VPRO published a wonderful video, which documents the production of Guerrilla Games new open world hit.
This documentary is actually very interesting, as it goes into the production, showing how the team at Guerrilla Games trick the gamers and use some well-known tech (like tree sprites in the background, for example) to create a powerful modern look (needless to say there’s a lot of cutting edge tech in this game as well). And it also shows a wonderful office of Guerrilla in Amsterdam. And they show that crazy motion capture setup they have. Nice stuff.
It’s just lovely that they don’t forget about that beautiful illusion that games create for us. It’s not about just numbers, it’s just about the general experience, about the mood and feel.
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Funny enough this charming video has already sparked a controversy. Kotaku published a nice GIF, showing Frustrum culling working in Horizon Zero Dawn and game developers started mocking the journalists. Strange to see this kind of reaction, especially since Kotaku is not a gamedev website. In case you are wondering here’s an amazing article about the way culling works.