Environment Speed Painting by Gavin Li

16th August 2013

Hi guys! By request of one of our watchers we’ve recorded one of our concept art tasks so you can see how we did it from scratch. As you’ll see from the video, sometimes we’d start a concept with more than one piece so we can explore multiple ideas and art directions within our given brief. For these pieces we let the gameplay inform and drive the design language of the environment into interesting new visual directions. These are just sketches for the concept phase so it may not reflect the final product and we hope you enjoy the video!

Thanks for all your comments and interest – hopefully we’ll get to talk to some of you soon at Eurogamer Expo!

Gavin Li – Concept Artist

Free-running in Eden Star

9th August 2013

We’ve got another video for you!

This week, John and Matt give you a quick peek at the Free-running mechanic in Eden Star, enabling you to traverse the world in a smooth, flowing, athletic way thanks to our procedural mantling and wall-jumping system.

Sorry about the poor-quality video capture. Trust me, i looks much nicer in-game. Also even though John is playing here with an Xbox 360 controller, it plays just as well on mouse and keyboard.

There’s also a bit more wanton destruction thrown in there for you, including some updated MATA-Tool PFX. We’re in the process of overhauling everything, making sure we deliver the best possible experience for you at the Eurogamer Expo this September!

In the Shadow of the Crater

2nd August 2013

So, this week we wanted to share a snippet of our resident concept guru’s artwork on Pharus 7 along with a snippet of supporting lore…

As a Pioneer you find yourself on a frontier world, far from civilisation. Your task is to reclaim this wilderness, plunder the earth for its rich minerals and annihilate any threat to the Eden Star for the advancement of the human domain.

The Eden Kit touches down in an open space in order for you to establish an outpost. The powerful core emits a beam of energy when in alignment with the orbiting vessel; Eden Star, transferring a concentrated flow of energy, minerals and data. It is a guiding beacon of light to a Citadel Pioneer, but also an irresistible source of rich sustenance to which certain indigenous lifeforms are uncontrollably attracted…

Pharus 7 is a small planetoid with a hyper axial rotation, causing short day cycles. The night is illuminated by Pharus’ twin planets, orbiting moons and the alluring glow of precious minerals.

More lore coming soon…