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The Gardens of Morbias

I decided to make a new UDK scene. Honestly, I did not have a lot of time to do something super innovative or new. So I took a simpler route.  Take a level that exists and give it a new ‘paint job’ so to say, a visual spin. I choose to take DM-Morbias from Unreal Tournament.  Not an overly complex level, basically two octagons and two hallways.

I however, decided. Morbias can be so much more. Yes, the UT3 remake took the arena layout to outer space which was very cool. But one thing kind of bugged me about the level. If it were a real arena, how would combatants get in to it? What sort of surroundings would encompass the arena aside from walls?

Well the answer, in my mind at least, is the taking the concept of Morbias outdoors to the what I call, The Gardens of Morbias. I plan to do a fly matinee of  the level soon, but before I do that I need to fix some glitches in lighting on the terrain, and add in minor polish items like particle effects and sound. Till then enjoy the screens, I hope you guys dig it. As always feel free to shoot any comments to me on twitter. One last thing, original credit for Morbias does go to Elliot ‘Myshca’ Cannon.