UDK-Cannibal Swamp

duxun

Hi guys it's been a while since i posted a WIP here in polycount. however i return with a new idea i hope to see to bear fruit before GDC. currently i made a blog stating my progress but i will post the images from my blog as well .

here is the layout of the entire scene/level that i hope to accomplish:




here is what i have so far for the entrance :




and here is a link to my blog (you must click on 2011 and 2010 to see the whole thing ) :

http://gonzalezsam3d.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2011-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2012-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=2

i will post updates as i finish them and will welcome polycount's critiques.

Cheers...

duxun

had an itch to mess around with the lighting !!!

here you go :

Tili

Hey, not to be stereotyping. But I tought swamps were mostly green.
I was hoping to see more swampy features (bogs, tree, etc ..).

I like your scene now, but its almost volcanic in its "feel".

duxun

yes it's not gonna be volcanic i was just messing with the lighting.

things i want to start adding are:

1. vines
2. rocks (small, medium)
3.skulls
4. water
5. a wooden door
6. cavern walls

well go from there.

duxun

mini update guys !!! ill try to post bigger updates from now on hehe ...

duxun

here is an update.

Cheers...

HughieDM

Lookin really cool reminds me of zanga marsh in wow BC

duxun

go to my blog site...

http://gonzalezsam3d.blogspot.com/



this is the entrance to a cannnibal altar the is deeper in the cavern im going to create the door to the cavern leading to the cannibal altar . the cannibal area is going to be a WARM color scheme witch is why i messed around with the lighting in the first screenshots..

another update lol





Cheers...

glottis8

ah, this is coming along very nicely. I like the shapes. Maybe you can accentuate them a little more. Like some of the big mushrooms could be tilted a little more. Change some of them around to give the variety. I like it very much.

dtschultz

Made me think of Felucia from Force Unleashed: http://www.cydonian.com/sigma/lucasarts/sarlaac_act1.htm# (Screens from my friend's site.)

duxun

Update !!!

still need to work on the main door leading into the cannibal altar area . however i got some work done today. please if you have a crit let me know !!!


Cheers...

Jessica Dinh

Hey! I think you have some really beautiful lighting and colors here! Only thing I would say is that some of those spindly pillar things get a little TOO spindly and frail-looking in some areas - maybe try adding some knobblies and burls along their length to make them a little more substantial XD. Nice work!

duxun

@Jessica Dinh: not sure exactly what you mean by "knobblies and burls" could you give me a visual example.


Cheers...

Jessica Dinh

Knobblies and burls! :0



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duxun

ill get on that !!!

duxun

heres an update not quite like the images but these are stone stalags/pillars so i came up with this..

Cheers...

Jeff Parrott

Very cool feeling so far.

Vary up the height on the tongue pillar head deals.

Get a fading line in the background (mountains, trees, etc)

Add some warm smaller areas (glowy flowers, floating mushroom spores, etc).

Vary up the foliage size some. All the plants seem very uniform right now.

It's coming out great though, keep at it.

duxun

thanks all those things you said is what im thinking of doing... the rocks i put on the pillars im going to redo or just take them out they kind of bother me . i will see what i can do...

btw im adding walls/ceiling and the door entrance to the cannibal altar that leads deeper into the cavern.


Cheers...

Treacharous

Cool, I like the faces in the trees

SimonT

looks really nice

duxun

started to crank out the door entrance to the cannibal altar . next up are walls/ceiling .

1. i changed heights of the plants/stone heads.
2. this is underground therefore there is no mountains/trees.
3.will be adding spores and such soon.

Cheers...

Jeremy Tabor

Oh wow, I didn't realize this was going underground. I really liked the loose corridor dynamic that was going on before the gate was added - especially in your post on the 13th. The addition of that entrance way definitely truncates the scene, which isn't a bad thing, just gives a different vibe in my opinion. If that original feeling of lateral expansiveness is something you wanted to retain, however, you could extend the scene and entrance way backwards from your last update another 50 feet perhaps so that it leave a little clearing and I think it would recapture that same feel.

I see that you seem to have the scene thought out pretty, though, so if that is too radical of a change or a departure from your intention, don't worry about it. But I think it looks cool, and look forward to see it progress!

LateWhiteRabbit

I'm getting an "Alice in Wonderland" meets "Deliverance" feel.

The only criticism I have at the moment is that I'm having a hard time getting a sense of scale in the environment. I have no reference point or object at the moment to tell me what size everything is.

Right now everything could be tiny or huge - I have idea. This could be taking place in the tree roots of a forest with regular-sized mushrooms and skulls, or in a giant cavern with giant mushrooms and skulls.

SouthpawSid

wow man, with each environment you do you just keep getting better and better. Looking forward to the final outcome of this immensely.

SinisterUrge

Daliesque, I love it. I know its not finished yet, but at the moment it still feels sparse and I'm curious to know what the background will look like.

duxun

thanks all for the comments i will work hard to impress you..


@simonT: were are the critiques man!!

@southpawsid@ critique my work !!! ask some one at obsidian correct my work !!!

duxun

started to update this again i have been busy with other stuff.

1.started the ceiling stone layer next is the cave itself covering most of the walls.

2. still need to finish the entrance and it's lighting/light sources.

have alot more work to do. soo little time!!

SimonT

Hm i think the sizes are not clear enough. What's the height of the "roof", the plants and the palisades. How big are the heads and the mushrooms. You should add things which make it possible to recognize from our world - plants are perfect for that but i guess you farn is too big. Our just add a character

p.s. the occlision shadow on the water is maybe a bit too strong.

AtlusZMH

Loving the feel of your environment Reminds me of Fable mixed with Zangarmarsh in WoW hah

Orchidface

this looks like its going to be pretty sick. Keep up the good work.

Don Karnage

This sprung to mind, looking really good ^^

duxun

i will update soon... with images and such . however i made a walls but i was not happy with them so im redoing them...

will update withing the next couple of days !!! i have so much work to do !!!


Cheers...

duxun

OK so i added an UT3 character and scaled everything according to its size and i also had to re-do my lighting due to the lights not scaling along with the environment... is there a way to do that ??..

Critiques Please !!


Cheers...

duxun

Finished more on the scene. i am more happier with the cannibal door entrance but needs more love as other things in the scene do. however i am very unhappy with the lighting!! i used lightmass this time.

critiques/concerns welcome !!

Cheers...

nordahl154

Looks amazing! The only critiques I can give right now is that the transition from the puddle to the muddy/dirt floor looks very unnatural, and that the general flatness of the ground needs some variation and excitement.

duxun

i will update this and complete it by one week and a half so here's and update.

transitions between water and ground will be better soon...

critiques/concerns welcome !!

Cheers...

duxun

hi guys im almost done with this since i take off to GDC tomorrow!!

Critiques/Concerns welcome...

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