I made a waterfall/Need some help on design

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Hello! I’m currently working on a game with another developer.
I recently created this little area and I thought it needed a little more to it (It kind of seems a bit… bland?) Are there any tips on what I could add?

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Build overall looks nice, there are some bulletpoints of what you could consider adding.

  • Adding depth to the waterfall’s cliff, making it have more levels
  • More trees and consider adding rocks, flowers, and bushes too
  • Below the water looks boring, perhaps if you want you could add some rocks or moss like a real fresh water lake/river
  • I see there is a gear on the side, you could make it move (if it doesn’t already)
  • The particles acting as the waterfall could use some more detail. Maybe duplicate it and mess around with the colours, size, and speed- make the waterfall appear like water is actually falling
  • Adding a low railing on the bridge, low so it can match the bridge’s concept
  • Lights around the build, to “guide” the player along the path

These are just ideas I thought of while looking at your build, it is a generally good build though, so good job! :+1:

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If you are using particle emitters to make a waterfall effect, I’d reccomend looking into Beams. You can easily set curves, width, texture, speed, everything. Try combining those with some particles and I think the waterfall would look nice.

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The waterfool looks pretty good, but it really is missing something to make it feel solid. Beams work really well for waterfalls, especially with particles on top to add a misty look to it.

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Here’s an image of what I mean, from an old abandoned project of mine. Get the particles right, and use a beam to make it really seem like its a massive flow of water. This looks really good in motion as well. I just used a waterfall image I found off of google, although it might take time to find one (or make one) that suits your specific needs.

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Thanks for all the help guys! Here’s the new one:

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I changed:

  • The waterfall(s) are now mostly beams.
  • Vegetation around the Waterfall(s).
  • More trees.
  • Gears Spin.
  • Second Waterfall.

(Edit) Sorry about the green and pink circles. They’re there for… reasons…

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Thanks! Yes, the gears do spin.

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Neat and cool, its just the particles look a bit off, it looks like water falling in huge chunks. Maybe there is some sort of work around?