Concept:
This is an artistic project we undertook for our procedural graphics class. Since we all liked manga, we decided to recreate the appearance and atmosphere of BLAME! using Houdini and Unreal Engine 5. Our presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1II2-8XqpZL6pYmFS8OX6cCYfF_ErH7AqSopiRrCjQBg/edit?usp=sharing
Flying exploration: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Jm05dVub9pDr2JPP4HZmZVGPJ4hV4_kA/view?usp=sharing
Walking exploration: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2cKleCnpb9moWjfJNTZIhcy0mpHoRX_/view?usp=sharing
My Team:
I created this with two other people from my class, Lewis Ghrist and Christina Qiu.
My Roles in the process:
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Design:
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Postprocess shader with screen tearing, black boxes and translucent magnification effect
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Sound design
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Atmospheric feel
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Development:
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Integration of Houdini fbx with Unreal environmental elements like fog and lighting.
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Two exploration modes
- Cinematic camera movement
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Unreal lighting
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Challenges:
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Houdini itegration
- Integrating houdini with UE 5 was somewhat difficult because we didn't have the right versions
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Unreal pipeline
- The Unreal pipeline was new to most of us, so it took some time for us to learn and use it
Images:
Inspiration:
Result:
Shader:
Assets:
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City model created in Houdini by Lewis
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Postprocess shader created by me, other shaders created by Christina
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Default unreal player model used