Remember: Everything is relative to the player and how the player sees the world. So if you created 'most-realistic' environment that match dimensions from the real-world but when you walk around it feels small, then you need to re-work your environment to make sure that your level 'feels right'. It all depends on how the player perceives your environment. Scale and dimensions have to 'feel right'.Character collision boundaries will play a significant role for various architecture elements such as doorways height and width.

Scale and dimensions of your character and architecture is going to be relative to your game and the environment you are creating.These dimensions will work 9 times out of 10. Average wall height, width, depth and lengthĢ Most Important Things to Know About Scale:īase scale listed in this article is a good starting point.Then once you jump into the world and start playing, you realize that your proportions are incorrect and the world looks too small or too big.Īt the beginning of every level creation, you have to decide on base dimensions you will use for your project. Every new prop and every new architecture piece will reference the previously placed prop. So if you start your project without setting the base scale and dimensions of your environment, everything will be off. You can easily tell if something is out of proportion and doesn't look right. If you don't know the height of the character, then you don't know how large or small the surrounding geometry (props and architecture) has to be. Correct scale means that you know the basic dimensions for your architecture, your character and you use them as a guide to create your environment. When I begin a new project or learn a new game engine, the first things I figure out is scale and dimensions to use.ĭeciding on a scale of player character and world geometry will help you to avoid major problems with proportion.

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