Today is EVE Vanguard's "First Strike" event, an early access preview into what we've been building in CCP's London studio. This first level, Carrion, is set on an alien world, recently scarred by the crashed wreckage of a huge Bowhead spaceship. Players are touching down amongst the flames and twisted metal, ready to fight over the scraps, and pick this shipwreck clean.
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I've been working on the project for just over a year now, as its only Lighting Artist. Responsible for implementing and optimising Unreal Engine 5's Lumen tech, and delivering dark, atmospheric lighting that transports players to a new, but appropriately familiar corner of the New Eden Universe. The home of EVE for 20 years.
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All the shots in this video were composed, animated and captured by me, using the MovieRenderQueue inside UE5.
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The team has been amazing, huge thanks to you all for being a pleasure to work with and phenomenal artists, designers and engineers. Special thanks to Alexis Mavropoulos, our Lead Sound Designer for helping me to put this video together, and give you a taste of how Vanguard sounds, as well as looks! A full credits list is in the game, but for the shots used in this video I'd like to call out:
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Neil Kiminski (Art Director)
https://www.artstation.com/theartfulldodger
Ben Cottage (Associate Art Direction)
https://www.artstation.com/bencottage
Matthew Macer (Wreckage Team Lead)
https://www.artstation.com/macer
Matthew Southall (Senior Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/mattsouthall
Dennis Lukat (Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/dennislukat
Stephen Pietrusiak (Biome Team Lead)
https://www.artstation.com/stephenpietrusiak
Olivia Butler-Stroud (Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/livbutlerstroud
Daria Odnorogova (Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/daria_odnorogova
Vanessa Boelke (Environment Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/nes0815
Anna Bjornsdottir (Lead Technical Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/hbjornsdottir
Lukas Boonen (Senior Technical Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/lukasboonen
Peter Skager (Technical Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/peterskager
Leo Calamati (Lead Concept Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/alihai
Jon Dunham (Concept Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/jon
Hector Mateo Pino (Concept Artist)
https://www.artstation.com/hectormateo
Davide Fortunato (Senior VFX Artist)
https://www.davidefortunato.com/
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Tyler Lamon (Associate Level Designer)
https://www.tylerlamon.com/
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Jared Belkus (Lead Rendering Engineer)
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Nicole Munro (Associate Rendering Engineer)
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Stijn Vervaet (Producer)
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Carlos Ulloa (Lead Technical Artist)
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Liam Phillips (Level Designer)
https://liamephillips.wixsite.com/liam-phillips
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James Cook (Level Designer)
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Tyler Sharpe (Senior Level Designer)