Rocks are everywhere in video games. They sit by roads, roll around as debris, make up whole rooms, or even sometimes star in their own games — they’re pretty important! So really, it’s no wonder there’s a whole, pages-long forum thread dedicated to crafting and sharing the prettiest 3D rocks.
The thread, titled “Rawk – Post any rocks you make here!” was started back in September 2013 by 3D artist Hayden Wu over at the Polycount forums. Wu immediately posted a few of his own creations (like the cliffs you see above). Since then, artists have been constantly contributing new rocks, and the thread is active to this day.
Why don’t we check out some more? For starters, here’s a single rock from Wu:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/vnnzzofpxwir5ido5d9r.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
A “quick rock study” by timspanjer:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/lyqx9p1jgaynitneg4de.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
A rather magnificent-looking, somewhat dungeonesque wall from Bardler:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/gkk3msjpmyz2grsoyoue.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
A rock wall courtesy of Meteorkid:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/skdezmbqvyq3zcg9ng2j.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
Coots7’s rock kinda reminds me of soul shards from The Elder Scrolls:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/lrsfvdgou6bgkbumiqnv.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
Boyo’s rock ball shows off its very nicely detailed rock texture:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/oc223fylwtm9jtww0hze.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
And speaking of rock balls, here’s a few made by Rogelio Olguin, who currently works at The Last of Us developer Naughty Dog:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/dtty0wcoozrllvtzvmct.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
Oniram contributed a very realistic-looking rock cube:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/wp9qousdo606wulia499.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
Hatred shared a mossy rock wall, and a boulder in its natural environment:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/nefslhpfygzunozm1bjm.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
Sayoend showed off how his rocks held up an entire stone fort:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/fujk2uuzmez3nxwabjfw.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
Here’s a ridiculously detailed rock texture from CDeniz:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/vpyva77j24xabdxm0viv.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
Bartalon’s rock has a few copper deposits you could mine:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/erjqlrnoufbyncigq0nn.png?quality=75?quality=75)
Tristamus’ sturdy bridge was built using some nice brown bricks:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/exjgpoq4gtgeqzgxaihi-scaled.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
And finally, a pair of Rockti from Seforin, a plant which will be featured in the upcoming multiplayer shooter, Firefall:
![These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good](https://www.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/15/ns5ywgtt4livnwvui1mt.jpg?quality=75?quality=75)
There’s a lot more rocks to be seen over at the Polycount thread, so head there if you’re still craving for some pretty rocks.
Rawk – Post any rocks you make here! [Polycount Forum]
Comments
7 responses to “These Virtual Rocks Look Damn Good”
I wish my cinder walls in Dayz Overpoch had these textures
Might as well wish minecraft does too while you’re at it, day Z always going to look ugly as hell.
O really?
Unless they re-mod the entire re-mod but by the time the re-mod the re-mod everyone will laugh at it cuz its not on the oculus and the world keeps spinning.
Wow they look really nice! There’s nothing worse than seeing Flat wall or ground textures, they look nice for far but once up close they look weird. Really like the work they put into these.
Rage has the best rock textures I’ve seen so far.
it would seem rocks are the new black