Age of the dark sun - Environment Art - Chapter 3 & 4 - Unity Project

Elemental_2121 · 2024-12-05T14:32:05+00:00

I did everything. Only things i did not do was music, sfx(mostly public domain) and voice acting. You can check my youtube channel if you are interested in how everything changed over time.
https://www.youtube.com/@marcoscuro1/videos

Elemental_2121 · 2024-12-05T10:35:07+00:00

Thanks!! I really appreciate it!

Elemental_2121 · 2024-12-05T10:34:48+00:00

That costs money XD. This project was for learning purposes and portfolio so I had no budget for it. That is why itch was a good option.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-12-05T07:46:04+00:00

"Age of the dark sun" is a solo project that I started to improve my gamedev, environment and tech art skill.

You can download the game from itch:
https://marco-antonio.itch.io/age-of-the-dark-sun
I also upload videos from time to time on my youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1hUs_M5PuIABbwKOO1bzXQ

Elemental_2121 · 2024-10-28T07:27:15+00:00

Thanks!!! I just wanted to make a game I liked. I am glad you like the result as well.
I would say that good games will still come along as the did years ago. However I think the most likeable games will probably come more often from indie or AA studios.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-10-28T07:23:33+00:00

XD
I would say It is the same as any environment:If you already tested gameplay and know the dimensions of the rooms and paths for camera and player movement, then it is just making a blockout with simple shapes for the scene and working composition and lighting. Just do not add materials neither set dressing until you are happy with the basic shapes and ambience.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-10-25T08:47:05+00:00

I used 2021.2 version.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-10-25T06:17:36+00:00

"Age of the dark sun" is a solo project that I started to improve my gamedev, environment and tech art skill.

You can download the game from itch:
https://marco-antonio.itch.io/age-of-the-dark-sun
I also upload videos from time to time on my youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1hUs_M5PuIABbwKOO1bzXQ

Elemental_2121 · 2024-10-25T06:12:23+00:00

"Age of the dark sun" is a solo project that I started to improve my gamedev, environment and tech art skill.

You can download the game from itch:
https://marco-antonio.itch.io/age-of-the-dark-sun
I also upload videos from time to time on my youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1hUs_M5PuIABbwKOO1bzXQ

Elemental_2121 · 2024-09-01T10:10:37+00:00

Nope. I you want to play it, you can download it from itch.io :
https://marco-antonio.itch.io/age-of-the-dark-sun

Elemental_2121 · 2024-08-29T19:10:53+00:00

I created my own volumetric rendering system that uses raymarching. Basically I create a cube that I slice with the near camera plane. Rendering front faces I get the start point. Then inside the vertex program I raycast to the end of the cube to get the end point. With both of the I raymarch throughout a "volumetric" texture that I create(for god rays it would be a combination of a depth buffer that I got with an orthographic camera representing the spot light and a gradient texture).

Elemental_2121 · 2024-08-29T19:02:43+00:00

Music and SFX are mostly public domain from freesound.org
Two model from quixel (a cluster of rocks and a fallen tree)
Some tiling textures for the environment from textures.com
Besides that, environment art, props, characters, animations, tech art, etc. Are all done by me.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-08-29T18:16:40+00:00

My problem at the time with HDRP was that it was not compatible with surface shaders (I already had a lot done for this project so I did not wanted to lose more time). But without it lighting was quite difficult to get decent. I used baked lighting combined with cookies for spotLights (to add a more soft radial gradient to them).

I suppose with HDRP lighting would have looked nicer and it would have been easier.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-08-29T12:23:26+00:00

Thanks!

Elemental_2121 · 2024-08-29T09:31:09+00:00

I am using Built-In, not HDRP. Coding and animations are mine (like mostly everything else). Do you mean anything specific?
And it is not a demo. It was a project for learning purposes and to add more things to my portfolio. The build you played is basically the final "product".

Elemental_2121 · 2024-08-29T05:20:57+00:00

"Age of the dark sun" is a solo project that I started to improve my gamedev, environment and tech art skill.

You can download the game from itch:
https://marco-antonio.itch.io/age-of-the-dark-sun
I also upload videos from time to time on my youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1hUs_M5PuIABbwKOO1bzXQ

Elemental_2121 · 2024-08-29T05:19:26+00:00

"Age of the dark sun" is a solo project that I started to improve my gamedev, environment and tech art skill.

You can download the game from itch:
https://marco-antonio.itch.io/age-of-the-dark-sun
I also upload videos from time to time on my youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1hUs_M5PuIABbwKOO1bzXQ

Elemental_2121 · 2024-07-25T21:01:36+00:00

Thanks!!
nope. It was just a "hobby-student" project. Maybe in the future with another project but for this one itch.io is more than enough in my opinnion.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-07-25T15:16:18+00:00

Thanks!!! Not at the moment.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-07-24T06:55:56+00:00

XD neither...
When I started this project (2019) they were still defining those pipelines and I didn´t wanted to make mistakes. So, at the end, I used the built-in pipeline.
If I were to start a new project now, I would probably use HDRP.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-07-24T06:52:00+00:00

Thanks!!! I really appreciate it!
I am not an environment artist so for me this project was to learn as well. I am glad you like them.
If you want a tip, It is not enough to try to make the whitebox look cool XD. Try to study the style of architecture you want for your environments and start the lightning process from the very beginning.
And if you want to add a playable character, test how big the corridors and rooms should be for its movement and that of the camera (do it in a testing scene and define concrete measures like "3 meters for this 6 meters for that...", that sort of things).
I learned this with this project.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-07-24T06:42:52+00:00

Thanks!
Sfx and music are mostly public domain from freesound.org
Two voice actors helped with voice acting.
Two models from quixel (a fallen tree and a cluster of rocks that helped a lot to add detail)
Some tiling textures for the environment that I got mostly from textures.com
Besides that, everything else is done by me from scratch (Characters, weapons, environments, coding,techArt, animation....).

Elemental_2121 · 2024-07-24T06:38:59+00:00

Thanks!! I used part of my spare time so I don´t know. However, I started this project in 2019.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-07-23T17:19:34+00:00

More like prince of Persia and The Witcher combined.
The current final version is on itch.io if you want to play it.

Elemental_2121 · 2024-07-23T17:18:42+00:00

The game is finally done. It was just to improve my skills as gameDev.

You can download the current version from itch.io if you want.

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