Castle of the Red Valley

Main shot. Bird and leaf particles are made with Niagara. Clouds are made using a cloud mask generator and each one was placed individually to match the concept.

Close up shots of the town. The concept didn't have details on the village so the level layout was made by me. I knew I wanted fountain plazas to be on each side and for there to be a river with a bridge. The rest of the town was done by feel.

Progress images. The camera angled changed once more of the details were laid out. I originally sculpted the rocks but ended up retexturing megascans rocks to replace them. Until the end of the project I was using 16GB of RAM so the lighting had some drastic changes once my computer could support it.

Overview of various kits. Rooves on houses have LODs to prevent visual glitching from far distances. Aside from bushes and flowers, all objects in these kits are made by me.

Fountain water and particles. Water reacts to edges to make foam. There are invisible objects used to create the ripple effects. Falling water is made is a 2 sided plane and masked texture. Particles are made with Cascade.

Thank you so much to my mentor Katherine Lopez https://katherinelopez.artstation.com/ for your guidance through this term. I'd also like to give a special thanks to my classmates and all the Alumni who helped me through the many issues I encountered. Thank you to my good friend Riley for essentially saving my project. I genuinely could not have finished it without you.

Rocks, cliff, water lilies, and leaf/stick debris from Megascans, retextured by me.

Foliage including grass, flowers, trees, and bushes by Isaiah Jolee https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/stylized-forest-02

Vines by Anastasia Ermakova https://www.cgtrader.com/designers/letsmakecoolart

Birds by Coqui Games https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/profile/Coqui+Games?count=20&sortBy=effectiveDate&sortDir=DESC&start=0

All other assets, materials, and particles done by me.

Thank you Macks Tillmanns https://nowhere-games.carrd.co/ for helping with the final lighting pass. I was staring at it so long I couldn't see colours anymore.

Please reach out if you want more detailed info on how I made my fountain! I'm happy to help out anyone who wants to recreate something similar in their scene!