"I went wild with warped houses, gnarled trees and jagged shapes" – how Tim Burton influenced the creator behind AFK Arena's scene game art

AFK Arena art; three environment art illustrations for a video game.

Finding a unique art style to bring a game to life isn't an easy task, but it's one dev studio Lilith Games has been excelling at for six years with its has game, AFK Arena. The game's painterly, illustrative aesthetic features bold lines and flat shading and in part is reminiscent of Art Nouveau.

AFK Arena is not the first game to draw inspiration from Art Nouveau, both Our Brilliant Ruin and Songs of Silence did something similar, but this Chinese game studio is one of the most popular.