Although digitally distributed games don’t have boxes, they still have artwork and descriptions that are intended to communicate to potentials players/customers what the game is about and why you should click the Buy Now button…Now!

So, here are a few layouts I’ve come up with so far.

Layout 1:

Layout 2 (note the blue tint of the ship):

Layout 3:

Layout 4:

The concept is pretty simple, a big bad-ass ship and the name of the game. From the viewpoint of someone browsing through the online store, if you like big bad-ass ships, you’ll hopefully be interested in this game. The grid background suggests the strategy elements of the game. I thought about adding more action, but decided not too, since it’s not really an action game.

Does it hit the mark? Which one do you think is best? Am I missing something? Feel free to comment! (I’d love to hear from some graphics designers about simple tricks that can add some impact to the image!)