#ProjectHeliada

clay vs. render

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Some WIP shots from my in-engine built Ancient Greek temple. The floor, walls, columns, everything marble you see is modeled completely in-engine. Props are mainly from Leartes, textures from Quixel. The frontal floor is completely hand placed one by one. 😑

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I wanted to share some screenshots from my project, Project Heliada.🏝️

Project Heliada is my first world building project. I have worked exactly 5 months on it. Will work 1 month more than then wrap it up. #UE5 #unrealengine #projectheliada

It was a pretty bad day for Artemisia, the jam seller. Only 1 customer the entire day. The cats kept her company, though. One of them slightly burned its tail on the candles in the temple, which had been converted from the house of an old wise person.

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Cat Stranding🐱

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chilling cutie cat 😼🌧️☔

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Today in my project, I worked on a cloth seller's small open-air stall. The stall sits right by the sea, offering fabrics and carpets. Still some things to add, but it's already shaping up nicely! 🏺🧵🌊 #ProjectHeliada #UE5

Here’s a WIP video of my latest in-engine design: an ancient Greek pool inspired by one of my favorite artists, César Manrique. When I visited Lanzarote last year, his work amazed me so much that I wanted to honor him by designing something in his style. #UE5 #UnrealEngine #gamedev #projectheliada

How can a blacksmith be this annoying? And he is super messy. 😅 #UE5 #UnrealEngine #ProjectHeliada

Added many more props today. Still not complete. I am testing night scene. What do you prefer, day or night? #UE5 #EnvıronmentArt #UnrealEngine #ProjectHeliada

-How much ray tracing should the floor have?
-Yes!

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And now, behind the scenes: the moment I fill my ancient Greek pool with water. So satisfying. 🏺✨

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I’m bringing my childhood imaginations to life with UE5, and it’s just amazing to see it all come together. ✨

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Yesterday I recorded a section from Project Heliada. I’m running from one end of the beach to the other to showcase some of the new things I’ve added and the beach itself.

My ocean waves broke, no foam at the moment—WIP. And floating objects.

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I can’t believe I actually made this in Unreal Engine. 🥲

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WIP shot from my demo, Project Heliada 🌄🎮🌲
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No gatekeeping—here’s how I made this scene in @unrealengine.bsky.social :

-Megalights
-Bloom
-Flare
-SunSky
-Volumetric Fog
-Volumetric Clouds
-Procedural Foliage Placement
-5.5 Motion Matching Animations
-Fluid Flux Sea

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Two months between these two photos:

📅 Left: taken just after I started creating my map.
📅 Right: taken last week.

-2 months
-300+ hours of work
-Countless tutorials
-Almost giving up (more than once)
-A few tears 😅
-And finally… satisfaction.
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Today in Project Heliada, I worked on:

-Improving the dawn atmosphere 🌅
-Procedural candle placement in the temple 🕯️
-Polishing the temple stairs

The temple is still a work in progress—it's quite empty for now, but I’d love to hear your thoughts! 🙌 #GameDev #UnrealEngine #IndieDev #ProjectHeliada

Big milestone: I cooked my first build ever yesterday! 🎉 I’ll be honest, there were onions cutting all over my desk as I looked at the result. 🥲 A lot of hard work, steep learning curves, but I’m determined to finish my first demo. 💪 #GameDev #UnrealEngine #IndieDev #ProjectHeliada

Yesterday, I worked on creating a fish seller’s booth for the bazaar and added some hidden climb boxes to make it possible to climb on them. Small details, but they bring the world to life! 🎣🎮 #GameDev #UnrealEngine #IndieDev #ProjectHeliada

Call me crazy, but sometimes after a long night of development, I just sit back and stare at my scene, change the lighting, stare more.. Just soaking it all in. I love every second of it! 🌅🎮 #GameDev #UnrealEngine #IndieDev #ProjectHeliada

Sharing a quick video showcasing the latest optimization improvements I’ve made for my Unreal Engine demo, Project Heliada! 🚀 Keep in mind, this is in-editor—I still don’t know how to cook a build, but that’s on my list to learn! 🎮 #UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieDev #ProjectHeliada

Just added some exciting updates to the demo!

-Motion-matching jumping over objects
-Frame rate improvements
-New ocean waves hitting the beach
-A pier
-Environmental SFX

It took time to migrate the animations, but the results are next-level!🎮🌊 #UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieDev #ProjectHeliada

I can’t decide what I enjoy more—worldbuilding or capturing photos of my world after a long day of creating. 😍🎮📷 #UnrealEngine #GameDev #IndieDev #ProjectHeliada #WorldBuilding

After 2 months of work, it’s beautiful to see results! 🌅 I captured some sunrise photos from my first Unreal Engine demo, Project Heliada. The best part of worldbuilding? Taking beautiful shots after crafting the atmosphere. 🎮📸

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