Procedural Parks Tool
Mockup of the gameplay application of procedural parks tool
Variations of procedural parks output generated by the tool in Unreal Engine
Manipulating curve points in Unreal Engine to create the desired park shape
The tool comes with it's own UV unwrapped meshes for the fence, but can easily switched with custom meshes and materials provided by the user
Customizable parameters allow users to configure multiple values such as distance between fences, options to tweak or remove pathway, base and scattered objects
Tool overview in Houdini and node network
Generated parks in first-person closeups
I stepped into the world of procedural modelling in Houdini in the form of a park generator tool. This tool allows game artists and level designers to quickly iterate working parks and other enclosed spaces with ease inside the game engine. It relies on manipulating curve points and configurable parameters that allow desired variations in the outcome including being able to add custom meshes and materials.
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The tool has several editable parameters to control the path, fence, and objects to scatter. I learned so much about tool workflows while working with both Houdini and Houdini Engine in Unreal, which opens up tremendous amount of possibilities to build robust tools for in-engine application. Finally, I created some scene setups and tool application using Quixel and Unreal Marketplace assets.