Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 8, 2024

That could mean combat, it could mean itemization, it could mean summoning magic, it could mean narrative, it could mean cutscenes/cinematics. When we're in deadlines, we have deadlines - this is the last day for us to make changes to the feature we're working on. If we can always make changes forever, we'll never ship the game.

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Filmustage

JULY 31, 2023

This article aims to demystify the role of film director, emphasizing their significant influence over the cinematic creation process and discussing the multiple stages of film production. The fascination of becoming a film director Stepping into the realm of film directing is akin to boarding a creative flight of fantasy.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

With a love of sci-fi and fantasy, he decided to pursue a career in the film and game industry where he could explore these realms. To paint fantasy illustrations for Wizards of the Coast has been a lifelong goal, and here is an opportunity to learn from someone who has! Eric and Oliver met in person for the first time in October.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

3D lighting involves simulating the behavior of light in a real-world or fantasy situation, including shadows, reflections, highlights, and color, using specialized lighting software and rendering tools. CGS graduate, Marc , took this course and is now working as a Cinematic Lighting Artist for Guerrilla Games!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you can get front-row seats to the development process for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, the first title from female-owned-and-operated indie game studio Astral Clocktower Studios. Are you ready to enter the fantasy? Here we go. 3D Asset Design.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 4, 2024

She chose the one-on-one mentorship option and was paired with award-winning artist Tyler James (Blizzard, Wizards of the Coast, Fantasy Flight Games). It specializes in 2D and 3D art, animation, and cinematics, catering to a global clientele. Sai now works as a 2D concept artist and digital illustrator at Eitri Studio!

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Although the team mulled a variety of games, including a fantasy slasher and a sci-fi shooter. ” He added: “It’s amazing how all those moments feel cinematic. Medal of Honor was then the foremost WWII shooting franchise. Unhappy with EA, they had formed Infinity Ward to create a new franchise for Activision.

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Game Errors

MAY 24, 2023

If you play this new fantasy adventure game, you will surely like it because of the stunning visuals, marvelous puzzles, and story-rich cinematic experience. If The Lord of the Rings: Gollum gets stuck on the loading screen on your PC, you can take some practical steps to solve this problem.

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Tom Francis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Instead of cutting to the next exciting mission or cinematic, it leaves you to deal with the basic mechanical business of getting things done and moving on. None of these things are thrilling or even challenging, they’re just the things you would need to do if this was your mission and these were you tools.

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Game Errors

AUGUST 13, 2023

The new action-adventure cinematic RPG game, Atlas Fallen , is undoubtedly an excellent example of a stunning modern video game. Wrong settings: Playing this fantasy single-player game with wrong settings on either Windows or the game itself can also be the reason. Is the Atlas Fallen crashing on your Windows 11 or 10 PC?

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Game Errors

MAY 24, 2023

For a story-riched cinematic-styled game like LOTR: Gollum, the frame rate is important. To boost performance on this adventure fantasy game, you can follow our methods. You may go through low FPS problems on The Lord of the Rings: Gollum for various reasons. How do I Fix The Lord of the Ring: Gollum low FPS?

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Lanthimos gives no characterization or premise, but simply leaves the viewer with his dystopian fantasies as they are. Cinematic zoom There are two types of zoom, which, at first sight, differ only in the realization, but you can really find contrasting senses. It is worth noting how physically restrained the characters are.

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Filmustage

MAY 4, 2022

George Lucas had long envisioned a heroic space fantasy in the style of sci-fi comic books, film series and pulp-novels from the 40s and 50s. At every stage of its development (let's forget about the last trilogy), these films have given the cinematic world a new impetus that we can still see in every blockbuster to this day.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 30, 2021

If you lacked that kind of pure 80's cinematic spirit where minimal graphics and everything was solved with high-end makeup and animatronics, this movie is for you. The Polar Express" (2004) – Robert Zemeckis Robert Zemeckis is another famous creator of fantasy stories. Very funny, witty and crazy.

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Game Errors

APRIL 26, 2023

The spin-offs that came out in the 10s were crazy – players traveled from a retro fantasy world to the Stone Age and from there to the post-apocalypse. He also worries about the future – in the first cinematic trailer, we see Anton giving his 13-year-old son Diego a very harsh lesson.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Additionally, they employ pricey tools like motion capture to produce stunning cinematics and fluid character movement. For instance, when it was launched in 1997, Final Fantasy VII, had a production budget of around $45 million and a marketing budget of over $100 million.

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Filmustage

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Yet, it also allowed "Fury Road" to become one of the best sequels in cinematic history. As a result, even in the craziest dynamic scenes, the film remains understandable, not overpowering the viewer, but rather immersing them into cinematic world of Mad Max. George Miller's work with space also influences the action.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). The first official gameplay trailer for Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala. Behold, friends!

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 31, 2022

The biggest acquisition in the sub-genre happened last year, with Applovin acquiring Machine Zone - the company that made some of the most iconic top-grossing 4X games of all time (Game of War, Modern Strike, Final Fantasy: New Empire). We believe this is large because the audience at large doesn’t associate Final Fantasy with shooters.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Creature animator - Breathing life into real-life and fantasy creatures, creature animators add nuance and personality through movements, gestures, facial expressions, and how the creature interacts (and reacts) with its environment and other characters/creatures. to evoke empathy in the audience or player.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 13, 2023

A still from Aurore's real-time 3D cinematic, The Last Voyage. I had been playing the Supergiant Games game Hades and started wondering what the River Styx could look like in a fantasy/fairy tale world. Atmosphere and lighting were integral to Aurore's cinematic. Finish with a film-quality cinematic like Aurore's!

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The Cookie Run universe has incorporated major archetypes from pop culture - D&D, fantasy literature, wild west, age of discovery, etc. For a 2D game, animated cinematics can significantly help with storytelling in the main campaign. victory, failure, captured by players, etc).

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Deconstructor of Fun

JULY 10, 2022

Two days later, the second shoe dropped with the release of the cinematic trailer Ready to Awake and new user guide just in time to capture increasing interest and demand as the game became featured on both Apple and Google Play App Stores.

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Sam Raimi Sam Raimi's creation can safely claim to be one of the greatest horror films in cinematic history. The unique combination of brutality, black humor and insanely original visual style makes “The Evil Dead” not only entertaining to watch, but also an important piece of cinematic art. The Evil Dead, 1981, dir.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Only MMO like World of Warcraft and Final Fantasy 14 are still generally recognized by western gamers. This is primarily because the Korean art team does not have the same historical and cultural burden as European and American teams shoulder when designing western fantasy elements. This genre is getting marginalized in the West.

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