$500 Mapping Contest! Sci-Fi/Horror Theme

Massive changes: No more Site 19, that's now a CS:GO map. New map/game is another sci-fi action/horror game. 2v2 multiplayer, noise and environment will be massively important, there's lots of metals to work with. Basically, all teams get a limited number of small explosive charges. Obvious targets are the windows, and when broken they do exactly what you'd expect. All doors to a room seal if it is breached, and there's a 15 second cooldown until the room is fixed and opens again.

This is the reactor room, sort of like the central hub for the level. The pillars either side and the reactor down the middle are there to slightly obscure vision of some doorways to several others so there's less twitch-camping.




Going to change the door at the opposite end of the reactor for a square one, and the doors on the left and right lead to corridors above (and to the left to more rooms) and below (and to the right, to storage rooms and underneath the reactor).


EDIT: FreakforFreedom, I know your pain. Or rather, my friend does

 

I'm like in the same position of Axtel_Sturnclaw, I will not be able to further participate in the contest because of some stuff that need to be done at my job.
I will for sure watch and follow this contest, and hope to maybe participate in a future ProBuilder contest.

 

Sorry to hear that from both you guys, we'll definitely have more of these contests in the future though! Do you mind if I still use your images on the website?

Neat! Are those "hibernation" tanks, or something like that? I especially like the light above each tank, and the glowing blue line of lights down the center. Maybe just a bit more light in the scene would help bring out the details.

Looks very cool, keep it up! Perhaps a bit too much bloom/lens flares but I think we are all guilty of that at some point... Excited to see how this all comes together, I really liked your full-map layout!

Light is good indeed, liking it better already!

Love it! Totally digging the architecture, details, lighting, and the glowing green thingy to add "story" to the scene!

 

WIP Prize- I haven't forgotten! I just have a HUGE amount of work getting ready for GDC (plane leaves in...6 hours), and not even packed yet. Ahh!

Please forgive the delay!

 

No, I definitely do not mind, in fact, if anybody wants to, they can use my tunnel design...

I am looking forward to the finish of this contest, and loving all the images...

 

Working on lighting. I have a ton to learn as I've yet to ever do any lighting in Unity. I just put a big fat directional light and call it a day. That soft glow effect some of you have is cool. Also the lines of light, almost like the light is coming from the shape itself is great too. If anyone has any tips on how they achieve those or lighting tips in general, I'd appreciate it.

 

Yeah haha I think I got emocionated with the effects haha I will fix it to look neat and beautiful

 

heh any delays are welcome. I've been having to go to work and then night school so I've been trying to wake up early to do this before work. Any extra time is appreciated

EDIT: Got a little more done on the lighting and pipework tonight. I really should go to bed _._

 

hello there,
here goes my WIP for this contest:

http://www.sguerra.com.br/probuilder-level1/probuilder-level1.html

 

I started a new scene because my unity pro trail ran out and didn't want to mess around with light-maps, last time it took me 4.5 hours to get something I was really happy with.

I figured because you only wanted screenshots you wouldn't mind if I entered more from other scenes.

This scene is heavily based on the last of us. I was interested in the bright environments and how they still managed to convey a very creepy and atmospheric theme. So far I only have a basic grey box down and the basic prop set up I want. I am using the battle bus from the latest unity stealth project as a centre piece and using pro-builder to make some lovely looking semi-destroyed buildings around the outside. After the basic look is done I will add some overgrowth and plant life to the buildings,

I worked on it for an hour and came up with this.



You can see the basic design and the highway in the background. Still working on basic lighting and trying to find a good mix of fog and ambient light. Hopefully if I work on it tomorrow on my day off then I will get it too look nice.

 

Hey all,

I haven't had as much time to work on this as I would have liked. Here's a quick WIP screen. The atmosphere/color scheme was influenced heavily by Prometheus. I'm glad the deadline has been pushed back a little... I should have more to show by the end of the weekend if all goes well.

PS: Everything is done using ProBuilder. Like I said in my earlier posts, I don't plan on using ANY detail meshes. Hopefully that won't be to my detriment.

 

I spent some time on lighting today on my laptop which has a unity pro trail (for dem easy shadows) and decided to go with a morning/dusk look with orange hues. Its almost entirely ambient light doing it. Also using fog in this screenshot.

Spent most of the day doing building interiors which I realized you wont see in a screenshot. So hopefully more tomorrow.

This was taken from the desktop so no shadows.



https://dl.dropbox.com/u/53037760/street.png

ps: I am currently creating some sci-fi props using pro builder. They are rather small so pro-grids is coming in handy for that.
I am thinking they are going to be small things like electronic billboards possibly covered in blood (FOR DAT HORROR YO).

 

Zedalis - that looks fantastic

 

Wow, there are some quite impressive projects here. Nice competition!

 

Alright, getting some corridors done. Slight changes to the reactor room front/back walls, set up the catwalk and maintenance walkway, made storage room and access corridors, put more obstacles and airlocks beneath the reactor, made a bunch more walls/pillars slightly angled to make players feel a bit uneasy.





Probuilder stairs again come in handy, there's only a few rooms on the same level; a slight change in elevation and even small stairs make the level feel bigger than it really is.

 

That looks absolutely fantastic!

 

Hi , i think everybody is on vacations jaja cause I haven't seen any WIP images in the last days, I wanted to show you a WIP image of the entrance of my machinery room, I hope later to show you the same scene but neat and with a perfect illumination bye!

 

And here it is ! hope u like it

This is the link for a larger view
http://i.imgur.com/VNjhQMa.jpg

And also I wanted to give you an idea of the size of all my project:

 

So much awesome stuff here! Keep at it, I'll be back from the West Coast late on the 4th!

 

Hey everyone,

Thanks for the feedback thus far. Here's another quick update. Experimenting with the texture pack from GameTextures.com a bit. Still a lot of modeling work to do. I'm planning to add a couple effects as well to help sell the mood. Hope you like!

 

Sure you can use it, I have no problem with that.

 

Very, very cool! Props for not using, erm, props

Cool, looking forward to those interior shots- most of this is detail meshes, I think?

Only 4 days left, I'm seriously excited to see more of this! Great visual and structural detail + architecture

Love the overhead size-of-all image, super cool!

Wow, that is beautiful architecture, lighting, and detail. Keep at it man!

Thanks!

 

Well I've finally got stuck into this proper and intend to keep at it until Wednesday. Working on capturing some of the architecture and mood of Giger's work on the Derelict, specifially the famous corridor piece. So far no detail meshes and no texturing, just trying to get everything the right size and feel. I'll add a few more details, especially to the floor which is not done yet. Then onto texturing to see how close I can get it to my reference shots. Time allowing I'll build out some corridors and rooms/areas.

Here's where I'm at currently.

 

I haven't been able to do much work on my entry for quite a while now. As such, I plan on submitting them "as-is" since my schedule won't allow me to do much of anything these next four months, much less these next few days. Sadly, that means that there's quite a bit of detail missing in some areas, and some problems I noticed in my screenshots that won't be getting fixed.

I'll link to the screenshots later in the week closer to the deadline (Monday or Tuesday most likely).

@yahodahan
Is it okay to upload the project in .rar form, or .zip only?

@ Zidalis and Metakid
Both of your projects look amazing! I'm a bit jealous honestly.

 

Looking good, really hope you can take this to completion in time, excited to see the final result! Keep us posted!

Sorry to hear, but you've created great things already! Looking forward to those final screenshots

zip, rar, or 7zip are OK. I have a fine assortment of geeky tools to unpack just about anything!

 

Decided to get rid of the teeth-life props. Didn't like the way they turned out. Went for a brush based solution that's more in the realm of cold metal design rather than attempting to be organic.





EDIT: was a winner for the free tool picked??

 

Hey some final questions. How many screenshots do we need? Is it alright if we send them via email? Finally do you just need screenshots?

 

Thanks.

I have two more s̶t̶u̶p̶i̶d̶ questions

1. Is it okay to put the "Made with ProBuilder" image and our forum name at the bottom of the screenshots we submit, or should they be 100% free of anything? I know its not really retouching but I'd hate to get disqualified for something silly like that. (If NO, should we include something stating who the project belongs to, or will you keep track of that? - I ask because I'm assuming there will be quite a few entries that haven't posted any WIP images)
2. Is there any specific folder structure you'd like in the archived files? I just figure a standard structure might make things a bit easier.

For example:

Code (csharp):

1. My_Entry.rar
2.      - [Screenshots Folder]
3.             - Image_01.png
4.             - Image_02.png
5.             - Image_03.png
6.             - etc...
7.      - Unity_Project_Folder.rar
8. -------------------
9. My_Entry.rar
10.      - Image_01.png
11.      - Image_02.png
12.      - Image_03.png
13.      - etc...
14.      - [Unity Project Folder]
15.             - <project folder contents go here>
16. -------------------
17. ETC.
18.  

I can help answer some of that. Under "Entries and Copyright" (on the first page of this topic) it says.

 

No, the deadline was extended to April 10th.

 

Hi All

Here is a quick update WIP. Unfortunately my day job and two young children take up a lot of my time, but aiming to get more done for the 10th.

Some very nice work being submitted. Having a blast getting used to the Probuilder tools.

Probuilder is now my weapon of choice to help build my first Oculus Rift Prototype



Link to a larger version:

http://i.imgur.com/rkVP44A.jpg

Cheers
Jay

 

Wow! I really loved this scene, those glowy things in the walls look fantastic and the illumination, and the textures are really well positioned. Nice job

 

Wow, that looks awesome! Webplayer?

 

Thanks SevenBits and JorgeLuis

Sure, was planning on a web player for the end of contest. At the moment he lights move and the doors open to other areas that I am working on.
Will hopefully get something posted monday evening.

Cheers Jay

 

i mean for the qip conrwar

 

3 screenshots minimum

I really like that you've been adding the "Made with ProBuilder" logo to the WIP images- thanks for that! For the files you send in the RAR/ZIP/etc, you can leave it off though, and I'll add it in after. That way I can see the full image.

No special folder structure should be needed, other than:
-Main Folder (MyFolder.zip)
-->Project Folder (the Unity project)
-->Screenshots (all screenshots)
-->MyInfo.txt (text file with your contact info, and any extra info you'd like to add)

Good questions, thanks!

 

Wow, very cool! Can't wait to see what you create on the Oculus Rift as well!

Assuming you meant "wip contest", ( ), good question! I'm digging through the WIP entries, I'll announce a winner in a few minutes...never easy to choose!

 

You folks are making this WIP judging really, really tough! Everyone is making awesome art, love to see it coming together. These decisions weren't easy, but the 2 WIP images that caught my attention most were:

WIP Win #1: Jesus

The complex architecture and planning in this one really caught my eye. Very nice work, really hoping you can finish it up in time for the final submission!


WIP Win #2: Bucket Monkey

You've really dropped a last-minute bomb with this one- great detail and lighting! The previous screenshot you posted, with the blue lighting, really impressed as well. Can't wait for the final art!


Honorable Mention: ZedalisDesign

Zedalis already owns all the tools, so no actual prize here- but definitely an Honorable Mention. This one really, really gets my imagination running! Show us more!!


WIP winners- send me an email via "contact(at)sixbysevenstudio.com", and I'll set you up with the full version of ProBuilder right away.

Again, huge thanks to everyone for participating, awesome work all around. Super-psyched for the final submissions... $500 riding on this one, so make it count! Just 3 days left now!

 

hahahahaha wow

sorry japanese keyboard :X

 

Hi these are my last WIP screenshots, I'm gonna start uploading everything to my Dropbox, Good luck everyone!

 

WOW, thanks for this! Really enjoying this challenge.

Email sent

Cheers Jay

 

Ah, damn, I missed the wip prices? Was hoping to get my hands on a probuilder licence...

Anyway, here's a little update:
The first one is the engine room with a sort of a black hole engine. The player can turn it on/off, when its on the eyes on the displays are going crazy (got that idea from fallout3 ^^) and the ambient will get much more horror-like (like bloody spikes coming out from everywhere and so on).
The second shows a remodeled corridor from the main spaceship to the little spaceship-thingy.
And the last one simply shows an inside corridor. Gotta work on the light, too much details rest unshown. Also, the floor still is crappy, gotta work on this one.
Still got to add some detail meshes, fortunately we got 2 more days.

 

Well, BucketMonkey has informed me he already has ProBuilder! He generously offered to pass on the prize, to a runner-up contestant Thanks BucketMonkey, you rock!

Of course now I have to decide on another WIP winner...decision commencing...

 

Alright, since BucketMonkey passed on his WIP prize, we need a new winner! As always, tough decision, but in the end I have to choose-

New WIP Winner #2: Jorge Luis!

You've managed a crazy amount of detail despite only using the free version of ProBuilder, and this top-down screenshot really is icing on the cake. Looking good!

Just send me an email per the docs, and I'll set you up with a full version of ProBuilder!

 

Hm, interesting choice. Anyway, nice job; looked really nice.

 

To clarify- he already has ProBuilder, so he passed along the prize

 

Hi, I really appreciated to chose me for this awesome prize I already sent you a private message. Thank you.

 

Dangit, what's with everybody, purchasing ProBuilder before I can give it to you for free!

Ok. This time, no mistakes, and I can't handle any more tough choices. FreakForFreadom, AlexM_Infinite, and Johny, first person to reply here will win that twice-passed copy of ProBuilder! It has a few fingerprints, a little scuffing on the edges, but basically brand new!

 

What's this? A hard copy? I didn't know you were giving away hard copies?

Anyway, all this is looking wonderful! Especially you, ZedalisDesign... I love the look!

 

Post!!!! Do want!! :d