How to create modular game art?

mjeruzal

Are there any good documents, tutorials, guides, tips about it (best for free)? I'm interested in Environment Art and I want to get knowledge how to start with it. Help me, please. Thanks in advance for any links

Mark Dygert

Yep, lots of good stuff in the polycount wiki:
http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryEnvironmentModularity

Be sure to check out the "Modular Mount And Blade" pages:
http://wiki.polycount.com/ModularMountAndBlade?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryEnvironmentModularity%5Cb%29

Also be sure to check out Thiago Klafke's modular tutorial:
http://www.thiagoklafke.com/modularenvironments.html

Also, Joel Burgess goes over the methodology they used on Skyrim:
http://blog.joelburgess.com/2013/04/skyrims-modular-level-design-gdc-2013.html

Also, an oldie but a goodie:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/2475/creating_modular_game_art_for_fast_.php


What you'll find is that there isn't one way to do modular design that works for every game but a general set of ideas and guiding principles that help you create new modular systems that meet the needs of whatever game you are working on/with/for.

Nicky_5

Heres some more links

http://wiki.polycount.net/CategoryEnvironmentModularity

mjeruzal

Wow, there are tons of information. I've something to read in the evenings. Especially Mount&Blade one cause it's in Polish and I come from Poland I didn't even know that something like that exists. It'll help me a lot. Thank you so much guys
If someone have any other stuff, please, share it with me - it's never too much :P