Unity Environment Design by Pete Jepson

Build a complete, AAA-quality forest environment in Unity, starting from a blank terrain. This course walks you through every step, from sculpting the land to painting photorealistic materials and adding lush vegetation.

🎯 What you’ll learn

• Create a stunning forest scene in Unity
• Use Unity’s new Terrain Tools effectively
• Make a complete level from blank terrain to AAA quality
• Use Unity’s tree maker to create bushes and plants
• Use brush mask filters for photorealistic ground materials
• Setup post processing to make your environment look awesome
• Useful tips and techniques for painting textures on terrains

✅ Requirements

• Skills: No previous Unity experience needed
• Tools: A computer capable of running Unity 2019 and above
• Hardware: At least 8 GB of free hard drive space

📝 Description

This course is all about getting your hands dirty with Unity’s Terrain Tools. You’ll start with a flat, grey plane and end with a photorealistic forest scene that could sit in a AAA game. The focus is on practical, step-by-step techniques.

You’ll learn how to sculpt believable terrain shapes, paint ground materials using brush mask filters for that realistic look, and populate your scene with trees, bushes, and plants. The course also covers post-processing to nail the final mood and lighting. You’ll even create a stream and a sea, adding water to your environment.

A big chunk of the course is dedicated to creating your own vegetation using Unity’s tree maker. You’ll build custom bushes, ferns, and ivy, then paint them across your terrain. There’s also a section on performance, covering GPU instancing and fixing FPS issues, so your scene runs smoothly. By the end, you’ll have a solid workflow for building any natural environment.

🧑‍🎓 Who this course is for

• People who want to develop professional skills in Unity
• People interested in game design, level design or 3D design
• People wanting to make 3D environments

🧑‍🏫 About the Author

Pete Jepson is a qualified teacher with over 12 years experience teaching game design. He has been using Unity since 2013 and has produced a series of courses on creating games and animations. With over 68,000 students from 157 countries, he is dedicated to helping you learn and create.

🏁 Final Result

• A complete, portfolio-ready AAA-quality forest environment in Unity, featuring custom terrain, vegetation, and post-processing effects.