![]() ![]() I don’t know about you guys, but I hope to see a lot more from this team in the (hopefully very, very near) future. And thank you for the beautiful visuals, Olly Moss. So congratulations on the amazing game, Campo Santo. When your designers are less stressed than they are excited and motivated? It comes across in a game, or any creation, really.Īnd then you get stuff like this: Courtesy of Campo Santo This game more than likely avoided the immense pressures that can stifle AAA games, which helps, but also had true passion behind it. well as on vinyl record featuring beautiful cover art by the talented Olly Moss. “I’ve never been so passionate about a project as I am with this and I’ve never creatively clicked with a team so well.” Original score to Firewatch, developed by Campo Santo, with music composed. The best and most telling part though comes from a blog post on Olly Moss’s blog where he said: Concept art courtesy of Blurppy and Olly Moss While the big, AAA games like Halo and Call of Duty are stunning in their own right and have truly set new standards for video game graphics, the rise of the indie gaming industry is where true artistic experimentation, expression, and beauty thrives. Although we’re not sure whether this video game makes you want to “ Disconnect to Reconnect” and “ Visit Your National Parks” like “ Yosemite” more or whether the creepy mental trip factor makes you want to visit them less.Īll we know is it’s dang beautiful. The atmosphere is so beautifully rich, detailed, and uniquely designed. While the story is a mental trip in itself, the art just takes it to a whole ‘nother level. Olly Moss’s designs in Firewatch are so beautiful that every shot, every angle, every moment could be a computer screensaver. Which keeps you constantly questioning whether you can trust Henry in his distressed mental state. On top of that, however, the reason why Henry is “getting away from it all” is because his wife is super ill. Announcing 7 new officially licensed Harry Potter art prints, produced in collaboration with. You are a man named Henry who has retreated from your messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. Previously: Firewatch, Harry Potter, Star Wars, Garfield. Concept art courtesy of Blurppy and Olly Moss Firewatch is a mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio. But after kids start setting off fireworks, leaving threatening messages, and ransack his tower, he discovers that something strange is going on. In Firewatch, you play Henry – a guy working in a Firewatch tower to get away from it all in the wilderness of Wyoming in 1989, just his walkie talkie connecting him to the outside world. It’s as much an artistic experience as it is a narrative one.Īnd the concept art is equally incredible. People freaked out about it on Twitter when it first came out, and for good reason. Firewatchis a hot new experiential video game – pun not initially intended – by Campo Santo. We gotta talk about this GD VG for a second. As with any art form, it’s constantly evolving.Īnd peeps, if you’ve been in a cave for the last few months (if you have, that’s awesome, let’s hear about it), you haven’t seen the latest in the video game artvolution: Firewatch. Secrets and discoveries to be made over every hill.It’s no debate anymore that video games are an art form…in fact, it’s shocking that it ever was.A tailor-made story: the choices you make shape the narrative and build relationships.A stunningly beautiful wilderness environment that expands as you explore.If you plan on playing with a younger gamer, that might be good to know going in. But when something strange draws you out of your lookout tower and into the forest, you’ll explore a wild and unknown environment, facing questions and making choices that can build or destroy the only meaningful relationship you have.Ī Note: Firewatch is a video game about adults having adult conversations about adult things. Your supervisor Delilah is available to you at all times over a small, handheld radio-your only contact with the world you've left behind. An especially hot, dry summer has everyone on edge. Perched high atop a mountain, it’s your job to look for smoke and keep the wilderness safe. You are a man named Henry who has retreated from his messy life to work as a fire lookout in the Wyoming wilderness. About This Game Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness. Art Director: Adam Fulrath Die Hard Client: Mondo/Fox Limited edition screen printed poster for Die Hard. ![]()
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