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.
Ask a Game Dev
NOVEMBER 1, 2023
I don't think that we'll ever see pre-rendered cutscenes go away permanently. As in-engine rendering improves, AAA games will likely move away from pre-rendered cutscenes but AAA games are far from the only games that use cutscenes and have engines that can render high quality cinematic visuals (e.g.
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Radiator Blog
JUNE 2, 2023
Instead there's cutscenes without animation, scripted conversations without choreography, and readables you rarely read because the game never pauses. All the dynamic cutscenes and dialogue sequences relied on 4 player characters all bantering amongst each other like in Buffy or something. But not really.
Radiator Blog
MAY 19, 2023
Unlike Stardew Valley, there's no visible relationship meter or tutorial here -- only soft hints that a certain NPC might want to see the fish you catch, or that another is interested in unique plants, or a random cutscene where a character gets excited about electronics.
iXie gaming
MARCH 28, 2025
Real-Time Rendering For decades, game developers relied on pre-rendered cutscenes and static assets to deliver high-fidelity visuals. This technique simulates realistic light behavior, creating lifelike reflections, shadows, and global illumination in real-time.
Designer Notes
AUGUST 15, 2022
They discuss how to play Prison Architect without a prison, why the game needed cutscenes, and how to design an economy when the world is ending. Games discussed: Prison Architect , Scanner Sombre , The Last Starship , Academia: School Simulator , Road to Ruin , Oxygen Not Included , Dwarf Fortress , Old World.
Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 14, 2022
For decades, game engines have been used to create applications, simulations and more. These use cases include architecture visualization, cinema, animation and cutscene rendering. Recording cutscenes that will be displayed as pre-recorded videos in the final game.
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