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[Thread] How do you make a ship for a video game? Case study: The Artemis in The Expanse: A Telltale Series (2023) Lead Environment Artist Tommy Spampinato: "The first thing I did on day 1 of pre-production was to create a modular set of..." 1/21

"...corridor pieces that, in testing, we can mag boot walk all over. I also created a variety of tiling textures that I knew I would need like wall panels, floor tiles, and internal tech details for cavities like when we see missing panels on salvage missions." 2/21

Note: you can also read my original (and more complete) article here. 3/21 t.co/y00bmeG1NW

Tommy Spampinato: "The process of Artemis exterior design evolved quite a bit. The process started with our Art Director, Anthony Jones. Anthony made a very cool set of kit-bash 3D concepts for us. The team voted on which one we liked best." 4/21

"Anthony took the 3D concept further and did some early lighting exploration. Having a 3D concept saved us time making the game-ready version. We could import the 3D mesh into our chosen 3D app and model alongside it." 5/21

"Thankfully our hastily made Artemis ship looked pretty good in the video trailer." 7/21

"While the environment headed down to getting the VGA trailer ready for prime time, our Level Designer Alex Morton was using my modular corridors and Unreal primitives to create the layout of the interior for Artemis." 8/21

"The early version of the Artemis exterior was not meant to be viewed up close. Our Cinematic Director Alistair Ebinger sets up the cameras to shoot it from a specific angle for the Video Game Awards trailer. I planned to revisit the ship after the first playable was completed." 9/21