Gameplay Image- Stealth Attack

     I dedicate this post to my friends and family...but mostly to the new concept work I have for our game design document. As stated before our tutor mentioned that we should try to fit the images around the document. With this in mind I opted for a gameplay image as we didn't have any pictures for this yet. To begin with I was a little unsure whether the camera should remain in first person for stealth kills, or whether it could follow suit from games such as "Skyrim" where it can temporarily switch to a third person cinematic kill, pictured below.


I ran it by my group using our facebook page and getting them to compare the following two images. (Taken from "Dishonoured" and "Socom 4")


      It was generally agreed that there had to be a beneficial effect generated by breaking the first person camera, for it to be a logical thing to do. Otherwise it is just disrupting the players personal identification with the character. Which incidently was an issue brought up in our most recent contextual studies session about 60s themed spy game "No One Lives Forever" which does exactly that. This decided I opted for the first person approach.

This is certainly not my finest work however at the moment it is very much about getting the idea across as quickly as possible. I have tried to emulate the same visual style as the artwork being produced by the other members of our group, particularly relating to the line work and the almost sepia overall colour of the piece. I am reasonably pleased with it as a representation of how stealth kills, potentially a key part of the game mechanics depending on the players personal style, would appear in game.
      I intend to use my previous image of main character George standing in the rubble of a building as a mood piece, therefore I require now a more close up and personal image of his character. This will be my next image. A side note, I brought up my concern that aside from my character's bio and mission structure, I didn't feel like I had contributed enough to the writing within our game doc. Therefore I have now been put in charge of looking at marketing analysis and future potential of the game. More information on this will follow