Better Love Than Never
War is never a blessing; it is never mercy.
It is never peaceful, it is never productive.
It is never compassionate, it is never forgiving.
It’s time to love and not war.
Submission Video (under 30sec cut):
Youtube (Original Cut):
Student Submission: No
Credits to sourced content:
Assets: Quixel Megascans, CitySampleBuildings, CitySampleVehicles, CitySampleProps - Dekogon_MatrixDemo, Construction_Vol1, Construction_Vol2, ConstructionSite, FPS_Weapon_Bundle, Modern Soldier Camo Pack, VigilanteContent, AnimStarterPack, Ami, Soldier
Music/SFX: Soundly Pro
*Description
Engine Version: Unreal Engine 5.0.2
Screenshots
Behind the Scenes
Hi all,
It was a pleasure working on such an ambitious project after work hours and I couldn’t have been happier with the results. I really wanted to push myself further beyond just lighting a scene and experiment with storytelling in Unreal Engine.
I thought about what would a real-world war in a modern city look like, the destruction, the pain, the environment, and the hardship. I couldn’t fathom that something like that can happen but unfortunately, it has been an evil part of humankind - “War”.
I started with laying out the scene and set dressing -
(Initial Idea was to have the girl hand over the soldier a flower as a symbol of peace and love)
Modeling Tools
I didn’t use any other content creation tool for the project, everything was done inside Unreal Engine. For modeling, UVing, and complex material assignments I used the new Mesh Editing tools. I wanted to create a crash site within a building, so I started by removing Instances of geometry from the City Sample buildings and created an empty room. After that, using a combination of modeling tools and the Choas fracture, I was able to add details to make it look like a UAV crashed into the building.
Lighting
I wanted to achieve something softer and subtle in terms of lighting, to begin with, but as the project progressed it was really hard to keep myself from using more dramatic lighting. Thanks to Lumen and dynamic lighting, I was able to quickly back and forth between the two.
The project was far more complicated than I would have imagined or conveyed in this post. I enjoyed every single moment of it. I learned a lot.
Thank you.
Better Love Than Never - It is time to love, not war.
Hope you resonate with the message.
