After creating a video representation of the star navigation prototype:

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I wanted to create a playable Unity version of this prototype, which is what I did in this video (Ignore the redness, that’s there so I can gauge the radius of the circle for the rotation).

This version allows the player to look around both vertically and horizontally and is a more accurate depiction of how the finalised mechanic would look.

A and D are used to look left and right
W and S are used to look up and down
Space is used to decide where to go, the player is given ~5 degrees of leniency with their choice. Whether or not they are right can be seen in the console in the video.

But how does it work? I created two scripts, one that:

• Rotates the ‘sky’ using the A and D keys
• Stores the ‘sky’ rotation value and sets it to a number between 0 and 360
• Upon ‘Space’ press the rotation value is compared to a ‘Direction value’ that can be set in the inspector

Another script:

• Moves the camera up and down an axis between two values
  • I can change these values in the inspector that prevent the camera from moving away from the ‘sky’ asset