Project Echelon

What is Project Echelon?

Project Echelon is a 2.5 Dimension multiplayer top down space shooter. The idea around this game is to create a simple game which players can play when they are waiting for a movie or just as a simple party game which anyone can join using a smart phone device. Using a mobile device players can customize their ships in a ship builder and join into a open game and play against others in the same server via a large screen. We wanted to capture a social environment where players can socialize and have fun at the same time. aceinteractive.ca

Role

My role at Ace Interactive was a Art Director/3D Artist, my role was to make sure the art style stays consistent as well as model and texture. My secondary role was to create promotional items for both the team and our game. My tertiary role was a concept artist drawing out concepts to match the style of each race.

Design

Humans

The Humans fight for their defense. We wanted the designs of the ships to be futuristic but recognizable. I based them on modern military craft such as jets, carriers and shuttles.The weapon designs follow the same idea.

Aliens

The Aliens fight for resources. We wanted a sleek look to them and more organic design. The were based on jellyfish and squids.(concept for Medium and Heavy ship design by Mike McAuley)

Mercenary

The Mercenaries fight for greed. We wanted the design of them to be grungy and broken but functional. I used the metal portions from the humans and the glowing pieces were from the alien's technology.

Promotion

For each poster I wanted to create a completely different art style to compliment the different art style of each race. Each one has a QR code which brings them to a download page for the mobile app for the game and advantages of each race.

The human poster was suppose to be a vectored style where everything looks precise and very angular similar to the designs of the ships. The poster shows the silhouette of the ships which is the same shape as the ones in-game and what players will expect to see while playing. The warp in the poster symbolizes both the environment as well as the same warp I the alien poster.

The alien poster was to be clean and to the point in the case of the aliens they want a specific resource (Praseodymium). We created a custom vector font just for this race and wanted to a portray a egotistical race where there's a attitude of "we're better then all of you we take what we want".

The mercenary poster was to be mysterious and weathered similar to the way the ships were built. The poster reads: Strive For Peace Both Alien and Human, the original poster was a peace poster that has been vandalized and the mercenary response to it is to fight both Alien and Human and stop protesting.

UI Design

Phone Interface

Alien Mercenary Human

Skills icons for each race

These icons were placed on the User Interfaces of the mobile devices so it would remind the player of what abilities the players can use during gameplay