WHERE WINDS MEET
Get To KnowCORE ART VENDOR FOR WHERE WINDS MEET
RGBSOFT partnered with NetEase Games as a core strategic art vendor, delivering high-quality character, environment and weapon art assets for Where Winds Meet — a globally anticipated open-world wuxia action-adventure RPG.
Serving as NetEase Games’ extended in-house production team, RGBSOFT provided large-scale full-cycle art outsourcing support. Backed by a dedicated team of over 50 professional artists, we handled the complete creation and iterative optimization of in-game playable characters, weapons, interactive props and architectural scene assets.
The title features a realistic Chinese-style open-world wuxia aesthetic rooted in the historical backdrop of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, fused with the poetic artistic conception of traditional Chinese ink painting. All architectures, costumes and cultural artifacts are developed with rigorous historical research, striking a perfect balance between the solemn vicissitudes of the turbulent era and the romantic, free-spirited ambiance of the ancient Jianghu world.
Departing from rigid photorealism, the project adopts a refined stylized art direction. Cinematic natural lighting, volumetric fog systems and dynamic day-and-night cycles shape the unique oriental charm of diverse landscapes, including grand mountain ranges, ancient cityscapes and idyllic rural terrains. The game features layered terrains, immersive water systems and rich foliage, with exclusive color palettes and environmental tonal languages for core biomes — Kaifeng City, Qinghe Countryside, Hidden Mountain and West Lake.
As one of the largest and most reliable art outsourcing partners for this original premium IP project, this collaboration stands as a key milestone in RGBSOFT’s development. Built on long-term strategic trust with NetEase Games dating back to 2013, our in-depth partnership has consistently delivered high-caliber art outputs for top-tier global game titles.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Stable Long-term Production by Dedicated Elite Team:
Led a specialized elite art team of over 50 senior artists, providing continuous full-cycle 3D mass-production support for five consecutive years. Delivered stable and iterative art output to sustain the long-term update of this large-scale open-world title. -
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Massive High-quality Asset Delivery:
Produced and delivered a huge volume of polished in-game assets, including 1,000+ environment scene assets, 200+ character models, and 100+ weapon sets. Covered architectural buildings, interactive props, foliage, water systems, NPCs and full character costume series. Implemented standardized modeling, texturing and material specifications to ensure unified visual quality and efficient parallel production across multiple teams. -
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Balanced Historical Authenticity and Wuxia Artistic Conception:
Strictly referenced Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms historical records for architecture, artifacts and costumes. Meanwhile, optimized stylized details to integrate wuxia fantasy aesthetics, striking a precise balance between historical realism and romantic Jianghu atmosphere. -
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Unified Art Direction for Massive Open World:
Managed art consistency across vast multi-biome open maps. Distinct visual tones were customized for forests, plains, ancient megacities and lake systems, while maintaining a unified overall art style and standardized asset control for massive scene resources. -
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Large-scale Terrain & Foliage Pipeline with Cross-platform Optimization:
Built modular production pipelines for continuous terrain, dense foliage and dynamic water systems. By layered detail design and asset reuse, the team enriched natural scene details while controlling polygon count and texture budget, balancing high visual fidelity and stable performance on both PC and mobile platforms.
Delivering Where Wind Meet’s distinctive historical wuxia fantasy visual identity
Backed by a stable 50+ senior art team and five consecutive years of in-depth mass-production experience, our profound expertise in stylized 3D asset creation, terrain development and cross-platform optimization, combined with rigorous textual research on the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms history, enables our team to perfectly balance historical authenticity and oriental wuxia fantasy aesthetics. The art team meticulously built a vast, cohesive open Jianghu world, featuring magnificent ancient megacities, layered mountain forests, expansive plains, intricate lake water systems and diverse folk settlements. We delivered massive standardized high-quality scene, character and weapon assets with unified art direction and immersive atmospheric expression, while strictly controlling resource budgets to achieve stable visual performance across PC and mobile platforms.
RGBSOFT is proud to contribute to the visual and technical excellence of Where Winds Meet. Collaborating closely with Everstone Studio, our team faithfully realized the game’s distinctive historical wuxia-fantasy visual identity rooted in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms era. We delivered massive standardized game environments spanning diversified biomes, including grand ancient megacities, layered mountain forests, expansive plains, intricate lake water systems and rustic folk settlements. All architectural structures, character costumes, props and weapon assets feature carefully researched stylized details to reinforce a grounded, immersive Jianghu atmosphere. Furthermore, our team conducted comprehensive cross-platform art optimization, ensuring stable and consistent high-fidelity visual performance across both mobile and PC platforms.
About RGBSOFT
Since founded in 2013, RGBSOFT has become the strategic partner for industry giants such as Tencent and Netease with 430+ full-time passionate game professionals to contribute 300+ projects. Our team consistently delivers the best game art solution with creativity, flexibility and customization. We stand out as a perfect partner for game developers to ship blockbuster games on multiple platforms worldwide.
