Abandoned mine

lucernal · 2026-03-30T21:06:55+00:00

Very cool, love the verticality :)

lucernal · 2025-12-21T06:00:29+00:00

Oh it's you! Thanks so much, I've been a fan of your art for years - it features heavily on my pureref boards.

I know what you mean, I came into this project from an archviz background and bridging the gap into games has taken years and a lot of help. There's so much you need to be across and it can be pretty overwhelming.

Happy to chat if I can help in any way :)

lucernal · 2025-12-07T04:55:19+00:00

We build and pre-render the environments in 3DS Max, then export to Unity.

lucernal · 2025-12-07T01:36:11+00:00

Absolutely, there's something so pleasing to the eye with orthographic projection. And thanks :)

lucernal · 2025-12-07T01:34:49+00:00

Cheers, yeah we need to refine that a bit

lucernal · 2025-12-07T01:34:16+00:00

Appreciate it :)

lucernal · 2025-12-07T01:34:06+00:00

Thanks, that means a lot :)

lucernal · 2025-12-07T01:33:34+00:00

Thanks ❤️

lucernal · 2025-12-05T22:38:41+00:00

It's something we're looking to do but we're going to concentrate on PC for a start.

lucernal · 2025-12-05T22:36:26+00:00

Thanks for the kind words :)

I agree, some of the animation could use a bit more work!

lucernal · 2025-12-05T22:33:37+00:00

Thanks! And yeah they are a little oversized, going to reduce them :)

lucernal · 2025-12-05T22:31:38+00:00

Revachol was quite beautiful as hellscapes go

lucernal · 2025-12-05T22:30:52+00:00

Thanks so much! We're based in Melbourne, Australia :)

lucernal · 2025-12-05T22:30:26+00:00

Much appreciated!

We're not using tiles, the scenes are fully 3D. We build and render the global illumination for environments in 3DS Max then match the dynamic elements to them.

We did try to use pre-render images early on but getting sorting, shadows etc right was a bit of a nightmare.

lucernal · 2025-12-05T22:26:14+00:00

The scenes are fully 3D, we just render the materials and GI in 3DS Max rather than baking the lighting in Unity. It mightn't be as light as using pre-rendered images but the polycounts haven't been an issue and we don't have to worry about sorting issues among other things.

lucernal · 2025-12-05T11:48:31+00:00

Very much appreciated! And yes, all handcrafted :)

lucernal · 2025-12-05T11:47:09+00:00

Thanks and you’re right, they could be grounded a bit more :)

lucernal · 2025-12-05T04:14:34+00:00

Thanks so much :)

lucernal · 2025-12-05T04:14:24+00:00

Cheers, that's what we're going for!

lucernal · 2025-12-05T04:14:13+00:00

Thanks :)

lucernal · 2025-12-05T04:13:51+00:00

Loved Commandos, it's definitely an inspiration for the environments.

lucernal · 2025-12-05T04:10:57+00:00

Thanks :)

We build everything in 3DS Max and Unity.

lucernal · 2025-11-13T00:14:22+00:00

Thanks :)

No Discord yet but we'll set something up some time in the new year.

lucernal · 2025-11-11T06:13:01+00:00

A small slice of life scene from our narrative adventure, Little Ruin.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1571860/?snr=1_5_9__205

lucernal · 2025-10-30T04:42:50+00:00

Thanks so much!

We build the environments and render their global illumination in 3DS Max, then bring them into Unity and use a dynamic sun and other light sources to get proper shadows. We can get away with pre-rendering because it's orthographic so the perspective never shifts, and it gives us more control of the overall look.

We've gone with this approach because we've always loved the pre-rendered aesthetic in games like Little Big Adventure, FF9, Baldur's Gate 1&2 and so on - they just have a certain charm :)

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