Viking Saga - Better Light Than Never

Viking Saga

Hi.
I created this short Viking cinematic for the Unreal Engine Better Light Than Never Challenge.
Set in a fantasy world. A young dragon prince arrives home, only to find his kingdom has been attacked by Vikings. As the young prince reaches the throne room, he finds the enemy holding his father’s weapon.

Apologises for the lower quality, I spent 3 days rendering only to find broken cloth physics. The temporal sampling was causing issues with the cloth physics during rendering so a smaller sample size had to be used at the last moment to get a render working. I had to also cut out footage to meet the 30-second time limit. I will upload an improved and longer render in the future after the challenge is over.




Thank you to the artists who made these wonder assets and for helping me to make this scene possible.

Made in Unreal Engine 5.

Credits to sourced content:

Viking Ship
Georg Klein
Sketchfab

Hymn To The Gods by Alexander Nakarada | https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International — CC BY 4.0

Quixel

Roman Stone Wall
Ancient Temple Stairs
Roman Column
Roman Statues
Roman Stone
Tundra Stone

Marketplace

InfinityBladeWeapons
UltraDynamicSky
CitySample
Weapon Pack
Viking
SylizedWeapons
ROG_ModularArmor
Realistic_Starter_VFX_Pack_Niagara
PhotoRealistic_Backgrounds

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So good to see this in motion after a few stills on the Discord, amazing stuff!

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Really beautifully created story and your lighting is amazing.

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Hey, thank you I really appreciate it :slight_smile:

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