CHUNKING EXPRESS

> Amusement Park Simulation
> Unreal Engine 5 / C4D / Midjourney AI / Tripo 3d AI / Substance Painter
Time: 02.2024 - 05.2024
Role:  Character Design / Animation / AI generation / Environment Design
Chungking Express is an immersive amusement park ride prototype developed in Unreal Engine 5, combining interactive storytelling, environmental design, and real-time simulation to create a thrilling, narrative-driven experience. Set in the abandoned district of Chungking, players embark on a cable car journey into an overgrown, tech-laden wasteland, uncovering its secrets and encountering a mysterious survivor, #663.

Welcome to Chungking Express! You are the only pioneer brave enough to be on the exploration to Chungking, the abandoned, frightening corner in Natura, under Dr.Biohm’s instruction. Your mission is to uncover valuable insights about this mysterious district to report to the board of Natura.Prepare for a pulse-pounding journey aboard a traditional-styled cable car, suspended high above the landscape of Chungking. Along the way, you will encounter 663, a strange old man living in Chungking for decades. Through his eyes, you’ll delve into the hidden depths of this apocalyptic city, discovering its unexpected beauty and heartrending tales. You are here only for the bounty at first, but 663’s story might completely change your view for Chungking. Join us on Chungking Express, where thrills, mysteries, and heartfelt moments await at every turn.

Ride Mechanism
Ride System
Suspended Ride
Pace
BIG - SMALL - BIG (3 levels in UE)
While the first and the third scene focused on experience Chungking in a cable car, the second phase of the ride concentrates on the deep meaning of the whole incident as well as the narration of the story.

Character

An Elderly worker who was born and raised in Chungking district for decades.

Used to be a cable car operator at Chungking with working id #663.

Since no one would take the cable car anymore and Chungking was abandoned, #663 starts to collect tech garbages for survival and put the cool garbages on himself.

Character: Iteration

MidJourney & Tripo 3D AI

Storyboard