Ripples

After Gateway 4, this was probably the best first scene I've ever made. It was also the best first complex scene I had created at the time. My boss at work even loved it so she put it up as her desktop as well. I did, however, get a lot of "What is that thing up top?" questions. The answer: It's a hole. The cave fell in and created a hole, which is why the light streams in from the top. I know..I didn't make it look very good. But I think I did most of everything else pretty well in that scene. There are even different levels of water underneath to get the different deep and light shades of blue to make the water look more realistic. :)

This scene is also very important because it was the foundation to this web site. I started imagining being able to go to the places in the scene, such as swimming in the water around the huge stalagmite, and discovering treasure someplace deeper in the cave. Or swimming out to the bay to the other side of the mountains. At the time, I was realy into playing Riven™, and I decided to make something where I could do just that sort of thing. It led to creating this web site. :) 10/98