Life After

2023
In-house Engine, Open world survival game, HLSL, Shader

LifeAfter is a modile survival game developed by NetEase Games. The game now has 200 million registered players worldwide since its launch in 2018. It was dubbed the Most Competitive Game of 2019 by Google Play. My main responsibilities in this project include vehicle material, aurora, interactive grass, AI generated content pipeline.

Vehicle Material

My responsibilities included upgrading vehicle materials to more industry-standard implementations. After researching and analyzing frame captures from games such as Horizon 4, the materials were recreated in Unreal Engine and implemented in the NeoX engine using HLSL.

Pearlescent Paint

Glass

Metallic Paint

Carbon fiber

AI Content Pipeline

Exploring the integration of AIGC into the level design pipeline to improve production efficiency. During early level sketching and blockout, ControlNet and custom-trained LoRA models are used to generate concept designs and look development from simple scene layouts.