EXPEDITION TO DARWIN IV

Embark on a journey of discovery, explore an
alien world and encounter new lifeforms.

GAME DESIGN: BOBBY HILL

WORLD DESIGN: WAYNE BARLOWE

LAUNCHING EARLY 2026-
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GAMEPLAY OVERVIEW

Bag building || Tech Tracks || Action/Event || Area Movement

Based on Wayne Barlowe’s beautifully illustrated book ‘Expedition’, players take on the role of human scientists in the year 2358 AD, exploring the alien world Darwin IV in search of new life. Piloting their hovercones across different biomes, scientists will locate and study the unique indigenous species of Darwin IV, in an effort to learn more about the planet’s strange and wondrous inhabitants. With the data they’ve collected, each scientist will share their work with their benign custodians, the Yma, earning them reputation.

But Darwin IV isn’t without its dangers, as scientists must also be cautious with the planet’s more aggressive predators, navigate its unpredictable weather patterns, and avoid other deadly off-world threats…

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THE WORLD, THE BOOK, THE CREATOR

VOYAGE TO DARWIN IV

It is the year 2358 and a massive Orbitstar is locked into orbit around the newly discovered world, Darwin IV. With the help of our alien patrons, the Yma, Humanity has finally achieved one of its cherished goals – to reach a distant exoplanet. Descending to the surface in sealed Hovercones, a multitude of scientists and researchers, both human and otherworldly, will spread across this virginal world to study the diverse and often bizarre fauna found in all of its varied biomes. From vast savannahs and scattered pocket forests to the frozen tundra and the mystifying Amoebic Sea, explorers will rise to the challenges of a world teeming with biological wonders. It is, here, on Darwin IV that the human race will begin to fulfill its age-old yearning to explore the universe and understand the intricacies of an alien planet.

THE BOOK

EXPEDITION: BEING AN ACCOUNT IN WORDS AND ARTWORK OF THE 2358 A.D. VOYAGE TO DARWIN IV

The Most Important Travel Book in the 24th Century
From internationally renowned Creature Concept artist Wayne Barlowe (Avatar, HellBoy, Harry Potter) comes a all new edition of Expedition. The original book that inspired Discovery Channels Alien Planet series.

New York, March 24, 2366-Five years to the day after returning to Earth, Wayne Douglas Barlowe had published his collection of paintings, drawings, and sketches made during the first manned expedition to the planet Darwin IV. Now back in print after years secluded in the collections of ardent followers, the public can once again stroll through the exotic images of life on that distant planet. Barlowe's exquisite renderings and detailed notes from the far reaches of time will transport you light years into the future.

AUTHOR & CREATOR

WAYNE BARLOWE

Wayne Barlowe is an artist, author, screenwriter and producer. He has written two novels, GOD’S DEMON and THE HEART OF HELL and is writing a third, LUCIFER’S SOUL. His art books include BARLOWE’S GUIDES TO EXTRATERRESTRIALS, BARLOWE’S GUIDES TO FANTASY, BARLOWE’s INFERNO, BRUSHFIRE, PSYCHOPOMP and EXPEDITION, a SF/natural history narrative which became the Discovery Channel event, ALIEN PLANET. He has contributed character and creature designs to many films including AVATAR, HELLBOY 1 and 2, PACIFIC RIM and HARRY POTTER 3 and 4. An SF screenplay is currently in development.