Join an ambitious project to enhance and complete a large-scale open-world environment in Unreal Engine 5, representing the Australian mainland and Tasmania. The existing landscape utilizes Unreal Landscape and World Partition across a 400 × 400 km terrain. The objective is to deliver a cohesive, editable, and playable world with authentic geography, terrain variation, and biome accuracy. You will assess the current landscape, recommend practical improvements, and implement advanced environment development techniques to achieve a high-quality, optimized result. This role requires direct collaboration within the existing UE5 project, with a strong emphasis on performance, scalability, and maintainable workflows for large worlds.

Responsibilities

- Assess and analyze the current Unreal Engine 5 landscape and World Partition setup
- Recommend and implement improvements to terrain sculpting, landscape materials, and biome definition
- Refine coastlines, mountain ranges, deserts, rivers, lakes, and natural landmarks for realism and recognizability
- Develop and optimize vegetation, environmental details, and procedural content generation workflows
- Ensure large-world performance, efficient streaming, and scalability within UE5
- Collaborate closely with the project owner to define requirements and deliverables




- Provide relevant examples of previous large-scale UE5 environment or world-building work

Skills And Requirements

- Extensive experience with Unreal Engine 5, especially large-scale open-world environment development
- Proficiency in terrain sculpting, landscape material creation, and biome definition
- Strong understanding of World Partition, level streaming, and performance optimization for large environments
- Demonstrated ability to create realistic vegetation, environmental assets, and procedural content
- Experience with Australian or similar biomes is highly desirable
- Ability to assess existing projects and propose practical, maintainable solutions
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, reliable work ethic
- Portfolio showcasing relevant UE5 environment work is required
- Availability for ongoing collaboration if the initial project is successful

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📌 Freelance Environment Artist – Unreal Engine Open World (Adelaide)
🏢 Twine
📍 Adelaide