Last Week we updated a pretty old Runescape area, the Chaos Tunnels.
The update also included the Brimhaven Dungeon, the Fremennik Slayer Dungeon and the Taverley Dungeon.

Beneath the southern areas of theWilderness, north of Varrock is a warren of caves, linked by mysterious portals. Delved from the rock by the power of chaotic magic, a strange enchantment holds sway over its tunnels and passages, drawing evil to it like a moth to a flame. For this reason, perhaps, the range of creatures within the Chaos Tunnels is far greater than you might expect.

Whatever its origin, it is certain that the caves are tainted by the dark hands of Zamorakian magic…

The Concept Artists Team worked on this whole bunch of environments (plus an awful amount of things yet to be released) pretty much at the same time, early this year.
Each one of us worked on a separate dungeon, so of course I’ll be posting only the artwork I’m responsible of. But you can find more in my friend and colleague’s website.

I was supposed to work on more underground areas as well, then I had to move to the Al Kharid rework, which took me quite some time.

Here’s a video of the environments in game.
Btw, No offence to the Runescape fan who posted it but I had to silence the music. Not my cup of tea:)

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W_FZo1IjaA

The environments look nice in game. However, as you might have noticed I had designed the floors with a more irregular, uneven look.
I hate flat surfaces, If I could have things my own way I’d change Runescape into some kind of Roller Coaster.
However, steps and cracks on the floor are quite polygon expensive, and modellers often have to even things out to prevent the FPS from being unhappy.
This Dungeon is visited by many players at the same time, so I guess that was one of those cases.

The NPC are still quite dated. We’ll take care of them at some point!

by Paolo Puggioni