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Eric Mantion
Chandler, Arizona
Lost Legends of Redwall: The Scout
"The Scout" is a linear action-adventure game told in three acts. Play as Liam or Sophia, the newest member of the Lilygrove Scout Corps, as the young mice find themselves on the journey of a lifetime to save their home from ruthless pirates. ...learn more
Project status: Published/In Market
Groups
Early Innovation for GameDev
Intel Technologies
Intel CPU
Overview / Usage
The custom game engine is built using the Unity game engine and was started in 2015. While we use several common RPG and narrative game elements, the interaction between species and systems led us to build the whole thing from scratch.
Act 1 was first released on Steam Early Access in Sep 2017 and was regularly updated and built out until a full release in Sep 2018. With major improvements in scope and performance, the game was released on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in June and July 2019.
In Apr 2021 Act 2 was released for Steam, and received regular weekly bug fixes for multiple months. This was followed later that same year by the release of Act 3 in Dec 2021 after extensive testing.
Methodology / Approach
Most of the development game development process was done under a typical Agile/Scrum methodology. The toughest feature to bring from concept to realization was the dynamic scent system. As all the characters are anthropomorphic animals, we wanted a robust representation of scent including dynamic pooling, dynamic wind flow, and enough subtlety to allow for genuine and interesting gameplay.
As the main engine settled into a polish and optimize state in mid-2019 the current project is focused heavily on level and content design and supplemental systems to achieve narrative goals.
Technologies Used
- Unity
- MegaShapes
- Cinemamachine
- MegaFlow
- 3D Coat (character sculpting)
- Maya (animation)
- SpeedTree / Tree It
- Blender
- Ink (branching dialog, heavily customized)
- WorldCreator
- Photoshop
- Procreate
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