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So how much $ (in general) does it cost to produce a fully animated/rigged, fully voiced 1-3 minute cutscene in a game that’s in ongoing development (something like SWTOR, where they have a lot of prebuilt assets)? Like just a general low range and high range? I’m seeing a lot of people complaining about prioritizing content they want, and don’t know enough about the behind the scenes costs to properly communicate they’re being unrealistic with their complaints.

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The cost of any content in game dev is directly proportional to how much new stuff needs to be created for that content. As long as the designers can create the characters with the in-game character creator and reuse the existing rigs, no new resources need be expended to create them. Adding in two new animations (e.g.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #18

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Welcome back to the riveting, the joy-inducing, the awe-inspiring Kristala dev blog! She also tried her hand at creating an animated loading sequence featuring one of our signature crystals. Animation / Rigging / Production. Last sprint, we shared some of the progress Allie made on the rig for our Masarusa enemy.

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What are your thoughts on reselling assets in games? Criticisms imply that, if you bought the assets in a previous game, any other game reusing them should be reused n the base game already or be brought in via free updates, so that nobody has to buy for the same thing again, otherwise it’s money predatory, greedy, and shady in every possible way. But how do you and other devs see this practice?

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A single purchasable asset is never atomic - the purchased item is comprised of many parts like the 3D model, the diffuse textures, normal map, occlusion map, any other materials, rigging, animations, shaders, and so on. If MW3's carry-forward is wildly successful, other devs will take notice.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #19

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Welcome back to the Kristala dev blog! We know we've promised you bi-weekly dev blogs, but in truth, there's been a lot happening lately here at ACS headquarters. We know we've promised you bi-weekly dev blogs, but in truth, there's been a lot happening lately here at ACS headquarters. We're happy you're here. We promise. ;).

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #25

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. The dynamic mesh will allow the door to be animated and properly opened and closed.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #22

Astral Clock Tower Studios

We're heading into spooky season, and there's no better way to celebrate an eerie action-adventure game than diving into the newest issue of the Kristala game dev blog. As we move into the final quarter of 2020, our (incredibly good-lookin') dev team has been churning out new and exciting updates that we can't wait to share with you.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #17

Astral Clock Tower Studios

We're a little late dropping this-here new issue of the Kristala dev blog, but we promise we've got a good reason. WE ARE OFFICIALLY IN THE FINAL DEV CRUNCH FOR THE KRISTALA VERTICAL SLICE DEMO! Until that fateful day when Kristala is figuratively in your hands, you already know we'll be here sharing our dev process with you.

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