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Broken, lost, useless, killed

Just a quick update. progress has been a bit slow lately due to work, but I have now finished and will be focusing all of my time on Fallen 2020.

In Fallen 2020 there will be a lot of broken, ravaged, graffiti and dirty areas, no two places will be broken or ravaged in the same way

Attached is an example of what 4 pavement textures that will be used in the game, they all tile seamlessly with each other, 3D overgrowth and a bit of ivy will be coming out of those cracks in the final game

(you can click the image for a full resolution view of the image)

A walk in the park

Street Environment I

Progress Report

Above is one of many images I render out at this stage, it is a rough guide of where things will go and what the scene will look like, these get saved and referenced later when i come back to add in more detail.

The things you see in the image will become the final assets for the game, these are a very early work in progress - textures have been designed for these assets already.

This will be the last blog until I have done an entire scene complete with textures, effects, shaders and props.

Ivy - a touchy subject for any CG artist

Mention ivy to any CG artist and they will quiver in fear, well maybe not but they will tell you how much of a nightmare it is adding ivy or random overgrowth to objects realistically and in 3D.

This was something i have been fearing for a long time when designing post apocalyptic overgrown worlds, but it appears as if I have found a viable solution, actually it came to me while dancing to Slayer at a metal club, yes that is a real time render and that is a low poly ivy mesh wieghing in at 269 triangles and 1 texture (not including the building).

I can grow that ivy on, in or around any mesh. I can grow any other type of overgrowth type plant or even grass inbetween cracks and on small ledges.

Progress is coming on well, i just haven't been posting because i want to post a suprise in a few weeks time.

Inspiration

Here is a quick piece that I did that is more about the atmosphere of the world of Fallen 2020.

General Information

The following is some important information on Fallen 2020.

General Info
Fallen 2020 is a post apocalyptic online game set in the year 2021 after a series of disasters, The game is set in England in the fictional city of Darkmoore and the surrounding country side. (description not complete)

Release Date: Q1 2010
Game Type: Online Action Rollplay

Minimum System Requirements
OS: Windows XP SP2 or later; Mac OS X "Tiger" 10.4 or later
Graphics Card: DirectX 9 compatible, 256MB Vram minimum
Memory: 1 GB
Graphics Card: 256MB Vram minimum DirectX 9.0c Compatible
Hard Drive: 6GB

The installed game will take up around 3GB of hard drive space, It will be available on Windows PC and the Apple Mac platforms, Linux support is planned but not a definite yet.

The screen shot above is a work in progress of the overgrowth on the road & pavement materials.