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Four Lights

Game prototype developed in Unreal Engine and built for PlayStation 5

Media

Four Lights Main Menu Four Lights: Hallway (Final) Four Lights: Dev Notes Four Lights: Puzzle Room A (Final) Four Lights: Puzzle Room A (Draft) Four Lights: Puzzle Room A (Wireframe)

Overview

Four Lights is a group-developed game prototype created using Unreal Engine and built for deployment on the PlayStation 5 development kit. The game features light environmental storytelling, a few simple puzzles, and mechanics that facilitate the solving of those puzzles in a minimalist, immersive space.

Design Focus

The project emphasizes deliberate simplicity in level design to support low-FPS puzzle rooms, while reserving high detail and graphical fidelity for exterior sequences. These spaces were crafted to push the visual capabilities of the PS5 and create a strong sense of atmosphere. The visual style leans into liminal, dreamlike spaces and uses lighting to reinforce mood and contrast.

Development Media

Wireframe view of Four Lights scene with terrain and modular building structures Greyscale render pass highlighting terrain silhouettes and modular building layout Unlit debug view of terrain and building layout in Four Lights level Material debug pass showing terrain and architecture color-coded by type Greyscale lighting channel view highlighting level geometry and shadow layers Shader complexity view showing material cost on terrain and buildings G-buffer debug pass showing surface data segmentation of Four Lights environment Depth buffer visual pass with gradient view of terrain and distant structures Lighting-only debug pass showing emissive surfaces and active light sources UV gradient or surface distance pass showing terrain mesh color bands Golden hour render showing fog layers and reflective terrain in Four Lights Daylight scene showcasing base terrain geometry and early material pass Unlit environment render showing terrain foliage and proxy skyline geometry Low-light terrain preview with simplified ground texture and lighting disabled Midday foggy render of Four Lights terrain with visible urban skyline proxies Unlit geometry view showing environment layout and architectural shell Final lighting pass Final Four Lights scene with white terrain materials and bright ambient sky

Collaboration & Tools

  • Built in Unreal Engine 5
  • Configured and managed a Perforce source control server for team collaboration
  • Coordinated submission process across team members working remotely