Village moodboard, concepts

One of the three environments we're including in the game is a village area. The player won't encounter any monsters here, only friendly npc's (non playable characters). The npc's all have their own lives, stories and problems. You might even be able to help some of them out by doing quests for them, of course they'll reward you properly for it.


Diane:
Diane and I wanted the element of water in this particular village. So Diane went on to create a moodboard with images of houses by the water and also on the water. Mixed with some artworks this moodboard will give us the basic feel for the village.

With the mood set Diane made a quick sketch of the basic layout of the village. We discussed some ideas to make this village unique and fun and we decided it would be build in an ascending fashion against the side of a hollow cliff. Yes, we now have a Water/Cliff-based village.

Richard:

And here are some more detail sketches on what kind of architecture and items you might find in the village.