PlayZone - Lethal Company Interior Mod
This was a concept I developed into a mod for Lethal Company to follow up my previous mod "Bozoros".
PlayZone is an expansive indoor amusement center featuring activities like playgrounds, cosmic bowling, laser tag, a trampoline park, and more! The major rooms are connected by modular sets of playground tiles and the dungeon is procedurally generated at runtime. All of the textures and models were authored by me, with some 2D art from Microsoft's ClipArt library, a bit of graphic design from Jessica Koehler, and some fan posters by Maya Modez, both of whom I will link below.
Custom particle effects were created to achieve the fidelity and performance desired for the ball pit. This project was also an opportunity for me to practice interior realtime lighting, using decals, and exercising environmental storytelling using details and Easter eggs. The player is able to piece together a story I created of what happened to PlayZone that left it abandoned with monsters.
Much of the environmental art was inspired from my childhood throughout the 2000s, trying to combine the nostalgic with terror and a bit of dark humor. The feeling of going through a slightly darker entertainment space felt like a good mod to make for Lethal Company.
https://thunderstore.io/c/lethal-company/p/LethalMatt/PlayZone/
Posters by Mayamodez:
https://mayamodez.straw.page/
Graphic design (logos) by Jessica Koehler:
https://www.jesskoehlerart.com/
Quick demo reel showcasing many parts of PlayZone in action.
Extra props and scrap that the player finds in the generation. Some props are interactable on pickup.
Example breakdown of a play house prop for the TykeZone.
Front Entrance Room
Back area behind front desk with storytelling details
Bottom of elevator leads to ball pit and playground maze branches
Playground maze branch, procedural generation tiles
SportZone
LaserZone purple team entrance
LazerZone light tunnel (scrolling textures)
LaserZone-- this room holds the power apparatus that powers the rest of the facility
CosmicZone-- bowling alley where loot can spawn beneath pinsetter traps that crush the player
Spotlights use realtime HDRP volumetric lighting
PartyZone
Pizza boxes are interactable
TykeZone
I had these bean bags when I was a kid. Sculpted details in Zbrush and baked into normal map.
JumpZone-- the cubes act as quicksand with areas the player has to jump to that can spawn loot.
PureRef containing a lot of my references for the project.