Black Prophecy's Art Direction: The Tyi faction
Welcome to part four of my Art Direction developer diary. My name is Nick Ebenhoch and today I am introducing the Tyi faction to you.
Have a good read!
The faction logo
The mentality of the Tyi is characterized by their aspiration for strength and technological progress. It was our explicit goal to communicate these traits through the faction logo. For the groundwork of the logo we have chosen massive metal as this shows an impression of strength and robust technology. The two metal rings illustrate cogs in an abstract form and symbolize the workings of a complex system. The bronze, nearly rust-colored rear ring should outline that the Tyi don’t place value on absolute cleanliness as long as everything works according to their vision. The center of the logo shows the Tyi home world “Murna”, to which they are closely linked. The coloring of the planet also shows the primary color of the Tyi. Further typical colors are yellow, orange and red which are supposed to outline an aggressive character.
Space ships and stations
Similar to the Human design the forms were meant to be kept simple but appear far more technical and less tidied up. Greeble-like surfaces (Greeble is a technique in the graphics creation with which an object or surface can be designed optically more complex and interesting) proved to be an optimal solution for this. The wall areas are kept rough and erratic as the use of too many details would have exceeded the technical possibilities.
The distinctive characteristic for the Tyi capital ships and stations is the way they are built into width and length. While capital ships have a fixed height and variable length, the modular system allows building stations upward and therefore the creation of enormous, complex cities. The previously mentioned inspiration by the 80’s sci-fi look shows up in a very distinctive form with less glossy surfaces, bright gray hues and pale yellow engine colors in the design of the Tyi ships and stations.
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