Cleopatra 2 - Game Visual Development

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For the app's second Cleopatra themed game it was clear that we wanted to go to a more "realistic" art style. the first step was to create some mocks envisioning different stories for the machine - a political scheme in Cleopatra's court, mystical adventure of the queen in the land of gods or a leisure cruise on the Nile with Anthony?

Going forward with the Leisure Cruise on the Nile, I wanted to emphasise - abundance, brightness and femininity in the design.
With that in mind began the search for the design of the game frame, individual symbols and their frames, and the color scheme:

Finally creating this rounded design language for the frames, and going back to the use of water as our BG. This was the concept that we went with:

Another challenge altogether was coming up with a concept for the feature symbol, because I had to think of 5 different symbols with 3 levels of potency (!) maintaining clarity and readability of each one of them, while creating a clear connection between all.
After a lot of variations, I came up with this design, using the images of the fierce Egyptian gods in a more gentle and feminine way, to fit our game narrative:

Final symbol set: (art by me and Eva Zhang whom I directed)

I wanted to create a 3D transition from the base game to the feature, showing how we move from the river inside a temple to receive the fortune the deities have bestowed upon us. For that I created a mock in Blender and with the help of another artist made these concepts:

Here's the final transition movie clip, with 3D by Ron Abecassis and After Effects by Amotz Albert:

Now to the Bonus and the 3D environment it's in!
Some initial concepts, based on 3D mocks I created in blender:

After setting the art direction I focused on creating a 3D layout for the whole casino environment and leading another artist in the design process for the casino:
Art made by Mervin Chee