Max.

"Space ship" interior for Mystery Island game environment. Objects modeled and unwrapped in 3ds Max 2010. Textures painted in Photoshop CS4. Scene materials set up, lit and rendered in 3ds Max.

Rock and palm frond shelter for Mystery Island game environment. Objects modeled and unwrapped in 3ds Max 2008, 2010 and Mudbox 2009. Details modeled Mudbox 2009. Texture sets painted in Mudbox and Photoshop CS4. Scene materials set up, lit and rendered in 3ds Max.

Camp fire prop for Mystery Island game environment. Textures painted in Photoshop CS4. Modeled, lit, set up and rendered in 3ds Max 2008. Fire effect set up and animated in 3ds Max.

Rock and palm log table prop for Mystery Island game environment. Texture image edited in Photoshop CS4. Modeled, lit, set up and rendered in 3ds Max 2008.

Palm trees and underbrush for Mystery Island game environment. Textures painted in Photoshop CS4. Modeled, lit, set up and rendered in 3ds Max 2008.

Overhead view of island terrain for Mystery Island game environment. Terrain height map and textures painted in Photoshop CS4. Modeled, lit, set up and rendered in 3ds Max 2008.

Models

Spiral ladder prop for "space ship" interior for Mystery Island game environment. Material set up in 3ds Max. Modeled, lit and rendered in 3ds Max 2010.

Spiral ladder model for "space ship" interior for Mystery Island game environment. Modeled in 3ds Max 2010.

Palm trees and underbrush for Mystery Island game environment. Textures painted in Photoshop CS4. Modeled, lit, set up and rendered in 3ds Max 2008.

Palm trees and underbrush for Mystery Island game environment. Textures painted in Photoshop CS4. Modeled, lit, set up and rendered in 3ds Max 2008.

Rock cluster model for Mystery Island game environment. Textures painted in Photoshop CS4 and Mudbox 2009. Modeled, lit, set up and rendered in 3ds Max 2008.

Rock cluster model for Mystery Island game environment. Textures painted in Photoshop CS4 and Mudbox 2009. Modeled, lit, set up and rendered in 3ds Max 2008.

UVW Maps and Tiling Textures

Palm frond texture for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4.

Seamless tiling palm bark texture for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4.

Seamless tiling dried palm frond texture for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4.

Grass tufts texture for Mystery Island game environment. Grass modeled as hair in 3ds Max 2008, rendered to texture low poly grass models.

Grass clump texture for Mystery Island game environment. Grass modeled as hair in 3ds Max 2008, rendered to texture low poly grass models.

Seamless tiling palm debris on sand texture for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4. Blend material set up in 3ds Max 2008.

Seamless tiling sand texture hand for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4. Blend material set up in 3ds Max 2008.

Seamless tiling pebbles on sand texture for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4. Blend material set up in 3ds Max 2008.

Seamless tiling wet pebbles on sand texture for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4. Blend material set up in 3ds Max 2008.

Rock cluster UVW map for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4, applied on model as stamp in Mudbox 2009.

Seamless tiling rock texture for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4, applied on model as stamp in Mudbox 2009.

Ship sail textures for Mystery Island game environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4.

Stormy sky texture for Mystery Island game environment. Painted on model in Mudbox 2009, touched up in Photoshop CS4.

Concepts

Concept sketch of overhead map for stormy island environment. Painted in Photoshop CS4.

Concept sketch for Mystery Island game environment, hand drawn in pencil.

Concept sketch for Mystery Island game environment, hand drawn in pencil.

Concept sketch for Mystery Island game environment color palette and lighting, painted in Photoshop CS4.

Concept sketch for Mystery Island game environment color palette and lighting, painted in Photoshop CS4.

Concept sketch for Mystery Island game environment "space ship" interior, hand drawn in pencil.

Introduction
You awaken on a deserted island and don't remember how you arrived there. The sky is foreboding and dark, you must find shelter. You begin to explore the island, finding clues to explain your situation as you go. You find a pirate ship of obvious alien origin, and a hut with mysterious charts and parts. You discover that you are the victim of an alien abduction gone awry. Your captors died in an accident that led to your crash landing, but you were in stasis and survived. Your task is to find a way to rebuild the ship's propulsion mechanism and return to earth.

Genre
Science fiction mystery role-playing game. Puzzle out the events that brought you to this location, where you are, and a method for getting back home. Return to your camp nightly.

Level Description
Desert island surrounded entirely by water, with a single fresh water stream running through. Scattered palm trees and brush on beach, thick forest of palms covering the island's interior. Moderate elevation increase towards center of island. Far on the horizon, mountain peaks are just visible. The sky is dark and foreboding, threatening to rain.