Environment polish (Patreon)

Mostly just working on these environment scenes this week.  It's mostly lighting and material tweaks.  There's still a ton of props to model and texture before the scenes are done.

The cave scene is the new tutorial level I'm putting together.  I'm going to try and add a bit of lore to the tutorial and give players a bit of context for their actions starting out in the world.  Plus a couple NPC encounters before they are let free into the world.  The idea is to keep it relatively short while still showcasing the games' features.  I haven't entirely settled on the initial story hook for the player.  There might be partial amnesia and most likely there will be escape from captivity?  I know both of those starts have been done over and over but they also give the player a really good reason to have a blank slate starting out in the world.  Nothing is set in stone and I'm hoping that I can add enough of a twist that it will feel sort of fresh.  But let me know if you have any thoughts or ideas or just really hate the escaping prisoner start to games.