Realtime Environment — Frozen Fortress — Unreal Engine

This environment began as a small exercise to introduce some friends to the basics of Unreal Engine. It eventually evolved into a personal study focused on environment creation, lighting and lookdev in realtime.
The final images come directly from Unreal Engine, with no external post‑production.
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Environment & Assets
I created the castle, towers and bridges in Blender, using a trim‑sheet workflow based on only 2 tileable textures made in Substance Designer.
Rocks, barrels and bricks come from the Megascans library, while snow accumulation and stalactites were modeled directly in Unreal using the Modeling Tools.
The barricade was assembled in‑engine using Megascans planks.
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Lighting & FX
Lighting was handled entirely inside Unreal, with a focus on atmosphere, readability and material response.
The scene includes a Niagara‑based snow simulation, moving fog from the EasyFog plugin, and fire/torch effects sourced from Marketplace assets.