WIP (discord name:BestBefore)

I’ve quickly made a few block out pieces to throw intothe engine to get some base buildings that I can copy and paste around the block out the level relatively quickly

first block out in unreal is a small sunken building and a washed up gondola, in the design process I need to figure out if the town will be behind this in the background or leading up to this area.

Day 2

I managed to get in a little time after work to try and get a rough start on the main camera angle

I then used the same modular piece to make some main buildings that I can then duplicate and add larger varieties. My next day will consist of noting down what wall modules I’ll need to make the buildings feel unique as this is just a placeholder to build out the level and get the sizing correct

left side will also contain building and a more compact manner where as right side will have alley ways leading into a building thats collapsed which will lead through to the sinking building area

I’ve gone into speedtree to practice some foliage creation after following along a few of Emiel’s Environment tutorials and added to the sinking building. i removed the opacity mask as this felt like it gave the blockout a fuller feeling and removed the base texture to meet guidelines of the challenge

I’m looking forward to blocking in the main buildings as I’m hoping this will give it the large environment feel

DAY 3

I have been away the last few days but had a chance to jump on today to model some more pieces.

I initially thought building more modular pieces for this would be the best solution but decided to build modules for the main buildings on the left side of the canal

After adding a couple more modules, i reimported the meshes to see how it’d looked in unreal scale wise and to see if the bridge needs to be shifted down. i still want to add more detail to the buildings on the right side (additional roof pieces and corner pieces)

next step is to fill the right side in towards the end a little bit more and add the path leading to the other lake area. I can’t wait to start making the foliage blockout for this I feel like that will really bring it together

Day 4

It’s been a while since i’ve worked on this and decided to rework the buildings on the right side and do as larger modules

I’ve added a few buildings with the idea of the last building to be destroyed and fallen down into the alley way

My  goal for this week is to complete all detailing on these buildings and add some buildings/walls that might block of the distance and mess around with the lighting the following week to work on placing the overgrown foliage and adjust lighting again if need be