Thank you! I can't wait for this to be over so I can make something new, something smaller and prettier. There are so many ideas in my head, while I really should concentrate on finishing this properly.
I managed to light up the plants now, some work better than others.
This is coming a long really nice Saija! you are not too far off! just keep at it a bit longer, I will give you some proper critique when I see you next week. I think for one of your first environments its super ambitious, and I think you have done a good job!
I love the style of this scene it's like mirrors edge meets portal2 meets mass effect. really nice stuff. I agree with Razord will give you a full on crit next week looking forward to your work
It is finally all done!
Thank you so much to everyone for all the encouragement and advice.
I can't wait to make something new soon
I have learnt soo much during these 7 weeks, it's amazing. I feel much more confident in trying something on my own next time.
I know there is a lot of little things I could have fixed and made better, but I think it's time to move on now that the project is over.
Hopefully I will soon have a new thread for my next project!
Loving it.
You've taken your initial concept and visualized it creatively to make this beautiful and believable environment. From the start, you produced a library of clean meshes that are efficiently UV mapped with hand painted textures and it's great to see them in the final level, where you've worked with light and colour to add ambience and game play to the scene.
You've progressed so much technically during this project. Can't wait to see what you do next.
I really like the concept and you have some really nice props and lots of cool foliage. However I feel like the biggest issue here is composition, it feels like it's hard to get a nice angle for the shots anywhere in there. It's just too crowded. You don't really have a central piece from every angle that the eyes get lead to.
The first shot is the best I think. It shows most of the Greenhouse and lots of detail as well. The only problem is a central piece, or something that is visually more outstanding than the other stuff and something that differentiates the foreground from the background. You have the first floor, then at the stairways you might have wanted to smack another color on the wall there so that you get a sense that that is another area.
Lots of issues with scale that just doesn't feel right, like the angle of the stairs you've got, even though it might work in real-life it wouldn't feel natural in a game since it's so steep. You feel like you're walking off a cliff.
Not a lot that you can do right now about it though. I do feel like you have a really nice sense of style, a good feel for color and design. You just need to push it more on the composition side of things as well as go even deeper technically. I say this because you seem to have lots of seams and lightmap artifacts in there as well.
It is without a doubt a humongous project and you've done really well, but next time maybe try to take it down a notch in scope and make sure you nail it. Spot the problem-areas early and solve them.
Either way, great work so far! And it's been a really nice experience to see you go through all this Good work!
I totally agree, I need to create something smaller now so I can get the basics right and really give more love to each prop. I did feel that I was in a constant rush and panic that I might have unfinished areas in the final hand in, so I was trying to just get all the vital assets in as quickly as I could. This was of course a little problematic when I realised how many I needed
That is probably the biggest thing I learnt while doing this. Now I have a much better idea of how much can I realistically make in a limited space of time.
I can't wait to make something where I don't have to worry about kismet and I can just concentrate on the visuals.
And techically I still have loads of learning to do! I think it will still take quite a while until I can really start to utilise all the amazing hidden features in maya and udk.
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I managed to light up the plants now, some work better than others.
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Thank you so much to everyone for all the encouragement and advice.
I can't wait to make something new soon
I have learnt soo much during these 7 weeks, it's amazing. I feel much more confident in trying something on my own next time.
I know there is a lot of little things I could have fixed and made better, but I think it's time to move on now that the project is over.
Hopefully I will soon have a new thread for my next project!
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You've taken your initial concept and visualized it creatively to make this beautiful and believable environment. From the start, you produced a library of clean meshes that are efficiently UV mapped with hand painted textures and it's great to see them in the final level, where you've worked with light and colour to add ambience and game play to the scene.
You've progressed so much technically during this project. Can't wait to see what you do next.
The first shot is the best I think. It shows most of the Greenhouse and lots of detail as well. The only problem is a central piece, or something that is visually more outstanding than the other stuff and something that differentiates the foreground from the background. You have the first floor, then at the stairways you might have wanted to smack another color on the wall there so that you get a sense that that is another area.
Lots of issues with scale that just doesn't feel right, like the angle of the stairs you've got, even though it might work in real-life it wouldn't feel natural in a game since it's so steep. You feel like you're walking off a cliff.
Not a lot that you can do right now about it though. I do feel like you have a really nice sense of style, a good feel for color and design. You just need to push it more on the composition side of things as well as go even deeper technically. I say this because you seem to have lots of seams and lightmap artifacts in there as well.
It is without a doubt a humongous project and you've done really well, but next time maybe try to take it down a notch in scope and make sure you nail it. Spot the problem-areas early and solve them.
Either way, great work so far! And it's been a really nice experience to see you go through all this
I totally agree, I need to create something smaller now so I can get the basics right and really give more love to each prop. I did feel that I was in a constant rush and panic that I might have unfinished areas in the final hand in, so I was trying to just get all the vital assets in as quickly as I could. This was of course a little problematic when I realised how many I needed
That is probably the biggest thing I learnt while doing this. Now I have a much better idea of how much can I realistically make in a limited space of time.
I can't wait to make something where I don't have to worry about kismet and I can just concentrate on the visuals.
And techically I still have loads of learning to do! I think it will still take quite a while until I can really start to utilise all the amazing hidden features in maya and udk.