The game engine that Pearl Abyss uses gives the title a tremendous boost, but sacrifices flexibility.
Previously, we shared the opinions of the animation director of DokeV, Sangyoung kim, about the balance between graphics and gameplay of this new project in which the Pearl Abyss studio is working. Now, you will read what Kwanghyeon Go, programmer of the new game engine that the company uses, said in the interview conducted by the 3DJuegos team.
The engine is so new, it doesn’t even have an official nameDokeV uses a new engine of games, which gives it that colorful and striking style that we have already seen in the trailers. The engine is so new that it does not even have an official name, and although it greatly boosts the project’s graphic potential, it does not remain without sacrificing some aspects, such as the accessibility for mid-range computers.
“Procedural generation, as well as a variety of LOD (Level of Detail) methods used to create visual depth,” Kwanghyeon Go mentioned, when asked about the secret behind the visual aspect provided by this new game engine.
“We have used Unified Atmospheric Dispersion and Voxel-Based Global Illumination, to obtain the right lighting for the environments that are constantly changing without the need for additional pre-processing, “added the programmer.
We have not yet set the system requirementsSangyoung kimHowever, using the engine for other projects, such as a sports title, could be very challenging. Go shared with us that Pearl Abyss continues to work to make the engine work with certain characteristics of the variety of genres on which they themselves are working.
When asking about the optimization of the game, seeing that surely DokeV is focused on high-end computers, the animation director, Sangyoung kim, answered the following: “We have not yet set the system requirements, but we are working to make it accessible and enjoyable for as many users as possible. “
Even though the last trailer we had of DokeV at Gamescom is almost 4 minutes long, the project is still surrounded by quite a bit of mystery. It will be available on PC and next-gen consoles, but its release window is still unknown.
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