Creating an overall environment is one of the most challenging and rewarding areas of game development. Balancing skies, time of day, lighting, and the many textures on the landscape, flora, structures, liquids … guiding the whole mass to a consistent, cohesive, attractive whole strains technical, organizational, and visual expertise to the limit. Below are some of my favorites from Stargate Worlds and Supreme Commander.
Stone House Outpost
Zelda-inspired environment rendered in UDK.
Stargate Worlds – Vertical Slice
Stargate Worlds vertical slice image - set up in the Unreal engine.
Supreme Commander – Battleground
Early screenshot of battle dynamics in Supreme Commander.
Stargate Worlds – Tollana
An office building on the planet Tollana from Stargate Worlds - in the Unreal game engine.
Stargate Worlds – Dakara
Jaffa stronghold on the planet Dakara from Stargate Worlds - in the Unreal game engine.
Stargate Worlds – Lucia
The junkyard on the planet Lucia from Stargate Worlds - in the Unreal game engine.