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 This is episode four in this 15-part build-a-game series on how to build Breeze, a third person jump-and-run platformer, using CRYENGINE 5.6. Hosted by Junior Evangelist Roman Perezogin.

In this episode, Principal 3D Environment Artist Tom Deerberg joins host Roman Perezogin, Junior Evangelist, to discuss environment art and design. Roman and Tom discuss the workflow for the stylized assets that feature in Breeze, and Tom gives his advice for developers starting out with CRYENGINE. Tom reveals the importance of planning ahead and why time spent building a collection of reference images before you start modeling assets will pay off. Throughout the video, Tom gives fascinating insights about creating AAA games and his own indie passion project, Ramiwo. This episode runs for over an hour and is packed full of great recommendations, tips, guidance, and lessons.

Contents

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:00:22 Introducing Tom Deerberg
• 00:02:26 Introducing the level Tom built
• 00:04:18 Why low poly art?
• 00:06:55 From Blender to CRYENGINE
• 00:11:50 Concept and research behind the Island design
• 00:14:00 Lighting design
• 00:16:50 How did Tom begin his career?
• 00:19:50 Working on the dream project - Crysis 3
• 00:20:28 Next dream project!
• 00:21:50 Making games and prototypes from scratch
• 00:23:45 Ramiwo - experimental CRYENGINE game by Tom & Matto
• 00:28:20 Introducing the Designer Tool
• 00:33:29 Working on vegetation assets
• 00:36:20 Daily work with envornment in CRYENGINE
• 00:38:10 Favorite part of working with CRYENGINE
• 00:39:50 Working with environment assets
• 00:45:37 Working on Tree assets
• 00:47:10 How to stay consistent with art assets
• 00:52:50 Adding wind to bend vegetation
• 00:55:40 Ambient occlusion, decals, shaders
• 01:01:24 Tesselation
• 01:03:20 About workflows between modelling and engine
• 01:04:34 Answering questions from the stream audience
• 01:07:10 Tom's next personal project?
• 01:11:20 Motivation behind making games
• 01:14:15 More questions from audience