Newstar Bambi Set: 101-109 Hit

Have you used the Bambi set? What story did it tell you? Let me know in the comments below.

So here’s to the "hit." Here’s to the artists who sculpt the cracks, the coders who write the rust shaders, and the pack that finally let me build the abandoned house I’ve been carrying around in my chest since 2003.

You have the cracked varnish of Asset 103. The slightly misaligned wood grain of Asset 107. The way light pools artificially but beautifully in the crevices of Asset 101.

NewStar has optimized these assets to a surgical degree. The poly count on Asset 105 (the distressed floorboards) is criminally low, yet the displacement map does the heavy lifting of suggesting every dent and scuff. The UV mapping on Asset 109 (the shattered window frame) is a masterclass in how to cheat the eye.

And then, for a split second, you forget it’s code.

That was my experience last week with the .

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