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On the topic of cutscenes, do you think we will get to the point where fully pre-rendered cutscenes will be phased out entirely? Are there any other advantages to having a cutscene be pre-rendered rather than in engine besides the cutscene being “prettier” than the base graphics?

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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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So how much $ (in general) does it cost to produce a fully animated/rigged, fully voiced 1-3 minute cutscene in a game that’s in ongoing development (something like SWTOR, where they have a lot of prebuilt assets)? Like just a general low range and high range? I’m seeing a lot of people complaining about prioritizing content they want, and don’t know enough about the behind the scenes costs to properly communicate they’re being unrealistic with their complaints.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

that might need to be created for certain specific cutscenes. that might need to be created for certain specific cutscenes. If the cutscene needs new animations we need to bring on an animator to spend time building the new animations needed for the cutscene. needs its own rig), that's time from a rigger to create.

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Movie Maker mode arrives in Godot 4.0

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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. With the addition of non-real-time video recording, Godot opens itself to these new use cases. What is Movie Maker mode for? What is Movie Maker mode NOT for?

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Movie Maker mode arrives in Godot 4.0

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

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. With the addition of non-real-time video recording, Godot opens itself to these new use cases. What is Movie Maker mode for? What is Movie Maker mode NOT for?

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Want to make a great game trailer? Stop pretending it’s a movie trailer

PreMortem.Games

JUNE 29, 2023

Top image: Nobody Saves the World – DrinkBox Studios. Put more simply, if your game doesn’t have spoken dialogue and cutscenes, the editing can (and probably should be) much more simple. Great game and great trailer ! MORE editing does not mean BETTER editing and LESS editing does not mean WORSE editing.

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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? Let’s look at what it means in practice, though keep in mind that it will vary wildly depending on the game genre, project structure, studio, and even country. This article originally appeared on the Deep Silver Dambuster Studio website.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2014

As you know, Okam Studio, the company that develops Godot Engine, also makes games. One of our oldest projects is The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizza Boy , a 2D point & click graphic adventure that we’ve been developing in-house as a side-project, and we’ve launched a Kickstarter to raise the funds to finish it.

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Hideo Kojima: Influential and Innovative Video Game Director and Writer

Game Designing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Rumors abound of just what his studio is working on now, and he’s even expressed an interest to try his hand at film at long last. Combined with his love for film, this leads to deep story-driven games with lengthy and cinematic cutscenes (Metal Gear Solid 4 once held the world record for the longest cutscene in any game).

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Understanding the Great Video Game Recession. Or Not.

The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

Lots of studio closures. There are now so, so many of those cutscene-only video game apps called streaming services. They just like to play games. If you understandably haven't been paying attention, here's what has been happening in the video game business. There have been lots of layoffs lately. And there's more competition.

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Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a tribute to sci-fi movies of the ’50s

PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2023

“From the moment I got the idea of making it like an old movie I called the people from Fehorama Filmes to work on the live action cutscenes”, says Rosa. The initial idea was for them to just work on the cutscenes, but they ended up executive producing the whole project.” They had the know-how as producers, so they stepped in.

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Darner's Digest, vol. 3: on the Yarn Spinner v2.0 release + a YS primer

Radiator Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

there are decent updated ports for Gamemaker Studio 2, Godot, JavaScript (linked at the end of this post) Yarn is inspired by Twine. Some games do all their cutscene scripting and even enemy AI in Yarn Spinner, because really, it's just a simple scripting language that does whatever you tell it to do. None of it is Unity specific.

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Korean indie dev Funnylocks “We made Unstoppable for a global audience”

PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

Set in a New York office building in the 1990’s, the game plays out as a action-filled mini series, including cutscenes that unravel the plot. “To During that time he crossed paths with Cho Si-wook , now the lead game designer at Funnylocks Game Studio. We have a strategic plan for the next 10 years”, reveals Hee-sang. “We

Indy

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Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

Radiator Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2022

But here's what I'm playing and what I'm talking about: Immortality Wayward Strand Cult of the Lamb Betrayal at Club Low Atuel Immortality by Half Mermaid The third "FMV game" helmed by auteur Sam Barlow and his studio, about collecting short video fragments to assemble complex psychological stories. You talk but they don't listen.

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Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

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.

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Why I’m bailing on Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Keith Burgun

JANUARY 27, 2023

The opening cutscene literally made me cry. Sometimes I think studios invest a ton of time and money, and maybe even different writers, into the opening parts of games to kind of get you excited to play, and probably to have some extremely high quality stuff to use in marketing. The Good The writing starts off incredible.

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UEFN & HaZ Dulull- A New Dawn for Creators

Game Dev Unchained

JULY 26, 2023

Currently, he sees a surge in potential with the Unreal Engine Fortnite (UEFN), especially with the announcement of several former Riot and Blizzard developers forming a new studio to specialize in its development. For a long time, game studios looked to films for inspiration to make their cutscenes and dialogues more cinematic.

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On the topic of cutscenes, do you think we will get to the point where fully pre-rendered cutscenes will be phased out entirely? Are there any other advantages to having a cutscene be pre-rendered rather than in engine besides the cutscene being “prettier” than the base graphics?

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Movie Maker mode arrives in Godot 4.0

Movie Maker mode arrives in Godot 4.0

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A day in the life of a narrative designer

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Hideo Kojima: Influential and Innovative Video Game Director and Writer

Understanding the Great Video Game Recession. Or Not.

Squad 51 vs. the Flying Saucers is a tribute to sci-fi movies of the ’50s

Darner's Digest, vol. 3: on the Yarn Spinner v2.0 release + a YS primer

Korean indie dev Funnylocks “We made Unstoppable for a global audience”

Indie game capsule reviews: Immortality, Wayward Strand, Cult of the Lamb, Betrayal at Club Low, Atuel

Design review of Redfall by Arkane Studios Austin

Why I’m bailing on Yakuza: Like a Dragon

UEFN & HaZ Dulull- A New Dawn for Creators

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