Reliant Redux (and other stuff...)

[Belisarius]

Can you imagine if this were the visual aesthetic for an interactive project? It would be the only game I'd play...

Awesome work. So balanced. You've really built a whole world for these designs to inhabit.

 

[SCE2Aux]

Can you imagine if this were the visual aesthetic for an interactive project? It would be the only game I'd play...

Awesome work. So balanced. You've really built a whole world for these designs to inhabit.

I would have loved to have made the Reliant bridge interactive - maybe some day I'll learn Unreal Engine and do a real-time project. It was my first proper bridge set though, and because of that learning curve, it wasn't very efficiently modelled+textured - something that I imagine would be a headache for a game engine. As always with hobbies, it's finding the bits of spare time to figure out all the new things one wants to do, isn't it? And avoiding burnout, of course.

I'm really happy that you find the images to be a cohesive world though! Coming up with a post First Contact/pre Enterprise visual theme has been a very enjoyable creative outlet for me.

 

[Belisarius]

Having spent quite a bit of time goofing around in UE4, I would fully expect it to be a challenge (likely dependent upon which program you're importing assets from). The visual scripting (Blueprints) in UE4 isn't all that difficult to work with, and there are many great tutorials available online at this point. Anyone who knows C++ will have a massive advantage and can circumvent limitations in Blueprints. I recall IRML was able to successfully port his Enterprise-E Observation Lounge and Captain's Yacht video assets over to UE4, though I'm not really sure what his experience was like. It's definitely doable. Just depends on how much time you're willing to commit to learning the engine and bug smashing. UE5 is looking interesting due to the way it handles massive textures and assets at scale, but I've heard it's quite difficult to work with and not nearly as stable. Still early days but the future is bright...except for our hard drives.

I really appreciate the narrative considerations you've made in every image that's been posted. You clearly have a backstory in mind. It doesn't feel like random artwork; there's a method to it. You've really gone the extra mile.