Concept

Tasked with creating the overall visual language of the project, the minimap is a core part of the navigational interface for the user. Because a 3D realistic model of the area would be excessively complicated to both render and to look at visually, I simplified Propsect Point into a stylized map. In order to show depth with only 2D imagery, I split the layers of the map into different PNGS that are applied to individual quads on Unity that are layered on top of one another. Icons were also placed on separate quads so that they could be easily moved around.

Workflow

• import the PNGs made from 2D design program (ie. Illustrator) and bring them into Unity,
• - 2D layers placed into quads as different Unity materials
• - 2D quads are physically offset from each other
• - 2D quads grouped under a single empty game object
• - empty game object is named as the minimap, and is made into prefab
• - minimap prefab applied to controller prefab