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Challenge 1: Quick blockout

Now that I might have convinced you to start working with Probuilder you are probably itching to start creating your first level. Of course you can just jump into it and start creating something in Unity. However, we need some sort of plan for what we are going to make. So since we are going to start with the really easy and quick blockout you dont need anything like an artstyle yet. We are going to start really simple.

So for this challenge I want to create a rather simple town. This town is small and will have a couple of buildings and a plaza. You can go with what I make and see how it will look like. Or you can come up with whatever you would like to make and compare it to each other.

So here I have a rather simple and quick layout I drew in paint (yes I did it in paint). I want a big house for the chief of the village to live in. Then a plaza with shops around it and a couple of roads going to the smaller houses.


With a simple plan I can now start creating this village with Probuilder. This will be a quick blockout with just simple geometric shapes. Nothing fancy yet. Just to get a feeling of the village.




I colored everything. That way its easier to keep things separate. Once your project becomes bigger and bigger this will help you in knowing what is exactly what. Especially since we are still in the basis of the project we don't have any complicated textures yet.


The Challenge:
Create a basic blockout of an area. This can be part of a city, a village or perhaps a temple. Make what you want. However, keep it simple with basic blocks. Make your blockout in a couple of hours. Don't think too much about it.



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