Basic Game Character Design – Neo Human
A game’s characters are often a very important part of a game. When playing No Man’s Sky I tend to be fascinated by the different creatures and inhabitants that appear in the game. Each organism has its own characteristics, so I also wanted to incorporate these characteristics to conceive the characters in the game.
Firstly, there are the Neo Humans in the game, as the game is set up so that they have the ability to adapt and grow hundreds of times that of a human, so they will evolve into the mould that best suits their planet. It would be necessary to highlight their individual characteristics, such as ears on a dark planet, or evolving wings on a planet with mountains all over the place.
The first one is the Neo Human that appears on the first planet, whose because of the planet’s scarce resources, evolves sharp claws that can attack enemies and slice and dice, which looks scary.
A game’s characters are often a very important part of a game. When playing No Man’s Sky I tend to be fascinated by the different creatures and inhabitants that appear in the game. Each organism has its own characteristics, so I also wanted to incorporate these characteristics to conceive the characters in the game.
Here’s my first generation sketch with some detail pics and a clay model of the character：
Next up is the Neo Human, which appears as the second appearance in the episode; these are giant elephant-like creatures, and humans survive by living as parasites inside these organisms. Because these creatures are the only ones that can keep up with the planet’s rapid day/night changes, they were originally the planet’s overlords.
The third Neo Human is a planet that lives in total darkness, completely obscured by dark matter, without a single ray of light. Therefore the Neo Humans living here gradually abandoned sight and grew extremely sensitive hearing, so they all have huge ears. They survived by being more dexterous than other creatures and by their acute hearing. This uses two different painting styles.
The Neo Humans of the last planet are identical to humans, and there are many of them, each indistinguishable from a human.