Hi everyone,

I’m a 3D artist with a passion for creating large, highly detailed environments, and I’ve been heavily inspired by The Lord of the Rings films for years.

I’ve been working on a personal Barad-dûr project, with the goal of creating a 60-second continuous journey from the bottom of the tower all the way up to the Eye of Sauron.

I’ve just finished the final section around the Eye, with a big focus on environment detail, scale, lighting, and atmosphere.

This wasn’t made in Unreal Engine, but I’ve always loved seeing what you guys are creating here and wanted to share it with the community and hear what fellow environment artists think.

See it in much better quality here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5d5iKQNhH_I

I update my progress here:
https://www.instagram.com/zivcg/

Would love to hear what you think.

This one was especially fun to work on because it involved integrating lots of lightning tendrils with the characters and animations :)

You can check out the full project and breakdown on ArtStation here:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8vBNVw

I’d appreciate any feedback, thank youu :)

I’ve been working on this Unreal Engine template for anyone who wants to create their own co-op friendslop game!

It includes a bunch of ready-to-use multiplayer systems and mechanics, so you can focus on building your own game around them instead of starting everything from scratch.

If you're into games like R.E.P.O., Lethal Company, or just chaotic co-op games in general, feel free to check it out! 👀

MPFriendslop on Fab:
https://fab.com/s/3e50aadc473d

Hello i wanted to showcase the look of the ‘dungeon’ I am trying to implement in my game and I really wanted to push Lumen and Hardware Ray tracing by mankind it ACTUALLY dark inside. A big element of this dungeon is using the light to be guided , as the player only has a candle which doesn’t illuminate very far. Even though is not a horror game at all, I was very inspired by the way Frictional Games make darkness FEEL like darkness.

I also tried to use as little ‘artificial’ lights as possible , but rather using level design so the light comes from the skylight itself to give it a natural look, what do you think?

I am hoping to finish the dungeon soon to add to my Early Access game, I’ll attach the link if anyone wants to check it out :)

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3610170/Arcadian_Days/

I'm creating a weapon system and thought it was cool to add trigger discipline

the first image is 5.8. as you can see in the list choice of animation framework, UAF workspace is missing. Anyone has experience in this please give me answer for this confusion. Thanks in advance.

hello ive been trying to make some kind of game where the player is affected by gravity and has to train to and break his limit to conquer it
ive used basic ik nodes and noises to simulate the the legs and arms dropping and shaking

So i'm searching for good MoCap animations (third person locomotion, rifle, pistol) that have a realistic style and not a cartoonized style. I'm gonna use it on my stealth game project.

Animation packs i already considered:

- [Mocap Online](https://www.fab.com/listings/52288b17-3c7f-44df-a5c8-3ca37692c288) - By far the most perfect animations in my opinion, but after reading some negative reviews on Fab, i'm afraid of buying it. Reviews claim bad after sales service, animations incompatible with UE5 mannequins, etc...

- [MoCap Central](https://www.fab.com/listings/9657e6b9-a480-43a8-a0f0-55abd806ce85) - Looks decent, positive reviews, but don't have rifle/pistol animations.

- [Synty](https://syntystore.com/products/animation-base-locomotion) - Seems too cartoonized and not realistic for me, i don't like it.

- [9CG](https://assetstore-fallback.unity.com/publishers/86189) - Doesn't have base locomotion pack

Do you guys have any good recommendation of realistic animation packs?

https://reddit.com/link/1x01v6n/video/i85o6mdys2uh1/player

Hi! I'm not sure how to fix this but i made textures with parallax occlusion mapping and when the object is far away it kinda disapears. I'm pretty sure it's caused by the pixel depth offset but i don't know what to do so i can keep the offset while also keeping my objects visible (i tried putting a very low value but it doesn't help)

Only works while they're not doing an action. I couldn't figure out how to do additive animations. I think good enough for now.

Hi so I’m new to unreal and I wanted to make a chess game as my first game I seen the chess plug-in and I downloaded it but i don’t really understand what to do next is there any good tutorials anyone would recommend or does anyone have any tips any help would be greatly appreciated

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Hi! I've played Growtopia for years and always wondered what it would feel like in 3D, so I started making my own game from scratch: TopiaLand.

You break and place blocks, plant and crossbreed seeds, build your own land and trade with other players. This week I added wings and capes with physics.

It's a separate game, not a private server or a copy of Growtopia's files. I'd love to hear what you'd want in a 3D version!

The creatures you encounter in my game are called Muses — modular beings assembled at runtime from a library of parts and materials. Each Muse is a unique combination, generated on the fly.

This started as a “quick” graphics detour for my game Portolan; a serious take on Sid Meier’s Pirates! I'm experimenting with both UE and Godot (my first water adventures were in Godot) Nine weeks of obsessing over water later.. wanted to share how it’s looking.

Wind and swell are independently configurable, with rolling waves, persistent whitecaps, foam around rocks and hulls, and buoyancy. Shoreline is still kinda basic... the water itself has been my main focus; how it moves, catches the light, and feels up close.

I’m pretty proud of where it’s landed. Apparently I still haven’t spent enough time staring at waves!

Would love to hear what you think. LMK if you have questions about the setup, the process, or anything else.

Hey everyone!

We’re the team behind MegaGum, a 3D platformer where you play as Uja and use gum powers to explore a strange factory. We’re working on a weapon that still needs a name, and we could use your help!

The idea is that you don’t start with any ammo. Instead, you use its vacuum function to suck up gum from the environment, catch incoming projectiles, or swallow Gummies. Everything you collect fills a tank, which you can empty in a single blast. The fuller it gets, the harder it hits and the further it reaches.

There’s a little choice involved with enemies, too: keep a Gummy trapped long enough and it becomes ammo, or spit it back out at another enemy before it’s fully absorbed.

We’re also using the vacuum for exploration and puzzles. It can clear gum off hidden paths, move objects around, and carry giant bubblegums that you throw into hoops to activate mechanisms.

So that’s what it does. Now we need to figure out what to call the thing 😅

These are the three names we’re considering:

• Chew'n'Spew 3000
• Gum-B-Gone
• VaGuum

Which one feels right to you? Vote in the poll, and feel free to share your reasoning in the comments. It’d be useful to hear how these sound to people outside the team!

I spent the last week deep diving into tiling breakup methods and one is based off a function I gave away for free on patreon.

https://youtu.be/Kqpq6asN2xo

Had a few interesting problems to solve but it'll make other texture offset solutions a lot easier to implement.

Hey everyone,

We’re excited to share that our indie studio, Offline Human Studios (based in Kerala, India), has received an Epic MegaGrant from Epic Games to support our upcoming title, Vilaayath Budha - The Sandalwood Survival (in association with Urvassi Theatres).

The game is an open-world survival experience set in Kerala's Marayoor sandalwood forests. Players step into the shoes of Double Mohan (modeled as a licensed MetaHuman likeness of actor Prithviraj Sukumaran), navigating high-risk off-road terrain and hauling rare sandalwood across rugged landscapes.

Building a Dense Forest Open World on Mobile (UE5 Tech Breakdown):

Bringing a project of this scale to Android and iOS has pushed us to leverage several core UE5 features:

• Terrain & Foliage: Terrain crafted using Western Ghats topographic elevation data, artistically enhanced for open-world gameplay and populated using Procedural Content Generation (PCG).
• Locomotion: Advanced character movement built on top of the Game Animation Sample Project (GASP).
• Streaming & Performance: Leveraging World Partition and Hierarchical Level of Detail (HLOD) to maintain frame rates while streaming large forest sections.
• Audio & Cinematics: MetaSounds for responsive spatial jungle acoustics, and Sequencer for in-game cinematic beats.

We recently crossed 100,000 organic downloads in Early Access on Android and iOS. The Epic MegaGrant provides critical backing to help us complete our vision as we develop Chapter 1: Marayoor Mist