Technical Artist at Unity on the Shader Graph team. Watch my tutorial videos youtube.com/bencloward I'm a husband, father, and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.https://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mk6brr53bc2sIn this tutorial, I show how to use Unreal's PCG to render grass efficiently. This method uses a compute shader on the GPU to place grass instances and I show several ways to control the density and distance that the grass renders. youtu.be/jL8-C2VvpxY https://youtu.be/jL8-C2VvpxY23 Apr 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6brr53bc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mjmoiuy2mk2oToday, we start a new series of videos on using Unreal Engine's PCG to create environments. In this video, we talk about what PCG is and why you should use it. Then we use the system to place some simple assets in the environment. youtu.be/NZLtrWLNTes https://youtu.be/NZLtrWLNTes16 Apr 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmoiuy2mk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mhxuoxexjk2cLast week, I showed how to add rain effects to terrain in Unity - so this week I'm showing how to add puddles to landscapes in Unreal. youtu.be/hV8GEZrDe8U https://youtu.be/hV8GEZrDe8U26 Mar 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxuoxexjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mhgbg6ogz22pIn this tutorial, I show how to add rain effects to a terrain shader including puddles with rain ripples and animated rain drops. youtu.be/aU3tr7KvjW0 https://youtu.be/aU3tr7KvjW019 Mar 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgbg6ogz22phttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mgd6wao4kc2zIn this tutorial, I show how to add the ability to manually paint layer materials on an existing terrain auto material. This allows you to make changes and corrections to the materials that have already been applied by the procedural system. youtu.be/DCIv0grJ2AU https://youtu.be/DCIv0grJ2AU05 Mar 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgd6wao4kc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mfrkze5rak2zIn this tutorial, I show how to create an advanced terrain auto material for Unreal and Unity. It uses angle blend, height blending, and altitude blending together to blend between grass, dirt, rock and snow. youtu.be/4q6EekzAUI0 https://youtu.be/4q6EekzAUI026 Feb 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrkze5rak2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3me4u347loc26In this tutorial, I show how to blend between two terrain layers based on the altitude of the terrain. youtu.be/MC95bu9VTJQ https://youtu.be/MC95bu9VTJQ05 Feb 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4u347loc26https://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mdl5vv7o6s2fIn this tutorial, I show how to create a simple auto material that applies material layers based on the slope angle of the terrain in Unreal and Unity. youtu.be/CGTPW2mWeGQ https://youtu.be/CGTPW2mWeGQ29 Jan 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdl5vv7o6s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mczko4ts3225In this tutorial, I show how to use the Terrain Texture Node in Unity's Shader Graph to bring in parameters from the terrain system for adjusting material layer settings. This is a new feature in Unity 6.3, so I hope this is helpful in learning how to use it! youtu.be/DKG-qnJ8GDg https://youtu.be/DKG-qnJ8GDg22 Jan 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczko4ts3225https://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mchxmwprx22dIn this tutorial, I show how to use the tools built into Unreal and Unity to quickly add foliage and other detail meshes to terrain and landscapes. youtu.be/cDs0vgtGjeA https://youtu.be/cDs0vgtGjeA15 Jan 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchxmwprx22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mbwe6erjwk2wIn this tutorial, I go over creating terrain in Unity and Landscapes in Unreal. I show how to sculpt the shape of the landscape and how to apply and paint material layers. youtu.be/r_tiyXdFlSE https://youtu.be/r_tiyXdFlSE08 Jan 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbwe6erjwk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bencloward.bsky.social/post/3mbeqvog2rs2tHappy New Year! Several people asked me how to paint holes in terrain, so that's what today's video is about - updating the terrain shader to enable terrain hole painting in Unreal and Unity. youtu.be/--gVJq8_aEA https://youtu.be/--gVJq8_aEA01 Jan 2026 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:unkfuxohfqyvtv5nlgyz7tex/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbeqvog2rs2t