Dev Letter: Creating the new Extra Life cosmetic

Welcome back, Auraxians 

Welcome back Auraxians! This month we will dive into the making of the new medic tool inspired by the Extra Life fundraising event. Learn about our participation in the event and how you can be part of our Extra Life team here.

Extra Life is a fundraising program of Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals®. Donations go to local member hospitals to fund critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment, and child life services.

Our previous assets for the Extra Life event had a theme based on the program logo, where the element of angel wings is used as an accent piece on the Benefactor Helmet, an asset with a protective nature, so to speak. 

Benefactor Helmet

This year we decided to expand on this theme by using another element based on the fundraising program logo, a halo. Instead of making assets with a protective nature, we focus on the assets with a restorative nature (healing and repair).

Logical choices were the Medical Applicator and Nano Armor Kit, where we took the feather design we have seen on the benefactor Helmet and translated it to the tools as a main recognizable element. Here you can see the final concepts and models for both tools, where the accents on tools are the primary while the feathers are in the faction's secondary colors.

Medical Applicator Concept

Nano Armor Kit Concept

Medical Applicator 3D model without faction coding

Medical Applicator 3D model with faction colors

Nano Armor Kit 3D model without faction coding

Nano Armor Kit 3D model with faction colors

It’s worth noting that these tools' impression was strengthened by using VFX in the form of a halo effect around their beams. 

As a bonus, to make the whole fundraiser more interesting, we did the set of Decal, Banner, Banner Frame, and Camo. We didn’t want to use the fundraising program logo design as it is, so we focused on the elements we used as inspiration and made a play around that.

Extra Life Decal

Extra Life Banner

Extra Life Banner Frame

Extra Life Banner Frame in usage with Extra Life Banner

Extra Life Nudge

We hope you enjoyed a glimpse at the work in progress for these upcoming assets. As we get closer to in-game development we will share further details later.

If you would like to learn more about donating to Extra Life or simply want join our Extra Life team to show your support, head on over to our official PlanetSide 2 Team Page.

See you next time, Auraxian!

The PlanetSide 2 Team