A self-initiated test piece built to a published brief. Not client work.
English lake margin in Unreal Engine 5.8, animated preview of the real-time walkthrough
A real-time Unreal Engine 5.8.3 environment: about 12 meters of mature English lowland lake margin around an old, worn fishing swim, built to be walked at player height and read from 2 to 5 meters. I built the bank and fishing swim geometry (the trampled platform behind its log edging, boot prints, a crumbling bank edge and a slumped mud margin); the ground material that runs dry soil through a damp band into wet mud with a water film at the edge and silt under water; the reeds, rushes, yellow flag iris and brambles and the placement of every plant, leaf and stick; the fallen leaf material; the far-bank woodland edge; the dark green-brown lake water; the underwater margin with its silt and gravel bed, murk, suspended particles and depth falloff; one neutral overcast light with fixed exposure and no bloom or grading; and the cameras and walkthrough path. The walkthrough is an uncut 57 second real-time capture at 35 fps average with the frame counter on screen.
Close wet edge: dry bank soil darkens through a damp band into wet mud and a thin water film at the waterline, with boot prints, drifts of fallen leaves and sticks.
Underwater margin: a silt and gravel bed with leaf mulch, sunken branches and stones, a few pondweed sprigs, suspended particles, and olive-brown murk that swallows color with depth.
Fishing swim: the old trampled earth platform behind its log edging, reeds and brambles closing in on either side, and the far woodland reflected across the water.
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A 12 meter section of mature English lowland lake shoreline around an old fishing swim, built and shown in real time in Unreal Engine 5.8.3.
