Speed Level Design Scene in Unreal 4 - Monastery

[@NicolasSilvaVasault]

never seen these assets in the marketplace before

[@JayAnAm]

Very nice result, keep it up!

[@free_spirit1]

These UE4 speedbuilds are like a contemporary version of bob ross: Put a happy little tree, maybe there's some water over there, and a mountain in the distance...

[@nickysochor550]

WOW! I love it! absolutely stunning and beautiful!

[@Epik_Xero]

Thank you so much! There will be more videos to come in the near future.

[@smackerlacker8708]

What bothers me about all of these speed design videos is that they all create a single scene. It looks great from one camera angle and one position, but that's it. This is NOT a level. It's a screenshot.

[@Integroabysal]

well its basically a 3d concept art.

[@ElementalFX115]

Level "Design"

[@Integroabysal]

I'ts not near a level design.1st you must make assets alone or hire a 3d artist to make them for you. 2nd you must optimize everything to look great from every angle. 3rd making a level also includes doing interactive physics , placing npcs , stylize textures fro you needs, manage quests and many micro tweaks that rely to level design. That is no more than a 3d concept art , i can't call that a level design.

[@ElementalFX115]

Key word, "Design" what the level could look like if fully fleshed out, take your arrogance somewhere else.

[@func_detail]

I believe this would fall under "Environment Art" or something. Level Design would be when you actually plan out a level for the player to play in.

[@ИлонМаск-й3о]

This guy need more subscribers and watching

[@nunomartins2209]

Another great work waiting for the next one

[@Epik_Xero]

Thanks. I'm currently on vacation right now and won't be able to post any more videos until I get back. but I plan to hit the ground running on these sometime in mid January.

[@MrFrogGames]

Dude these are insanely good. keep it up!!

[@nobody-can-kn0w]

It look's really good!

[@AlienOne2]

Nice work!

[@EchoTheRealOne]

can you put these maps made in unreal engine to unity engine ?

[@robertblayney5435]

Where did you acquire your assets?

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[@Vaneko911]

I really respect your work. Just great.. Where did you learn to use PostProcessingVolume and would you mind to tell us where you got the asian buildings from? Best regards

[@ksawery6568]

For the love of Buddha change the music

[@chAXvrl]

dayum..nice song..and good work ;D

[@nayzerie]

this is amazing

[@moeda4303]

It looks very nice. But I would prefer if you had some sort of a red line between the monastery and the music you added in this video :-)

[@DeepVeinThrombonus]

Hey prof, was wondering if you could have a shot of all the individual assets you used for each scene at the end. Will really help us noobies out. Great vids btw, thx for making them

[@greymoonz1]

The link is in the description . Quote : " This art work does feature the Buddhist Monastery Environment created by Richard Vinci. www.richardvinci.com/#/buddhis... Check out his amazing work! "

[@AlienOne2]

He recently added Derelict Workshop, also great stuff and also on unreal marketplace.

[@mmmaxxx__]

It's beautiful but did you bake all the lights? It looks like it could use a bit more indirect lighting inside the temple or to the right of the tower with the bong hanging from it, where the darker part next to the bushes and grass is.

[@Epik_Xero]

So I actually made a few mistakes with this one. I didn't use a reflection actor for starters. The lighting wasn't ideal. I rushed a lot of this and yeah the darks are just way too dark. Also scale is off in a lot of places. Not my finest work. I appreciate your constructive feedback. I'll try and improve that in the next videos.

[@ThePaulomonster]

Awesome *-*

[@Tomble]

Nice one :)

[@chengyanslc]

Professional Mesh Rotator haha... Nice work!

[@EsserPeter]

Really really nice work! You inspired me to try it myself but I have problems finding good royalty free content.. where do you find your assets? Can you recommend something? Thanks again for this great video!

[@Epik_Xero]

Almost all of the art i'm using is free and available on the UE4 Marketplace. look up any content that Epic Games has released themselves. They have several projects and art content packages available for free all of which make up most of my videos.

[@EsserPeter]

Thanks for the hint!

[@Nelegyenmabenneanevem]

This is how FarCry was made

[@roboter4459]

The rocks with grass on it, from which pack are those?

[@Epik_Xero]

I assume you mean the edge cliff meshes. Those are from the "Kite" demo project that Epic Games released for free on the UE4 marketplace.

[@fatherofdragons5477]

How do you make the pieces?

[@maxpayne707]

Awesome, wish those prayer flags was also flying en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayer_flag, Just my personal opinion

[@ianfinquelstein9380]

wow, those clouds are really nice, did you make them yourself?

[@Epik_Xero]

I wish lol. The clouds are free assets that can be found in several of the Epic Games content packages on the UE4 marketplace. I think these particular ones came from the Shooter Demo.

[@ianfinquelstein9380]

bro i think you have a good eye for making scenes, i really liked it and enjoyed watching. keep it up

[@UniverseGamingOFFICIAL]

really nice

[@philippechampoux1801]

makes me think of uncharted 2 but without the snow

[@thequietstag4366]

I know! That's what I was thinking!

[@alexp.9410]

Da fuc bro! It's amaizing :D

[@LordRoban]

Just WOW :O

[@lewis5032]

eye candy but ear torture lol

[@3DRamenArt]

Very nice!..how to you make the cinema actor preview visible while editing?

[@tunisiasparx2105]

great job ;)

[@th-om8yd]

Nice job, you should make like a mystical elf forest ^_^

[@insta_725]

how many time did you spend ?

[@Epik_Xero]

Please read the video description.

[@the_val_s]

dudm that was awesome

[@FunTime-mg5xg]

What is the cloud?

[@derqued3034]

I HAVE to know what post processing and fog settings you used for this!

[@theFORZA66]

i love your work, but hate the music. doesnt fit the mood. couldnt watch cause of it. but i loved the end result.

[@bart4950]

Just mute the sound then and play your own music. It's not like he is talking in this video.

[@valerysemenkin6024]

NICE:)

[@fidelhernandez1196]

Nice work! I'm curious where did you download the SM_MarsdonCliff mesh from?

[@chkz7213]

And I thought it was generally difficult to build a villa in the Sims...

[@j.seidler9639]

Always mind-boggles me why people use UE4 for some artistic patchworking project which you could simply do in Photoshop (or AE/Nuke should you want a video). Because, obviously this is not a "level design scene" as it is utterly useless for a game level (other than being a background). This is simply a 2D stage, rotate the camera and the illusion is gone, thus why not make some Matte Painting in Photoshop instead? Yeah, UE4 is free, and you can do what you want, but don't clickbait by calling it "level design". It's not.

[@AcinfoProduction]

Well, maybe they dont know how to use the other programs and use UE4, or they just simply prefer it. Lol, there are millions of reasons for that.

[@j.seidler9639]

Yes, as I said: everybody can do what they want, I don't care. Just don't call it level design, especially when it's all done by placing a couple of prefabs they don't even make. "Hey Mom, watch, I can cut out pictures from random magazines, glue them together and call it "Stage Design" '.

[@AcinfoProduction]

Well, that´s how you come up with a creation actually :/ . For ex. Apple doesnt make their video cards or their disks, other companies do, and then the chinese put them all togheter. Apple just creates the idea. In this case, the guy created the idea and then designed his level...

[@j.seidler9639]

I understand what you mean, but it's simply not a "level". It's a semi-static picture he put together with artwork of others. Again, I really don't mind people doing whatever they want, I just don't like the titles that make you think there's somebody actually "speed level designing". Speed level designing is an art of it's own (and less about visuals than game mechanics and logic).

[@Epik_Xero]

So I'm going to try and give a fair and unbiased response to all of this. You're not wrong with your statements, but you're also not entirely correct either. I am a professional level designer and level artist who has been in the gaming industry for almost 7 years now, So I have some credibility here :P Level Design is a broad term and can be broken down into multiple roles and art forms. Level design consists of designing a layout, scripting, and visuals. These roles are often done by multiple people working together on a single map. I am a level designer who focuses on Level layouts and level art / visuals. You're right that this isn't real level design. I'm not making a map for any specific game where someone can run around and play in. I'm making a scene. But I am using all the skills of a level designer to do so. I'm building an environment in a 3D space just as any level designer does and I'm making something entertaining to watch. The amount of time it takes to make an actual level in a video game can take hundreds of hours to make. Obviously that is not entertaining to watch. I'm trying to simplify what a level designer does by showing how something can be made from nothing in a short amount of time. Also I'm not using prefabs. Prefabs are a group of meshes already combined together to quickly build a scene. I'm using all individual assets to make these scenes. That is exactly what any level designer does to make video games. A prop artist will make the assets and a level designer will use them to make a playable space. I hope you read this and understand what I'm saying. Art is anything you want it to be. Maybe you don't find making a scene in a level editor to be art, or maybe you do. But If I can make a video that inspires people whether be to try and learn how to do level design on their own or just learn more about the gaming industry, than that's art to me, and I believe that is art to them.

[@ClashixTV]

very cool but where do you get 'model packs' ? like he's using some asian building models, are they in UED4 by default? did u make them? is there a site where u can download for free? I don't understand... ty :)

[@Apoorvpandey]

Is it a part of any game ?

[@lunaazizella5253]

where can i find clouds like this ones used in video i know that they are in pack but i want to find ones for free xD

[@LyokoUnite]

This looks like Floating island from Tomb raider ii

[@umutyldrm6838]

very good but terrible music choice, it makes it almost unwatchable. I suggest search for Maverick in youtube, he is also making impressive level designs like you in unreal or unity. But what makes his videos more watchable is the perfect music choice. Please consider it for future projects :) Good work.

[@fr3ak1shh]

I agree. Music that matches the environment can make the video flow smoothly to the viewer. Dubstep is rarely ever the answer for environments.

[@SIMPLEYGENIAL]

like, le falto una musica acorde al lugar

[@chiboreache]

Clouds not moving

[@Epik_Xero]

They are. they just move really slow. it's actually better they move slow so that way I can look at the scene and not have it changing on me every few seconds just because of the clouds movement

[@kavebear7914]

Nice but horrible annoying music

[@MrCRAZYSUPREMO]

Omar Varela :v

[@RAMZAVFX]

Pls make more senpai

[@SagaXL]

Are you looking for work?

[@Netroxy]

Hey, very nice level design!! I do something like that too. Can you rate my designs?

[@patrickloper7864]

Dose anyone here now of a good laptop to use run unreal engine 4 on. right now I have it on a Samsung Cronus series seven. I know a pc is better but I just don't have the space at the moment.

[@L9X]

Look at Gigabyte. They have legendary laptops without the 'gamer' gimmick (as well as some with in case you want RGB everything). I use a Gigabyte P37X V3 which had one of Gigabyte's 8GB GTX980M. They have newer and more powerful models out right now as well as ones with equal power to mine for a lower price because this is coming to 3 years old now. The only place it's lacking is in RAM which can be upgraded from 16 to 32.

[@patrickloper7864]

thanks for the reply, unfortunately it comes a day late. I already bought an Acer predator 300 on sale for 899. I will keep gigabyte in mind next time I'm in need of a laptop.

[@水影b15我的世界]

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