Here’s a cool future use case for AI-art tools like Midjourney: Game art!
That means both the concept art that goes into creating the game’s look and feel, and the actual assets used in the game.
The game art styles that are coming out of Midjourney are simply stunning and we can only imagine that they will improve in the future. Here are some other incredible prompts to try in Midjourney V4.
Standard Isometrics
Here’s a versatile prompt that always produces great results:
Isometric clean pixel art image of outside of cute design studio
Isometric clean pixel art image cutaway of inside of japanese bath house
Isometric clean pixel art image cutaway of inside of tiny apartment
Isometric clean image of an old Japanese ryokan with a small open air hot springMobile Game Style
I’ve created assets for a hypothetical Game of Thrones mobile game, and included all prompts so you can try them for yourself.
cute isometric, kings landing from game of thrones, style of artstation and behance, made in blender
cute isometric, The Wall from Game of thrones, giant wall of ice, made in blender 3D, style of artstation and blender
cute isometric, Dreadfort, round monolithic sinister castle, game of thrones, made in blender 3D style of behance
cute isometric, The Titan of Braavos is a statue of warrior, standing over river that leads to city harbor, game of thrones, made in blender 3D
cute isometric, the Twins, twin towers on opposite sides of river, connected by a bridge, game of thrones, style of behance, made in blender 3D
cute isometric, casterly rock, grand castle on top of plateau, game of thrones, style of behance, made in blender 3D
cute isometric, Highgarden, beautiful white castle with tall spires, on a grassy knoll, made in blender 3D style of artstation and behance
cute isometric, city of meereen built around great pyramid with statue on top, game of thrones, made in blender 3DGame Icons
Of course, I created the little game icons and text in the images above separately, and added them with Photopea (free). Here are some prompts you can use for similar icons:
direwolf sigil, house stark, style of clash of clans, game icon
harpy sigil in square, style of clash of clans, game icon
Spear piercing sun sigil enclosed in square, house Martell, style of Clash of Clans, game icon
three dragon heads in a square, Targaryen, style of clash of clans, game iconIsometric Pixel Art
Pixel art isometrics are a popular variant of top-down 2D pixel art games.
Check out our full guide to Midjourney pixel art.
16 bit pixel art, isometric, fantasy cozy tavern interior, pixel sprites adventurers, cinematic still, hdr
16 bit pixel art, isometric, fantasy cozy tavern interior, pixel sprites adventurers, cinematic still, hdrExisting Game Styles
Use existing games to create inspired isometrics. Try RTS games like Warcraft and Starcraft:
isometric protoss base from starcraft
isometric town center from starcraftAnd that’s how to create game assets with AI!
I wouldn’t be surprised to see big studios incorporate these tools into their workflow. I was able to create the assets above by myself in 2 hours. What could a studio with thousands of employees do using AI-augmented processes?
What are you creating with Midjourney? Let us know in the comments or the Discord server!
