As I’ve mentioned before, one of my main inspirations is also an Avatar movie. Although it takes place on a completely different planet, I wanted to have a look at their plant creation as I remember it being really creative and interesting. My second main research would be the advanced technology they’ve implemented into the movie. This may have a huge impact on what would be placed into my own level.

The research was good enough for me to orientate within the possibilities of the futuristic technology, but I still feel like I’m missing the main point. I want my own lab facility to be slightly more advanced, have much more interesting hardware and other items around. I want to amaze the player with the technology but at the same time make it looks realistic and possible to use.

I’ve also found out, that most of the lab scenes had a small blue tint. This gave the place more unnatural – computer-like lighting. It was also slightly darker than other areas probably to make the on screen images more visible on the screens and holograms. This would definitely be applied to my own design.

The world of Avatar is a pure beauty, so I could take screenshots every few seconds. However, the actual plants are slightly too much fantasy-like for my own production. I still want to be able to fill my world with amazing plants. I would really like to impress the player with its beauty, but at the same time, give the impression of reality and unexpected danger.

I also have to admit, that I love the creature design in this movie My own dinosaurs (the few that I’ll have in the level) may be very colourful as well, but at the same time, nicely blend with the surroundings with the patterns on their bodies. I don’t want them to be too visible from the distance, but on the other hand, I want them to be quite easy to find. This may be a little tricky, but if the colourful patterns won’t blend enough, I may add several colourful plants around the area to camouflage them better.

REFERENCE LIST:

Avatar, (2009). [Blu-Ray]. Directed by James Cameron, United States & United Kingdom, 20th Century Fox, [Viewed: 12 April 2019].

Here it is! It is time for the location for my project to be revealed (let’s say it’s a huge reveal). First I wasn’t sure what my location should looks like, although I had several general ideas in my head. In the meantime I came across a beautiful place called Dinosaur National Monument!

The Dinosaur National Monument is located on the border between Colorado and Utah, US. There are two main rivers (Green and Yampa) on its territory and the mountain range called Uinta Mountains. The park grown since it was first declared a National Monument (1915) and now its territory includes over 200 acres and contains over 800 palaeontological sites. It is a place, where many dinosaur fossils and bones were found. This would be a perfect place to resurrect dinosaurs and bring them back to live!

I have also already picked a perfect exact location. This is at the very heart of the part and has e beautiful view on the rivers and a huge rock formation in the centre of it. This would become a base for my own design, but as far as I really want to have a vast jungle, this will require a manor redesigning.

This is a really intriguing terrain and would looks really good as a base for my level. Although it would be hard to accomplish, as all of those textures would be hard to make. Let’s see how it would work, but so far I’m in a high hopes.

REFERENCE LIST:

Google Earth, (2019), Dinosaur National Monument 40°31’13.8″N 108°59’30.6″W, elevation 200M,  3D map, [Viewed: 12 April 2019]