Designing the World and Atmosphere for Fate of Factions

Greetings, comrade! My name is Tim Schultz, and I'm proud to be the art lead for Fate of Factions! While I oversee many aspects of the design for Fate of Factions, one of my favorite responsibilities on the team is creating the concept art that helps to build the world and atmosphere for our game. Earlier in development, I created 4 pieces of concept art that depict the vastly different fantasy environments in which each Faction calls home. Creating the concepts for these varied environments was vital for establishing the early stages of our game's design; ideally, this concept art would help to provide a consistent visual aesthetic for the game's world, as well as help the artists in creating their own concepts when they are designing portions of the different Faction's environments on their own. Additionally, establishing the types of architecture and landscape that defined each individual Faction is important for the creation of the multiple arenas planned to be implemented into the game. We want to make sure each arena is unique, expressive, and consistent, just as the 4 playable classes in the game allow players to try and find the play-style that personally suits them most in combat. That being said, this week I have been working on some new arena concepts based on the Mountain and Swamp Factions established in the concept art I created earlier in development! Take a look:

The unique architecture, landscape, fauna, and color schemes of each individual Faction are heavily taken into account when designing the arenas the players will be battling on. Each arena should have a unique layout space for the players to move around in, as well as interesting decoration surrounding the environment that helps to delineate the unique aspects and characteristics of each Faction without needing any dialogue or unnecessary exposition that may take away from the main focus of the game: the battles! At the moment, we plan to create 5 unique arenas for players to fight to the finish in. I hope that these concepts and layouts will lead to interesting and memorable experiences for any player who decides to take a shot in proving their might on the battlefield.

With that, I proudly invite you to come try our game at the Stout Game Expo on May 7th, 2020!

Choose your class, fight until you're last man standing, and raise your banner high. Your efforts will decide the Fate of Factions!