Hello everyone,
This is Paul Gautier, Art Director for Airport Simulator: First Class. I'm here to talk about the creation process of the new airline.
Airlines are at the heart of the gameplay of Airport Simulator: First Class. They drive the development of your airport with their service requests and allow you to customize the interior of your terminal with the duty-free and iconic decorations they unlock.
You can vote either in the stories of our Instagram, which here is the link: https://www.instagram.com/airportsimulatorfirstclass/, or directly on our discord that you can join here https://discord.gg/VzMbWAk8Cz
You will find more information about this vote at the end of the article.
In order to better understand what is at stake in this vote, here are some explanations about our process of creating an Airline. First of all, the first step: defining its category.
We decide if we are going for a "realistic" or "fantasy" airline.
A realistic airline is an airline that will take and divert the codes of an existing airline, often the flagship airline of its country. We will support the wink in its name and its logo, and the buildings will take again iconic elements of its country.
You can enjoy it without having the reference, of course, but we know that among our players there are many aviation fans who will get it right away!
Our REIS Moodboard
This is notably the case for Gluck whose colors and shape are inspired by a German company, Outback which pays tribute to an Australian company or AraSky which refers to a Brazilian company. And for our last company: Reis, many of you have sent us your comments on its resemblance to a Dutch company. This was obviously a deliberate reference.
Liveries for Ara Sky and REIS
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A fantasy airline, on the contrary, does not refer to an existing airline but is entirely centered around a very strong idea that marks its identity. Both its gameplay and its art direction, with its colors and the design of its buildings, will follow this idea, whether it is a concept or a joke.
For example, Prosperity Lines is based on the idea of a luxurious company, designed for wealthy passengers. It flies two models of jets: the CRJ-700 and the ERJ 135, and it favors night flights, in the morning and in the evening. Its customers are very demanding in terms of high-end equipment, so the company will provide a private lounge, jewelry, velvet sofas, and a grand piano.
Our Moodboard for Prosperity
Jurassic Pax represents the other side of fantasy companies. The idea came from a joke imagined by Julien, the Technical Director: the pun between Pax and Parc. The concept is a trip back in time, more specifically to the prehistoric era. This company is full of pop culture references. It is therefore necessarily a Medium Haul and it brings many iconic decorative elements like an amber statue and of course a T-Rex!
Our Moodboard for Jurassic Pax
The fantasy companies allow us to explore more fictional and light-hearted universes, and to approach areas of geek culture and historical or cultural cliché.
It is at this stage that we propose you the first vote. Are you a connoisseur of the real Airlines and do you want to play roleplay, or would you allow us a little bit of madness?
You can vote either in the stories of our Instagram, which here is the link: https://www.instagram.com/airportsimulatorfirstclass/, or directly on our discord that you can join here https://discord.gg/VzMbWAk8Cz
Once this vote is done, we will work on several sketches that we will submit to you in a second vote.
This will allow you to discover with us the next steps in the creation of an Airline.
By the way, one last thing, which could perhaps guide your choice...
In parallel to the airline that we will propose you choose, we will work on a second Airline that will be realistic.
So it's up to you to decide if you want two realistic airlines or balance the realistic summer release with a fantasy airline!
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This is Paul Gautier, Art Director for Airport Simulator: First Class. I'm here to talk about the creation process of the new airline.
Airlines are at the heart of the gameplay of Airport Simulator: First Class. They drive the development of your airport with their service requests and allow you to customize the interior of your terminal with the duty-free and iconic decorations they unlock.
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With the Airport Simulator: First Class team, we decided to let you choose the art direction of the next Airline.You can vote either in the stories of our Instagram, which here is the link: https://www.instagram.com/airportsimulatorfirstclass/, or directly on our discord that you can join here https://discord.gg/VzMbWAk8Cz
You will find more information about this vote at the end of the article.
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In order to better understand what is at stake in this vote, here are some explanations about our process of creating an Airline. First of all, the first step: defining its category.
We decide if we are going for a "realistic" or "fantasy" airline.
A realistic airline is an airline that will take and divert the codes of an existing airline, often the flagship airline of its country. We will support the wink in its name and its logo, and the buildings will take again iconic elements of its country.
You can enjoy it without having the reference, of course, but we know that among our players there are many aviation fans who will get it right away!
Our REIS Moodboard
This is notably the case for Gluck whose colors and shape are inspired by a German company, Outback which pays tribute to an Australian company or AraSky which refers to a Brazilian company. And for our last company: Reis, many of you have sent us your comments on its resemblance to a Dutch company. This was obviously a deliberate reference.
Liveries for Ara Sky and REIS
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A fantasy airline, on the contrary, does not refer to an existing airline but is entirely centered around a very strong idea that marks its identity. Both its gameplay and its art direction, with its colors and the design of its buildings, will follow this idea, whether it is a concept or a joke.
For example, Prosperity Lines is based on the idea of a luxurious company, designed for wealthy passengers. It flies two models of jets: the CRJ-700 and the ERJ 135, and it favors night flights, in the morning and in the evening. Its customers are very demanding in terms of high-end equipment, so the company will provide a private lounge, jewelry, velvet sofas, and a grand piano.
Our Moodboard for Prosperity
Jurassic Pax represents the other side of fantasy companies. The idea came from a joke imagined by Julien, the Technical Director: the pun between Pax and Parc. The concept is a trip back in time, more specifically to the prehistoric era. This company is full of pop culture references. It is therefore necessarily a Medium Haul and it brings many iconic decorative elements like an amber statue and of course a T-Rex!
Our Moodboard for Jurassic Pax
The fantasy companies allow us to explore more fictional and light-hearted universes, and to approach areas of geek culture and historical or cultural cliché.
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It is at this stage that we propose you the first vote. Are you a connoisseur of the real Airlines and do you want to play roleplay, or would you allow us a little bit of madness?
You can vote either in the stories of our Instagram, which here is the link: https://www.instagram.com/airportsimulatorfirstclass/, or directly on our discord that you can join here https://discord.gg/VzMbWAk8Cz
Once this vote is done, we will work on several sketches that we will submit to you in a second vote.
This will allow you to discover with us the next steps in the creation of an Airline.
By the way, one last thing, which could perhaps guide your choice...
In parallel to the airline that we will propose you choose, we will work on a second Airline that will be realistic.
So it's up to you to decide if you want two realistic airlines or balance the realistic summer release with a fantasy airline!
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