(UDK) Cliff side town
polycounter lvl 3
update!
more screens at bottom
hey folks!
ive been meaning to post this earlier but couldnt find the time to do so.
basically my concept is that this is a kinda of a happy easygoing town that kind of acts as a coastal town, except for one thing. the ships float in the sky due to heavy use of oils and diesels to power there ships.
i kinda based the ship idea off of one of my favourite artists Ian Mcque.
my plan is to make this town as detailed as i can. (without killing it of course)
this is where im at right now.
more screens at bottom
hey folks!
ive been meaning to post this earlier but couldnt find the time to do so.
basically my concept is that this is a kinda of a happy easygoing town that kind of acts as a coastal town, except for one thing. the ships float in the sky due to heavy use of oils and diesels to power there ships.
i kinda based the ship idea off of one of my favourite artists Ian Mcque.
my plan is to make this town as detailed as i can. (without killing it of course)
this is where im at right now.
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Do not use pure white for your lights, especially your flood lights that have the visible cones. (maybe you didn't but they look white to me.)
Do not place your moon as part of your skydome, (it's being squashed currently and looks wrong) it's better to make it a seperate piece and use it's own custom glow/emmissive shader. Just float it up in the sky (preferably aligned with your global directional light.)
Your environment lacks a focal point, (landmark) Ex. Windmill, electrical tower, generator, well, water tower.
Too much wood, I understand that is the look your going for but you need to vary up your materials more. I'd also tweak the wood color to not match your ground or vice/versa.
The blue and red tarps are nice for a splash of color but would be better suited in aiding your player and almost making the map zoned (red vs blue) this would read better and aid any player on getting oriented since so much of the map looks similar. (Although your main landmark should be providing that to the player anyway.)
Skydome texture is too low-res and doesn't reflect the mood or aid the lighting.
The wires don't look like wires, and your flags are not helping this scene, if it's a run down almost abandoned piecemeal constructed environment, why are there used parking lot flags hanging around? Not saying someone wouldn't decorate their treehouse with this kinda stuff but when adding anything to an environment think of it's place, it's wear, and if it would make sense to live there.
Stuff I'd consider adding: tires, wooden barrels, chain link, swap some boards for logs, or a car bumper, whatever......think more junkyard, google "junkyard" get some ideas and make some new props, this thing is too vanilla, and needs sprinkles.Basic standard barrels and crates are a no no these days. Which is why you see milk crates in uncharted, or if it is a crate, it better tell a story.
I really hope your push this as this could be really cool, but as it stands now it's somewhat lacking a story or a soul. Reminds me a bit of the new tomb raider environments, you should take a look for inspiration, as well as what to avoid so your environment can stand out.
Good luck.
but i agree with pixelpatron on a couple things.The skydome isnt helping out much at all.maybe even scrap it and get a different one.And it looks as if the moon isnt casting any shadows in your scene,is that intentional? and there needs to be more dark areas in your scene.the ambient light you have going on kinda makes everything blend together at a distance.So yeah, i would say that the two things holding your scene back is the lighting and skydome.Goodluck with the rest of your scene!
i couldnt figure out the reason behind it being to graywashed out. after some poking around i eventually found out that global illumination was set fairly high for some reason, so now i can actually collect some nice dark areas.
the skydome was more of a place holder, which now i have changed into the final version.
i havent brought in any new static meshes, as i was just focusing on the mood and lighting of the level then ill worry about the smaller stuff.
though i do have a couple different tires, chainlink fence, tables, chairs, garbage modelled, i just havent brought them into the level yet.
ive been playing with materials and particles and now have introduced a rain element into my scene along with my rain sounds.
its getting alot closer to how i want the level to look/feel, its amazing what lighting can do to an environment!
heres some screen shots of my level so far, though they dot really do the rain justice, hopefully i can get up a quick video of what it looks like.
finally got some extra time away from heavy school load to put some more effort into this scene.
i have changed the main area quite a bit
adjusted materials, post processing, added some more props.... just filled it up with more unique pieces
heres a quick vid of what ive done (had pics up but image sahck killed them gonna reupload and share asap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OluY5HfEz_g&feature=youtu.be
edit:
heres the pics
what do you guys think?