Season 1: Lambent Dawn is just around the corner, and we'll be sharing lots more information very soon on all the new content you can expect to see once the season hits - watch this space! In the meantime, check out part two of our look at the design and implementation of the Nano visuals in SYNCED.

We've previously seen how inspiration from the natural world - particularly ocean ecologies - helped us to settle on a logical yet alien design for the Nanos. But these unusual designs don't just act as set dressing for our in-game world, they help to inform all aspects of the game's visual language, while also providing subtle in-game cues to warn players about the danger-level of a given location.

We caught up with Catan once again, concept artist at NExT Studios, to learn how these Nano visuals were incorporated into gameplay.

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