Türk Altın — Mining Simulation

01 / OVERVIEW

A complete
mining world.

A multi-environment simulation project, built around coherent spatial design and detailed industrial assets.

Türk Altın — Mining Simulation brings together three distinct real-time Unity environments: a terraced open-pit excavation, an industrial processing facility, and a modular underground mine entrance.

My work combined environment construction, 3D modeling, PBR texturing, asset placement and technical presentation. The aim was to make complex mining spaces readable, convincing and consistent across very different scales.

Alongside its environment-art production, the project is a VR serious game: interactive blasting and excavation sequences help learners understand how an open pit is opened and developed, and how mineral extraction progresses. The simulation uses the mining environment to explain these processes in a spatial, experiential way.

Role3D Designer / Technical Artist
EnvironmentsOpen-Pit · Factory · Underground
Target platformOculus Quest 3 · VR
ToolsUnity · Blender · Substance 3D Painter
FocusTerrain · Industrial assets · Materials
Additional workAI-assisted drill rig workflow

02 / OPEN PIT

Open-Pit
Excavation.

A layered terrain built to establish the scale, circulation and visual identity of the mine.

Elevated view of the open pit showing concentric benches, ramps and mining equipment — Terraced pit geometryUNITY / OPEN-PIT

Scale, equipment, circulation.

ENVIRONMENT ASSEMBLY

View from the floor of the open pit with heavy mining vehicles against high stepped rock walls — Working at the pit floorUNITY / ENVIRONMENT

Drill rig and mining vehicle placed within the excavated terrain — Equipment in contextUNITY / SCENE

03 / TERRAIN

Terrain,
shaped by hand.

Procedural foundations combined with manual art direction for more convincing benches, slopes and ground transitions.

TERRAIN WORKFLOW / UNITY

Procedural groundwork. Intentional refinement.

I sculpted the open-pit terrain with Unity Terrain Tools and used procedural terrain painting as a starting point. I then manually refined the surface transitions and visual hierarchy before positioning buildings, vehicles and supporting props.

Shape the layered excavation and its overall silhouette.
Establish a procedural terrain-painting base.
Refine materials, surfaces and bench edges by hand.
Place structures, vehicles and environmental details.

Oblique view showing terraced terrain surfaces and manually refined rock and soil transitions — Terrain surface and bench detailingUNITY TERRAIN

04 / AI WORKFLOW

AI-assisted
Drill Rig.

A vehicle-development workflow connecting creative iteration with custom AI orchestration and Unity production.

Large tracked mining drill rig with boom extended against the excavated rock surface — Drill rig — asset in sceneUNITY / VEHICLE

Technical illustration comparing a shaded drill rig model with its wireframe form; entire technical diagram is visible — Drill rig — shaded / wireframeMODELING BREAKDOWN

Custom workflow

For the drill rig vehicle, I developed my own AI-assisted automation workflow involving Claude, ChatGPT, Astra, Unity AI and APIs. These tools were integrated into my development process to support iteration and technical problem-solving. I present the workflow as an example of independent tooling and pipeline exploration—not as a claim that any single system autonomously created the finished vehicle.

05 / UNITY FACTORY

Factory,
inside Unity.

A dense industrial scene assembled around production machinery, service structures and small-scale operational details.

High vantage point inside the Unity factory environment showing machinery and yellow industrial access platforms — Processing factory — real-time overviewUNITY / FACTORY

A working industrial language.

MECHANICAL SET DRESSING

Unity factory view with production line, safety railings, platforms and conveyor — Production line and platformsUNITY / FACTORY

Close view of ball mill and surrounding industrial elements in Unity — Mill machinery — in engineUNITY / FACTORY

06 / MATERIALS

Modeling
& Material Craft.

From the industrial structure in Blender to textured equipment and carefully composed asset-level renderings.

The factory needed to work both as a complete environment and as a collection of believable industrial assemblies.

Blender rendered factory environment with conveyors, jaw crusher and mill equipment viewed from above — Factory design — Blender overviewBLENDER / SCENE

Structure & mechanical assemblies.

BLENDER RENDERS

Entire industrial processing assembly shown as a modeled structure on a neutral background — Industrial asset assemblyBLENDER / MODEL

Industrial production line and mill assembly rendered in Blender — Production line assemblyBLENDER / RENDER

Close-up of a conveyor system with metal structures and material details — Conveyor system and texturesBLENDER / DETAIL

Industrial interior with rafters, roofing, suspended lights and structural elements — Structural architectureBLENDER / ENVIRONMENT

Equipment & surface finish.

PBR / SUBSTANCE 3D PAINTER

Industrial jaw crusher assembly with metal supports and textured housings — Jaw crusher — modeled detailBLENDER / MACHINE

Rotating drum mill and industrial service platforms from a close viewpoint — Ball mill — mechanical detailBLENDER / MACHINE

Close-up of hoppers, extraction ductwork and yellow access platform — Hopper and extraction structuresBLENDER / DETAIL

Metal industrial control panel with colored push buttons and mechanical wear — Industrial control panelBLENDER / DETAIL

Industrial surface material study showing machinery panels and close-up textured metal — PBR material studyMATERIAL / DETAIL

Illuminated industrial factory interior with repeating machinery structures and atmospheric lighting — Factory lighting studyBLENDER / LIGHTING

Technical asset breakdown showing separate pieces of industrial equipment on a neutral canvas — Modeled machine componentsBLENDER / TECHNICAL

07 / PROPS

Small objects.
Real-world detail.

Purpose-built props give the production floor scale and context, from sample handling to safety equipment.

Multiple blue geological core sample boxes set on the factory floor — Core sample boxesUNITY / PROPS

Industrial box used as a contextual factory prop, viewed within the Unity scene — Explosives storage boxUNITY / PROPS

Open industrial wardrobe cabinet containing protective work equipment and clothing — Industrial wardrobeUNITY / PROPS

08 / ANIMATION

Melting Furnace
in Motion.

A short pouring sequence that brings industrial machinery and material behavior into motion.

Melting furnace — pouring animationPROJECT FOOTAGE / 00:27 · SILENT

MOTION / INDUSTRIAL DETAIL

From static machinery to process.

The pouring sequence adds an animated layer to the equipment shown throughout the factory. It focuses attention on a specific industrial action rather than repeating a still render.

Original game-view recording, cropped to exclude Unity editor panels. This capture has no audio; use the player controls to pause or view full-screen.

09 / UNDERGROUND

Underground
Entrance.

A modular access environment built around repeated structural arches, worn surfaces and clear operational signage.

Yellow arched underground mine entrance with a vehicle inside, safety signs and rugged rock face — Mine entrance — complete viewUNITY / UNDERGROUND

Repetition, materiality, safety.

MODULAR CONSTRUCTION

Yellow repeated arched tunnel supports receding into underground mine access — Tunnel arch systemUNITY / MODULAR ASSETS

Mine entrance showing Turkish industrial safety signage, arch wear and tunnel construction — Safety signage and entrance detailsUNITY / DETAIL

10 / TECHNICAL ART

Technical
Breakdown.

A closer look at construction, geometry and presentation methods—without unsupported runtime performance claims.

Shaded and wireframe views expose modeling choices that are less visible in finished environment shots.

Complete technical breakdown comparing shaded underground arch model and wireframe construction — Underground entrance — shaded / wireframeTECHNICAL / MODELING

Full shaded and wireframe technical comparison of a geological core sample box — Core sample box — shaded / wireframeTECHNICAL / MODELING

Blender factory scene screenshot with evaluated triangle data and scene overview — Factory evaluated geometryBLENDER / SCENE DATA

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Evaluated triangles / Blender factory sceneA measured Blender scene value. This is not an in-engine FPS measurement, an LOD benchmark or a verified runtime performance result.

11 / CLOSING

Crafting the
whole system.

An exercise in carrying detail, consistency and technical clarity between different environment types.

Three environments.
One design approach.

This project strengthened how I work across large terrain forms, compact industrial assets and modular structural kits. Each environment demanded a different balance of realism, composition and technical production.

The outcome is a focused body of 3D and technical art work spanning Unity scene-building, Blender modeling, Substance 3D Painter materials, detailed props and an independently developed AI-assisted workflow.

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A completemining world.

Open-PitExcavation.

Scale, equipment, circulation.

Terrain,shaped by hand.

Procedural groundwork. Intentional refinement.

AI-assistedDrill Rig.

Factory,inside Unity.