Futuristic Sci-Fi Game Environment in Blender

Name: Futuristic Sci-Fi Game Environment in Blender
Rating: 4.5 (59 reviews)

Model, Unwrap, Bake & Texture a Game 3D Environment using Blender, Substance Painter, Marmoset Tool Bag & Unreal Engine

Created byVictory3D LLC

Last updated 4/2020

English

What you'll learn

High Poly to Low Poly Modeling
Proper way of unwrapping clean UVs
Creating professional baked maps
Normal map detailing & texturing
Game design level building
Art of effective lighting
Post processing and effects

Course content

5 sections • 63 lectures • 18h 57m total length

Introduction1:44
Going Over Our References12:02
Installing Our Plugins and Shortcuts12:29

Creating Our Blockout Part 117:17
Create a Blender blockout by defining the floor, setting width and height, then sculpting with cubes and cylinders, inset edges, and bridging loops for a preliminary layout.
Creating Our Blockout Part 219:49
Creating Our Blockout Part 319:42
Creating Our Blockout Part 411:23
Create a quick blockout of a futuristic fuse box, pipes, and a ventilation shaft in Blender, refine with flat faces and duplicates, then set the doorway as the style benchmark.
Creating Our Floor Low Poly and Creating the Door Part 119:19
Creating Our Door Part 219:33
Creating Our Door Part 318:37
Creating Our Door Part 419:19
Creating Our Door Part 519:29
Creating Our Door Part 619:54
Creating Our Door Part 719:26
Creating Our Door Part 819:51
Creating Our Door Part 919:48
Creating Our Wall Part 119:19
Creating Our Wall Part 216:55
Creating Our Wall Part 318:00
Create a futuristic wall section in Blender by building a metal grid and bolts. Apply edits with bevel modifiers and multi resolution steps, refine placement, and prepare textures.
Creating Our Second Wall Part 117:16
Creating Our Second Wall Part 219:37
Creating Our Second Wall Part 317:16
Finishing Our Second Wall and Creating Our Closed Door19:59
Turning Our High Poly Into Low Poly Part 119:29
Turning Our High Poly Into Low Poly Part 220:25
Turning Our High Poly Into Low Poly Part 317:48
turn a high poly into a low poly by selectively deleting edges, optimizing geometry, detaching blocks, and snapping while duplicating parts into a new collection to streamline the workflow.
Turning Our High Poly Into Low Poly Part 415:45

UV Unwrapping Our Models Part 119:58
UV Unwrapping Our Models Part 219:43
UV Unwrapping Our Models Part 319:46
Master UV unwrapping of futuristic game assets in blender by marking seams, unwrapping, and organizing island layouts for clean texture mapping, scale optimization, and seamless alignment.
UV Unwrapping Our Models Part 46:29
Exporting Our Models for Baking15:34
Baking Our Models Part 116:39
Baking Our Models Part 219:40

Setting Up Our Substance Painter Scene16:41
Start by crafting a texture for the door in Substance Painter, bake maps, and paint normal details like panels, bolts, and dots using height-driven normals and masking techniques.
Adding Normal Map Details to Our Door Part 119:37
Adding Normal Map Details to Our Door Part 219:55
Adding Normal Map Details to Our Back Door19:26
Add normal map details to the back door of the futuristic sci-fi game environment in Blender, refining hinges, bolts, height maps, and curvature for believable PBR visuals.
Adding Normal Map Details to Wall A19:21
Adding Normal Map Details to Wall B19:46
Exporting Our Models for Unreal & Setting up a Quick Preview19:20
Adding Extra Normal Map Details to All Meshes19:58
apply extra normal map details to all meshes, fix flipped normals from painter exports, adjust ao and material settings, and refine doors, bolts, and panels for a cohesive futuristic environment.
Creating the Final Texture for Our Door Part 119:46
Creating the Final Texture for Our Door Part 219:49
Set up a directional light and balance shadows to highlight the door model. Texture the door with panel metal, adjust roughness and dullness, and export 2k aoe textures for preview.
Creating the Final Texture for Our Door Part 319:55
Creating the Final Texture for Our Door Part 410:23
Refine the door texture in this final chapter by applying micro normal and height maps, curvature, and Sobel effects, and export reusable smart materials.
Creating the Final Texture for Our Floor19:53
Creating the Final Texture for Our Wall A Part 119:35
Creating the Final Texture for Our Wall A Part 2 and Start on Wall B19:49
Creating the Final Texture for Our Wall B18:07
Creating the Final Texture for Our Backdoor20:30

Setting up Our Unreal Project19:37
Building Our Level19:26
Setting up Our First Lighting Pass 118:42
Setting up Our First Lighting Pass 218:35
Going Over Post Effects & Material Polish18:33
Balance the scene and polish materials for a futuristic sci-fi Blender environment by tweaking bloom, chromatic aberration, screen space reflections, occlusion, roughness, metallics, color grading, and subtle fog.
Improving Our Floor Texture Part 119:28
Improving Our Floor Texture Part 219:57
Improve floor texture alignment in Blender by adjusting height, rotation, and tiling to reduce mismatches, exporting and re-importing textures, and preparing panels and signs for a futuristic environment.
Improving Our Door Texture19:01
Improving Our Wall Textures19:32
Improving Our Back Door Texture Part 119:47
Improving Our Back Door Texture Part 219:20
Refine the back door texture in a futuristic sci-fi Blender environment by using masks, anchor points, and fill layers to clean details, adjust lights, and export polished textures.
Final Polish of Our Scene13:59

Requirements

Basic knowledge of Blender, Marmoset Toolbag, Substance Painter, and Unreal Engine

Description

Instructor Info

Emiel Sleegers always had love for video games and when he was young, he started using Unity3D for programming but he found himself gravitating more towards the art of making games. Now he is currently working as an environment artist in Ubisoft. He contributed to creating AAA games such as Forza Horizon 3 and The Division 2. His all time favorite game is The Last of Us and that video game is what inspired him to want to work in the game industry. His advice for beginner artists is to focus on one aspect of gaming that they are passionate about, stick to it and get better at it. His hobbies include anything related to games or films, whether it be working on personal projects, freelance work or going out for movies.

Course Info

Hey everyone, my name is Emiel Sleegers. I’m a 3D artist currently working for one of the biggest game companies Ubisoft. Finding a Blender course on creating a game environment that will take your skills to a whole new level can be hard to find. But don’t worry, I am here to show you my workflow that will guide you in creating a professional environment like you see in AAA video games that you play today.

In this course, we will go through the entire pipeline of creating a game-ready environment.

The major topics we will be covering are:

High Poly to Low Poly Modeling using Blender
Proper UV unwrapping in Blender
Baking maps in Marmoset Toolbag
Detailing & Texturing in Substance Painter
Scene setup, lighting, & post effects in Unreal Engine

By the end of this course, you will be able to create a clean and amazing futuristic game environment.

Before beginning this course, you should have a basic knowledge of Blender, Substance Painter, Marmoset Toolbag and Unreal Engine.

If you want to be a 3D environment artist, you need to know the latest tools, methods, and strategies to better strengthen your skills to get closer to your goal. This course will put you ahead of 99.9% of all beginners out there when it comes to game environment creation. In this course, you will learn the proper workflow and techniques that will allow you to build a complete production-ready scene. If you are serious about elevating your skills, sign up for this course, at Victory3D.

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to know how to create an AAA game environment
Anyone who wants to become a better artist

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Introduction3 lectures • 26min

Blockout & Modeling Phase24 lectures • 7hr 25min

UV Unwrapping & Baking7 lectures • 1hr 58min

Normal Map Detailing & Texturing17 lectures • 5hr 22min

Scene Setup, Lighting, Post Effect & Tweaks12 lectures • 3hr 46min

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