Overview
Gaia Pro 2023 empowers game developers to create breathtaking 3D worlds effortlessly. Whether you’re targeting console, desktop, mobile, or VR platforms, Gaia simplifies the process of world creation, from terraforming to texturing, and placement. Winner of Unity’s “Best Artistic Tool” award, Gaia offers a wizard-based approach that streamlines environment creation, saving weeks of manual work.
Key Features
- Streamlined Installation: Choose which components to install with the modular setup, saving space and reducing import time.
- Improved Runtime System: Enhanced runtime system with decoupled components for simplified usage.
- Project Settings Panel: Identify project issues and apply automatic fixes directly from the settings panel.
- Unity Compatibility: Fully supports Unity version 2022.3 and upwards, ensuring compatibility with the latest Unity features.
- GPU Terrain Rendering: GPU instanced terrain detail rendering support for optimized performance.
- Assembly Definition Files: Integration of assembly definition files for faster compile times.
- HDRP Water Integration: Seamlessly integrates Unity’s new HDRP Water system for enhanced water effects.
- HDRP Lighting Presets: New lighting presets optimized for the High Definition Render Pipeline.
Why Choose Gaia Pro 2023
- Workflow Flexibility: From artist-driven to fully procedural workflows, Gaia caters to various preferences, delivering simple and fast world creation.
- Time and Cost Savings: Integrates multiple complex systems into a user-friendly wizard-based interface, automating level creation and reducing development time and costs.
- Community Support: Backed by the Canopy Community, offering forums, tutorials, and a helpful community for sharing knowledge and resources.
- Extensibility: Easily extend Gaia’s functionality with Game Ready Levels, Procedural Spawner Packs, Stamp Packs, and Micro Biomes for creating diverse and exciting environments.
Supported Unity Versions & Pipelines
Gaia Pro 2023 is fully compatible with Unity 2022.3 LTS and upwards and supports all render pipelines, including Built-in, URP, and HDRP.
Typical Workflow
- World Configuration: Select world size, biome, and target platform.
- Terrain Generation: Generate base terrain procedurally or manually.
- Texture and Populate: Texture, plant, and populate the terrain based on selected biome.
- Optimization: Export optimized versions of the world for different platforms if needed.
- Lighting and Effects: Set lighting, wind, water, controllers, culling, and post fx with a single click.
- Exploration: Press play and explore the created world to ensure it meets your vision.
Sample Assets
Gaia Pro 2023 includes sample assets from Synty Studios and 3D Forge, enhancing your world-building capabilities.
Elevate your game development experience with Gaia Pro 2023, the ultimate solution for creating stunning 3D environments with unparalleled ease and efficiency.
