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Introduction<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For our Zenith<\/mark> project, we were challenged with the question,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“How do you ignite your passion and elevate your skills and experiences to create your ultimate and most successful Freestyle project?”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Zenith project is a major cumulative project that encompasses our entire Freestyle experience that we complete at the end of our senior year. It’s similar to the Explorations project we created during our junior year. However, this time it’s our final project ever in our elective classes. We chose to research our own topics and applied our 21st Century Skills in order to create our biggest Freestyle project yet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A still from my game!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

For my Zenith project, I chose to create a 3D video game<\/mark> using the Unity Engine<\/mark>! I really wanted to do this as a sort of “full circle” moment, as I made an original 2D video game for my Explorations Project last year, and I thought it would be bittersweet to close out my Freestyle experience with a project similar to that. I’ve always loved game design, as I’ve found it to be a great way to combine my creative, storytelling<\/mark> side with the academic, computer science<\/mark> side of me. I’m also gonna be studying Game Art at USC next year, so I thought this experience would give me a small glimpse into my next 4 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choosing to learn an entirely new application in such a small time frame was definitely a daunting and risky task. It was inevitable that I got stuck using Unity a lot and ran into many issues during my project, such as collisions not working properly or code not being executed as they should. From a lot of these obstacles, I learned how to better use my resources to find what was wrong with my game and was able to problem solve each of my issues. I definitely will carry my Unity experience into my future projects, as I really enjoyed using it and playing around with its features. I used the 3D modeling<\/mark> skills that I learned in Animation this year to create objects in my game, including the main player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the SoundCloud audio below to hear my spoken reflection about my Zenith project!<\/p>\n\n\n\n