Just updated my Unreal Engine project to 5.6. I just love creating with this tool.😍

🎮 This weekend I finished my first Unreal Engine project after 6 months of work. It took me about 900 hours in total. 🏝️ A fully explorable Aegean island built completely inside UE5. 🔨All the houses and the temple were modeled by me using UE5’s in-engine modeling tools.

10 seconds from my very first unreal engine project 🐈

Hearing my name as a stadium announcement while playing FC 25 is priceless feeling. I added it as an Easter egg back when I was working on FIFA 22. It made me happy especially considering I was losing 6-0. 😅

🎮 My First Unreal Engine Project – 6-Month Sign-off Update Teaser 🏝️ I am very happy to share my first Environmental Design project in Unreal Engine. This was an amazing learning experience. More to share on my ArtStation soon. #UE5

Some screenshots from my personal project #UE5

my first 1 month in UE5 vs. 6 months in UE5

lit vs. lighting only #UE5

After 6 months of hard work, my first Unreal Engine world-building project: a recreation Assassin’s Creed Odyssey-like world. Every single building was modeled by me directly in-engine, my very first experience with 3D modeling. #unrealengine5 #worldbuilding #environmentart #UE5

Yesterday when I was polishing my first video game demo, I had to stop and look around ant take pictures. 6 months of hard work, already satisfied with it. #UE5

6 months after my first Unreal Engine project I am slowly wrapping up my first video game demo project, Project Heliada. This is the last week I will keep polishing to add it to my portfolio with a demo. I am so happy, satisfied, proud and looking forward for the next project. #UE5 #projectheliadad

Modeled this temple inside Unreal Engine 5 Here’s a look at the interior of an ancient Greek temple made entirely in UE5 using the in-engine modeling tool. I have 15 days left to complete Project Heliada, and honestly, it’s getting hard to tell what should be the priority at this point. #UE5

This house is potentially base for my main character in my demo game project. What do you think of the view? #UE5

Day and Night Cycle Yesterday I was testing the day and night cycle along with some color grading tweaks. I want to showcase the map in different lighting conditions for my ArtStation portfolio once the project is finished. Built this hill, assembled a modular house using pieces. #UE5

This Tower Is Made Completely In-Engine in UE5 Wanted to share @williamfaucher.bsky.social 's amazing EasyMapper tool. Honestly one of the best plugins I’ve ever purchased. I’ve been trying to create all the buildings in my project in-engine and paint them using EasyMapper. #UE5 #EasyMapper

The atmosphere in my first game in Unreal Engine 5 after nearly 6 months. Only 15 days left to wrap up my first-ever project. It’s been an insane learning curve. I couldn’t have imagined getting anywhere near this when I started. Time to polish Project Heliada and prepare for the next chapter. #UE5

clay vs. render #WIP #UE5 #projectheliada

Some WIP shots from my in-engine built Ancient Greek temple. The floor, walls, columns, everything marble you see is modeled completely in-engine. Props are mainly from Leartes, textures from Quixel. The frontal floor is completely hand placed one by one. 😑 #UE5 #UnrealEngine5 #ProjectHeliada

Over the weekend, I was polishing my temple a bit more based on feedback from my art mentors. I replaced the AI-generated statue with an asset from Leartes and swapped the AI wallpapers with original images from a museum. Added some curtains, carpets, more details, CATS. Still a WIP. #UE5 #gamedev

Some screenshots from my WIP temple. Set dressing with some external props but the main structure is modeled by me completely in-engine. Trying to polish this part since I have only 1 month left in this project. #UE5

5 months ago - Now 5 months ago, when I started to use Unreal Engine for the first time, I was pretty much lost, using some Megascan assets. After 5 months of work and using modeling tool inside Unreal Engine, I created this beautiful temple and garden (still WIP). #UE5 #3dmodeling

I created a small ancient Greek store that sells little statues of gods and other figures. Also, fun fact: I keep using the same NPC because I only had time to make two during my CC4 free trial 😂 #UE5 #gamedev #unrealengine

Some new screenshot from my progress in Project Heliada. The roof of the temple was a third party asset and I finally built my own roof today completely in-engine. With this, the entire main structure of temple is made by me. 2 months in 3d modeling and I'm loving it. #UE5 #3dmodeling #unrealengine

I wanted to share some screenshots from my project, Project Heliada.🏝️ Project Heliada is my first world building project. I have worked exactly 5 months on it. Will work 1 month more than then wrap it up. #UE5 #unrealengine #projectheliada

Ancient Greek Temple in Unreal Engine 5 This Saturday I worked a bit more to connect the temple to the town. To be honest, I couldn't find many examples, currently I am going full free-style. Most probably the style is not historically accurate but I am just testing my creativity. #UE5 #gamedev

Columns Modeled In-Engine Here’s a sneak peek at the new WIP temple! The columns and walls were modeled entirely in-engine, then textured with Quixel. The wall paintings were created using generative AI (Leonardo). I’m not the biggest fan of AI art, but I am okay with ancient styles. #UE5

clay vs. render #ue5 #unrealengine #3dmodeling #gamedev

-before and after 3 hours of work🥲 -every building is completely modelled made in Unreal Engine (except the roof part, it's external). -only 34 days left to complete my project #ue5 #unrealengine #gamedev #3dmodeling

UE5's Native Modeling Tool Just 3D-modeled this incense completely in-engine using UE5’s modeling tool. Started with a cylinder, used Boolean, then made a thin cylinder for the incense stick. Added another for the ash, some decals, and finally, candle smoke VFX. Voilà! #UE5 #modeling #3d #gamedev

15 seconds atmosphere from my solo-dev game #ue5 #unrealengine5 #solodev #indiedev

clay vs render #UE5

In-engine Modeling in Unreal Engine 5 I wanted to share a workflow I’ve been using recently, modeling houses entirely in-engine with UE5’s modeling tools. After that, I’ve been vertex painting them using @williamfaucher.bsky.social’s EasyMapper tool. Lumen+sunset+cats, props, plants 🪄 #UE5

My indie game for 10 seconds

It was a pretty bad day for Artemisia, the jam seller. Only 1 customer the entire day. The cats kept her company, though. One of them slightly burned its tail on the candles in the temple, which had been converted from the house of an old wise person. #UE5 #UnrealEngine5 #NPC #Cats #ProjectHeliada

Yesterday I was working on this temple a bit. Added some candles, NPC's. The one-piece pool and the floor is completely made in UE5 as well as the pot for the tree. I used 1K Quixel texture to cover it and edited the texture a bit on PS to break the repetitive tiling. #UE5 #unrealengine #gamedev

My 4 months long progress in Unreal Engine 5. This was my first real world-building project. I am not %100 satisfied with it. I did a lot of mistakes but this was a learning curve. I will work 2 months more on Project Heliada and sign-off. Next project will be very cold and less mistakes! #UE5

Cat Stranding🐱 #UE5 #WIP #ProjectHeliada

A couple of weeks ago, I started building the town of Stenoskomi in my island on UE5. Here’s a little gameplay. Spent the weekend making the stairs and level more cat-friendly. 🐈 Still needs a lot of polishing, but I like how it's shaping up. 50 days left to complete the project.

UE5:👍🤗 lumen: 👍🤗 megalights: 👍🤗 nanite: 👍🤗 chaos physics:👍🤗 in-engine 3d modeling: 👍🤗 @quixeltools.bsky.social, Leartes assets: 👍🤗 CATS: 🥹🥲🐈😍😍😍😍😻😻😻😁❤️ #UE5 #gamedev #solodev

chilling cutie cat 😼🌧️☔ #UE5 #unrealengine #gamedev #projectheliada

You can't imagine an ancient Greek island without a cat! 🏺🐈‍⬛ Meet Atlas, the newest figure in my demo. I’m planning for him to just chill in front of his house. Should I add more cats? 😼 #UE5 #unrealengine #gamedev

4 months of learning UE5 Here’s a super short teaser of how the atmosphere in my demo looks with moody weather. Once I polish and complete the map, I wanna experiment baked lighting and see if I can create something interesting and more optimized than Lumen. #ue5 #unrealengine #gamedev

Recently, I had the chance to give a guest lecture at Eindhoven University of Technology during the Totem Game Jam which was my second time speaking there! It’s always a great experience to connect with students, share insights on game development and QA. 🙂

Experimenting some moody atmosphere in my project. Getting closer to the end, I will add 4 different setting to my portolio to study color grading and atmosphere creation better. It's not always sunny in Heliada. 😄 #WIP #UE5 #UnrealEngine #GameDev

4 months of learning, hundreds of hours of work, and just as many hours of tutorials. Still 2 more months to go. Excited to keep pushing forward and excited to share my first worldbuilding project! 🙂 #UE5 #GameDev #WIP

Columns Modeled in-Engine | UE5 Here’s a look at my WIP temple! The columns are fully modeled in-engine using modeling plug-in. Cylinders, patterns, textures. The roof is from Scale X for now. I plan to model my own if time allows. The statues on the roof are AI-generated placeholders.! 🏛️ #UE5

Here’s my WIP fruit store next to the beach!🍎 I’ve used @quixeltools.bsky.social fruit scans, aimed for historical accuracy. For the workflow, I relied on @dash3d.bsky.social Dash Tool to multiply and physics drop and duplicating. Then merged, remeshed to lower triangle, and baked the textures. #UE5

Vertex Painting & In-Engine Modeling Work The other day, I picked up the EasyMapper plugin to speed up my vertex painting workflow. Here’s a look at some Quixel texture blending, decals, and procedural + scanned vines on my in-engine sculpted houses. Loving the extra depth! 🏺🎨 #UE5 #GameDev #WIP

Today in my project, I worked on a cloth seller's small open-air stall. The stall sits right by the sea, offering fabrics and carpets. Still some things to add, but it's already shaping up nicely! 🏺🧵🌊 #ProjectHeliada #UE5

My latest work in my UE5 project -Hand-sculpted houses 🏠 -Vertex painting with 3 blended textures 🎨 -Decals for added detail 🏗️ -Chaos cloth simulation for fabric physics 🏛️ -Lumen & Nanite for lighting and performance ⚡ -Some 3P props to bring life to the scene 🏺 -AI-generated rug texture 🧶