CYBERCITY LOVESTORY
info
Cybercity Lovestory is a transmedia series combining live action TV and a VR-game experience.
I was responsible for art directing the VR game experience and developed the look of the game.
logline
2094. Humanity lives divided. The young Mars inhabitant ELAINE ZOLA (15) has never felt connected to her orderly Mars community on the faraway planet.
When she suddenly finds herself inside a retro virtual reality game and meets KEVIN KORNER (17), a cybercriminal from Earth, they form an unlikely bond that transcends youthful failure and innocent love in order to gain ultimate freedom.
art direction
My goal was to find a style that both works well with the script and within the hardware limitations of the Oculus Quest, which was the target platform.
To achieve this, I developed a look that relies on very simple shapes and vertex colors with gradients. The city itself consists of modular building blocks that can be rearranged and set-dressed for increased visual interest.
credits
production company MackNEXT / Filmakademie Baden Württemberg
executive producer Yili Baumann, Nadia Zimmermann
director Carly Coco
screenwriter Lane Dabringhausen
game design Eddy Schäfer
game producer Julius Schäfer
level designer Danilo Cedeño Vaughan
art direction Hazel Jankowski
concept art Gülce Besen Dilek, Kei Sabitbek, Ilya Lorenz Barrett