Story Maps, Beats & Speculative Location Thumbnails Those mood pieces helped establish a high baseline for the stylistic direction and the right mix of visual elements, to create the perfect balance of stylisation and authentic realism for our English Countryside setting.
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Very early in the process of development on Somerville, alongside extensive world building and mapping of the story progression through the world, a series of concept illustrations and sketches were created by Ian McQue. Invasion over the English Countryside by Ian McQue Masters of minimal realism and graphic composition, often close to classic travel poster art, of subtle natural light and shade, of the understated, yet rich colour palette(Georgi Shaw), of textures abstracted to perfection to not over-explaining, but suggest just enough to create the perfect impression of materiality. Artists that have perfectly captured the spirit and image of urban, rural and natural England in the present and not so distant past. Marlow’s bridge, highstreet and cathedral and Godalming’s distinct church spires served as sources.Įarly on and at several, progressively deepening, stages throughout the process of development we looked at a wide range of references and sources of inspiration, from life experience, photography and art - past and contemporary, but a few names we kept going back to: George Shaw, Jack Simckock and Maurice Wade. Together with Guildford and its steeply climbing highstreet, architectural elements and pieces of layout from a few other nearby, small towns were used. It was a natural choice to use that personal experience of the landscape and small town aesthetic elements to serve as a basis for creating a more immersive setting and experience. This is by no means a complete process log and omits an enormous amount of exploration work or key pieces of concept art and world/story maps that might prove major spoilers to the experience.įlight over Muddy Fields, a piece of concept art done in the run-up to one of our trailers, that helped solidify the final look, texture and patterns of the fields.īefore becoming a mostly remote studio, Jumpship had its start in Guildford amidst the Surrey Hills. To make it not so much recognisable and identifiable at a glance, but felt and experienced in its very particular way.īelow are some sample snapshots of the concept and visual direction process, that we hope will give an idea of where and how a lot of the final in-game visuals, the art team built, originated. We set out to achieve this, not so much through it’s most striking and well known features, but through staying true in the depiction of its more subtle qualities, characteristics and elements. One of the main goals for the Art team on Somerville was to capture the unique mood and textures of the English Countryside and together with the Design team translate those to a fitting stage for the story we wanted to have the players experience. Let's start with the arts and the looks of Somerville. If you’d like help finding the perfect Somerville MA home, contact us today.Since the release of Somerville, the dust has finally cleared a bit, and we'd like to take this opportunity to tell you more about the background and inspirations with some updates here on Steam. specializing in Somerville apartments for rent, as well as Somerville homes for sale. Subway services are provided by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority with the Red Line at Davis Square to the northwest and the Orange Line at Sullivan Square to the southeast providing easy access to Harvard Square and downtown Boston. Also located there is the Somerville Theatre, which hosts the Annual Independent Film Festival of Boston and has a Museum of Bad Art exhibit.įor commuting, Route 28 runs north and south through Somerville and Interstate 93 runs northwest and southeast through town as well. Some of the live music venues include the Somerville Theatre, Johnny D’s, Precinct, PA’s lounge and Sally O’Briens.įound in Somerville’s Davis Square is a hub of coffee houses, vintage stores and an assortment of independent retailers. In addition, there are tons of music clubs and galleries for residents to enjoy showcasing local talents and tomorrow’s up-and-coming. Throughout the year, Somerville hosts many arts-related events such as the annual “Art Beat” festival. It is home to a flourishing arts community. Somerville is located outside of Boston to the north, making it an excellent location for anyone looking to rent an apartment close to the city.
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