[UE4] Fantasiam

Beno09

Hello people!

Just wanted to open quick thread about my project that is powered by UE4 (version 4.7)
It's planned as Oculus showcase and presentation but later on I will publish little game, probably something like Dear Esther but the scale of the game and project greatly depends from Unreal Dev Grants where I applied.

Few pictures (I will be sharing more pictures when I take latest ones) and latest video, you can check rest of them on the youtube channel (though have on mind they are older), any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxdD8amtePU[/ame]

MooseCommander

I love how colorful it is. Really great so far! Hope we get to see more of the castle.

CandyStripes05

looks beautiful

Bedrock

The screenshots are really convincing! Grass is a little too even in height and it could use a bit of color variety. Trees, rocks, backdrop, all look great!

As for the video, the cuts are a little too frequent and shots go by way too fast. I want to see :<

Also no title at the end?? :0

Beno09

@MooseCommander Oh it's great to get nice feedback from someone with great experience. I have plans to get all the way to the castle

@CandStripes05 Thank you! It will get even better!

@Bedrock Suggestions much appreciated. I agree in terms of the grass, there will be some changes related to that. On my youtube channel there are two a bit longer videos, though they are from the older build so check it out. I am not too much upset with the title, that will be added when I finish the whole piece!

More screens should arrive today!

loggie24

Do i see photogrammetry on rocks and tree trunks? Looks very good

Beno09

@loggie24 Indeed, it's photogrammetry, though some of the assets (rocks and trees) are from UE4 Kite demo so it looks really good.

MisterSande

the vibrant colors are quite pleasing, great job.

Does EPIC allow the usage of their sample environment assets to be used commercially ?

Beno09

@Mister Sande When it comes to colors, I try to experiment as much as possible and there is always way to find it even more beatiful, so it may change, though I am not sure.
About the assets, I don't think it's described anywhere but it's licensed for use only with UE4-based products so I guess it's possible to use them for commercial projects.

Beno09

Doing some more work on foliage, some more variations! Expanding the level aswell.

OctoKube

I like the color scheme a lot!

PyrZern

I'm throwing my credit cards at the monitor. But nothing comes out

ZacD

How much of the color is being done in the textures and how much is lighting? Looks like a pastel drawing

Beno09

@OctoKube I am glad to hear that, I think it's sorted now and it will stay this way all the way to the end!

@PyrZern haha, I am not sure if I can call that nice comment Few things are not sorted, if I get Unreal Dev Grant, final game will probably be free.

@ZacD Actually, this is uber high res screenshot. The picture was about 50 MBs so it looks a little bit diffrent from before. Especially the grass. So I guess that's the reason why you have that feeling!

I hope something new will arrive today!

ZacD

I meant the colors are very pastel drawing inspired. :P

Beno09

@ZacD Oh, sorry. Not sure if you are using Unreal Engine and if you tested latest version 4.8 (though it's still in preview) but they added a nice post process effects. Before, you was able just to change the color, contrast and saturation. Now you have all of them in improved way but you also have things like gamma, gain and offset which gives you quite a lot possibility and flexibility. Besides that, they have few more options. So mainly colors, but of course, lighting have great influence aswell. Any more questions

Beno09

Like I said! Here is new little screen. Getting deeper into the "little forest" and it gets more interesting.

Beno09

Expanding the area, starting to have really nice and fairly sized level!

Beno09

Here is something new!

Beno09

If you just play with the colors a bit you can achieve a lot better results, gonna show it in upcoming videos aswell!

MisterSande

hey Beno, still going strong I see The color palette is still refreshing to see. I do think your scene will become compositional more interesting if you introduce some bushes and/or some potential occluding objects. Adding them to your pallete will give you more creative options.

Keep it up!

Beno09

Hey MisterSande, every day a lot of new progress Well that's why this is work in progress and every suggestion like yours is helping. I will be certainly present some more foliage like bushes as I progress.
Thank you!

Papigiulio

This looks amazing. The only crit I have is the water in the video, it looks too big. Smaller waves/ripples would make it look a lot better. subscribed

Cheathem

To much blue going on for my taste, would like to see some more colors show through Very cool style, love how its coming along!

Beno09

@Papigiulio Many thanks! I got few critics for the water and in the meantime I changed it!

@Cheathem I keep changing colors as I go but I will stay with the current for some time as I like it mostly, but we will see how it goes Thank you, much appreciated!

I am working on the trailer and it should be up really soon, until you wait here is little picture.

amirabd2130

looks really beautifull.
well done :thumbup:

Erink9

I absolutely agree with MisterSande, this is a really wonderful from the usual.

Beno09

Thank you guys, comments keep me motivated!

So this is last picture, next post will be trailer. I expect it to be really soon!

Beno09

Needed to post something The trailer is still in process of creation, but almost done!

Beno09

Trailer is finally finished, now it's about some music/sound/voice pieces and that will make it even more magical! Can't wait!

skodone

whats that apttern on the far back mountain? is it a tiled texture visible?

cant wait for the trailer!

Beno09

Ah, yes it is Though it's fixed now, snow made small problem.

Well, trailer is finished like I said. White Noise Wave studio is doing sound/music now, I am waiting for it aswell so you need to feel my expectations. I can promise it will be something really good as I showed it to few of my friends and they really liked it.

Also, if any 3d modeler is interesting to work, let me know in private message or here.

amirabd2130

can't wait to see the trailer

Beno09

I really can't say exact date unfortunately. It could be on Monday, but sometimes next week is definetely!

Just new little piece while waiting

RockSPb

Oh its so over saturated! You need to calibrate your monitor!
Like this

RockSPb

Maybe some more neutral?

Beno09

I think that's too neutral as I am trying to make really colorful world, but thanks for suggestion.

Um, I had problems with noise on last few pictures so I did some fixes, here is new screenie to show that off

underfox

I definitly prefer the colorful environment. It stands out from he rest of the environments we can so often see around here. Keep those lushfull colours please.

Awsome environment very well composed.



What is going on with the mountains in the upper right corner of the background? is that the texture tilling or something else?

Odow

There's colored and over satured, I think you need to find the good balanced Between those two :>

Uberren

The colours are physically hurting my eyes and making me feel a bit nauseous. It looks almost psychedelic.
I might be the only one though.

Beno09

Hey guys! Sorry for late reply, well the images are not final state of colors that will be in-game. Like I mentioned I had some problems as I processed high res pictures through photoshop and sometimes it changes the picture a bit. Though, like I said, I am going for colorful world.
I guess the trailer will give the real state of the colors/lighting in the game.

This little GIF I made for test can answer some questions about the feel! I will be posting more of these.

Nuclear Angel

I personally do like it how you got it there in the gif. And well I would say that you are entering the dangerous area of "taste", as it is all up to preference. So what I say is go with what you feel that you want to have. But thumbs up from me, I love it! ^^

Beno09

Thank you Nuclear Angel. I mentioned it few times, I am still in "early phase" of the project and I am doing this on my own so I don't have anyone to really give me any suggestions until I put the work on forums or something like that. But the visual fidelity so far and colors/lighting will stay pretty much same I am sure, with possible few tweaks.

I decided to bring another GIF to show few diffrent areas! Let me know what you guys think about this!

amirabd2130

looks awesome.
As other said, maybe a little over saturated, but I love it anyway

edwardsomatic

Absolutely gorgeous. I really like that saturated look but I can see why others are saying turn it down.
Lovely regardless, keep it up

Bedrock

I feel like there's a smidgen more purple than I'd like. I don't even mind the high saturation, just that one color dominates the whole thing for me... but I understand if that's a stylistic choice.

(made a comparison thingy either way heh)

lotet

wow, love those gif, that last one looks great! I think the water look a little plastic-ish though.

Tetranome

I have to agree with Bedrock - but it's up to you as the creator!

Beno09

Hey all, thank you for nice comments, it really keeps me motivated! Also, thank you for suggestions, I did some more things for the color side but I am really fast expanding the whole area and making the world a lot more larger!

RobeOmega

I liked the old version but I feel the lack of the purple has really improved this.

Bedrock

Looks great! Was wondering though do you think 90fps at 1440p plausible for your scenes?