For the development of the first forest level, I initially planned on using "Gaea", a free landscape generation software that allowed users to create basic landscapes quickly. However, due to some issues with the free version of the software, I decided to mold the landscape from scratch using Uneral's Landscape sculpting tools.
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Creating a basic landscape in Gaea.
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After molding the landscape, I used the texture paint tool to add the grass and rock faces in the environment, while also adding the path that the player will walk through. While doing this I made sure to playtest the area to make sure the path was both scenic and walkable.
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| Creating the landscape |
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| Using the paint tool to add texture to the environment |
Blueprint coding for the materials.
Overhead view of the environment
After adding the texture, I focused on adding rocks and mountains around the landscape to make the terrain less flat and bring more depth to the environment. I did this by downloading pre-generated rock assets from Unreal's Quixel bridge and using the transform and scale tool to place the around the map.
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| Downloading Assets and textures from the Quixel Library |
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Adding rocks/terrain to the landscape.
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After completing this step, I will add in the landscape's foliage and trees to truly make this environment a forest.
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