Overall, I am extremely happy with what me and my group achieved together. I believe that we worked well throughout the entire course and that it was the key to our environment turning out the way it did.
As you can see, my group had constant communication. We met every Wednesday at 4PM until the end of the project, only missing a couple of meetings due to illness.
To further improve my environment I would have liked to have created a couple of my own custom assets. Bought assets are great, however they can be used by hundreds of people and therefore become recognised as bought assets by players. Custom assets add a whole new level of detail and I feel as if the story of our environment could have been told even better if we had the time to make our own assets other than our hero asset.
For example, the bowls and pots scattered around the environment would have been better if they had symbols relating to Khonsu on them, instead of random Egyptian hieroglyphics.
If I had to choose another theme, I would have chosen the Alien theme. I think an altar room worshipping an alien would have been amazing. If I were to make a hero asset for that, I would probably make a statue of the alien itself, however I don’t think I have the skills to do that just yet as I have only learnt modelling and not sculpting yet. The alien theme would probably allow more creative freedom as it would not be based upon something that already exists such as Khonsu.
Below are all of the assets I used in my environment that we downloaded / created.
Assets Reference List:
Megascans – Damages. Available online: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ad2dd8069a2145ff90d6a39a0c54919b?sessionInvalidated=true
Asphalt crack. Available online: https://quixel.com/megascans/home?category=decal&category=concrete&assetId=umegfd0cw
Asphalt crack. Available online: https://quixel.com/megascans/home?category=decal&category=concrete&assetId=umegahkcw
Construction Assets. Available online: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/construction-assets-128363dcc8bd4d8185ce19780050457c
Generator. Available online: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/generator-8e80addcf52f4880b9414c3fadc3c850
HDRI. Available online: https://www.123rf.com/photo_90403129_panorama-of-mars-sunset-environment-hdri-map-equirectangular-projection-spherical-panorama-martian-l.html?vti=oebyrjtdles9qqa1ok-1-2
Modular Ancient Egyptian Props. Available online: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ancient-egyptian-props
Industrial Work Light. Available online: https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/industrial-work-light-ff0abe17dc64498191bb41c905d00ab0
Megascans – Sand. Available online: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/61dd6bd928ce4c86be416cf495757dfa
Hero Asset – Staff.
