1st Edition
Mastering Technical Art in the Unreal Engine World Building
This covers how to use the latest development tools to create your own Virtual World powered by the Unreal Engine. Each chapter will provide you with the necessary underpinning theory as well as activities to test your learning inside of the Unreal Engine.
You'll learn about Landscapes, Sculpting, Materials, Foliage, Water, Partitions and much more as you complete project-based examples. Included in the Book is a series of follow along introductory videos and quizzes to help test your learning, giving you all the tools and knowledge to make detailed believable worlds in the Unreal Engine.
This book will be of great interest to all students learning to create technical art within the Unreal Engine, as well as professionals looking to sharpen their skills.
01. What is World Building
02. Blocking Out in Unreal
03. Introduction To Unreal Landscapes
04. Introduction to Unreal Landscape Materials
05. Creating Layered Landscape Materials
06. Foliage
07. Water
08. Landmass Tools
09. Introduction To Procedural World Decoration
10. Auto Landscape Materials
11. World Partition
12. Lighting and Environment Effects
Biography
Greg Penninck has worked and taught in the Games Industry sector since 2006, creating many world-leading games courses and modules from Foundation to Masters Level. Greg is an Authorised Unreal Instructor Partner for Epic Games and has been teaching the Unreal Engine for over 15 years. In 2016 he was awarded an Epic Developer Grant through his company Thundersteed LTD which helped him continue to spread the joy of Unreal Development. Greg works as a Marketing Artist for REALTIME, a BAFTA nominated VFX Studio.
Stuart Butler is the Dean of Creative Industries at CG Spectrum Institute. Stu has taught in the HE sector since 2009, creating many games courses and modules from Foundation to Masters Level and was formerly the Course Director of Games Technology at Staffordshire University. He is an Authorized Unreal Instructor Partner and Educational Content Creator for Epic Games and has been teaching the Unreal Engine since the launch of UDK. Stu has contributed to projects as a Vehicle Artist, Animator, Game Designer and Technical Designer / Artist; his broad skillset and understanding provides insight into all aspects of Games Development. Alongside Greg, as part of their Company Thundersteed Ltd, he was awarded an Epic Developer Grant in 2016.
