Another fantastic project to enjoy 😀

Not only this project is something spectacular but what is particular it’s that all materials don’t use any diffuse map, which is something rather non conventional ?! Personally, only that is astonishing when looking at the video & I wouldn’t never know diffuse map didn’t been used ! From the author :

It’s a real-time environment that does not use any dedicated RGB diffuse textures. I thought there was an opportunity for us to improve the way we make our games technically, production-wise and maybe even visually to an extent so with this personal project I really pushed the idea of “procedural” materials. As much as I was working hard making a visual work of art I also pushed it to make a technological statement that says “we could do well without diffuse maps”.

Now I’ve composed a whole paper that describes the technology, the concept and the reasoning behind it: both technical and artistic. Please feel free to get it RIGHT HERE and if you have ideas on the subject I’ll be more than happy to discuss them.) I really want to try and figure out why this technology could or couldn’t be implemented on a full scale game and your input would be invaluable.

Andrew Maximov website
Epic thread

I’ve started to read and see some pics about Unreal Engine 4 but I didn’t saw Epic ‘Elemental’ demo until today. It look, sound an feel just FANTASTIC !!!

I’m please to add the Elemental demo to my Epic & games trailers. Also, I add the GT.TV exclusive development walkthrough video which explained very well all the bells & whistles of the new engine 😀

This little project is, well, mind blowing to me 😀 It is made by Mike Sneath. Clicking is name will lead you to his webpage

There is the Epic thread. From him : The goal for this project was to learn as much as possible about Unreal/Epic Production with a single project. This room demonstrates or makes use of the following: Baked Lighting – Animated Lights – Post Effect Volume – Modular Construction – Decals – Complex Shader Creation – Particle Creation – Simple Animation with Kismet – Painting of high fidelity textures – High Poly Modeling. Nearly everything in this scene is based on the power of two modular building methods.

I was amazed by David Miranda’s ‘The Lighthouse’ video the last time. Well… he did it again !!! A damn huge WOW. When I watch the video, everything is just so perfectly made, I can’t believe it 😀 Anyway, enough bla bla… lol. From him :

Based on a concept by Jaime Martinez, this image shows the heart of the scene at the end of the movie. I decided to bring his concept to life because of the potential I found on it. A good place to implement cool rendering features and a peaceful place to work on.

David Miranda page