The first versions of the planet were rough, lacked an organic structure, but had some of the right elements needed to build the level. I began with foliage types and generating tileable textures. The feel was getting closer, but was still very off.

The grass needed a rework, the tree's felt too plasticy, and the rocks had form, just not the right form.  

I then redid most of the foliage, completely redesigning and modeling the trees. These new trees were also retopolgized and had updated LOD's in engine. 

The rocks and cliffs also drastically changed as I moved to using more sculpted pieces. I liked the edge feel and the structure, but the volumes were still not right. Other changes also still needed to be made, like lighting. The layout though finally felt right in this composition.

Now that the rough layout was done, I had to go forward and construct some of the ruins that the player would be exploring. I wanted it to feel as if it was a medieval village the player finds. The people who used to live here are long gone, but the structures still remain. 

This also allowed for a place for the space pirates to invade and loot story wise. Throughout the area they have set up their camps while collecting things from inside the house.

The rocks at this point finally held both the structure and volume I wanted them to hold in the scene. They too were also retopologized and made optimal for VR. Alongside this, I came up with a texture workflow creating specific smart materials in Substance for the groups of rocks in the scene. This meant that instead of me manually texturing every rock or rock set, I could now just drag-n-drop a material for the cliffs, even if I wanted to make a random new group.