The Midnight Riders: Knight Terror
Midnight Riders is an original action-adventure IP set in the 1980s, following a group of kids who find themselves fighting nightmare creatures that have crossed into their world.
I worked as the Art Director and contributed to concept art for this nightmare this page was all done by me
One of the main nightmares was Knight Terror. The idea was to create a nightmare inspired by an 80s video game, blending gothic castles and heroic knights. Teenagers would enter this nightmare to fight multiple monsters , some inspired by pop culture references like He-Man and Castlevania, and others based on real people transformed into nightmarish versions of themselves.
Key art created for the level to capture the mood of an 80s video game set in a gothic castle.
We made a fully playable pixel art mini-game inside the arcade of our main game!
Early concept sketches exploring the idea of the castle overgrown with roots.
early rough and ideas
Some research for a dungeon filled with lava beneath the castle.
In our concept, an ordinary 80s dad mutates into a terrifying, nightmare version of Dracula
The Lady Tree was our first boss encounter — a terrifying creature made of roots and infested with woodworms.
The concept for this werewolf was inspired by a blend of He-Man and classic wolf characteristics.
animation test