Dune Awakening - Wreck of the Alcyon
As part of the co-development between Yager and Funcom I was able to work on a number of the shipwrecks present in Dune Awakening. Mostly focusing on environment art, I took over the LD block-out of the wreck of the Alcyon and brought it through the final art pass. I was responsible for placement and dressing. I also created supporting meshes when needed to achieve the concept and narrative goals of the shipwreck.
A big thank you to https://www.artstation.com/aletom and https://www.artstation.com/jesusorillan for the concept and art support that made this possible.
The Alcyon is the first shipwreck that players encounter in Dune Awakening. It introduces the gameplay and narrative elements of these POI's.
My responsibilities for this shipwreck extended to the surrounding area of the wreck. Adding story-telling elements such as this small camp.
An element of taking over the LD block-out was creating a feasible and logical layout of the ship interior. In this case I created a split-level main interior space. This allowed for interesting gameplay spaces and also helped drive the art dressing.
The shipwrecks presented an interesting window into narratives outside of Arakkis. In this case I created a bass relief showing creatures from the seas of the house Atreides homeworld, Caladan.
Crash damage is a big theme with the shipwrecks. Here in the engine room I focused on believable layout and dressing.
Interesting spaces and visuals are possible within the shipwrecks that combine unique interior visuals with the encroaching sands of Arakkis.