Ghost of Yōtei - Location - Sarufutsu Lighthouse/Sanctuary Grove

For this location, I was tasked with taking an empty area and creating another Ninja Den. By this point, we had already built four or five Ninja Dens throughout Teshio Ridge, but we wanted to flip the script with this one. Working alongside Natasha Lamb and Eric Jensen, we came up with the idea of making this den feel different from the others you encounter in Teshio Ridge (no spoilers). I handled most of the layout, world work (terrain sculpting and rock placement), and initial dressing. Casey Coauette and Ash Thundercliffe later came in to provide final polish passes where needed. This area presented plenty of design and art challenges along the way, but it was a ton of fun to work on, and I’m really happy with how it turned out.
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Other Credits:
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Art Direction: Zhaojun Wang
Leads: Emilio Gandin, Lisa Liao, Gnat Magone
Locations: Casey Coauette, Ash Thundercliffe
World Team: John Germann, Victor Gonzalez, Harold Lamb, Blake Morris, Rhiannon Remo
Biome Team: Doug Davis, Andrew Stole, Joeanna Steuber, Colin Valek, Chengwei Wen
Props Team: Amal Ashokan, Silas Bazar, Phillip Jenne, Yihan Shu
Lighting: Jeremy Forbes, Noelle Kleimeyer, Brandon McDonald, Toby Tobler
VFX: Jesse Nicodemus, Matt Vainio
Rigging: Matt Craig, John Hall, Peter Johnson, Rob McDaniel, Austin Michaud, Viji Rajaratnam, Brent Thomas
Design: Rob Davis, Eric Jensen, Natasha Lamb