Open The Application: HERE
So For this theme, I instantly had an idea of what I wanted to do since the phrase “Teamwork” speaks of physical labor to me and since I have worked in a warehouse I had this idea about a warehouse scene with a number of things going on but the core principle of it being Teamwork most of it would be random and quirky and thought up on the spot but the original idea is two workers picking up a box and placing it on a shelf.
To start this project I first needed to make A simple character model and a warehouse scene which was the thing I decided to make first using blender the scene I created was simply using a shelf I made and five variations of boxes I made the warehouse look full
After Creating these assets I opened up Zbrush to create the character that I would be using throughout this project and I quickly made one using Zspheres and added in some detail here and there to make it look less like a bunch of spheres/cylinders.
I made the head have a flat top as I wanted to place a box on top of the head to make it as if these characters carry boxes on there heads rather than the normal way with there hands though they are capable of doing both.
After that test render, I had the crazy stupid idea to create a simple forklift that speeds threw the warehouse to add to the scene and I box modeled one if a few hours (Google, 2022) then quick textured it with substance painter and it turned out better than I expected
The next day I decided that I wanted a ladder holding part in the scene but then changed it to a skyjack I found the modeling side easy enough but the rigging of the scissor part extremely challenging and I tried 6 or seven varients and bone designs and one of them worked extremely well as bones on there own but Found it way too hard to parent the parts to the bones it wouldn’t work anyway I tried so after 3 or 4 hours I gave up and settled on my original IK design and it does not work exactly how a scissor lift would work but it works and for now that’s enough for me however I would like to learn how to make it in the future since that design of bones is very useful for many things. The image I used as referance (lift, Terrain and Guide, 2022)
I gave the worker bee as I called them some textures and I made 6 or seven variants of them quickly because I knew I wanted the program to change their clothes at the click of a button mainly because I knew it could do this but unfortunately I could not figure out how to get it to work perfectly because It works to some degree instead of it changing the cloths of the worker bee’s it changes there skin… I’m not sure entirely why but that’s what it does and I tried to fix it but with not much luck.
My finished application has quite a few features and works relatively well with only minor lagging here and there I spent quite a lot of time on it and that’s not the important part what is that I wasted a lot of that time trying to fix bugs and issues that kept arising over and over and to fix the small things takes a lot of time thanks to the way you have to put this application together but I feel like I got a good working prototype and you can see its use and functionality with this new understanding of the program I think next time I could create something with a bit more substance and works a lot better than this does now but as a first go its not a bad app.
I have embedded the application below into WordPress however It does not really fit as you can see but you can see how this app can just be uploaded and embedded into any website with ease its just on my elementor blog site which it was not designed for it does not fit correctly but it can be adjusted for all devices and sizes with some effort when creating the application.
To access it properly follow this link: https://v3d.net/62e it will open up inside a new Tab however it takes a little while to load so please watch the video at the bottom if you can not load it.
There are issues with the program mostly involving how I set it up most troubling one is how the forklift animation button brakes the camera sometimes and the horrible loading time and lag when activating some of the functionality.
Google.com. 2022. Redirect Notice. [online] Available at: <https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.catlifttruck.com%2Fproducts%2Fcounterbalance-forklift-trucks%2Flp-gas-powered-forklift-trucks&psig=AOvVaw1FzqdMD8glduzoNnQAIPjJ&ust=1650402915656000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAwQjRxqFwoTCJDV-I3EnvcCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAF> [Accessed 18 April 2022].
lift, S., Terrain, _. and Guide, R., 2022. How to Operate Electric Scissor Lift Like a BOSS !!. [online] AddyBuilders.Com. Available at: <https://www.addybuilders.com/2019/06/how-to-operate-electric-scissor-lift.html> [Accessed 19 April 2022].
[Addon Tool Used] Blender Market. 2022. Random Flow. [online] Available at: <https://www.blendermarket.com/products/random-flow> [Accessed 1 May 2022].
