THE FINALS - FANGWAI CITY - STREETS

I worked as a World Director on the Fangwai City map for THE FINALS. My main responsibilty was leading the maps team to delivering a fun and visually striking player experience. This included planning, blockouts, creating assets, textures, materials, optimazation and working close to all the other departments. This map was built for Season 9 of THE FINALS called Dragon Rising. We wanted to create an experience where we capture the Chinese megacities where you can find old historical buildings right next to modern skyscrapers. Our main insperations are a mix from Hong Kong, Shanghai and Chongqing. I was working together with Anders Schei to create buildings that really captures that megacity with a mix of old/new apartments and skyscrapers. Because there is a lot of them in the map, we needed to make sure to create them in a cheap way but still have a lot of details. Using houdini for scattering and to create variations we were able to sell the feeling of a megacity. I was also working on some street assets, setting up road modules and curb shaders that the team were able to use across the map.

World Director: Joakim Stigsson
Environment Art: Lenz Monath, Marine Anglade, Johan Jeansson, Andrei Popescu,
Environment Vegetation: Robert Berg
Environment Backdrop: Anders Schei
3D Assets: Ben Gibson, Oliver Sedvall
Level Design: Daniel Platt
Tech Art: Adrian Björkerud
Lighting: Fumio Katto
Concept Art: Herman Axelsson, Charlotte Kügler
Art Director: Esbjörn Nord
Working on maps for THE FINALS is a huge team effort by all the talanted people at Embark Studios.