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Vampyre Story 3D teaser test appears 15 May, 2005 / Comments: 10

By Jake


Over at the Vampyre Story website, there's a new short teaser video showing the 3D model of Mona, the main character, walking and doing some other stuff. It looks really really nice.
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  • itchythesamurai on 17 May, 2005, 22:40…
    Nice cartoony 3D look going on, I dig.
  • counting_pine on 16 May, 2005, 17:31…
    Wow, don't download the Quicktime version, it's over 7 megs instead of under 3, and it's 256-colour.
  • Udvarnoky on 15 May, 2005, 19:04…
    So are they working on the game without a publisher?
  • jp-30 on 16 May, 2005, 17:16…
    Dare say they're waiting for a publisher / funding before they get into production (I know they hadn't started anything other than pre-prod. at the time of the Bad-Brain split), so right now in all likelihood it's more concepts, screen tests, storyboards & artwork to shop around.
  • jp-30 on 15 May, 2005, 17:18…
    from this interview

    We started off with a 2D engine, but quickly discovered that 2D animation production was too slow and would eat up too much of our budget. Also, games like Syberia and Runaway: A Road Adventure came out and showed that point & click 2D/3D hybrids could work both technically and aesthetically. Plus our animator has a lot of experience in 3D animation and works faster in it. It just made more sense. We will even experiment with a celshaded 2D filter to help the characters blend better with the 2D backgrounds.
  • Scummbuddy on 15 May, 2005, 16:41…
    short and sweet.
  • guybrushthedwarf on 15 May, 2005, 16:18…
    now, I'm wondering, why making a 3D trailer while the game is 2D all-over?
  • DustCropper on 15 May, 2005, 16:36…
    I'm guessing that the characters are going to be in 3D, and that the backgrounds will be in 2D.
  • Thrik on 15 May, 2005, 17:33…
    Correct.
  • jp-30 on 15 May, 2005, 17:19…
    Meant to put the interview quote here, (see above) sorry.