ZAAO Waste Recycling Game

This was a VR game created for the local waste management company ZAAO. 

The games' purpose is to introduce the general public to waste recycling and which waste containers to use. The player has to place various waste items into appropriate waste containers (for plastic, metal, glass, etc). 

The main challenge was the use of a 360° image for the background and 3D models for the interactable objects. This choice was made so that the game looks realistic. Creating the environment as a 3D model was not feasible as the game was supposed to run on an Oculus Go headset, and does not have the horsepower to process that much.

Technologies used

• Unity

• Oculus Go

• 360° photospheres

Role and tasks in project

This was a solo project.

• Developer

  • Object pickup mechanics

    • When the player hovers over and presses the action button, object gets attached to the view and can be moved around

  • Object release mechanics

    • When the player releases action button, the object is either moved back to original position or, if hovering over a trash bin, put in the bin or rejected and placed back in original place

  • Trash bin mechanics

    • When user view is over a trash bin, its lid is opened with an animation

    • If an object is released when hovering over it, the game checks if it's the correct object

      • If it's correct, the target object is moved to the bin

      • If it's incorrect, the target object is rejected and moved to its original position and and a UI graphic is shown

  • Highscores

    • When playing a timer is running

    • When the player correctly disposes all the objects, the timer is stopped

    • After finishing the game, players time is shown and placed in the highscores table

• Artist

  • Creating trash bin and trash item 3D models

  • Texturing created 3D models

  • Incorporating the 3D models with a 360° image to make them fit in

    • Adjusting textures with fake shadowing

    • Adding a fake shadow under objects to 'ground' them

    • Placing 3D objects in a way that looks correct and seems that the objects are physically on the ground

• Other

  • Creating UI for game menus

  • Added sound effects

  • Added localization (Latvian and English)