memory retold
How Aardman made a WWI game look like an oil painting
Most video games set in the First or Second World War shoot for gritty realism. It's the visual fidelity, paired with addictive combat, that draws players in. The story-driven experience, set during the last two years of World War I, has a painterly art style inspired by artists such as Claude Monet and Joseph Mallord William Turner. Every scene is created with tiny brushstrokes that slowly move, transform and dissolve. As you move the twin protagonists forward, the paint will change again to reflect your position in the level.