UDK: DM-CyberHell

cholden

DM-CyberHell is a level I original built in UT3 for my portfolio. Back then all I really knew as importing raw art and winging it. Since then I've had opportunities to work with Unreal 3 engine, and wanted to implement what I'd been learning by updating the level in UDK.

What I've ended up with is a 2-4 player deathmatch environment. I still have a few technical issues I want to sort out this week before releasing the files for download.





Video
Be sure to view in 720p for full quality. Vid seems dark on that white youtube background.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge61fNlIZSs[/ame]


See more (larger) images, construction shots, textures, etc. @ http://chrisholden.net/

Holy Shit! lookit that update pertforio!

Jesse Moody

Very nice man. Looks like this guy came along really nicely and can't wait to give it a go when you release it.

Justin Meisse

jawsome

are you going to do anything to balance all the redness?

bluekangaroo

hey ya I remember seeing this on your portfolio...I actually liked it before, I didnt think there was anything horribly wrong with the lighting. This time tho I think the red is too strong, It looks like there was a bloodbath in that chamber...

Ged

agree with the others any chance it could be a bit lighter and not so much red? it just looks like someone grayscaled the environment and and put a red overlay on top. Would be sad to not be able to admire all that lovely enviro art

DarthNater

Yeah, looks like a really nice map. Art is great too, but the red is too over powering. I really like the windows, probably my favorite prop.

JordanW

I can almost see some cool details in there but the red is killing it, you should def try to balance it and I think it'll be a much more effective visual piece.

cholden

what, you mean more like this?

Japhir

naaais!! :-)

DarthNater

Much better! There's a lot more contrast in that image, which is a good thing. If everything is the same tone, your eye isn't drawn to anything.

Gilgamesh

That's better, it brings out more details in the meshes allot more than the darkish layout.

konstruct

BRUTAL \m/,


the uber red version is mo bedda imo.

Apophis3d

I agree the second image with less red looks way better. Red is such a fickle color to get along with level design wise. Have had trouble with it in the past, its just so easy for it to get out of control.

Zwebbie

I'd say it's still rather hard to read, Chris. Sure, you can see everything now, but UT3 is fast paced, so you need to be able to distinguish at less than a glance. With that in mind, I'm of the opinion that you should be able to see which parts are navigable even if you're squinting heavily or applying a blur filter. It's a bit of a shame that the design draws attention to the windows, which are also the parts that don't serve any gameplay purpose.

Ged

yeah thats pretty awesome

Bruno Afonseca

to be really honest, there´s too much going on and I don´t know where to look. There´s no focus whatsoever, no central theme, just details and carvings all over the place which only reads as noise to me. Which is sad because the pieces are really good, but to me they´re not working together, they´re all fighting for attention.

vcortis

I find it quite the contrary. The individual pieces work very well together and I have no problem deciphering what areas are traversible. The entire scene is no more detailed than a real life cathedral and I have no problem navigating my way through that. I actually prefer the more red version (the video is way too dark but the stills are pretty close to being perfect imo) it doesn't make sense the second way you have it.

The light is bright red from the windows, it should therefore be red inside the building. The second image just looks to ambient and flat and while the details are brought out a bit more in the actual architect the entire mood doesn't scream CyberHell to me quite like the first one.

Perhaps a midde ground would be more suitable. With the emissive red coloring slightly toned down from the windows.

Your portfolio is pretty sick too, Chris. Big Thumbs up overall.

Taylor Hood

konstruct wrote: »

BRUTAL m/,


the uber red version is mo bedda imo.

Is that a Gorgoroth member? Hmm..."Brutal" is such a deathcore term ;P
I'm sorry if it isn't. I'm more of a Death Metal guy.
Cholden, kickass stuff.

Emil Mujanovic

I personally think the lighting contrast and value was a lot stronger in the orignal screenshots than in the new one. You had a good mixture of bright and dark areas.
In the new screenshot, by upping the level of the white/blue light, it's actually removed a lot of the contrast and the non-red areas are looking a little flat. It could be just from that image and seeing it motion may read a whole lot nicer.

Possibly introducing a few key hotspots of wildcard colours as apposed to large chunks, as the red theme of this level is what gives this environment a lot of its character. It almost feels like it's a whole different level with the second screenshot.

ScoobyDoofus

yeah, whoah bro. That red was, IMO killing an otherwise neato piece. Muuuuch better now.
Emil's opinion is clearly wrong and I am right.

Lee3dee

nice Chris

Thegodzero

Nice!
Id say go 50% of the lighting from the newest shot. Me id blur out the light projectors in general, and even more so the further out they are from the window.

I would love to see this with an added "good"white/blue side of the map for a larger map. Maybe a good and a evil side with a neutral destroyed center.

Autocon

looks fantastic!