So over the past week I've been starting to work on something new! I had the opportunity to try out New World for a weekend and found a nice little quarry. So I got inspired to make my own! It's gonna be really fun working on a more natural environment with a big focus on sculpting, something that I've been missing a lot making the past couple of projects. This is also a chance for me to try out the full release of UE5!
I spent the easter weekend getting a quick blockout in, and got to work on some sculpts! Not only a trimsheet for the wood pieces, but also for the rocks! So far I've gotten first iteration sculpts for the smaller scatter rocks/boulders, as well as the main quarry blocks! Those are also UVed and got placeholder textures on them in engine. Later on I'll be making tilables and using a world-aligned shader to mix between the baked normal+AO maps and tilables with detail textures on top! Hopefully I'll also get some dust on top based on z-alignment :)
This project will be moving a bit slower than the previous three, as I'm working on this on my free time alone compared to when I had the ability to spend school hours. Nevertheless it's gonna give me more time to polish everything and really push myself further without stress. In the end I'll hopefully have a lil outdoor environment where you can explore a bit freely. Both in the quarry, but also in the forest that will eventually be surrounding it!
That's all for now, see you in the next update!
