Concept Art and Style Direction
MAKE — FORGE HORIZON
Concept art, style direction and a full art pipeline for a stylized multiplayer shooter, closed out 26% under budget.
Concept
Forge Horizon is a democratized shooter experience built on a stylized multiplayer concept.
Requirement
The partner wanted an art team to supply concept art, strategy and direction alongside a blockchain-based digital asset strategy.
Approach
The studio lead and partnerships director worked with the partner to set budget, scope and timeline, then produced art tests matched to the proposed style and to what the internal team could already carry.
The engagement ran past its original length so the group could keep managing the offshore teams, and it closed once every artist had converted to a permanent employee with the partner.
Delivery scope
- Concept art
- Character art
- Technical art
- Animation
- UI/UX design
- 3D art
- Tech art
- Prop art
- Market analysis
Results
- Dev cost 88% of plan, a 12% reduction
- Talent retention 80%
- Work output 110%
- Time to kickoff under 2 weeks
- Time to produce under 1 week
- Budget variance −26%
Built in Unity.
Budget variance −26%. Every artist converted to permanent.
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