Month: January 2026

This week, I spent time searching for UE5 assets suitable for the project style on the website. The first scene I envisioned was a car driving on a rural road, heading towards the protagonist’s new school. Since the new school was closed, I wanted the rural environment to be filled with natural scenery, and there to be no other vehicles or roads.

I found a set of tundra terrain assets, but it was a bit bare, so I looked for another set of plant assets and used the Foliage Mode to arrange their distribution.

I hope the overall scene is rather dark. I adjusted the Sky Light and Directional Light, but it was too dark. The colors of the terrain became indistinguishable and blurry. I adjusted the parameters of the Fog to create an atmospheric perspective and add a mysterious atmosphere.

The final result is quite impressive.

This week, I drafted the script outline for the short film project and created the characters for the two main protagonists. The female protagonist is Valandur, and the other one is Luken.

Storyboard

Basic storyline:

Valandur had just wrapped up her school year performance and was still lost in the dreamy atmosphere of the show and the feeling of parting with her classmates when she had to follow her parents to a drama school for further studies. This school was formerly the cultural and entertainment department during the war. It was here that she met a girl named Luken who claimed to be a vampire…

I named this project “Lilac”, and the inspiration for this name came from a song that had a profound impact on me when I ended my relationship with NPD.