Erwin Kho: From Low-poly Islands to Orbs - Developing the Visual Style of COCOON | Games Now!

Erwin Kho, Art Director & Art Lead, Geometric Interactive In this talk Erwin will share how the visual language of COCOON was developed and how it was influenced by his previous illustrative work. Erwin Kho has a background in visual communication and for many years worked as a graphic designer and illustrator. In 2017 he moved to Denmark to work on Geometric Interactive’s first title, COCOON, for which he was responsible as art director and art lead. The game was released in September ’23 to critical acclaim. It won several awards and was also nominated at the Bafta Games Awards ’24 for Artistic Achievement. The lecture was live-streamed on 11th November 2024. Live illustration by Solip Park. 0:00:00 Introduction & What is COCOON? 0:03:00 Who am I? 0:07:48 The story begins... 0:09:21 The world of COCOON 0:12:54 Character design inspired by...insects! 0:17:49 Environment design 0:25:18 Animation & boss design 0:31:13 Populating the world 0:37:00 Yet another environment design 0:43:11 Q&A Follow Games Now! in our online channels: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GN! Official Website: http://gamesnow.aalto.fi/ Twitch Live Streams:   / gamesnowaaltofi   Join our Discord Server:   / discord   Facebook:   / gamesnowaaltofi   Instagram:   / gamesnowaaltofi   Itch.io: https://gamesnowaaltofi.itch.io/ Find out more about Erwin's work and game Cocoon: https://zerbamine.nl https://geometricinteractive.com https://www.cocoongame.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Games Now! is an open lecture series on the dominant topics and emerging trends in games. In Games Now! we dig deeper to what is current at the game scene – and what will happen in the near future. The topics and speaker invitations are curated in collaboration with Finland’s game industry leaders and companies. Our guest speakers are industry leaders and inspiring individuals providing their insights and advise for students and practitioners. #gamesnowaaltofi #aaltofi #cocoon #conceptart #gamedevelopment #videogames #gameart #gamemaking #gameart