Shhh -
The Game That Never Was

Game Art and Trailer
2017

We had the great pleasure of working with an un-named (and wonderful) game studio on the design for a new release. The game was ultimately shelved, but the trailer we made lives on along with a couple of game design snippits! But only right here on our website.

 
DOT17_02_MasterSequence_00626.png
ConceptArt_02.jpg
 
ConceptArt_01.jpg
DOT17_02_Styleframe_060_CrystalCave_v001.jpg

So. Many.
Backgrounds.

We had a Photoshop background bonanza, and then cut them up, moved them around, 3D modelled them and camera projected them. We abused these poor PSDs in myriad ways to achieve the goals of each individual shot.

 
DOT17_02_Styleframe_080_Lava_v003.jpg
DOT17_02_Styleframe_100_Monarch_v001.jpg
 
 
DOT17_02_Styleframe_140_Statues_v003.jpg
 
DOT17_02_Styleframe_040_Flourish_v001.jpg
DOT17_02_Styleframe_250_Vulcana_v002.jpg
2017-07-18-(2).gif
Bear3.gif

Mixing techniques.

We had great fun combining all the techniques we could get our hands on. We love it when you watch a spot and wonder: how exactly was that made?

 

Game Art Development -

 
w1_rev1_00.png
 
W1_A_1Concept_1b.png
W1_A_1Concept_1c.png
 
DOT_w2_fullmap_v001_03.png
W1_B_Concept_1.png
 
W1_A_2Model_1.png

Evolving complexity.

After we embarked on the design of The Game That Never Was, it became clear that our eyes were bigger than our refresh rates.

As a result the art evolved from something very complex into a simpler, more-geometric look.

W1_A_3EndProduct_1.png
 
 
W1_B_EndProduct_1.png
 
DOT16_002_World2Vector_170217-13b2-01.jpg
 

Character exploration -

 
Group 18.png
 
face_details.png
 
 
 
Sketch_Raf_06.png
 
Sketch_Raf_22.png
Sketch_Raf_07.png

 

So many secondary characters -

 
 
DOT_Sprites_Ember_02.jpg
DOT_Sprites_Agilo_05.jpg
 
DOT_Sprites_Narswan_02.png
DOT_Sprites_Salamo_03.png
 
DOT_Sprites_Shrum_04.jpg
 
 
 
DOT_Sprites_BoarO_01_bg.png
DOT_Sprites_Kraken.jpg
 

Credits -

Client: Shhh
Directed by Giant Ant

TRAILER
Producer: Ant Baena + Liam Hogan
Creative Direction: Jay Grandin, Eric Pautz
Art Direction: Eric Pautz
Storyboard: Eric Pautz, Jay Grandin
Design and Illustration: Eric Pautz, Rafael Mayani, Marion Bordeyne, Whitney Lam
Compositing Lead: Diego Maclean
2D Animation & Compositing: Diego Maclean, Conor Whelan, Chris Anderson, Shawn Hight, Matt James, Henrique Barone, Nicholas Ferreira, Henrique Barone
3D Character Animation: Anthony Vincent, The Sequence Group
Rigging: The Sequence Group
Music & SFX: Ross Wariner, Cody Uhler

GAME DESIGN
Producer: Liam Hogan
Creative Direction: Eric Pautz, Jay Grandin
Art Direction: Eric Pautz
Design+Illustration: Eric Pautz, Marion Bordeyne, Benjamin Flouw, Rafael Mayani, Diego Maclean, Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight, Henrique Barone 
2D Animation: Henrique Barone, Conor Whelan, Shawn Hight
3D Model+Rig: Nicholas Ferreira, Diego Maclean, Matt James, Gene Carlo Magtoto, Jose Linares Lopez