Game Art Styles

MadWorld

PlatinumGames · 2009

Third-person · Action · Console

Dimension
3D
Rendering
Cel-shaded
Colors
GrayBlackYellowWhite
Linework
Inked lines, Interior lines
Shading
Two-tone cel, Hatching
Palette
Limited palette, Spot color
Imitated medium
Comic book
Proportions
Exaggerated
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About

MadWorld is a third-person action game in which Jack Cayman fights through a city transformed into the televised survival contest DeathWatch. Its three-dimensional world uses a comic-book aesthetic dominated by black and white, with red blood and exaggerated violence.

Art style

MadWorld (2009, PlatinumGames) is a 3D cel-shaded game played from a third-person view. Its look is built from inked lines, interior lines, two-tone cel shading and hatching shading. The palette is limited and spot color. It draws on comic book.

Details

Release
Original release · Wii
Developer
PlatinumGames
Publisher
Sega, Spike
Released
2009-03-10 North America, Wii
2009-03-20 Europe, Wii
2009-03-26 Australia, Wii
2010-02-10 Japan, Wii
Platforms
Wii
Also known as
マッドワールド (Japan)
Credits
Masaki Yamanaka Lead Character Designer
Yusuke Kan Lead Artist
Hiroki Koike Character Modeler
Tsuyoshi Takahashi Character Modeler
Takayuki Muranaka Lead Animator
Hiroshi Nishimura Artist
Kōji Ōshiro Artist
Atsushi Nishida Artist
Toshinobu Ishii Artist
Rie Kuwahara Artist
Erina Takeichi Artist
Yoshikazu Hiraki Blood Effects Designer
Shinobu Kanehara Interface Designer
Yuji Nakagama Interface Designer
Futoshi Nagata Storyboard Artist
Tatsuhiko Tachibe Cinematic Director
Shinji Utsunomiya Lead Cinematic Designer
Shigenori Nishikawa Director
Atsushi Inaba Producer
Links
official · wikipedia · mobygames

Screenshots 4

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