The Mystery of Duvall Drive is an official Roblox experience used to showcase Studio's various features and tools to create an immersive environment. Returning from the Kerr-Newman DSR-14 space station, we now invite you to explore the dark abandoned house and its many mysteries in this official demo, which is both uncopylocked and editable in Studio, as well as a great palette of assets and examples that you can model and use similarly in your own experiences!
Similar to the previous Beyond the Dark showcase, this document demonstrates the process of going from simple sketches to a rich 3D environment with mind-bending visuals. Our goal is to provide information on both how we used Studio tools and why we used the features we did to achieve our results, including:
- MaterialService and custom materials
- Packages and their ability to streamline processes
- Volumetric Audio and SoundService
- Streaming Enabled for complex experiences
You can follow the articles sequentially or jump between the following sections:
- Constructing the House explores the transformation from a simple blueprint to the final environment, including the process to ensure the environment was fun from start to finish.
- Materializing the World details how both MaterialService and SurfaceAppearance create the look and feel of each room's normal and corrupted state.
- Immersive Narrative demonstrates how to utilize UI features to build lore throughout the playable area.
- Streaming in Immersion explains how we both code and constructed the experience to take advantage of Streaming Enabled capabilities.
- Developing a Moving World describes how and why movement can give the world a sense of life and reactiveness.
- Designing Dark Soundscapes details how SoundService and volumetric audio craft the distinct soundscapes of the normal and corrupted worlds.