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The art style of the game mainly takes cues from mid- to late-2000’s minimalist<\/strong> and abstract <\/strong>graphic design in terms of the shading style, bold colours and playful forms. It combines this with the use of realistic objects in the levels and art to create a unique collage<\/strong> style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The provided concept art and moodboards should be sufficient for conveying the intended look of the game; the style is a unique mix of specific inspirations & concepts and tries to stray from vague “aesthetic” qualifiers (“y2k”, etc).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspirations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Artists and works to study for inspiration include my researched artists Julian House<\/a> and Joshua Davis, <\/a>as well as games mentioned in my blog such as Katamari Damacy<\/em>, LittleBigPlanet<\/em>, Rez & N++<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Assorted work of Julian House<\/a>. This combines collage and abstract design in a pleasing and eclectic way.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Assorted work of Joshua Davis<\/a>. This mixes minimalist flat colours with fun, playful shapes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A lot of early-to-mid 2000’s graphic design is a great resource for the minimalist style of the levels, and some more examples can be found on my art style research post.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By The Designer’s Republic<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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By Carlos Gonzales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Environments\/Levels<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The environments seen in levels will have a distinct abstract <\/strong>art style similar to the examples shown above, minimal enough to not distract from the interactable objects but also with sufficient detail to make each environment distinct and evoke a sense of a real space. The backgrounds of the environment will feature bright skies with bold, bright colours. Thin outlines will be seen around level geometry to make them distinct from the background & objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All of the base environment will be flat shaded<\/strong> with hard shadows<\/strong> and outlines<\/strong>. Please look at my Unity prototype <\/a>for reference. In my prototype I use Robin Seibold’s<\/a> package for adding outlines easily but could not successfully exclude objects from having outlines, which is vital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This MTV Japan<\/em> poster (Manabu Inada, 2001) is a good example of flat shading. However, Kinetic Panic <\/em>will also feature shadows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The skyboxes will feature collage elements taken from real-world pictures but these should be somewhat colourised to fit in with the vivid style (I used a gradient map in the concept art).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Docks\/Oil Rig<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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This environment will be set at sea, and consists of a lot of precarious platforms, both static ones held up by pillars as well as large mechanical moving ones, similar to the infamous Akira <\/em>elevator used in Half-Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From Akira Volume One (1982)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Cranes holding shipping containers dominate the higher parts of the level as well as small areas workers live in. The background will be made up of images of distant coastal mountain-scapes and arrays of wind turbines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Objects<\/h5>\n\n\n\n