For the MMO shooter Destiny, a PDF file has now surfaced that thoroughly documents the work that went into the hair in Destiny. Meanwhile, players are still missing beards and some researchers as well: They would have liked to examine them in Destiny to draw conclusions about trends in the real world.
One thing is the sum of its parts. We players often find it difficult to take out individual elements from the overall mix. Of course, we pay attention to the main things in a game: Someone designed the mobs, the raids, the weapons, the Cryptarch in Destiny – we unconsciously know this, it all stands out to us. But someone has spent their career in recent years making sure that the hair in Destiny is as well done as it is in the finished game. And the amount of work and brainpower that went into it is impressive.
61 pages, this PDF file, in which technical artist Natalie Burke discusses the exact process of hair design in Destiny. And those who now think, “61 pages, who writes so much about hair?” There are pictures with short captions.
They show the journey of the hair from initial sketches through “Bungie’s Hair Salon” to the finished game. For the future, Burke aims to make the hair sway when a Guardian jumps and to add even more design options.
Researchers want to study beards in Destiny
However, the document does not address the most frequently asked demand: Guardians wish for beards in Destiny.
A few weeks ago, there was even an article in Forbes describing that some researchers wished for beards in Destiny. Due to the game’s massive success, one could then examine what kind of beards players create to draw conclusions about culturally different forms and trends.
After the release, the biggest demand from players to the design team was actually to introduce the possibility of giving the Guardian a beard. And how that would happen, some researchers would have liked to investigate.
