Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 8, 2024

building environments, creating animations and rigs, building the technology), and then do the things that take less time to complete later. For features like cutscenes, it depends on how much difficulty it takes to build the cutscenes. In the original FF7, the FMV sequences were set in stone.

Cutscenes 64

Cutscenes Dev Rigging Cinematics 64

iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Real-Time Rendering For decades, game developers relied on pre-rendered cutscenes and static assets to deliver high-fidelity visuals. Intelligent Animation Systems: AI-driven motion capture and procedural animation streamline character design, making lifelike movement more accessible.

Art 52

Art Render Ray Tracing AI 52

Cocos

OCTOBER 16, 2023

You can check out Animation Panel which supports animating the properties of nodes and calling the event functions of the Animation Events.

Cutscenes 40

Cutscenes Animation Animation 40

Ask a Game Dev

JULY 9, 2024

The key component to making this work would likely be an animation system that could scale animations faster or slower in order to match the timing of the music. On the data side, this would mean all animations would be built so they could be sped up by dropping frames, or slowed down by holding certain frames for additional length.

Animation 59

Animation Animation Cutscenes Dev 59

Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

You can totally miss important conversations and scenes because you're stuck in the stairwell climbing animation at exactly the wrong time. This isn't a big apocalyptic video game betrayal cutscene where a villain reveals himself and destroys a castle, instead it's a smaller deeper betrayal that instantly brought me back to being a teenager.

Indy 130

Indy Film Games Point and Click 130

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

These use cases include architecture visualization, cinema, animation and cutscene rendering. Recording cutscenes that will be displayed as pre-recorded videos in the final game. Recording procedurally generated animations or motion design. What is Movie Maker mode for?

Render 54

Render Cutscenes Animation Animation 54

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

These use cases include architecture visualization, cinema, animation and cutscene rendering. Recording cutscenes that will be displayed as pre-recorded videos in the final game. Recording procedurally generated animations or motion design. What is Movie Maker mode for?

Render 52

Render Cutscenes Animation Animation 52

Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? What is Narrative Design? If so, you probably want to be a game writer.

Cutscenes 52

Cutscenes Writing Scripting Localization 52

Radiator Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Some games do all their cutscene scripting and even enemy AI in Yarn Spinner, because really, it's just a simple scripting language that does whatever you tell it to do. And so this is the ideal use case for Yarn Spinner: action adventure games starring existential millennial animal protagonists.

Scripting 130

Scripting Code Localization Engineering 130

Game Dev Unchained

JULY 26, 2023

” He later took his experiences and created HaZimation , a production company involved in a wide range of storytelling formats, including animated films, episodic series, and video games. They began in London, built their team, and shifted focus to animated films when the pandemic struck.

Film 98

Film AI Technology Engineering 98

iXie gaming

JUNE 19, 2024

In fact, the 3D animation art styles are translated to visually stunning and captivating worlds, adding fun to interactive entertainment experiences. Character Animation Secondly, game artists and developers heavily use 3D art for character animation. This improves the overall player believability and immersion.

Entertainment 52

Entertainment Art Technology Animation 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Animation: Two perspectives, the separation of cloud and mud Lost Ark has a sincere visual performance, among which are various cutscenes from a top-down perspective. Despite the game’s powerful use of top-down view, the live cutscenes of Lost Ark are full of bugs. The rough cutscene). The grand scene).

Cutscenes 52

Cutscenes Art Content Mechanics 52

Played with Fire

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Animated ghosts show the right movement Hand snapping and reactive animations But in general every physical object in our game is fully interactable! Poses & Suggestive shapes / animations (hand & object). . ✓ The right shape and look of objects on scene. and how to differentiate the interactive ones from the decoration.

UX 52

UX Puzzle Animation Animation 52

Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

Coding camera angles for games and animation has been a pain … Until now. In short, Unity Cinemachine opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for animation, game design and development, and directors working with virtual cameras. This was created by Unity in collaboration with Disney Television Animation.

Animation 52

Animation Animation Code Software 52

Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fiction, November 6, 2022 was the launch day for the game “ Sword Art Online ,” chronicled in the books, manga, and anime series of that name. Cutscenes in an MMO? In the Sword Art Online: Progressive novels, certain plotlines are punctuated by forced events which are effectively cutscene events. Yes and no.

Art 52

Art Games Fighting Technology 52

Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2024

Adding 3D characters and animations to the story livens it up, but mainly complicates the production of an existing story. Then the player is introduced to the event and they unlock another couple of cutscenes throughout that event while also receiving their rewards.

Puzzle 52

Puzzle Games Game Engine Simulation 52

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

where the main drawback is you're still vulnerable during the 2 second execution animation. This ties into a common complaint: the melee weapon machete is very powerful, like a 1-3 hit kill (maybe 10-15 hits against a boss?) But for a medium mob (4-6 enemies) in a cover-y arena you can just run in and safely slice up everyone.

Fighting 130

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 130

The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

This leads to the most infamous scene in the game, where you try to destroy the daughter's beloved stuff animal to make her cry. It's really sharp and well-observed, and it isn't a cutscene. They have a great idea for how to reverse the spell: Make their daughter cry and bathe in her tears. All while the stuffy is begging for its life.

Art 52

Art Writing Indy Fighting 52

Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

But it’s also visible in the Holodeck, or in anime like Sword Art Online (which was directly inspired by Ultima Online !). Breadcrumbs, dialogue trees, cutscenes, progression paths. Today, that simulationist impulse is visible in Minecraft. In Roblox , which is built on a physics sim, at heart. In No Man’s Sky and in Fallout 76.

Sandbox 59

Sandbox Simulation Content Scripting 59

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 19, 2025

Players spend it on: Buildings Flower beds Animals Resources Once all areas and buildings are unlocked, soft currency loses most of its value. Animals Players can buy magic animals at the market with soft currency. After disappearance, an animal gives a final gift - energy or a rune piece.

Build 52

Build Mechanics Animation Animation 52