looks like a good idea overall. I would suggest to concentrate more on making a finished (textured and shaded) piece of every element of the environment for the sake of test and evaluation. For example a wall and roof portion of a house and a part of submarine wreck shell. Since you are learning the engine I would suggest…
Coming along great man, the wood can be a little more worn out due to the fact its in the sand, probably gotten beaten around a bit, for some reason I feel its too dark... could be just me! Here's some examples of worn wood or color that is mixed with sand: You don't have to listen to me :p but just giving ideas, looks…
I had an idea for a way to create wavy sand. Heres where I'm starting. It's pretty terrible but it'll do for this example. I'm assuming that you don't know anything so I don't leave anything out. Sorry if some of this is stuff you already know. What we're going to do is do some UV distortion to introduce some eddies into…