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-====== Programming Assignment 1: A world with interactive items ======
+====== Programming Assignment 1: A world with interactive props ======
 ===== Basic Info =====
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 ===== Goal =====
-In this assignment you will be using Unity to create a basic interactive virtual environment.  The user can navigate around the environment and interact with various items.
+In this assignment you will be using Unity to create a basic interactive virtual environment.  The user can navigate around the environment and interact with various props.
-While you are given complete freedom to create any kind of environment and include any kinds of items you want, keep in mind that some kind of overall story or setting that ties it all together makes the experience more compelling.
+While you are given complete freedom to create any kind of environment and include any kinds of props you want, keep in mind that some kind of overall story or setting that ties it all together makes the experience more compelling.
 ===== Description =====
-  * Create an environment that displays a compelling environment.  You can use the same method and assets as presented in Lab2, but at least change the shape and play with the textures and lights.  You are also free to use a completely different model.
+  * Create a compelling environment that gives you some sense of where you are (in a city, in a building, in the wilderness, in space).  You can use any assets you find, as long as you credit them.
-  * Create a Python class for **interactive items** that at least holds information about 'location', 'orientation', 'name', 'description' and 'usage effect'.  When instantiated, the item should load a unique model from a file and appear inside the world.
+  * Create a general kind of prop you can operate on / activate, using the Unity prefab feature.
-  * Populate the room with 8 - 12 items by reading in a text file, for example in the following format (alternatively you can use XML):
+  * Create a few different instances of this prop in the scene and make sure that **at least** one of those uses a model that is made completely from scratch (using a 3D modeling tool and image editing program for textures)
-    * ITEM:name:location:orientation:description:effect
+  * When a user navigates through your environment, any prop that you come into close proximity of (use collider components), should become selected.  A selected prop needs to stand out in some manner, for example by switching to a particularly bright texture or by bobbing up and down (you can use your imagination here).  A 'description' of the selected prop should appear somewhere on the screen.
-    * ITEM:name:location:orientation:description:effect
+  * A selected prop should become unselected when the user moves away.
-    * ...
+  * When the user hits the E key on the keyboard while a prop is selected, you should make something happen depending on what the selected prop is.  It is enough just to show a 'usage effect' text on the GUI, but feel free to improvise (e.g. trigger a behavior or change a property).
-  * When a user navigates through your room, any item that you come into close proximity of (check the distance between the object and camera), should become the selected item.  A selected item needs to stand out in some manner, for example by switching to a particularly bright texture or by bobbing up and down (you can use your imagination here).  The 'description' of the selected item should appear somewhere on the screen.
-  * A selected item should become unselected when the user moves away.
-  * When the user hits the ENTER key while an item is selected, you should make something happen depending on what the selected item is.  It is enough just to show the 'usage effect' text, but feel free to improvise.
-===== Resources =====
-  * You can populate your room with items from [[http://www.alice.org/pandagallery/|The Panda 3D Model Archive]] if you like