WEEK 2 - SKETCHUP MODEL + CHANGE OF MATERIAL PARAMETERS

THE MAZE

PURE WAR

"Every new invention casts a long shadow that we are generally unwilling to acknowledge in the name of progress: the invention of auto mobiles inaugurated car-crashes; the incention of nuclear energy, Hiroshima and Chernobyl. The technologies of instant communications have invented another kind of accident: the extermination of space and the derealization of time. Instant feedback is shrinking the planet to nothing, and "globalization" is its ultimate accident..." 

Quote Source - http://books.google.com/books/about/Pure_war.html?id=D7kgAQAAIAAJ

In thinking of what I could create in sketchup for a model to incorporate into my Crysis level, i researched the theory of pure war and other descriptions and found the above to be of great relevance. I decided to construct a maze to illustrate, the struggle between the idea of war and peace, as in circumstances of war nothing is certain, however with peace there is always certainty. The maze demonstrates this as throughout the structure guiding lights will be placed as the player moves throughout along the correct path.

In the video below, My attempt of making the material parameters on the vehicle change, can be seen. This has been achieved by making the texture glow and illuminate as the player, approaches the vehicle.

My chosen level to work in is the quarry as seen below.