How can I make this better? Any and all suggestions are welcome!
FYI: This is the spawn/lobby area for a large underground research facility project that I’m working on.
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It’s quite hard to tell you how to improve it if we don’t even know what it is supposed to be, but I’ll try.
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The spawn area (I assume it’s the spawn) feels empty. Maybe try to fill in the space a little more? 'Cause right now it seems kind of creepy with how empty it is (almost liminal).
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I think the tables in the last picture blend in too much.
The architecture looks good though (FYI I’m not an architect).
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It’s supposed to be the spawn-area/lobby of an underground facility. I’ll edit my post to compensate. Thanks for your input and I’ll update you with an image as soon as I can!
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Well in that case it looks good, here’s some more suggestions:
If A bunker-like facility:
- Should probably have some offshoots though, for things like food stores sleeping quarters (mass and luxury), and Operations.
- Maybe make the ceilings feel a little more “bomb-proof” and also so that it doesn’t look like the ceiling might crash down over time.
Here are some pictures I found from a quick search of “government fallout shelters”:
If for a company that works underground:
- You could add an area for lockers, an off-branch where workers go to work, and a restroom.
For Both Options:
- Around the walls you could add seating (in the spawn area).
- Maybe add a way out? (of course, sealed so that the player can’t up and exit the facility)
- Speakers around the ceiling so that HRs can shout out messages (not a game feature (well I mean you could if you wanted it to be)).
- The cafeteria should probably be a lot larger. Based on how large your spawn area is, it looks like there would be a lot of people down there at a time.
Alright, those are my new suggestions. (Additions to and not replacements for the old suggestions)
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It’s looking good so far. Only a few suggestions.
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In the middle, you can see some dirty textures; but I don’t see any of them on the walls or ceiling. It makes it look a bit weird to have some dirtiness in some places but not in others.
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I see that you tried to make the area labels look cool with the neon signs, but I feel like since those seem to be big and important areas that you could make the signs stand out and put a little more effort into them. One thing that you could do is make it look a little worn down. You could tilt on of the letters to make it look like it’s been there for a hot minute. Or you could even make it an image/decal and design a custom sign… or hire someone to do it for you. (The pic I attached is pretty over-exaggerated)
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I also feel like the support beam things could use a little love too, if you know blender you could potentially extrude and size the bottom half a little more to make it look like it has more structural integrity. I attached a picture representing this.
That’s all I can really think of. But those are minor things. It looks really good so far and keep it going!
Respectfully,
-BeatBop
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I tried my best with corner wedges, it didn’t go so well lol.
Got some “volumetric” lighting (they’re just beams)
Changed color of tables to reduce blending
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The second version looks more welcoming, while the second looks more industrial. They both look really good, it’ll just really depend on which suits your game best.
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