Explore over 90 pages of painterly, cinematic pixel art in this indie adventure artbook. It traces the evolution from initial sketches to final environments, drawing from vanishing swamplands, twisting oil refineries, and spaces around Norco, Louisiana. Themes of industrialization, suburbanization, speculative geography, cancer, faith, and home shape the visuals.
Character bios, location details, developer interviews, and anecdotes from Geography of Robots reveal the creative process. Access the PDF file directly in your Steam folder at C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\NORCO\Norco_Artbook.pdf. Fans of detailed pixel art and game development insights will appreciate this close look behind the scenes.
The Art of NORCO is a digital artbook with over 90 pages of NORCO's painterly and cinematic pixel art. From conceptual sketches to polished game environments, see how the disappearing swamplands, labyrinthine oil refineries, and other areas in and around the titular town of Norco, Louisiana inspired the art of the game. Discover NORCO's underlying themes of industrialization, suburbanization, speculative geography, cancer, faith, and home – and read bios and backgrounds for the characters and locations in the game, plus interviews and anecdotes from developers Geography of Robots.
To access the Art of NORCO, go to your Steam main folder; by default the path is:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\NORCO
You will find the file "Norco_Artbook.pdf" in this folder.
