{"id":2335,"date":"2024-09-12T13:43:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T20:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/?p=2335"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:59:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T23:59:38","slug":"an-update-on-visuals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starsreach.com\/fr\/an-update-on-visuals\/","title":{"rendered":"AN UPDATE ON VISUALS!"},"content":{"rendered":"

par Raph Koster<\/em><\/p>\n

When we announced <\/span>\u00c9toiles \u00e0 port\u00e9e de main<\/span><\/i>, the art style and visuals were not yet as far along as the gameplay, the cloud technology, and the simulation. Visual improvements were planned for later in the schedule, starting with this month\u2019s pre-alpha testing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This gave us a challenge: Our development plan calls for early input from player-testers. Waiting for near-final visuals would have meant player input coming too late in the process to help us scale the servers and improve the game. So we cut a trailer with the imagery we had available, giving players a general sense of what the game was. We did receive some criticism on the visuals of the trailer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, we have made great progress and some of that is visible now. We’ve improved the lighting, increased detail levels, added functionality to and enhanced the simulation, and much more. We still have more work to do, especially on characters; in the meantime, we\u2019re sharing some video and screenshots that show how the game looks today. As you can see, we incorporated some of your criticism into the new appearance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Expect more visual updates before this game reaches beta phase, but even now we can begin to show you a combination of art and technology that approaches our intended finished look.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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