Mark Cordell Holmes | WORLD-BUILDING

INTERACTIVE WORLD-BUILDING

EXAMPLES OF DESIGN LOGIC TO INFORM COHESIVE WORLDS & STYLE, PLAYER FANTASY, PROGRESSION, CLARITY, AND/OR MESSAGING OF INTERACTIVE PLAYER EXPERIENCES

COUNTERSPY & FINGERS OF FURY

Style Guides, Concept, 3D Prototyping, World-Building, Environmental Storytelling, Visual Branding, UI/UX

• Original content & inspiration for initial conception of a Cold War-era spy fantasy stealth-shooter.
• First screenshot of mobile-only, 2D side-scroller prototype to final game screenshot.
• Explored core fantasy for understanding how to service audience expectation while differentiating within larger Spy canon.
• Bottom-right explores visual Nouns & Verbs of Spy Fiction fantasy re: what players expect, want to do, feel and experience.

• I use extensive Research & Reference (R&R) to develop original, comprehensive and accessible styles.
• Beyond the bounds of the game, genre and market, I look across different design vectors for the wider possibility-space of what
has and hasn’t been done in search of a look that is original, familiar and authentic.
• A reductive designer, I look for key details of authenticity to express an economically believable and comprehensive style.
• CounterSpy’s look was the logical product of Context (fiction), Competency (core skills), and Constraint (resources, platform, time).

INTERACTIVE WORLD-BUILDING

COUNTERSPY & FINGERS OF FURY

Style Guides, Concept, 3D Prototyping, World-Building, Environmental Storytelling, Visual Branding, UI/UX

COMMAND & CONQUER RIVALS, DOWNWARD SPIRAL, THE HORUS HERESY, DOODLES, C1

Design logic, Feature Design, Style Guides, Inspiration Guides, Pre-visualization, Visual Storytelling & Communications

LOCKED PROJECTS

Design Logic, Style Guides, 3D Pre-Visualization, World-Building, Visual Problem-Solving

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