Hello everyone,
I hope it’s not too late to join the challenge — I decided to jump in with an idea that has been on my mind for a while and try to push it within the remaining time.
My concept is a futuristic reinterpretation of the River Styx. Instead of a mythological river in the underworld, the environment is set in deep space where a frozen cosmic river flows between asteroid formations, carrying drifting wreckage and fragments of abandoned infrastructure. The idea is that ships pass through this silent corridor much like souls crossing the river in the myth.
I already had a base space environment prepared, so I’m building the rest of the scene around it while keeping within the 150k triangle limit.
Below are my first steps:
a very rough sketch of the environment layout
early modeling of some modular props
and initial screenshots of the scene setup
This is still very early and I’m focusing on establishing the composition and scale before moving into materials and lighting.
Thanks for looking!
Reminder that there are only 5 days left of the challenge 
Remember to post your final results here before the deadline is up: Myths Reimagined - Real-Time Game Environment: Final Submissions
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Thank you for the reminder!
Just to clarify — should the flat renders of the final textures be included in the WIP thread as well, or only in the final submission post together with the final renders?
I’ll make sure to post the final result in the Final Submissions thread before the deadline. Thanks again for the heads-up - back to work!
Cargo Spaceship and its parts for a scene
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Skydome material and Volumetric fog material
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You can include the flat textures here in the WIP too but it’s not required As long as they’re part of your final submission it’s all good
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Thanks for the clarification!
Just to make sure I prepare everything correctly for the final submission - should we also include models and polycount statistics (for example triangle counts or other mesh stats), or is that optional as long as we show the wireframe screenshots?
Also regarding the final render/screenshot: does it need to be taken from a camera placed in the scene, or can it simply be a viewport screenshot of the scene in the real-time viewer as long as it shows the final environment clearly?
Thanks again!
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I decided to use a Local Fog Volume instead of my previous volumetric material, but I created a new material for the interior of the portal to achieve the effect I wanted.
Niagara emitter setup used to generate the smoke trail from the spaceship.
Putting together the final scene composition.
Wireframe
Unlit
Lighting the scene, work in progress
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