Splitgate 2 - Drought Biome
The Desert Biome AKA Drought was very fun to work on, after the initial Color Concept it was quite clear what we wanted to build. An old Aquatic world that turned into the Desert. The main idea out of the initial color sketches was that as this place dried up some of its resources would evaporate and move vertically up, essentially evaporating out of the crust of this planet and into its atmosphere. Marking the insides of the Canyon Red towards the higher ends. Anything that was in direct sunlight would get bleached over time. Here's a collection of images and concepts done for the Biome!
Art Director: Bryan Koszoru / Vincenzo Spina.
https://www.artstation.com/bryankoszoru
https://www.artstation.com/vincenzospina
Concept Lead: Bruno Wall.
https://www.artstation.com/brunowall
Environment Team: Michael Delceg, Michael Cox, Yhize Wu, Eiko Qu, Tyler Thomas, Guillaume Hecht, Christian Tammekand, Thomas Cherry, Federico Brunetti, Samuele Budai, James Guard, James Marcus, Kaj de Jong, Taber Noble, Kevin Dalziel, Luke Dickson, Sam Malone, Rory Young, Ryan Maxwell, Tim Diaz, Lewis Walden, Efrem Pivetti, Adrian Alanis, Brandon Lewis, Dominic Gadoury, Ian Vicknair, Simon Argentov, Aliaksandr Bandaryk.
Initial Color Concept that really hit the idea we we're after. Earlier concepts were all too aquatic and not 'Desert' enough.
More Early concepts, Gigantic Whale Remnants POI, Salt-plains, Coral remnants.
Early Drought lookdev work.
Drought Cave Concept.
Overpaint on the Macro LD Layout as to how we could Color code the map so its clear where you land when you drop down.
Coral Concepts + Ruleset for this Biome.
In game Overpaint, Guiding the Production team how to proceed.
River POI, the last bits of water that is found in this Biome!
Vista Concept, showcasing the rest of the world you only see when dropping in!
Final in-game Biome - shoutout to the entire art team for pulling this one off!