ITO Training Grounds (Art Direction)

published Friday, 1 July 2011, 19:00 by ZPSHicks

We're finally ready to present you with a taste of our Art Direction on ITO Training Grounds (your home away from home during Project IM), which this time around is getting a lot more love to meet our ambitious vision for Deadlock.

Introduction

The construction of, what at the time was called NATO Training Grounds, began just a few years into the second Space Age, during an ambitious re-construction of Dreamland, which was all part of U.S.A.'s commitment to secure better support when developing and testing new military space technologies commissioned by NATO.

Mood Board: Location Landscape

ITO Training Grounds is placed inside a restricted airspace over the the barren landscapes and mountains of South Nevada USA, referred to by professionals as The Container. The Training Facilities have proven it's worth over the decades when testing various experimental weapons system and other black military development programs.

Mood Board: Artificial Caves

Besides various political reasons, there is one overarching reason why Gloom Lake was selected as site; The deep solid rock underground near the north-west corner of the old dried-out lake, which was the perfect foundation for creating the large military training facility, almost 2 kilometers below the warm salt lake soil.

Mood Board: Vegetation and Foliage

After all artificial caves was created, ITO engineers began constructing a complete ecosystem of plants, trees, simulated sun light, water etc. and huge weather systems was installed to support both the creation and maintenance of the caves vegetation; weather systems which secondary purpose is to simulate a whole range of environmental weather effects as well as complete day and night cycles to help mimic various real world environments during combat training.

Mood Board: Environment Details

ITO engineers and biologists additionally worked on technology that could simulate even small environment details and real life weather effects, which with the clear goal to perfecting controlled and simulated environments can be used to test almost everything.

Concept: Military Facility

ITO Training Grounds is one of ITO's largest military installations on Planet Earth, which besides Training and testing holds a command and medical center, several munitions-depots and an advance tactical evacuation facility as well as a few other hidden high-tech goodies.

Concept: Artificial Combat Caves

From the magic hand of Cotta comes the first interpretation of our all ideas: one of the artificial caves with huge stadium-type sun light projectors, modules and vegetation. Moving forward we'll try to nail a few different angles and setups .. and as soon as we feel that we're there, Cotta will begin working on establishing several versions of the images selling various weather configurations; Windy, Raining, Day, Night etc. which we are all SO looking forward to.

Concept: Combat Modules Configuration

I haven't posted our module references (primarily from Mass Effect) but we're still working on nailing that easy configurable, modular, high-tech, clean training complex look and feel. This concept takes us closer and helps us all believe that we'll get there eventually and that it'll be something a lot of FPS gamers everywhere will just have to experience ... Only on InterstellarMarines.com! :)

Concept: Artificial Cave Weather System (Coming Soon)

No comments yet but we can't wait to talk and show you our ideas to make this dynamic environment something to remember.

Thanks for reading / looking at our efforts to make Deadlock something very special the IM way and thanks for all your support! Note: All the photos on our mood board above have been created with images found using images.google.com and is only used to inspire and motivate our vision.

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME
Kim (ZPSHicks) & the team at Zero Point Software

Comments

GanonTG: 10 months, 2 weeks ago incredible

Arcones: 10 months, 2 weeks ago This is fantastic!

spartan1997: 10 months, 2 weeks ago awesome

cptKickASS: 10 months, 2 weeks ago OMG, i'm looking forward to work on this, great work Cotta and Kim. See you next week :)

AnusCondus: 10 months, 2 weeks ago cptKickASS - Completely understandable :D

ClaymoreMD: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Great concept :-)

luthreidrome: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Love getting inside the artistic process. Great work, can't wait to see what your going to do with the alien planets.

kasperdi: 10 months, 2 weeks ago danish: mega sejt english: really coll

TheSargeGuy: 10 months, 2 weeks ago coooooool

Saijin_Naib: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Wonderful guys. Great to see it grounded in some of the most stunning scenes reality has to offer us :D

Kosai106: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Very inspirational indeed! I'm especially in love with the last concept. :)

Afgaadhs: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Looks epic. Love the artwork by the way. Keep it up! :)

vodny_cz: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Jawesome!

GortosXtreme: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Weather-contolled caves underneath Area 51 as a training facility for elite warriors wwho will later face vicious great whites with legs? But of course! This game can't be surpassed...

Adidas25: 10 months, 2 weeks ago This is awesome, all this information, this is why I love this idea of AAA Indie. PS: Cave Arena looks amazing! Keep going guys=)

forgefire: 10 months, 2 weeks ago very awesome indeed! Looking forward to seeing and reading more about this!

yixuan90: 10 months, 2 weeks ago wow cool

Daedolon: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Fantastic artwork & photographs. The weather is a great too.

GeneralChurch: 10 months, 2 weeks ago That's beautiful!

Hral: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Very nice, can't wait to walk around the training station

Hral: 10 months, 2 weeks ago will there be a pool to do zero-g training ?

Kosai106: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Added another 6 medals for awesome artwork. :) More medals should be coming later this month, just have to make sure all my bills etc. are fully paid first!

Antonio38425144: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Wow, fantastic pics.

ZPSHicks: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Thanks for all your wonderful comments, we'll do all we can to make this training environment; one to remember! :) And thanks to all support medal purchasers; Everything helps! :) All love!

pauloortib: 10 months, 2 weeks ago Nice man. When I looked this pictures, I stayed impressioned, cause this is amazing. " Esse jogo está ficando muito bom". Sou meio desconfiado, mas se o IM o terceiro jogo eu me torno Spearhead na hora.

ryukage19: 10 months, 1 week ago pants have been shat

pidow: 9 months, 4 weeks ago Super....excelllent work. I can't wait to see it all come together.

Nokama: 9 months, 4 weeks ago completly and utterly epic. keep up the good work!

aaron809: 9 months, 1 week ago This is sooooo epic cant w8 to get this game finished

d3adwr0ng: 1 month, 1 week ago sweetness

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