{"id":2305,"date":"2026-01-08T11:50:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/?page_id=2305"},"modified":"2026-01-08T12:59:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T12:59:02","slug":"art-direction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/art-direction\/","title":{"rendered":"Art Direction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">3D Modelling Direction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffb9e2\">Within Archive 13, Jessie and I agreed that a unique spin on the game would be to have the players start in a 3D environment of the rundown tabloid office where they will be able to interact with the phone which will run them through a backstory\/tutorial on what they need to do and also interact with the computer which will then change the game into 2D.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffb9e2\">To help us both get a look and feel for the design, I created in-depth mood boards for each environment, which will also help ensure all scenes feel like they belong in the same world, reinforcing the game\u2019s realism and atmosphere. These images also display ideas for texturing in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/01\/image-11-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/01\/image-11-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/01\/image-11-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/01\/image-11-768x429.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/01\/image-11.png 1224w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Environment\/Level Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffb9e2\">Due to our game having multiple environmental scenes, I went ahead and created more in-depth mood boards to again ensure that Jessie and I were on the same page, and it will allow us to have a main point to refer back to when it comes to actually creating the art for the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Colour Palettes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"710\" height=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/01\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2310\" style=\"width:710px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/01\/Capture.jpg 710w, https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2026\/01\/Capture-300x107.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Concept Art For Environments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f0ccfb\">The environments in this game consist of meet-up points where the player will meet the anonymous sender to gain more information, or the office in where they work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#f0ccfb\">For anywhere in-game outside of being on the computer we\u2019d like it to be 3D. However for our prototype (and just to gain some sense of what we\u2019d like the visuals to look like) me and Izzy created two concept pieces &#8211; the office and an alley way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Character Design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"background-color:#ffb9e2\">Even though our game isn\u2019t too heavy on the character side of things, I still created in-depth mood boards for the current two characters that we have in mind and that did two quick concepts so that we could insert them into the game to get a feel for how they may look, I would like to mention that the design of the characters maybe subject to change in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3D Modelling Direction Within Archive 13, Jessie and I agreed that a unique spin on the game would be to have the players start in a 3D environment of the rundown tabloid office where they will be able to interact with the phone which will run them through a backstory\/tutorial on what they need to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"saved_in_kubio":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"kubio_ai_page_context":{"short_desc":"","purpose":"general"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2305"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2392,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2305\/revisions\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/is3g23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}