Unreal Engine 5 Environment Tutorial for Beginners - Creating a Crystal Mine

Learn to create a captivating crystal mine environment in Unreal Engine 5 with this comprehensive tutorial for beginners. Master the art of game environment creation through step-by-step guidance, covering essential techniques such as blocking, cave construction, vertical design, ground decoration, and platform building. Explore advanced topics including set dressing, asset importation, crystal placement, color theory, and lighting. Gain valuable insights into creating believable game environments and applying art theory to enhance your level design skills. By the end of this 2-hour tutorial, develop a deeper understanding of environment creation in UE5 and acquire the knowledge to craft visually stunning game levels.

Intro
Blocking the environment
Closing our cave
Verticality
Decorating the ground
Creating Wooden Platforms
Creating our platform kits
Set dressing our environment
Tweaking the set dressing
Importing Assets from Sketchfab
Adding Crystals to our scene
Color balance and theory
Set dressing tips
Lightning our scene
Post Processing and final touches