Sketch it up!
Description
Sketch it up! is an industry oriented, student pitched project for the Entertainment Technology Center, which comprised in building a software tool with which complex ideas can be easily and cheaply sketched within minutes using the Panda 3D engine.
One of the goals of this project was to have this tool included in the game developing process as a means to encourage the exploration of ideas spending minimum resources. Also to have this tool as part of the curriculum in the Building Virtual Worlds course at the Entertainment Technology Center.
How it came to be
The main focus was to make this game sketching tool to be user friendly and appealing to the eye. Working with our artist I implemented UI elements and features that were intuitive and actually give the end user the element of fun while using our tool and made the experience of going through brainstorming for a game more complete and exciting.