After crash landing into a forest, two fugitives are on the run from the  technologically advanced city, Neoverse. In the perspective of Ely, one of the wanted fugitives, the player must find their way through the forest known as the Overgrowth. Once a normal environment, transformed into a cesspool of overgrown plants, trees, and mutants that were affected by Neoverse’s experiments and migrated here. The Overgrowth is an experience in perseverance and betrayal thematically tied to introspection and identity. While in the forest, regrets are made and true colors are shown as Ely and Exxod find each other, their ship, and their next move going forward.

This was a nice challenge to test my character and story writing skills along with exploring a world I created. The project exemplifies demonstrating my creativity in developing characters and worldbuilding the most because I always had ideas for where the town can go into every time I worked in it. It also challenged my technical skills in Lua. I've barely had an experience of this language but got the hang off fairly quickly. Building The Overgrowth introduced me to cinematography and sensory details. At first, I had the player in the middle of town to look around for things to do. However, for newer players, I realized they may feel overwhelmed in available tasks. As a solution, I made one of the houses accessible to spawn the player in. That slows down  and isolates what they see, so each experience can be impactful in its own right. I remember in another project I worked on that it helps to give the player elements of the game one by one so they can understand how the world works a bit more efficiently.

Portfolio: https://mepower2001.wixsite.com/mysite

Credits:

Created by Naikym Milton

Assets used:

Brick House: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/brick-house-742...

Low Poly  Environment - Nature Pack Free: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/lowpoly-environment-nature...

Customizable Skybox: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/sky/customizable-sky...

Demon Girl: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/demon-girl-107207

Destructor Spaceship: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vehicles/space/destructor-spaceship-322...

Dragon for Boss PBR: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/creatures/dragon-for-boss-mo...

Polygonal Metalon: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/creatures/meshtint-free-poly...

Arissa: https://www.mixamo.com/#/?page=1&query=Arissa&type=Character

Exxod: https://www.mixamo.com/#/?page=1&type=Character

Eve: https://www.mixamo.com/#/?page=1&query=Eve&type=Character

Ely: https://www.mixamo.com/#/?page=1&type=Character

Tilable Moss Textures: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/nature/tilable-moss-...

Terrain Sample Asset Pack: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/landscapes/terrain-sample-...

Free Stylized Nature Environment: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/free-stylized-nature-envir...

Low Poly Tree pack: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/vegetation/trees/low-poly-tree-pack-578...

Medieval Buildings Modular: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/environments/historic/medieval-building...

Ambient forest music: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/audio/music/woodland-music-album-070718-12...

Item Pickup by TreasureSounds:

https://freesound.org/people/TreasureSounds/sounds/332629/

User Interaction Reverb SFX by Steaq: https://freesound.org/people/steaq/sounds/577464/

Free Test Character Asuna: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/3d/characters/humanoids/sci-fi/free-test-c...

Controls:

WASD: moving up, down, left and right.

Left shift: Sprint

Spacebar: Interact