Beauty of Cryengine

While doing more and more research on the engine, I couldn´t resist to gather some beauty videos.







My testlevel ist almost finished. Some minor things stil bother me but I am convinced these will be solved until tomorrow.

CryEngine test map

The test map is going well so far. With some help of a fellow student, I managed to import my models with collision and texture. In the next three days, I will try to give the map a spooky touch with some fog and whatever I can find that seem to be useful.

Barcraft

So here I am, back from my first so called "Barcraft". Imagine a nice lounge atmosphere with less soccer and more starcraft on the big screen. Nice people from the gaming industry come together and celebrate the games while drinking a cocktail named after one of the games characters oder items.

Next time, I will probably ask some more friends to come with me and join the fun! If you live near cologne and want to join, contact me on facebook ;)

Barcraft on facebook

Extra Credits: Graphics vs. Aesthetics

The title speaks for itself ;)

CryEngine 3

Wow, this engine ist just....wow. Even as a beginner to the engine you are able to create decent results with just some clicks. I was not able to add the station yet but I hope to do so tomorrow. Damn I am lazy sometimes... Anyway, I made some screenshots of the current stage.

Our Story in 1 Minute

Great visual realisation of our current understanding how everything started. Definitely worth to take a look at.

Station platform and Black Mesa

I am currently working on implementing a railway station into the cryengine3 and the UDK. The only thing that I hadn´t in store was the platform, my project for today. The building, handrails, rails etc. will be added in the engine.

The shot is rendered in "Marmoset Toolbag", a newcomer to my workflow. I realy recommend this tool if you need to take a closer look at your asset and look at it under different lightings.

You can find the tool here.

Black Mesa Source posted an interesting interview, talking about the current status of the mod and the overall half life franchise. Definitely worth to take a look on here.