When building the ultimate game engine for open world RPGs, CD Projekt Red chose SpeedTree for Games to incorporate into REDengine 3. Their goal was to create a toolkit that would enable them to handle the challenges of building an expansive open world that allowed for a compelling narrative, balancing freedom with story line, complexity with […]
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As Unity and UE4 are being used for more diverse applications we’ve seen an increase in the demand for our hero model trees for arch/viz renderings as well as just highly detailed scenes. We’ve taken nine of our most popular trees and put together a package of Hero models that include multiple seasons and age […]
Often times the best use of SpeedTree in VFX is the one where you aren’t quite sure if it was used at all. Sure there are dramatic cases like “Noah“, but you may have seen several tv shows and movies already this year and not even noticed the SpeedTrees. That being said, when you go […]
Arbor Day is this Friday the 24th of April, which means it’s time to shut down your computer, step outside and get your hands dirty planting trees and exploring real-life foliage generation. At the very least give a tree a hug or a loving pat, and let it know that you care. Once that’s done, head […]
Today we’re happy to announce the release of SpeedTree for Games v7. SpeedTree for Games has been used in AAA development since 2002 and continues to be used in some of the most exciting, bleeding edge next-gen titles coming out this year. Our new release brings significant changes to our Modeler, Compiler, and SDK to […]
Right out of the gate, SpeedTree is starting to show up in some great looking games being developed in Unity 5. P.A.M.E.L.A. was one of the games featured in Unity 5’s showcase reel at their Tuesday morning GDC announcement. P.A.M.E.L.A. is NVYVE Studio’s first project, an open-ended survival horror game that that builds on the […]
We’re constantly working to add new varieties to our asset store and our latest addition brings a broader range of species into a single package. As with our other package this includes all the tuned lightmap UV’s (for UE4), LODs, Seasonal Variations, tuned wind effects, leaf map maker files and more; making this the best […]
The first day of Spring is here at SpeedTree, and here in South Carolina it is…remarkably cloudy and overcast. But still, there’s no denying that the sun is tipping past the equator and it will only get warmer. So in honor of this Vernal Equinox, we’re holding a sale of all our assets and asset packages for […]
We’re always adding new Unreal Engine 4 tree models to the SpeedTree Library, allowing UE4.3 or higher users to create even more varied environments. See our three new models on sale at 33% off – for a limited time. Sunflower package for Unreal Engine 4.3 or higher users added to our store. […]
We’re always adding new Unity tree models to the SpeedTree Library, allowing Unity 5 users to create even more varied environments. See our three new models on sale at 33% off – for a limited time. Sunflower for SpeedTree for Unity 5 users has been added to our store, on sale now at 33% off! […]