The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone: A real-time 3D environment in the Leadwerks game engine

In March 2010 I was contracted by the Leadwerks Corporation to design a large scale environment for the Leadwerks real time game engine. The purpose of this environment is to showcase the many features of the Leadwerks engine with consistant, next-gen artwork. The environment is titled simply “The Zone“ , and it draws inspiration from a variety of sources. Some of these sources include the 1972 Russian sci-fi novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky and the 1979 film Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky, which took inspiration from Roadside Picnic. The Zone takes place in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in the Chernobyl region of the Ukraine. For more information: For a complete development blog: Lead Artist Level Designer: Dave Lee ( ) Vegetation and some props by: Michael Betke ( ) Leadwerks Engine by: Josh Klint ( ) Mu