article thumbnail

Filmmaking in Unreal Engine — how Hanny created her arthouse cinematic

CG Spectrum

CG Spectrum graduate Hanny Lu talks about her experience studying Unreal Connectors: Virtual Production , a 12-week micro-credentialing program created in partnership with Epic Games. But since the beginning, I knew that I wanted to use the virtual production course to make something of cinematic quality. So, I signed up!

article thumbnail

Emerging Trends in Game Art: Real-Time Rendering, Stylized Game Art, and Beyond 

iXie gaming

Real-Time Rendering For decades, game developers relied on pre-rendered cutscenes and static assets to deliver high-fidelity visuals. Today, real-time rendering is redefining game development, offering dynamic lighting, physics-based effects, and cinematic quality graphics all rendered instantaneously.

Art 52
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Godot gets a brand new animation editor (with cinematic support)

Mircosoft Game Dev

The existing animation system in Godot was already one of the most powerful of any game engine, but its age was starting to show (it was written 10 years ago and barely improved). This goes in-line with Godot's philosophy of having a single, powerful and well designed tool instead of several ones duct taped, like in other engines.

article thumbnail

The Art of 2.5D: How It’s Redefining Game Design 

iXie gaming

continues to evolve, leveraging AI, modern rendering techniques, and cutting-edge game engines to push the boundaries of game design. Works While 2D and 3D have traditionally been viewed as separate paths in game development, 2.5D From indie studios to AAA developers, 2.5D merges the best of both worlds.

Art 52
article thumbnail

Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

Additionally, the modern backend can implement rendering methods , such as forward clustered, mobile, and more in the future (such as deferred clustered, cinematic, etc.). Animation streaming : Modern games have long cinematics, which require a lot of animation data. The answer is “it depends”.

AAA 145
article thumbnail

Makhoba Kamogelo: “Don’t let fear stop you from reinventing yourself”

PreMortem.Games

As Kamo continued to explore various video games, she stumbled upon a gem. Monochroma was everything I’d ever wanted in a game. And stood out to me because of its storyline, its cinematic nature and how even though no words were said or story told, one could comprehend what was happening through the gameplay experience.”

Code 166
article thumbnail

Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Logic Simplified

Audio Production: Sound plays a significant role in games. Audio production is the method of adding various sounds as per the game needs. Cinematics: Cinematics are usually an interlude from the game used to inform the player about the mission of the game, goals, hand out clues, character information, maps, etc.