{"id":2901,"date":"2025-08-06T11:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T11:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:49:33","slug":"wow-x-darksouls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/nl\/entertainment\/wow-x-darksouls\/","title":{"rendered":"World of Warcraft meets Dark Souls (UE5)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2901\" class=\"elementor elementor-2901\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f44c97c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f44c97c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac80ae9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ac80ae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a lifelong fan of World of Warcraft, our founder, Nick Jacops, wanted to revisit the nostalgia of his childhood by reimagining one of the game\u2019s iconic areas, the Scarlet Monastery\u2014this time in Unreal Engine 5. To push himself creatively, he layered in a second inspiration: the moody, atmospheric style of Dark Souls.<\/p><p>Every asset in the scene was crafted in Blender, then textured using Substance Painter or Quixel Mixer before being brought into Unreal Engine 5. The lighting setup is realtime Lumen with loosely physical values as night scenes are almost impossible to get physically correct without generating too high contrast for pleasant gameplay.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b48998d e-con-full crop-cine e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b48998d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/studiodelta.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/sm-night-08-small.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78e7853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78e7853\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1440\" src=\"https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nick-jacops-still-2025-06-20-184406-10-1-1-small-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2942\" alt=\"nick jacops still 2025 06 20 184406 10 1 1 small\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nick-jacops-still-2025-06-20-184406-10-1-1-small-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nick-jacops-still-2025-06-20-184406-10-1-1-small-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nick-jacops-still-2025-06-20-184406-10-1-1-small-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nick-jacops-still-2025-06-20-184406-10-1-1-small-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nick-jacops-still-2025-06-20-184406-10-1-1-small-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/studiodelta.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/nick-jacops-still-2025-06-20-184406-10-1-1-small-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" title=\"World of Warcraft meets Dark Souls (UE5)\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d80045a elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d80045a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>[Above]<\/strong> The final still image. There were so many ways I could go with this scene but I eventually decided to go for a slightly magical fantasy look. It was entirely possible to go for a more raw, Dark Souls look but I eventually decided that I liked the more fantastical look of this final image and decided to keep it as the main frame.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a026502 elementor-arrows-position-inside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"a026502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1accf1f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1accf1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nick wanted to capture as many moods as possible to see what the environment was capable of portraying.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f43da6 e-con-full crop-cine e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f43da6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;video&quot;,&quot;background_video_link&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/studiodelta.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/video\\\/progressshots_compressed.mp4&quot;,&quot;background_play_on_mobile&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-video-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<video class=\"elementor-background-video-hosted\" role=\"presentation\" autoplay muted playsinline loop><\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5a2cf3 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a5a2cf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The entire progress of the project was captured in a slideshow which can be viewed above.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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