The Single Player DLC for Watch_Dogs. I created the hiding place for the Fixers, hidden on a Cargo Ship in the industrial side of town. The challenge was changing the area to accommodate gameplay, while also adding visual interest to an otherwise generic setting.

 

The DLC consists of ten different single player missions where the protagonist is now T-Bone Grady, instead of Aiden. I worked on the fifth mission, which takes place in an open, industrial area.

 

While working on the DLC, I had to take into account the existing Art Direction for the area, while also respecting the story guidelines. Each area is defined by the way it’s being used by the Fixers, especially the cargo ship which is designed to be guarded and difficult to reach. It also contains a torture chamber, made to resemble ordinary containers.

 

 

 

 

 

Working on the DLC was more technically challenging because of the difficulties of adding new areas in an existing open world. The game was already pushing the consoles, so optimizations, selective reuse of assets and careful changes to the areas were very important when creating the mission.

 

T-Bone also had some new gadgets, the most notable being the RC Car. The newly created areas were designed to facilitate playing with these gadgets while also accommodating the gameplay from the main game.

 

 

 

This is the Fixers' Torture Chamber. It's hidden inside 3 connected containers, so it doesn't look suspicious from the outside. It consists of the guard post, a small security desk and the place where the actual questioning takes place.

 

 

 

The third mission of the DLC pack. I only worked on this mission for a short while, where I created the structure of the whole interior, after the LDs were satisfied with the layout of the mission. I was responsible for choosing and creating the materials, creating the actual modules so that everything fit and was optimized for loading. I also created some of the new assets specifically for this area, like the security lasers.