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Unreal Engine 5 Best Practices
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We know by now that game environments are more than some set dressing or a pretty vista; they are carefully crafted designs by which we guide a player to our desired goal. So, while it is important to make sure that the design of an environment always remains readable and consistent from a gameplay perspective, I also believe a well-crafted space needs to do more than provide a visual layer over the design that just looks “pretty”; it needs to say something. It should communicate tone, reveal history, and shape the player’s emotional journey without a single word being spoken. In many games, the environment can be, and is, the narrator.
In earlier chapters, we touched on atmospheric effects, lighting, and mood-setting: tools that support a scene’s visual storytelling. In this chapter, we’ll go further. We’ll explore how space, structure, and interaction combine to create environments that tell...
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