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Level 07Open World Landscape

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01 Environment study

Open World Landscape

An outdoor island scene in Unreal Engine, built to show my world-building workflow and iteration speed. It started from a Udemy tutorial, and I polished it into a portfolio-ready showcase.

Role
Level Designer, Unreal Developer
Type
Outdoor environment
Timeline
Dec 2025 – Jan 2026
Reference
Southern California landscapes

I owned

  • Terrain, foliage, water and lighting, all solo.
  • Landmarks and a river-to-lake path that guide exploration.

Context

  • Started from a Udemy tutorial and polished into a showcase.
  • An environment study rather than original level design.
A large sun setting behind pine trees and snowy peaks under a pink sky.

02 World

Reading the island from above

Landmarks (a mountain ridge and a cave) anchor the layout, biomes are distributed across the island, and a river-to-lake path guides exploration.

  • Terrain: sculpted and painted with Unreal's Landscape tools.
  • Foliage: dense pines, flower meadows and clean sightlines with FAB Landscape Pro 2.0.
  • Lighting: Good Sky for golden-hour beams and a moody night.
  • Water: FAB Water Materials plus the Experimental Water Plugin.
Top-down view of the island: a mountain ridge on the west, grassland, and a river flowing into a lake.
FIG. 01Island layout: landmarks, biomes, and the river-to-lake path.
A turquoise river winding through grassy hills toward a lake, with rocky mountains behind.

03 Landscapes

River to lake

Terrain sculpted with Landscape Pro. The water uses the Experimental Water Plugin with FAB materials for clean shorelines.

04 Lighting

Golden hour

Good Sky lighting and painted foliage for warm sun shafts, depth and clear composition.

Sun shafts streaming through pine trees over a meadow of pink flowers.
FIG. 02Golden-hour forest.
Misty pine forest edge behind a dense meadow of pink flowers.
FIG. 03Flower meadow at the forest edge.
A crescent moon over jagged mountains, with haze drifting toward a cave in the rocks.

05 Night

Moonlit mountain & cave

A dramatic cave reveal staged with strong silhouettes and atmospheric haze.

06 Level complete

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