Hi guys,

Here is a scene that I recently finished :P
I was mostly done while teaching the advanced environment and assets workshop over at GameArtisans Montreal and which was organized by Fred form GA (props to him for making this happen
I still did some minor polish after the workshop finished, but nevertheless all of its aspects and 95% of stuff was done during the classes.

Here is a smal vid exmplaing a bit about the scene:

You Tube

and few screen grabs:





















... and some shore line :P

Beautiful. The video was nice, this is definitely a level I'd love to play on.

This is absolutely fantastic. I'd love to see your texture sheets. Maybe the only critique is..the green is a tiny bit washed out from the lighting, but I don't think enough to matter.

Lookin good matey! ya texture flats be awesome to see for the architecture! \o/

What with all the generosity involving UDK scenes recently, I would love to get access to this. Absolutely beautiful. Have you considered putting it up for download? Would love to know more about how it was constructed.

Beautiful scene. Looks very thoughtfully constructed. I'd love to see more "romantic" scenes in games like this.

wow, this looks great, dude! warm lighting gives the whole thing a very tender feeling.
Some breakdowns of your pretty, optimized assets would be really nice Especially for vegetation - it looks so badass, I would totally love to see a tutorial on that one - as you mentioned there aren't that many. And the composition of all the objcts in the scene is also really balanced. That would also make a very interesting tutorial for me.

I'm sorry I don't know if you're looking for any nitpicks, but I was to, I would say that:
- the big-big gray cloud on the skydome doesn't provide much visual information and kinda lets the scene down. Rich warm highlights would totally fix that
- A tiny bit of color contrast would also work great. Some juicy flowers to break up the green and yellow? or maybe the cliche old torn up banner hanging on the wall?
- some falling laves particles would contribute to the mood. or some colorful butterflies
- Some birds flying around and especially sitting on top of the structures would liven up the scene quite a bit, at least to my taste.
- giant full metal killer shark jumping out of the water would also look real cool)

I'm really glad you finally got to some personal stuff, thank you very much for posting it and please keep it up!)

edit: I found a word that better describes the scene - Picturesque! Because it totally is.

Superb! There's something about your choice of subjects that really hits home with me! The same sort of "romantic" (I don't think many people know the real meaning of that word in this sense) feeling I want in my Manitoba scene...

Originally Posted by Joopson

What with all the generosity involving UDK scenes recently, I would love to get access to this. Absolutely beautiful. Have you considered putting it up for download? Would love to know more about how it was constructed.

I'm gonna echo this... However greedy it may be, I would love to see these files up close. Perhaps consider doing a cooked version, so that people can't export your files out again ?

edit: and crap, i really shoulda been in that workshop, please announce it here if you ever do it again

Man, that is really purty. I'd totally spend an afternoon chilling in that spot. Love the surrounding areas (particularly that last shot by the water). Gorgeous.

The structure does seem a bit uniformly pristine, though, considering the vines and creepers growing around it, and the state of disrepair. I would have expected a bit more localised weathering or discoloration around the vegetation, maybe.

Also, I was all sadface when I clicked on the video and saw it was only 360p

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Looks wicked. How bout some wires?

The AO pass looks like a snow scene. Brilliant work at any rate!

LOvely scene! I really like this!

This looks stunning ! Great choice of subject and its execution Would be great to have a closer look on the scene by any chance.

that is superb, ive visited a lot of ruins like this in real life (Fountains Abbey, Rievoulx, Tintern to name a few) and this looks very authentic and realistic. Nice to see someone properly observing their subject matter (only thing i dont like is the broken arches, arches usually collapse when the keystone is removed but thats just a nitpick). Great stuff

I'm quite fond of this scene. Whilst there is nothing overly dramatic or spectacular, it 'just looks right'. The geometry is entirely appropriate (and broken down nicely with the foliage), the texturing is clean and crisp and most importantly, the lighting is down to a subtle tee.

Looks great man! Ya I agree with everyone, I want to see some of those nice texture sheets and some wireframes. Your foliage is spot on!

sickk.....

I just wet my pants! Can you please post also some wires and single props from which scene was constructed... I like it A LOT!

beautiful. I really admire the foliage.

sexy, reminds me of Caspar David Friedrich.

(Oh and you are from Montréal too, nice : )

holy cow.....damn ive got a long way to go. lol amazing!!

Would love to see some breakdown/construction shots of the scene.

Lighting is awesome, great stuff!

Fucking gorgeous man. Really well done!

Originally Posted by Snight

Fucking gorgeous man. Really well done!

Can't say more than that !