Level Progress: Garden

I decided to make a little garden area in UE4. I used assets from the marketplace for the plants and trees, but I made the stone walls and the wooden beams. I started out by sculpting the landscape. I used the noise, smooth, sculpt, erosion, and flatten tools. It took a while to get it exactly how I wanted it, but I think it worked out well. Then, I applied three textures to the landscape — grass, moss, and dirt. I painted the landscape and made sure that the textures blended together. Next, I added in the plant life. I used spruce trees of various sizes and stages of growth, and I used a few different types of grasses and flowers. Then, I started arranging the structures. The ground was way too uneven, so I had to flatten it out a bit. As I placed the assets, I rotated them to add some variation. Then, I added some grass and flowers  and a spruce tree in the corner. I was pretty nervous about starting this, but after awhile, I got the hang of it. Overall, it was a lot of fun. (I ended up removing this structure and building a tool shed instead for the final level design.)