In this introductory lesson, Kosuke introduces the Rampage Rally 3D community challenge and outlines the real-time cinematic workflow used in this project. He provides context for the workshop and previews the four main areas covered: character animation with Control Rig, destruction using Chaos and Houdini, procedural environments with PCG, and assembling everything into a final cinematic shot in Unreal Engine.

Duration: 3m 7s

This lesson covers creating a low-poly proxy robot in Blender and preparing it for animation in Unreal Engine. Topics include hard-surface rigging, bone hierarchy setup, full-weight assignment without soft skinning, scale considerations for Unreal compatibility, and proper FBX export settings to ensure clean skeleton import and Control Rig integration.

Duration: 5m 3s

This lesson explains how to transition from keyframed animation to physics-based motion using Unreal’s Chaos physics system. It covers setting up Physics Assets, triggering ragdoll simulation in Sequencer, refining joint limits for mechanical characters, and using Take Recorder to capture consistent, reusable ragdoll performances for cinematic shots.

Duration: 2m 26s

This lesson explores upgrading a proxy character into a final robot design using a kitbash workflow. Artists will discover how to reuse existing assets, maintain silhouette consistency, reassign weights efficiently, and swap meshes in Unreal while keeping the same skeleton, so animation and physics remain intact throughout the modeling process.

Duration: 4m 3s

This lesson introduces a Houdini-based Rigid Body Dynamics workflow for advanced destruction. Topics include exporting animation from Unreal, preparing geometry for simulation, setting up constraints, preserving velocity and material attributes, and exporting FBX animations that integrate cleanly back into Unreal for high-impact destruction moments.

Duration: 4m 5s

This lesson demonstrates how to create destroyed building assets directly in Unreal Engine using Chaos Destruction. Artists will learn how to fracture meshes, fix common geometry issues, record simulations with Chaos Cache Manager, and convert destruction states into reusable static meshes, ideal for environment set dressing and procedural workflows.

Duration: 4m 50s

This final lesson in Kosuke’s workshop breaks down a practical workflow for building environments using Unreal’s Procedural Content Generation framework. Topics include spline sampling, density filtering, attribute noise, actor-based masking, road generation, and asset swapping based on proximity and tags — showing how PCG can be used to create fast, art-directable city layouts.

Duration: 8m 7s

Duration: 36s