My main focus for this senior project is the User Interface. Personally, I feel it can be hard to show off a project when interacting with said project is clunky and confusing. Since our project does not have a specific style, I decided I wanted to make a dark, simple interface that anyone could understand. I might end up stylizing it somehow, but the built-in UI tools with the game engine we are using are somewhat limited. Who knows? Our game engine, Bevy, gets significant releases every few months, and I know they plan on overhauling their UI system at some point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have implemented a few UI areas. There is a main menu one can use to join the world or exit the game. A simple pause menu gives the user a few options while the game is running. Since our game has a vehicle, I added a speedometer overlay that will eventually update the car’s speed in real-time. I also added a secondary camera view that will ultimately be used by the car’s AI for self-driving. There have been no significant breakthroughs in the project, but that is understandable since the project is just starting out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the work side, applying for internships is still the season. Last year, I did not hear back from many places, so I decided to redo my portfolio website. I am a fan of Blizzard games, so I decided to make an interactive version of their battle.net launcher on my website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n