Force Unleashed – The Big Summer Push…

Finally, some new news on The Force Unleashed. Brett Rector has released a new production diary. In this diary he basically sums up everything that has happened with The Force Unleashed over the summer. Looks like everything is shaping up great!

“Since Star Wars Celebration IV back in May, the team has made great strides to hone not only the overall gameplay experience, but also to add the visual brilliance that everyone is expecting. Some of the major focuses during the past few months from a design perspective included making continued refinements to our combat and camera systems, as well as working on finding more creative ways to leverage NaturalMotion’s euphoria technology and Pixelux’s Digital Molecular Matter. In fact, the design and art tech teams have really done some outstanding work to push the boundaries on DMM in ways that we only could dream about eight months ago.”

“However, the area that has received the most attention during the summer has been our boss battles, which are now really starting to feel “unleashed,” and which have been a combined effort from the design, sound, environment art, and animation teams. The team is taking Jedi vs. Jedi battles to a whole new level, and if you think unleashing the Force on your opponent is cool, keep in mind that you’ll have to be prepared to have the Force unleashed on you. As we continue with the diaries, I’ll go into more details as to how some of our boss battles were designed — from beginning to end — and the challenges the team faced during the proces”

Check out the full diary here