The Zen Garden

This was a one week project, part 4 of 9 for a rapid prototyping class. This was a group project with 5 people. 

You are a warrior who shortly returned home to your lakeside Minka from fighting in the Onin War. You sit on the back porch, surrounding walls, gravel zen garden, small stream running through the yard. Looking out across the view, you rest your sword and helmet on the bench next to you and decide to stroll through. It’s been several months since you last were able to truly take a breather at your home. Taking a look around, you realize your place of peace has fallen into disarray. Maybe you should take this opportunity to tidy up. 

Your garden needs some serious raking, the large stones meticulously placed, now askew. One of the stone lanterns rests on its side, partially blocking your bridge. The wooden posts providing a barrier from the lake need some fresh nails. Your stone pagoda sits against the walls, partially sunken into the muddy earth. A wooden shutter connecting to a viewing window for your back wall hangs loosely, causing a draft into your home.

Division of labor:

Charles Schwimmer - Producer, Level design, sketches, grey box of level, final level assembling

Aidan Moreau - grey box assets, final asset creation

Brett Fargo - grey box assets

Mengze Wu - final asset creation

Kehan Gong - final asset creation