Quick Start
Your first cave in about ten minutes.
- Open Tools > Arkerion > Cave Builder. Dock the window next to the Inspector.
- On the Build tab, click Create Cave. An empty cave object appears at the centre of the Scene view.
- Click Place Entrance. In the Scene view, click the spot where the cave should start, then move the mouse to aim the direction the cave goes and click again.
- Drawing starts by itself. Click floor points one after another to lay out the passage. Press Enter to finish.
- Select a point and drag it up or down to make the passage climb or descend.
- Select the passage, click Insert Room and click on the passage where the room should be.
- Click one of the room’s orange connection arrows, then Draw Branch to start a side passage.
- On the Appearance tab, pick a theme and try Distortion.
- On the Finish tab, click Play Test and walk through your cave.
- Click Bake Cave to save it as a prefab.
Tip: the Quick Start Guide at the bottom of the Build tab ticks off these steps as you go. Build Example Cave Here creates a complete example cave you can study and edit.