What decisions go into cutting a unit from the game? How much of it ends up being art related and how much is design related? It's worth taking the necessary time to get them just right. But great units and structures are the core of great RTS games. Usually there are some missteps, redirections, and changes along the way. However, things rarely proceed quite that smoothly. If all goes perfectly, I imagine we can get from concept to in-game with a unit in about four weeks time. Along the way, I'm working with the Artists as well as our Senior Producer who gives a unit final approval. From there the unit makes its way through the hands of a Concept Artist, Modeler, Animator, Effects Artist, and finally a Technical Artist who gets the unit functioning correctly in the game. I'll then discuss the design for a particular unit with the Lead Designer or Unit/Structure Designer to establish a visual direction. It all starts in the mind of the game's Designers. Like most things in game development, the creation of an in game unit is very much a group effort. How many people contribute to the production of a single unit? How long does it take to complete?
Now it's time to unleash this intelligence to you, Comrade! We discovered some very confidential info regarding this, and went straight to our Lead Art Director Matt Britton and Designer Jason Torres for answers. But what about the units that didn't make the art and design cut? You'd want to know, right? There are also quite a few never-before-seen units for the Red Alert universe like the Bullfrog, Sickle, King Oni, and the entire Empire of the Rising Sun faction. The units in Red Alert 3 bring back a ton of nostalgic history, from the Kirov to the IFV, to the Tesla Trooper and Conscripts, and of course Tanya. There would no longer be a need for Peacekeepers. This has in turn lead to the veneration of these elite canines as avatars of liberation amongst the downtrodden peoples of our world's less democratic nations - as the old Romanian saying goes, "where Attack Dogs lead, freedom is sure to follow", and indeed it does.įast, deadly and focused, some believe that if Attack Dogs were able to speak, For over fourteen thousand years of human history, domesticated dogs have guarded our homes, scouted our trails and bravely sacrificed themselves on our battlefields in the name of the greater good, asking in exchange for only a warm fire, a comforting word and the occasional hunk of warm flesh on which to sup.Įven today, the surest signifier of inbound Allied forces is the appearance of an Allied Attack Dog, highly trained German Shepherds rendered instantly recognizable by their high tech training collars, matching Kevlar-wool hybrid sweaters and steely-eyed devotion to the Allied cause. Renowned for their selflessness, vigilance and loyalty, the canine race have been amongst humanity's closest allies since our respective species first crawled from the primordial ooze.
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