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Designed by Lajja Mehta & Janvi PatilMS AAD, Columbia GSAPP, 2025Course: A4980-1 / Spring 2025Instructor: Nitzan Bartov Introduction Envire is an immersive, third-person exploration game developed in Unreal Engine 5.4. Players guide a spherical Player through three elemental realms—Land, Water, and Air—each offering distinct spatial dynamics and sensory experiences. The game’s progression is non-linear and…

The inspiration comes from human dreams, where one passes through a series of layered spaces. Each space has its own atmosphere, scale, and logic—some are tense, others calm or abstract. The transitions between these environments reflect a sense of uncertainty and transformation, which became the foundation for the project’s spatial and experiential design. The core…

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VGAzmkpKscsFH5A-CuVDj2pn8OBkw0339M0GeIyu0u0/edit?usp=sharing This final video displays the progress on our level with a focus on aesthetics and effects. We wanted to present the game as this fantasy world thats undergoing attack where the player wakes up at the outpost and has to try and save their world. They have to begin their journey by reaching the…

Final submission for the course on Virtual Architecture – an exploration of illumination as an aesthetic in a maze-like space. First person perspective.

LEVEL 01 by Siqi Zhang + Manas Bhatia