{"id":18784,"date":"2022-07-19T17:07:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1683123"},"modified":"2022-07-19T17:29:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T15:29:09","slug":"as-dusk-falls-graphics-developers-explain-its-unique-art-style","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/as-dusk-falls-graphics-developers-explain-its-unique-art-style\/","title":{"rendered":"As Dusk Falls graphics: Developers explain its unique art style"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Rob Leane\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 19 July 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Now that As Dusk Falls<\/a> is launching into the world, players will be jumping into the game and witnessing its unique art style and surprising graphics for the first time.<\/p>\n

As we put it in our As Dusk Falls review<\/a>, \u201cthe first thing you\u2019re likely to notice about As Dusk Falls is its art style [\u2026] the game does not animate its characters in full. Instead, you see a series of hand-crafted still images that blend eye-catching backdrops with photographed actors and a few animated elements (e.g. a character\u2019s hair might be blowing in the wind, but their mouth won\u2019t move when they talk).\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to the game\u2019s launch, RadioTimes.com<\/a> visited the developers Interior\/Night at their snazzy London office, with the game\u2019s visuals being one of the first things discussed on the day.<\/p>\n

Perry Allen, 2D Supervisor on As Dusk Falls, took us through a series of slides where he described the game\u2019s presentation as a \u201ccinematic graphic novel\u201d. He went on to say that \u201cevery frame a painting\u201d was a mantra during production.<\/p>\n

Allen also enthused over the lighting in the game, stating that the way a shot is lit can really \u201cturn the emotion on\u201d in a scene. It can also, in his words, \u201cnudge your attention to the right place\u201d. In a story-driven game where your decisions propel the narrative and your actions can get characters killed, these visual pointers can help you find your way.<\/p>\n

After the presentations, we stopped by the desk of Kris Cho, Head of Cinematics on As Dusk Falls. He showed us how static photographs of the game\u2019s cast have been dragged and dropped into lovingly-crafted environments, before being digitally enhanced with a Photoshop-like tool.<\/p>\n