Zirui Zuo

Nier Automata’s story happened after human extinction when there is a non-stop war between human-made androids and machines made by alien invaders. As time goes on, both sides start to develop an interest in human knowledge. To imitate a human city, a data-based copied city was made by the advanced machines.

The development of this project was based on the street scene of the ‘Copied city’ in the original game and by extending the scene from street level to a larger city scale. What if all those mechanical lifeforms live in their city and imitate more human actions? It’s a city very similar to a human city but fully embedded with cubic mechanical elements.

The protagonist walks through the unusual city created by her mechanized enemies and sets out to reach the city tower as her destination. It’s a journey from the lower city ground to the