The goal was to start with simple warriors, and then as the ages progress they become increasingly complex in their appearance-eventually evoking the disciplined regiments of Napoleonic Europe but with a distinctive African twist. However, we permitted ourselves a little bit more creativity in later tiers, to create “what-if?” unit models, rewarding players who pull off amazing feats of technological progress.Īfter the research, concept artist Irene and 2D artist Ruben set to work making concepts for these characters. Historical authenticity is very important in this kind of game so we were careful with our references. Our artists started doing research for interesting and unique types of clothing historically worn by people in this area. We opened up the game to see which cultures are missing art, and while East and West Africa already had unit models, we noticed a large area of southern Africa that was not already covered by unit packs. So what is the process for making art in one of our immersion packs? The first thing that happens is the brief, in this case Johan asked us to prepare 16 unit models and 2 missionaries for sub-Saharan Africa, a hugely underrepresented area in terms of previous art DLCs. We have so much interesting stuff planned for the future, but for now I’ll introduce to you some of the work we’ve already done for Origins. In the last year the art team at our Barcelona studio has exploded, rapidly expanding to the 9 talented artists that we have today-including every discipline from 3D character artist to UI developer.
I’m David Horler, the Art Lead at Tinto, and I’m very excited to show you what the art team has been cooking up in recent months.
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