Sea of Thieves - The Captain's Head tavern

I had the pleasure of creating the new tavern in Port Merrick, after players made the choice to save Golden Sands from the Reapers back in 2022. As a central part of the rebuilding effort, we wanted this to be the largest tavern in the game so far, even letting players go up to the second level and beyond this time! I wanted to create plenty of cosy areas for players to meet up, hang out, roleplay and even perform on stage if they wished. Creating the layout was a really fun experience, taking elements from the existing taverns in Sea of Thieves, and combining them with architecture from the sea forts. This was mostly a level art and set dressing task, with a few custom assets made such as the crest and signage around the building. Just don't ask what's beyond the stairs on the upper level ;)

Port Merrick was a collaborative effort across different departments at both Rare and Flix Interactive.
A big shout out in particular to Joachim Coppens who did a fantastic job at leading this project, which was no mean feat given the staggered nature of it's delivery into a live game over several months:
https://www.artstation.com/joachimcoppens

and also to our team Lead Andrew Finch, who worked on the lighting for both the interior and exterior as well as providing valuable feedback:
https://www.artstation.com/afinchy