Digital Foundry | Inside Penny's Big Breakaway - They Made Their Own 3D Engine! - Developer Deep Dive @DigitalFoundry | Uploaded 2 months ago | Updated 2 days ago
From the creators of Sonic Mania, Penny's Big Breakaway sees developer Evening Star deliver their very first 3D platform game. In a brilliant DF exclusive, John Linneman talks to the team and discusses the genesis, creation and execution of the game.
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00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Part 1 - Starting from Scratch
04:08 - Pitching the Game
05:23 - Creating Art
09:37 - A New Programming Language
11:49 - Part 2 - Building the World
13:49 - The Shape Layer
17:53 - Part 3 - Bringing it to Life
20:34 - The Gradient Shader
23:31 - Animation Talk
27:20 - Shading
29:37 - Part 4 - Adding the Detail
31:36 - Procedural Generation in Action
36:34 - Proc Gen Challenges
38:37 - Part 5 - Optimizations
40:43 - Baking Lights and Shadow
43:45 - Optimizing for Switch
48:15 - Wrap-up
From the creators of Sonic Mania, Penny's Big Breakaway sees developer Evening Star deliver their very first 3D platform game. In a brilliant DF exclusive, John Linneman talks to the team and discusses the genesis, creation and execution of the game.
Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and various items based on DF catchphrases? Check out our store: store.digitalfoundry.net
Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: bit.ly/3jEGjvx
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00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - Part 1 - Starting from Scratch
04:08 - Pitching the Game
05:23 - Creating Art
09:37 - A New Programming Language
11:49 - Part 2 - Building the World
13:49 - The Shape Layer
17:53 - Part 3 - Bringing it to Life
20:34 - The Gradient Shader
23:31 - Animation Talk
27:20 - Shading
29:37 - Part 4 - Adding the Detail
31:36 - Procedural Generation in Action
36:34 - Proc Gen Challenges
38:37 - Part 5 - Optimizations
40:43 - Baking Lights and Shadow
43:45 - Optimizing for Switch
48:15 - Wrap-up
