Maelstrom

Participated in revitalizing a live service game called "Maelstrom" from publisher Forthright Entertainment.

As Art Director, here's a list of things I was directly involved with:

• Developed the overall look-feel, from menus, UI, player pieces, skins, environments, marketing, and more.

• Organized the art and ui teams with each individual's tasks, and monitored pacing.

• Provided several concepts drawn by myself and my teams in use for the pipeline and promotionally by the client.

• Became involved with community engagement both via talking in Discord with players, and also playing in community game nights.

• Was a part of the creation and maintenance of the the community team and our team of Discord mods.

• A leading driver of putting together marketing for Steam and on Discord, both for new announcements and patches.

• Involved in engine, helping with set dressing and lighting.

Steam Link -> Maelstrom

UI - Total Refresh

The clients did not like the look of the old UI, and their main complaint was that the former assets were aging the game, and they desired something more modern.

The following are a few screenshots of the new UI provided. A few detail pieces from the client were reused, but all other assets were made by myself.

Marketing

We hosted a livestream in which we unvelied our roadmap and introduced many of our team members.

I created all assets for this stream outside of logos, here's some of that work below:

Aiming Reticles

These assets are used to aim and fire in game.

The clients had a single basic reticle (right) and requested us to create new ones be made to be sold in the store.

I designed them (below) based off the existing themes of the ships our team created.

Christmas Set Decor

Needed to set dress existing levels with assets that were more jolly.

I went for a combination of classic items and some that were more flavored for the in game factions, like the anvil.

2D assets by myself, 3D assets shown were created by the 3D team.