Ghost of Yōtei - Location - Snow Drift Springs

For this location, I was tasked with creating a Ninja Den themed around a secret coastal hot spring. I worked closely with designers Jos Hendriks and Eric Jensen to build an area that met all of our design and art goals. This was a fun layout challenge because we wanted the den to remain hidden, yet most of the coastline was visible from the cliffs above. To solve this, I carved a pocket into the coastal mountain and built a cave system leading into the area.

I handled most of the layout, world work (terrain sculpting and rock placement), and set dressing, with help from Casey Coauette, who updated parts of the hot springs. I also received a ton of support from Rhiannon Remo on big-picture world work, including background mountains and overall world integration. I’m super happy with how this location turned out, and it’s one of my favorite areas in the game.
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Other Credits:
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Art Direction: Zhaojun Wang
Leads: Emilio Gandin, Lisa Liao, Gnat Magone
Locations: Casey Coauette
Architecture: Kelsey Bailey, Alberto Cordero, Dongjoon Lee, Jeff Lester
World Team: John Germann, Victor Gonzalez, Harold Lamb, Blake Morris, Phillip Ouellette, Rhiannon Remo
Biome Team: Doug Davis, Andrew Stole, Joeanna Steuber, Colin Valek, Chengwei Wen
Props Team: Amal Ashokan, Silas Bazar, Phillip Jenne, Wyatt Posner, 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: Eric Jensen, Jos Hendriks