Final Submission: Ponpontopia by Defne Isikli
Please see the video on Youtube; https://youtu.be/wW-G8j32Yf8
This project aims to explore the mind of the most beloved childhood toys. By doing that, one can unlock the mystery behind the endless imaginative capacity of young minds and why it gets lonely and narrow over time.
ponpon(n.): best friend a child can hope to have and denies that it is not real.
"Welcome to Ponpontopia. Ponpon is one of the best friends a child can imagine. Remember your best friend, your supporter, and your unconditional sibling from when you are little? Ponpon is that significant bestie for me from my childhood. I have carried her everywhere, shared my secrets with her and enjoyed my childhood fully with her companion. Here, you will enter the mind of Ponpon, and experience my childhood through her eyes. Do you wonder why we tend to lose our capacity of imagination when we grow up? You can explore this question by also watching the experience again and listen to Ponpon’s perspective with the matter."
Older Posts Project Idea:
-Why do we lose our imagination when we grow up? (Childhood dream-like world / Ugly adult world) if life is a maze, there is a gateway between childhood and adulthood worlds; design of a maze (mirrored)
-Intimate childhood memories // Teddy bears as best friends = they also have their own stories to tell!
Experimentation:
My first aim: to create a rabbit figure, follow it with camera and move it with arrow keys & to have first design ideas about childhood world. Rabbit = free from asset store (which then be replaced with Ponpon)
For movement and rotation i watched this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJzYGsMcy8Q Jiggle Buble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xLPzDmlUKQ + unity asset store
Here is the link to my video which was supposed to be a GIF actually: :D https://youtu.be/zKqo6ScBhoE
And here is a photo of the childhood maze:
