Break down a reference board and plan a macro-to-micro material structure, then build a solid heightmap foundation and a non-destructive node graph to drive the whole material.

Build a second key tiling material for the scene, refining heightmap and detail-pass techniques and generating full PBR map sets ready for production use.

Build the third and final key tiling material for the scene, applying grunge and detail layering for added realism, then review and optimize each graph for performance.

Combine your tiling materials into one master material, set up vertex painting to blend between layers in Unreal Engine 5, and add shader functionality for in-engine art direction.

Model simple modular meshes matching your reference board's architecture and props, bring in external assets like Megascans to supplement the scene, and assemble the final environment to build out its narrative.