Concept
Life of Bees explores the big role pesticides play in the US bee colony collapse through an interactive Unity game. The experience lets you dive into the perspectives of multiple involved stakeholders - Bees and Humans - and understand how the two interact with each other.
The game is located at a Californian almond farm on a cloudy morning. You start exploring the scene as a farmer, who is tasked to regulate the pesticide usage on that farm. However, as you explore, you get the unique chance to swap perspective with one of the bees on your farm to understand how your actions impact the local wildlife.
The game is located at a Californian almond farm on a cloudy morning. You start exploring the scene as a farmer, who is tasked to regulate the pesticide usage on that farm. However, as you explore, you get the unique chance to swap perspective with one of the bees on your farm to understand how your actions impact the local wildlife.
Technical Aspects
Life of Bees features various custom C# scripts that allow the user to interact with the game with keyboard presses, buttons and more. C# scripts also handle the perspective switch from farmer to bee, the light effects, and spatial audio. Particle systems enhance the smokey pesticide effect.
I modeled and animated the bee's body and its movements by hand in Autodesk Maya. Some other custom assets were created in Blender, and some were purchased online. The farmer is an animated character from Mixamo.
I modeled and animated the bee's body and its movements by hand in Autodesk Maya. Some other custom assets were created in Blender, and some were purchased online. The farmer is an animated character from Mixamo.
... modeling and animating a bee in Autodesk Maya
... setting up the environment logics in Unity
... coding the interactions for Unity
... finalizing the Unity environment with lights, fog, and audio