Those of you with their finger on the (altogether too weak) pulse of Steampunk computer/video-games will already of heard of Big Huge Game’s fantastical real time strategy game, Rise of Legends. It features a singleplayer campain with battles between three races – the Aztec inspired ‘Coutl’, with their jaguars and jade, the ‘Alin’ – who seem inspired by Arabian Nights with sand and fire dominating, and finally and of most interest to us, the ‘Vinci’ – a collection of city states interested in mechanical devices, lighter than air travel, and steam as a power source. Quite Steampunk!

I played the demo, and unfortunately I couldn’t bring myself to really get into it – I am an RTS novice and I generally don’t play them, and I found it a little overwhelming. I’m sure however, that it’s a fine game for those who prefer to order the machinations of armies at their control!

But despite that, there is still the glorious artwork to feast my eyes apon. So I present a veritable three course meal of wonderful, scene setting concept art for the Vinci! Official Vinci concept art. Another concept art gallery. Conceptart.org’s forum post with more art! Which brings me to an interesting event that is being held in the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. There will be more concept art (of the wonderful Vinci, no doubt) in their display from the 14th of September, to the 8th of October, 2006.

This entry was posted on Friday, September 15th, 2006 at 10:28 pm by Tinkergirl and is filed under Games.