Uday Aklade shared the process behind the Mumbai Chawl: The Forgotten Courtyard project, detailing how he used a layered material system in Unreal Engine 5 and how he built a visual storytelling environment.

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Environment artist Uday Aklade breaks down his Mumbai Chawl courtyard project, explaining his modular workflow for creating a game-ready environment in Unreal Engine 5. The tutorial covers layered material systems using RGB masking and vertex painting, modular asset creation for walls and architectural elements, UV strategy with multiple UV sets, and techniques for breaking visual repetition across repeating geometry. He details his approach to texturing in Substance 3D Designer and Painter, LOD optimization, prop creation using mid-poly workflows, and scene assembly strategies for maintaining consistency while achieving variation in a dense urban environment.

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