# Make it pretty

A sea, a sunset and fog, without code

Click-by-click video tutorial, 1:53. GameStudio 0.1.0, Blender 5.2.2 or newer.

## 00:03 Step 1: Open the Add menu

Here's Gem Island, the starter game. Let's make it pretty, without any code. First, a sea: in the 3D View's header, open the Add menu.

## 00:12 Step 2: Choose Mesh

Choose Mesh,

## 00:15 Step 3: Choose Plane

then Plane.

## 00:17 Step 4: Open the Add Plane panel

A small plane appears. Open the Add Plane panel at the bottom left: it adjusts what you just added.

## 00:24 Step 5: Set Size to 200 m

Set its Size to two hundred metres: water all around the island.

## 00:28 Step 6: Set Z to -0.3 m

And set its Z to minus zero point three, so the water sits just below the lawn.

## 00:34 Step 7: Turn on Game in the header

Now turn on Game in the header. The Scene view draws the level with the game's own renderer, as players will see it.

## 00:41 Step 8: Ask Claude for a sunset

The sky and sun come from GameStudio's sky kit, which has no panel, so ask Claude Code: a warm sunset with light fog. It switches the sky to its sunset preset with a lower sun, and turns on the world's mist, which the game draws as fog.

## 00:57 Step 9: Open the Material tab

There's the sunset, fading into the haze. Now turn the plane into water. In the Properties, open the Material tab

## 01:05 Step 10: Click New

and click New.

## 01:08 Step 11: Scroll down to Game

Scroll down to the Game panel.

## 01:11 Step 12: Open the Game Shader menu

It picks the game shader that draws this material in the game. Open the Game Shader menu.

## 01:16 Step 13: Open Water

The library's thirty-three shaders come in groups. Open Water

## 01:22 Step 14: Choose Water

and choose Water.

## 01:24 Step 15: Scroll down to Wave Length

Scroll down to its settings.

## 01:27 Step 16: Set Wave Length to 15 m

The defaults already look good. For an open sea, set Wave Length to fifteen metres.

## 01:32 Step 17: Press F5 to play

Now press F5 to play.

## 01:35 Step 18: Click Play in the game

Click Play on the title screen.

## 01:38 Done: Gem Island at sunset

There it is in the game: warm sunset light, haze in the distance, and waves rolling in around the island, all without code. Press F8 to stop.