about althea and the dying tree
Role: VFX Artist, Game Programmer
Timeline: February - April 2023
Althea and the Dying Tree is a Unity game made during February - April 2023 for CS4455: Video Game Design at Georgia Tech. The team consisted of me, Madison Kim, Carson Anderson, Aparna Arul, and Katie Carlson.
Check here for my programming contributions as well as the entire repo:
https://github.com/jimmyliuwho/AltheaAndTheDyingTree
Click here to play in browser - Please note, VFX graph is unsupported by WebGL. For working VFX, download the build below:
In addition to writing C# scripts and making proper gameplay mechanics, I specifically worked on UI, environment art, and VFX for the game. Examples include the whirlwind effect, transition wipe effect, pickup item glow effect, light barrier, flower/vine growth effect, energy projectile, fire and smoke, and water shader.
Some VFX are based on the tutorials of Gabriel Aguiar Prod.
Skills Used
C# programming
Unity
Blender
Photoshop
Github
shader that procedurally grows the vine's geometry
vine growing in game
vine geometry and UV map in Blender
shader that procedurally grows the flower's geometry
Flower geometry side view and UV maps
Flower geometry top view and UV map in Blender
jumping wind power vfx
Whirlwind texture made in Photoshop
Light barrier VFX
light barrier in game
Light barrier geometry and UV map in Blender
Power up particle glow VFX
Water shader used in river
fire and smoke vfx on enemy character
transition wipe between scenes
final level design