EMP Button - The Matrix (UE4 Blueprint Functionality)
This piece is fanart of the EMP Switch used in the most climactic scene of The Matrix (1999). I created this project over the course of a week to refresh myself on Unreal's Blueprints, and UE4 in general. After getting some feedback I spent an extra couple days optimizing the blueprints and enhancing the aesthetics. I really enjoyed getting to turn my assets into functional dials and switches, that interactivity adds so much!
Interactivity Demo
The only materials for the props was this trimsheet, a transparent material for the cover, and a special faux-glowing shader for the red switch
Render-buffer breakdown of the material
Wireframe and Polycount
Reference Board, collected from The Matrix(1999) and Adam Savage's recreation of the prop
3/4 View
Overhead shot of cover
Detail shot of the textures
Blueprint for the functionality of all the dials and switches, including the artist-facing settings.
Blueprint to have different controls affect other actors (Counter, Light flickering)
Custom triplanar mapping implementation to drive object-space grunge to help and breakup texture mirroring and repetition