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This week I focused more on making props and a shader for interior. Props There a lot of wooden props, so I made a reusable painted wood smart material and a few patterns to speed up the texturing process without sacrificing quality. Most of the detail is done in textures, so aside from large bumps and imperfections, I can just use beveled cubes and […]

The past two weeks were productive. I’m still working on my portfolio and applying to jobs in addition to game development. Here’s what I did. Rotary Hammer I added another portfolio piece. I always wanted to make power tools because they have intricate shapes and designs. I tried once a long time ago but abandoned it because I was way in over my head. […]

I started actively applying to jobs this week and working more on my portfolio, so that’s where most of my time was spent. But I did work on the game here’s a recap. 3D Models I had an idea of making a digital camera with a CRT screen for some reason. so I did. I desiged it all from scratch. It was modeled entirely […]

This is a bit of a short devlog because I took a week off last week. Here’s what I worked on. Dialog Editor Working on dialogs from inside Unreal engine or using a text editor can get a bit confusing, especially if there are a lot of jumps anre branching paths to keep track of. So I toyed with the idea of making a […]

A bit late this time. I took a week off to visit family. Here’s what I did 3D artwork I playing RE Village, and I was inspired to redesign the medical injector and give it a more industrial and machined metal look. This is a piece for my portfolio, it will not appear in the game at all. I treated it as a hero […]

This time I worked on the UI, basic character creation, lookdev, and a rhythm mini game. Here’s a detailed breakdown. User Interface I started with adding NPC/Object icons. I’m probably only going to use it for NPCs (if I end up using it at all). I thought about making a procedural/automated system, but I think making them manually is better, because I’ll have more […]

Here’s what I recap of what I workd on this week. I post most of what’s here and more on BlueSky, make sure to follow me there to get the latest updates. Environment Blockout I worked more on the main world map. There’s too much to mention individually, but I expanded some areas and started detailing others, and I spent some time with the […]

Environment I made a shader to use on the terrain. I wanted a more natural blending that also takes in consideration the displacement map of the texture. The result can be seen below. Notice how the snow doesn’t cover some rocks and grass blades and the sharper and more textured material transitions. I used 3 layers controlled by the red vertex color channel (0.0 […]

The last two weeks were a bit more relaxed/casual. Inspiration and Reference I spent quite some time playing games for reference (the first few hours of Death Stranding and Doom 2016) where I focused a lot on trimsheets and textures and the general environment. I had fun while at it, so it wasn’t all for the art. Another game I played was “The Spirit […]

I didn’t work a lot on the game itself these past two weeks, focusing more on adjacent portfolio work. Environment Art for Portfolio I’m starting a new big project for my portfolio, focusing on sci-fi and hardsurface. I gathered a lot of reference and replayed and reviewed old screenshots of games with an art style matching what I want, mainly Titanfall 2, Doom 2016, […]