Need For Speed Most Wanted 2012
I worked as a world designer and artist on Criterion Games re-imagining of Need For Speed Most Wanted. The world design for the city of Fairhaven was quite complex as it had to accommodate street racing, police chases, multiplayer events, jumps and collectables. In addition to this all the playable vehicles were situated in the world which required us to create a multitude of hiding places to stash them. My responsibilities as a world designer on Most Wanted included:
- Designing, building and maintaining gameplay for whitebox tracks and maps
- Overseeing the construction of large sections of the world and supervising the work of other designers
- Creation of white box assets and briefs for outsource production
- General asset modelling and texuring
- Scenic dressing and polish when tracks/maps were nearing completion
McClane
McClane is the largest map in the game and is based on an area of Boston. An elevated freeway cuts through the center of the map and there are many other routes across the river over bridges, railtracks and docks. Large sections of the area are under construction which made it a great playground full of gameplay variety. I built the initial blockout of the map and then worked with several other world designers to polish the gameplay.
Fairhaven Industrial District
The Callahan Warehouse District together with Ripley's Point Power Station form the industrial district of Fairhaven City. I worked on the Callahan Warehouse District map, The Docks and several roads in the industrial district.
The Callahan Warehouse District map consists of storage houses, containers, small streets, factories, an abandoned railroad above street level and a storm-drain which can all be accessed by the player. There are multiple jump spots and certain roofs of buildings that can be accessed as well as some of the tops of container piles. The map features the largest ammount of elevated gameplay of any map in Fairhaven.
The Callahan Warehouse District map consists of storage houses, containers, small streets, factories, an abandoned railroad above street level and a storm-drain which can all be accessed by the player. There are multiple jump spots and certain roofs of buildings that can be accessed as well as some of the tops of container piles. The map features the largest ammount of elevated gameplay of any map in Fairhaven.
Industrial Docks
The focal point of the Docks is a large cargo ship which players can drive onto and jump off. It also features dangerous alternate routes through the cargo loading area and under the huge loading cranes.
Downtown
