In 2023, we created Fantasy Kingdom in Unity 6. This stylized game environment made with Synty Studios assets was meant to test the capabilities of Unity 6 for rendering, lighting, and performance with HDRP. In 2024, we optimized the project for a wide range of devices, including mobile, with the help of URP.

The demo leverages Unity's improved CPU and GPU graphics performance, Adaptive Probe Volumes, and VFX Graph. It was also enriched with lush foliage created with SpeedTree.

The project is now available in the Unity Asset Store.

The mobile version of Fantasy Kingdom leverages the GPU Resident Drawer to minimize CPU overhead, achieving smoother, faster rendering of its complex world. GPU Occlusion Culling enhances performance by reducing per-frame overdraw. Spatial Temporal Post-Processing (STP) upscales lower-resolution frames without sacrificing quality.

To push the limits of visual quality for mobile devices, we used the Render Graph default system to reduce memory bandwidth and battery consumption in the Universal Render Pipeline. Additionally, the latest integration with the Vulkan API offers improved GPU processing power, allowing for even better graphical performance and better features for mobile devices.

We illuminated every object and corner of this world with Adaptive Probe Volumes (APV). APV's automatic light probe placement accelerates workflows and shortens iteration times for indirect diffuse lighting.

Rich and diverse vegetation created with SpeedTree 10 offers enhanced creative control when crafting both realistic and stylized environments. The scene was enhanced by adding special effects like butterflies, falling leaves, and water splashes using VFX Graph. Materials were created with Shader Graph.