banner art by Daniel Stultz, Simon Kopp
& Darren Bartley, type logo by Michael Scala
11/01/13
-- BOOK PREVIEW PINNED
Helen Rusovich
has been making great headway on the page layouts.
10/01/13
-- SUBMISSION DEADLINE REACHED
The expansion was
a success! We have even more content for the book, with a lot of exciting
newcomers. If you submitted work that was in line with the requirements
of the project, you were routed to the 'Substrata' Facebook group. Thanks
to all who participated!
08/01/13 -- EXPANSION PACK UPDATE
Thanks for making
Substrata so much fun, everyone! Participation has been steadily building,
so let's keep the momentum going and juice it 'til OCTOBER
1ST.
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The Pitch : When
Vigil Games dissolved shortly after the release of ‘The Art of Darksiders
II’, a thought occured : What if the art team, now scattered to the four
winds, could appear in the same book again? Further, what if other industry
veterans from around the world could be encouraged to take part? This
is that book.
The Theme : ...a dark fantasy video game tailored to its developers’
wishes. They were to throw themselves into pre-production, pooling ideas
to define the direction of the project, given only a general design brief
and the title “Substrata.”
Design Brief:
-hero
character (+variants)
-zones
-enemies (+variants)
-bosses
-NPCs
-weapons
-mounts / vehicles
-items / unlockables / downloadable content
-world map
-title screen
-load screens
-storyboards
-icons
-heads-up display / user interface
-easter eggs
-"Substrata" logo + type treatment
WHO CAN SUBMIT : anyone (2D or 3D), but mainly experienced game devs who
know the drill
WHAT NOT TO SUBMIT : (1) copyrighted material, or works bearing close
resemblance to copyrighted material -- Try to do your own thing, not what
you see others doing. (2) works not specifically created for "Substrata"
(3) lengthy written explanations of your pieces -- Some labeling/titling
is fine, but try to keep it to images.
"Who edits the final book?" -- myself & Helen
Rusovich
"Can
I post this work publically?" -- Yes, of course. It's yours. You
can even make some mention of it being for "Substrata" and link
to this page, if you like.
Submissions
can be at any size/dimensions (high res .jpgs are fine), and you can submit
as many as you want.
PLEASE INCLUDE A CURRENT WEB ADDRESS to be noted alongside your name in
the credits!
Publisher
pending.
Proceeds will go to charity.
Ready to submit or have questions? Please email me directly, placing the word "SUBSTRATA" somewhere in the subject heading!
Paul
Richards
Curator
djunderfoot@gmail.com
