AVC 200 - Week 6 - Spring 2026

Week Overview

Monday covers this lecture covers the complete Substance workflow including Community materials, Sampler for creating custom materials, and Painter for texturing 3D models. Students learn to integrate these tools with Unity and understand the importance of UV mapping in the pipeline. Wednesday focuses on students presented their interactive Unity projects featuring dialogue systems, physics interactions, and environmental design. The second half covered advanced Substance workflows including multi-part assets, texture sets, and SDF modeling in Substance Modeler.

Substance Materials Texturing Unity 3D Pipeline UV Mapping Unity Projects Substance Suite Interactive Design 3D Modeling Texture Painting Game Development

Monday

February 23, 2026

Substance Ecosystem in Unity

This lecture covers the complete Substance workflow including Community materials, Sampler for creating custom materials, and Painter for texturing 3D models. Students learn to integrate these tools with Unity and understand the importance of UV mapping in the pipeline.

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Pipeline Overview

0:00 Introduction and Audio Check

1:19 3D Pipeline and Materials Overview

3:19 Substance Tools Introduction

Substance Community

7:11 Substance Community and Unity Package

16:13 Working with Substance Materials

Substance Sampler

31:11 Substance Sampler Introduction

35:36 Creating Materials in Sampler

44:01 Exporting and Importing Substances

Substance Painter

59:04 Substance Painter Introduction

1:04:06 Paint and Fill Layers

1:12:37 Masking and Advanced Brushes

1:18:25 Exporting from Painter to Unity

Workflow Integration

1:45:36 Blender to Painter Workflow

1:54:52 UV Mapping and Triplanar Projection

2:04:05 Wrap-up and Next Session Preview

Key Concepts

Substance materials are procedural and adjustable unlike static textures
UV mapping information is stored in mesh files, not materials
Triplanar projection can sidestep UV unwrapping issues
Export both mesh and textures when unwrapping in Substance Painter
Use fill layers for base materials and paint layers for details
Substance Community provides free materials for student Adobe accounts
Channel packing combines multiple grayscale maps into one texture
Masks in Substance Painter work like Photoshop - white shows, black hides

Wednesday

February 25, 2026

Student Projects and Substance Suite

Students presented their interactive Unity projects featuring dialogue systems, physics interactions, and environmental design. The second half covered advanced Substance workflows including multi-part assets, texture sets, and SDF modeling in Substance Modeler.

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Student Project Presentations

12 projects

0:00 Introduction and Casual Chat

0:52 Student Project Presentations Begin

4:37 Instructor Feedback and Suggestions

6:27 Dream Simulator Project Demo

13:32 Audio Issues and Technical Discussion

16:27 Liminal Space Project Review

23:37 Interactive Building Project Demo

25:37 Colorful Game Project Showcase

26:36 Extended Adventure Game Demo

30:59 Industrial Platformer Project Review

40:32 House Tour Concept Demo

45:41 Card Game Project Showcase

56:12 Music Room Interactive Demo

59:39 Concert Simulator Project

1:02:12 Cyberpunk City Environment Demo

1:18:33 Substance Modeler Introduction

1:26:48 Multi-Part Asset Creation Workflow

1:32:00 Substance Painter Texture Sets

Substance Workflow Tutorial

1:42:20 Substance Modeler SDF Modeling

1:55:01 Dice Creation and Painting

2:08:32 Course Planning and Wrap-up

Key Concepts

Multi-part assets require separate materials for animation in Unity
Each Blender material becomes a separate texture set in Substance Painter
Substance Modeler uses SDF technology for more forgiving boolean operations
Interactive feedback systems enhance player engagement in games
Proper UV unwrapping is essential before texture painting workflows
Performance considerations matter when using multiple texture sets
Visual consistency requires matching interaction design with environmental aesthetics