Vellamo Village - Cozy Medieval Town modular kit project
This was my first adventure in the stylized world, and I surprised even myself with how much I enjoyed it. The original goal was to create a modular environment kit that would allow me to iterate buildings in the largest possible number of variations and quickly build entire cities.
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As this cozy, calm, slightly fairy-tale-like world began to take shape in my hands, I noticed how harmonious the entire process was, and I found great joy in it. Meanwhile, from a design perspective, my primary goal was to create my own visual language within the stylized genre and make everything cohesive - the rest just pulled me along. 😀
Secondly, I tried to follow every professional and technical criterion in order to work as efficiently as possible. As a result, the modules can be assembled with a high degree of freedom, I created one texture ID for each major category/group, everything is game-ready and runs great, and I tried to enhance visual diversity through vertex painting, foliage painting, good placement, and the addition of many small details.
Furthermore, I should mention that Tobias Hofmann accompanied me on this journey as both a friend and mentor, from the very beginning to the very end. He is also responsible for the lighting, and by sharing his vast professional experience, he continuously kept me on the right track and helped me enormously in working at the highest possible quality. Many thanks to him - and be sure to check out his page as well https://www.artstation.com/mob
Timelapse of making the scene
Asset zoo with all the modules and props have been used for the scene
Modular wall elements (grid based)
Modular wall elements (grid based)
Modular roof elements (grid based)
Doors and windows: 3 different door frames and 2 doo types, 3 different window frames, 3 types of window shutters and 4 different window glasses
Wood set: every beam, plank and wooden structure on the buildings were created from one texture ID and 6 different wood mesh
Stone set: All the stone parts, corners, chimneys, roads, paving, bricks, stone arches have been created from one texture ID and 9 different stone meshes
All the props have been used on the scene, some of them combined with other sets
The props which are sharing on texture ID
Foliage set from one texture ID
Tileable textures and decals
9 different building variations I iterated from the modular set for the scene
BaseColor
Detail lighting
Shader complexity