VALORANT: Classic

This weapon being the most common, basic, have it every round, throw it away and forget about it gun was originally the start of what would become a big problem way early on in the project. Because this weapon's right click fires a 3 round simultaneous burst shot, we struggled to find the balance of visualizing gameplay elements. What was once a physical switch that put you into burst mode, to a design that visually changed depending on your fire, we tried a lot of iterations to see if we could really sell that idea. Ultimately however we realized that the more we tried to solve that problem, instead of just letting it be a hand-wavy video game reality break, the further we got from our design goals. In the end that brought us back to a design that felt really grounded and believable, a classic design for a classic weapon.
Concept by Adrian Majkrzak