The Stage
One of the game's key locations where the player acquires the main weapon - the shovel. Full level pipeline from blockout to final art.
View details// Overview
Shovel Out is a stylized first-person action game set in a dark, noir-inspired afterlife. The player controls Sleazy - the only living resident of Hotel Cotard - on a mission to rescue his beloved Sindy from the mysterious Boss.
The world of Hotel Cotard is a character-driven afterlife with an infinite number of floors, populated by eccentric undead: skeleton hotel staff, zombie middle class, sleepwalking TV addicts, ghosts and undead dogs. Combat combines melee shovel attacks with a revolver, elemental bullet types, dash and slow-motion mechanics.
The game features 26 levels across a Prologue and 3 Chapters, with a dynamic noir soundtrack that reacts to combat intensity. The Prologue (4 levels) is complete - Chapter 1 is currently in production targeting March 2026, with full release planned for July 2026.
// My Work
The Boss
The main antagonist character - full pipeline from concept through sculpt, retopology, texturing and rigging.
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Props
A large collection of props populating Hotel Cotard - furniture, decorations, interactive objects and environmental storytelling pieces.
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Concepts
Concept art for characters, environments and key art - drawn in Procreate and Photoshop.
View details// Tech Stack
Unreal Engine 5.5
Blueprints
Lumen
Maya
Blender
Substance Painter
Photoshop
Procreate
Git