Analysis - Games

• How Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine - northlight-openusd-content-workflows)• Northlight in 2023• A Deep Dive into Path Tracing Technology• GPU driven Rendering with Mesh Shaders in Alan Wake 2|
• DF Tech Review - graphics-analysis-xbox-series-x-vs-pc-comparison-and-more)• A Reddit user's tech analysis• Analyzing Starfield’s Performance on Nvidia’s 4090 and AMD’s 7900 XTX|
• 3D Toon Rendering in 'Hi-Fi RUSH' - hifirush01.html)• CGWorldJP: Background/Lighting|
• Behind the Pretty Frames - us/diablo4/23964183/peeling-back-the-varnish-the-graphics-of-diablo-iv)• Developers talk ray tracing• Ray Tracing in Diablo IV|
• Shadow Techniques from Final Fantasy XVI - Time Graphics](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItwtpX1SFcA)• The DF Tech Review• GamingBolt Tech Analysis|
• PS5 vs Xbox Series X/S vs PC – Ray Tracing
• Company of Heroes 3 - From PC to Consoles
• DF Tech Review
• Inside PSVR2 - Horizon: Call of the Mountain Gameplay + Tech Breakdown
• DF Tech Review
• DF Tech Review - hifirush01.html)• CGWorldJP: Background/Lighting|
• Remnant 2 review – a war across worlds
• DF Tech Review - Graphics Analysis + Optimised Settings
• IMMORTALS OF AVEUM™: UE5.1, PC OPTIMIZATION, & MORE
• Behind the Pretty Frames - 2023-ray-tracing-comes-to-elden-ring-ps5-series-x-pc)|
• 【アルセウス＋スカーレット・バイオレット】ポケモン2つを同時に作る、ポケモンモデル制作環境
• 'God of War Ragnarok's' Visual Scripting Solution - Time Neural Texture Upsampling in 'God of War Ragnarök'](https://sms.playstation.com/media/documents/GOWR_Neural_Image_Upsampling_Zhou_Xuanyi_GDC23.pdf)• A Deep Dive Into God of War Ragnarök's User Interface|
• Architecting Jolt Physics For Horizon Forbidden West - games.com/read/adventures-with-deferred-texturing-in-horizon-forbidden-west)• Building Machines For A Better Future In Horizon• Space-Efficient Content Packaging• Scaling Tools For Millions of Assets• Creating The Many Faces of Horizon Forbidden West• CEDEC 2019 - Making Tools for Big Games• SIGGRAPH 2022 Real-Time Live• The Cinematics of 'Horizon Forbidden West'• Building Machines for a Better Future in 'Horizon'• Knocking on Death's Door: Designing a New Bunker for 'Horizon Forbidden West'|
• Case Study: Creating Realistic Facial Motion for 'The Quarry'
• DF Tech Review
• How FatShark constructed their central asset pipeline with Simplygon
• DF Tech Review
• Rendering Technologies behind Gran Turismo 7: VR, Ray Tracing and Sky Simulation
• SIGGRAPH2023-Advances-The-Rendering-of-The-Callisto-Protocol-JimenezPetersen.pptx
• One Frame in 'Halo Infinite'
• DF Tech Analysis - Overview-of-the-Diablo)|
• Knockout City's Parallel Play
• How Parameters Drive the Particle Effects of 'Forza Horizon 5'
• Can We Do It with Particles?: VFX Learnings from 'Returnal'
• Recalibrating Our Limits: Lighting on 'Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart' - 2023-df-weekly-how-will-ratchet-and-clank-pc-handle-the-ps5s-ssd-requirement)|
• Simulating Tropical Weather in 'Far Cry 6'
• Dreamscaper: Killer Combat on an Indie Budget
• 'FIFA 22's' Hypermotion: Full-Match Mocap Driving Machine Learning Technology
• birth-of-dyson-sphere - sphere-devlog-2](https://indienova.com/indie-game-development/dyson-sphere-devlog-2/)• dyson-sphere-devlog-3• dyson-sphere-devlog-4|
• c0de517e - analysis-cyberpunk-2077)• Shader Execution Reordering• Tech Focus: Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive• Overdrive Technology Preview on RTX 4090|
• Simon Coenen's Blog
• The Code Corsair
• Frame Teardown
• 機械学習によるリップシンクアニメーション自動生成技術と FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKEのアセットを訓練データとした実装実例 - US/developer-interviews/how-square-enix-leveraged-unreal-engine-to-modernize-final-fantasy-vii-remake)|
• Blowing from the West: Simulating Wind in 'Ghost of Tsushima' - shading-course/patry/slides/)|
• The Art of Not Reinventing the Wheel in 'Wild Rift' Asset Pipeline
• Breaking the Ankh: Deterministic Propagation Netcode in 'Spelunky 2'
• An Explosive New Spider-Man: Creating VFX for Miles Morales - Time Cloth Solutions on 'Marvel's Spider-Man'](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGvqlLlZUis)|
• Crafting an Interactive Guitar - naughty-dog-created-the-immersive-world-of-the-last-of-us-part-ii/)• The Museum Level Design• The Chalet Level Design• The Overlook Level Design• Dialogue Scripting Level Design• Finding Strings Level Design• Breathing Life Into 'The Last of Us': Part I and II|
• 80lv's Interview
• Thomas @ Stylized Station's Twitter thread
• Behind the Pretty Frames - 2020-death-stranding-pc-tech-review)• DF Performance Analysis|
• Behind the Pretty Frames
• Anton Schreiner's Blog - about-the-rendering-of-metro-exodus/)|
• Frame Analysis
• Frame Analysis
• Dissecting A Plague Tale: Innocence - plague-tale-innocence-graphics-analysis-one-of-the-best-looking-games-of-this-gen)|
• Analysis of Water Effects
• Handling Network Latency Variation in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - Network-Latency-Variation-in)|
• The making of Gears 5: how the Coalition hit 60fps - and improved visual quality
• Squad Coordination in Days Gone - bend-screen-space-shadows/)|
• Paint It Black: The Art of 'Sea of Solitude'
• Google Maps, Not Greyboxes: Digital Location Scouting for 'Untitled Goose Game'
• Game Server Performance on Tom Clancy's The Division 2
• What Cause Lag in Super Mario Maker 2's Online
• 80lv's Interview
• Raising Atreus for Battle in God of War - the-pretty-frames-god-of-war/)|
• imgeself's Blog - HTvoBi0Iw&t=7100s)|
• The Code Corsair
• Thomas' Blog
• Shadows of the Tomb Raider
• Adaptive Clothing System in Kingdom Come: Deliverance
• Social Depth of Location-Based Play in 'The Walking Dead: Our World'
• Building a Mixing Sandbox for 'Just Cause 4'
• Automated Testing of Gameplay Features in 'Sea of Thieves'
• Making 'Tetris Effect'-ive
• AI for Testing: The Development of Bots that Play Battlefield V - Traced Reflections in Battlefield V](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncUNLDQZMzQ)|
• Marvel's Spider-Man: Procedural Lighting Tools - Man AI Postmortem](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxWq65CZBU8)• Marvel's Spider-Man: A Technical Postmortem|
• Content Fueled Gameplay Programming in Frostpunk
• Taming Technologies Behind Astro Bot Rescue Mission
• Procedural Generation of Cinematic Dialogues in Assassin's Creed Odyssey
• The Lighting Technology of Detroit: Become Human
• Water Rendering in Far Cry 5
• Playing Your Cards Right: The Hierarchical Portfolio Search AI of Prismata
• The Rendering of Below
• DF Tech Complete Analysis - of-the-colossus-bluepoint-tech-interview)• DF's Article• Beyond the Remake of 'Shadow of the Colossus': A Technical Perspective|
• DF Tech Analysis - traveler-pc-vs-switch-graphics-comparison-60fps-and-4k-unleashed)• Unreal Fest Europe 2019|
• GDC 2018: Physically Inspired Shading in 'Destiny 2' - Destiny-Shader)|
• Frame Analysis - RTX
• A frame of Slime Rancher
• Divine Fire: A deep dive into the VFX
• Battlefront II Layered Explosion - precomputedgiobalilluminationinfrostbite.pdf)|
• The Bling-Bling Offset
• Stylized VFX in RIME
• Middle-earth: Shadow of War
• MORTIS 101: 'FAITH's' Horror Design Toolkit
• Virtual Insanity: Meta AI on Assassin's Creed: Origins
• 4K Checkerboard in Battlefield 1 and Mass Effect Andromeda
• 80lv's Interview - Based Run-Time Procedural Placement in Horizon: Zero Dawn](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToCozpl1sYY)• Horizon Zero Dawn: A QA Open World Case Study• Creating a Tools Pipeline for Horizon: Zero Dawn• Streaming the World of Horizon Zero Dawn• Nubis: RealTime Volumetric Cloudscapes In A Nutshell• Horizon Zero Dawn: A Game Design Postmortem• Creating New AI Systems• Decima Engine: Visibility|
• Deterministic vs. Replicated AI: Building the Battlefield of For Honor - Driven Dynamic Gameplay Effects on For Honor](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgSvuSaXs3E)|
• 8 Frames in 16ms: Rollback Networking in Mortal Kombat and Injustice 2
• Making Night in the Woods Better with Open Source
• RE Engine Analysis
• Datamining New Splatoon 2 Maps - in-depth-look-at-the-splatoon-2-ranking-system/)• Netcode and Matchmaking• How Does the Region Lock Work• The Mechanics of Clam Blitz|
• Game Tech Overview
• Digital Humans: Crossing the Uncanny Valley in UE4
• The Devil is in the details - 2016-graphics-study/)• DF Interview• Bringing Hell to Life: AI and Full Body Animation in DOOM• GamesBeat Interview• DSOGaming Interview• QuakeCon P1• QuakeCon P2|
• Alain Galvan's Blog - The Elusive Goal: Play by Sound](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF_jcrTCMsA)|
• Kosmonaut's Blog
• The Witness Frame Part 1
• Dark Maus: Topdown Trees
• GDC Vault Gears of War 4
• The VFX Process Behind 'Battleborn'
• Triage on the Front Line: Improving Mafia III AI in a Live Product
• Eos is Alive: The AI Systems of Final Fantasy XV - AI Auto-Snapshots Your Adventure in FFXV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ictRlPZQCZI)• 障害物を乗り越えるアニメーションの制御手法とその応用• FINAL FANTASY XVにおけるキャラクターナビゲーションパイプライン ～パス検索とステアリングとアニメーションの連携～• Rendering Techniques of Final Fantasy XV• Physics Simulation R&D at Square Enix• FINAL FANTASY XV -EPISODE DUSCAE-のエフェクトはこうして作られた～Luminous VFX Editorの紹介～• FINAL FANTASY XV -EPISODE DUSCAE-におけるキャラクターAIの意思決定システム (P1)• FINAL FANTASY XV -EPISODE DUSCAE-におけるキャラクターAIの意思決定システム (P2)• FINAL FANTASY XV -EPISODE DUSCAE- のアニメーション ～接地感向上のためのとりくみ～|
• Character Pipeline and Customization System for Far Cry Primal
• Replicating Chaos: Vehicle Replication in Watch Dogs 2
• Efficient Texture Streaming in Titanfall 2
• The Science of Off-Roading: Uncharted 4's 4x4
• Taking Back What's Ours: The AI of Dishonored 2
• Global Illumination in Tom Clancy's The Division
• Forging The River in The Flame in The Flood
• Temporal Reprojection Anti-Aliasing in INSIDE
• Creating Complex AI Behavior in Stellaris Through Data-Driven Design
• Siege Battle AI in Total War: Warhammer
• Continuous World Generation in No Man's Sky
• Mateusz's Blog - Witcher-3-on-the)|
• Graphics Study - Through-the-Eyes-of)• DigitalFoundry Tech Analysis• NVIDIA Performance Guide|
• The Code Corsair
• Fixing attempts for Yakuza 0
• A Frame of Waves 2
• Unmasking Arkham Knight
• Game Art Tricks - 4-the-mushroom-case/)|
• Assassin's Creed Syndicate: London Wasn't Built in a Day - Assassin-s-Creed-Syndicate)• What Are You Driving At? Vehicle AI in Assassin's Creed Syndicate|
• Tile-Based Map Generation using Wave Function Collapse in 'Caves of Qud' - to-End Procedural Generation in Caves of Qud](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV-DZqdKlnE)|
• Geometry Caching Optimizations in Halo 5: Guardians
• Tree's Company: Systemic AI Design in Just Cause 3
• Rocket League: Language Ban System Postmortem
• Rendering Rainbow Six Siege
• Fighting Latency on Call of Duty: Black Ops III
• Rendering The Alternate History of The Order: 1886 (SIGGRAPH 2015) - Made in 2015, Still Stunning Today](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJm0wreAOK0)• RAD_SIGGRAPH_2015_Character_embed.pptx|
• The Code Corsair
• The Code Corsair
• Next Generation Post Processing
• Alien vs Wolfenstein: Cutting Torch
• Adventure Capitalist Postmortem or
• Adaptive Virtual Texture Rendering - Optimizing Key Parts of the Dunia Pipeline](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhmlFG1u1wE)|
• The Jackbox Party Pack Unboxed: How and Why We Make a Pack of 5 Games Every Year
• Massive Crowd on Assassin's Creed Unity: AI Recycling
• Extreme SIMD: Optimized Collision Detection in Titanfall
• Tools-Based Rigging in Bungie's Destiny
• Photorealism Through the Eyes of a FOX: The Core of Metal Gear Solid Ground Zeroes (Sponsored)
• Tech Art in Tamriel: The Elder Scrolls Online's Character Tools and Pipeline
• Getting Inquisitive About the AI of Dragon Age Inquisition
• Yandere Simulator Complete Source Code Analysis - Code Review
• Game Art Tricks: Underestimated Glow - v-wormy-fountain/)• Graphics Study• NVIDIA Performance Guide|
• Game Art Tricks
• Black Flag Waterplane - supersampling-pt-2-ssao-demonstration/)• GameDev's Tech Talk• FxGuide's Article• Gamer Nexus's Graphics Analysis• Tech Demo• GDC 2014: Road to next-gen graphics• NVIDIA's Graphics & Performance Guide|
• Don't Starve & Diablo Parallax
• Tomb Raider Lara's Hot Secrets - media-viewer/?type=DOCUMENT&profileId=ACoAAAAGU30Bo2akEMGwNg-C9yHq2Lrtt3NGvPU)|
• BioShock Infinite Lighting
• Dead Space 3 Diffuse Reflections
• Metal Gear Rising Slicing
• Lighting Technology of The Last Of Us - Aware Character Dialog System](https://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020386/A-Context-Aware-Character-Dialog)• The Motion Capture Pipeline of The Last of Us• Parallelizing the Naughty Dog Engine Using Fibers|
• Rendering Battlefield 4 with Mantle by Yuriy ODonnell
• Crafting the world of Crysis
• Modeling AI Perception and Awareness in Splinter Cell: Blacklist
• Capturing Reality: Gathering Reference for Forza Motorsport 5
• Designing AI for Killer Instinct
• Procedural World Generation in Path of Exile - Creating Game Effects in Path of Exile](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxXJn1DOuzw)|
• Game Art Tricks - 3-trees/)• Game Art Tricks• Game Art Tricks|
• 007 Legends The World
• Assassins Creed 3 Bouncing Light - creed-3-lod-blending/)• Rendering Assassin's Creed III|
• Creating the AI for the Characters of Hitman: Absolution
• A Different Approach for Continuous Physics in Ghost Recon Future Soldier
• Reinforcement Learning in Action: Creating Arena Battle AI for 'Blade & Soul'
• Robocalypse Now: Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive - Strike: Global Offensive Economy](https://web.archive.org/web/20170606025840/http://media.steampowered.com/apps/valve/2014/gdc_2014_grimes_csgo_econ_content.pdf)|
• Web Page - enix.com/tech/library/pdf/SiggraphAsia2014_simulation.pdf)|
• Sand Rendering in Journey
• Froyok's Blog
• Graphics Study - twvideo01.s3.amazonaws.com/o1/vault/gdc2012/slides/Programming%20Track/DeSmedt_Matthijs_Deus%20Ex%20Is.pdf)• Reimagining a Classic: The Design• Building the Story-driven Experience• Game Art Tricks: Alpha Terrain|
• Binding of Isaac Composition
• Culling the Battlefield: Data Oriented Design in Practice - 11-rendering-in-battlefield-3)|
• Crysis 2 Multiplayer: A Programmer's Postmortem
• Supercharged! Vehicle Physics in Skylanders
• Making and Using Non-Standard Textures: Manipulating UVs through Color Data in Portal 2.
• Morphological Antialiasing - on-god-of-war-iii-antialiasing/)• DF article• Sig 2019: Interactive Wind and Vegetation• Playtesting 'God of War'• Evolving Combat in 'God of War' for a New Perspective• Keyframes and Cardboard Props: The Cinematic Process Behind 'God of War'• Disintegrating Meshes with Particles in 'God of War'• Wind Simulation in God of War|
• Hat vs Hair
• Starcraft 2 Localization
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 Smoke Column
• CityVille: Lessons Learned & Tools Used
• 1000s of Zombies, 1000s of Problems, 1000s of Dollars
• Advanced Material
• Building Game UI with Scaleform
• Bringing Replays to World of Tanks: Mercenaries
• AI & Animation in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
• I Shot You First: Networking the Gameplay of Halo: Reach
• ALAN WAKE: The Writer Who Made Us Rewrite Our Engine
• Froyok's Blog
• Left 4 Dead 2 Puke
• Building the Chat Service for League of Legends - down-lol-graphics-pipeline)• Performance analysis in esports part 1|
• Forza Motorsport 3 Audio Design
• Building a Dynamic Lighting Engine
• Connecting Players and Franchise Across Console Generations in the Dragon Age Keep
• The Terrain of Halo Wars