The Orcana
Key Roles:
Software Used:
Designer, Artist
Photoshop, Tiled, Notepad++
The Orcana is an extensive mod for the game Starbound. It has been a long-time personal project that I have worked on and maintained since the beginning of 2015. At that time Starbound was still in beta, but it had a strong community and I was enjoying the game. After seeing that others had started putting mods together I was inspired to look into what it would take to mod my own race for this new little space exploration game. It turned out to be even a fairly straightforward process, and after brainstorming ideas I settled on a porpoise-like race that had a cultural theme similar to that of our own ancient Rome.
Nearly everything in this image is part of my mod. I have striven to make the Orcana race stand out from other races in the game while seamlessly matching Starbound's aesthetic and keeping them balanced with the other races already in the game. From the very beginning I've wanted to make them feel like more than just a mod. I've wanted them to feel like they're a real part of the game.
The structures that I have designed for this race have been a result of research into the architecture of ancient Rome. This one is derived from the Roman insulae, and yet another in the mod is based on the domus style homes of the time.
Each player race has its own unique racial ship, and the Orcana are no different. My design for this ship was inspired by the Ulysses from Disney's Atlantis.
