Madden Mobile Special Programs
While on Madden Mobile, I developed the environments for special holiday programs like Ultimate Freeze, Most Feared, and Madden Harvest. Starting off from a general theme or concept art, I would come up with interesting layouts and quickly build these levels from scratch. One major challenge for mobile was the limited polycount and texture sizes, as well as time constraints of 3-4 weeks per level. Much of the final product involves clever use of layered textures, vertex lighting, and occlusion bakes to give the illusion of complex real-time lighting and animated effects. Everything shown is property of Electronic Arts.
Most Feared stadium featuring "Vamp Bailey" in his gothic castle with stained glass windows and vaulted ceilings. This cathedral was a lot of fun to design with the dramatic lighting and bat-like silhouettes.
Most Feared - this cabin in the woods belongs to our lumberjack football player, with a glowing mine below and pumpkins coming alive in the field. I enjoyed the heavy atmosphere here with rain and fog rolling across the map.
Madden Harvest stadium set in a nostalgic field at sunset, with an old grain elevator surrounded by vibrant autumn trees. This one included a custom skybox and gently falling leaves all around.
Ultimate Freeze stadium named "All-Father's Landing", this one is a mountain village inspired by Norse mythology. These vikings are football-enthusiasts and have invited teams from other lands to play at the winter solstice.
Ultimate Freeze stadium featuring our Blitz the Elf player. I created a toy factory at the north pole where presents are made by the local elves. This was a cozy environment with snow-topped roofs and the northern lights moving in the sky.