My name is Cassidy Franklin and I am a YLab student at One Stone Lab51. In an immersion I took earlier this term called (re)visualized, I had the opportunity to create a digital space using software such as Blender and Unity as well as writing code in C#. I combined a curiosity for graphic design and coding with a dream of creating a coffee shop with a purpose. I was able to construct the Coffee Shop that I want to create with specific traits and qualities that add to the mission of creating a space for growth in Christ that is open to all people. I created assets in blender that portray these qualities and imported them into the scene in Unity. To give the viewer a full perspective and experience of the Coffee Shop, I used the C# coding language to enable camera movement so that someone could use the keys A, W, S, D, and the arrows to walk throughout the coffee shop. In doing these things, I grew those skills in a way that will enable me to use modeling as a tool in the future. I was able to use my passion for Jesus and entrepreneurship as a tool to inspire creativity and curiosity in the area of graphic design and coding. This project portrays my idea of what it means to do good. I believe that at the very core of doing good, there is passion and authenticity. In spending time learning about my passions and strengths, I am able to act with integrity and inspire others with my ability to apply passion to all life ventures and experiences, this specifically being computer coding.
