Art Cutscenes Mechanics 
PreMortem.Games
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
We throw ideas around, different puzzle mechanics, narrative elements and unique interactions,” Olczyk says. We love exploring different styles of puzzles, logic, pattern recognition, environmental interactions and even experimental mechanics like cooperative dialogues.” “We never run out of puzzle ideas! .
Deconstructor of Fun
FEBRUARY 10, 2025
Introduction I remember as a young product manager, working on major releases at Disney and Rovio how excited I was for the cutscenes. After release I was responsible for analyzing churn and sharing the results with the team: the cutscenes were driving users out of the game. The team poured their hearts into the work.
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Radiator Blog
MAY 5, 2021
This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Expendable companions.
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. Let’s say Sword Art Online did release today using current VR technology. Not much else is said about the death mechanic in the other game worlds of the series.
Game Designing
DECEMBER 1, 2022
In the world of video games, few people have played as large of a role in progressing video games as an art form as Hideo Kojima. Combined with his love for film, this leads to deep story-driven games with lengthy and cinematic cutscenes (Metal Gear Solid 4 once held the world record for the longest cutscene in any game).
Game Global
JULY 12, 2021
When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. What does the Art Team need to know about this quest or level? What is Narrative Design?
Keith Burgun
JUNE 18, 2022
The 1P videogames I’ve always dreamed of had these qualities: Mechanically deep and systemically driven – perhaps even if that means it’s got a learning curve. A big part of being a creator – at least, a creator who wants their art to connect with other people – is to meet people where they are.
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