BridgeWorld

This is a Social Network visualized! BridgeWorld is an interactive simulation of what a social network would look like if you where to visualize it.

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Inspiration

I took insperation from those photos you see online when you look up "Internet" where it looks like a web of networks and places all strung into 1 big ecosystem.

What it does

It allows you to visit other peoples worlds (Both public lobbies, and private lobbies) and interact with what they built that best represents them and also talk via voice chat (however the Multiplayer Aspect isnt completely done) each player gets there own island that they own that they can build on, link there social medias, and express themselves. All the islands are connected with bridges so you can check out other peoples islands. The islands are also procedurally generated with a random seed as well as the automatically planted decorations.

How we built it

I built it in unity using C# and since I'm not a 3d modeler I used free assets on the unity asset store. Since I am also new to unity I did use Claude and ChatGPT quite a bit with understanding how the structuring of both C# and unity's interface, however I did learn a bunch and near the end I found myself using AI's less and less

Challenges we ran into

Definitely Networking/Multiplayer. Its a pain to sync up 2 different players in the same world and have them both be able to spawn on separate islands and have them both be able to build structures without interfering with each other was definitely a huge obstacle. Another one was just learning how to create UI's in unity and just the unity interface overall since 3d game design is new for me

Accomplishments that we're proud of

The fact that I built a sandbox game in a week is definitely a big accomplishment especially since I have no prior knowledge of 3d game design this was both a piece of work but also a new learning experience

What we learned

Unity's interface, at least the basics. I think if I was put with just unity, no AI or documentation I could probably make a simple player movement system which is something I didnt even know where to start with a week ago.

What's next for BridgeWorld

I hope to continue updating bridge world, update the bridges so they are more robust, have multiplayer solidly working as well as voice chat. actually use my own 3d models in the future hopefully and add more assets for players to use. I also hope to overhaul the lighting system as right now its pretty bare. I also hope to make a character creation menu so you can express yourself even better.

Extra

I hope the github link works. contact me on discord @Corbanos if it doesnt

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