Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Lost Ark has a glaring visual shortcoming: its lagging imaging engine. The engine of this game - released relatively recently - turns out to be UE3, a tool that is two generations behind. Despite the game’s powerful use of top-down view, the live cutscenes of Lost Ark are full of bugs. The rough cutscene).

Cutscenes 52

Cutscenes Art Content Mechanics 52

Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

It was like resetting a little stage-play; the NPC actors hit their marks and reappeared at their start location. But either one was radically different in that way than the most popular game engine, which was the Diku style (we called them “codebases” back then). Breadcrumbs, dialogue trees, cutscenes, progression paths.

Sandbox 59

Sandbox Simulation Content Scripting 59

Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

By comparison, let’s talk about Baldur’s Gate, the original game, a game very much in the same genre, that uses literally the same (awful) Infinity Engine for its combat. I am charmed. I played a good 10 or so hours in that game and the “I am charmed” moment never came.

Fantasy 52

Fantasy AAA Concepts Games 52

Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

Whenever an NPC is about to dump backstory and exposition on you, they'll ask you to take a seat. This is a convenient diegetic way of locking the player in-place for a cutscene, while also priming the player for an extended cutscene. Diegetically, the NPC has to prepare a machine or potion, or get supplies, or whatever.

Open World 130

Open World NPC Cutscenes Terrain 130

Radiator Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

The Future WHAT IS YARN SPINNER IN 2022 The Yarn Spinner project is made of two main parts, which can be confusing: Yarn Spinner "Core" , generic dialogue engine processor thing ("virtual machine") + script compiler written in C#. None of it is Unity specific.

Scripting 130

Scripting Code Localization Engineering 130

Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? What does the casting agency or sound engineer need to know about this recording session? What is Narrative Design? Localization.

Cutscenes 52

Cutscenes Writing Scripting Localization 52

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

NOT telekinesis, only works on NPCs / PvP) Havoc (temporary shield / damage buff), very useful for people who keep dying (i.e. me) or PvP buff but conceptually rather boring Aether (cloak + invisible to laser sensors, attacks cancel it, can be upgraded to only consume mana while moving). It would feel terrible.

Fighting 130

Fighting NPC Puzzle AI 130