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JayWood2010 on 28 November 2012

 

Square Enix spent six months planning, six months creating four-minute "Agni's Philosophy" demo running on new Luminous Engine.

This summer, Square Enix showed off a next-generation Final Fantasy tech demo called "Agni's Philosophy," created using the company's proprietary Luminous Studio Engine. Now, it has been revealed that Square Enix spent an entire year creating the four-minute spot.

 

Kotaku translated a Game Watch report that states Square Enix spent six months planning the "Agni's Philosophy" demo before spending another six months actually developing it.

The Luminous Studio engine is currently in development at Square Enix and is planned to support game consoles, PCs, smartphones, and Web applications.

According to Square Enix, "Agni's Philosophy" is representative of the level of visual quality Square Enix is hoping to achieve with next-generation games. The demo is focused on a magic-wielding heroine name Agni and is set in a near-future world where ancient sorcery and advanced science coexist.

 


 



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kowenicki on 28 November 2012
What a joke. Could be a while for a next gen game then.



sales2099 on 28 November 2012
lol there goes a year of making an actual game.

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Carl2291 on 28 November 2012
Pathetic.

No wonder Versus STILL isnt out and XV has been in development for 4 Years.

Soriku on 28 November 2012

Hmm...if a 4 minute demo took a year to make, how long would would a game that has, say, 60 hours of content take to make?

4 mins x 15 = 60 minutes. So 15 years for one hour. 15 years x 60 hours = 900 years?

So we're looking at the year 2912 for their first game. This game will be legendary. Hopefully I'm alive by then.




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RenderMonk on 28 November 2012
Ya, with all the projects they have in the works, and are WAY WAY off schedule, their time would have been better spent working on the games themselves. Not spending a teams year on a tech demo. Guess Square is really on their way out, and they're doing all they can to milk shit for all it's worth off their brand name before going completely under.

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JayWood2010 on 28 November 2012
Soriku said:

Hmm...if a 4 minute demo took a year to make, how long would would a game that has, say, 60 hours of content take to make?

4 mins x 15 = 60 minutes. So 15 years for one hour. 15 years x 60 hours = 900 years?

So we're looking at the year 2912 for their first game. This game will be legendary. Hopefully I'm alive by then.


lmao haha ^ I s that when Versus is expected? :P



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AndrewWK on 28 November 2012
And this Square guy Suzuki wonders why Square Enix is losing money this year.

Euphoria14 on 28 November 2012
Mismanagement at it's finest...

Then they wonder why it takes them ages to make Versus.


Seeing how they work, it's actually believable when they said it would take them 10+ years to recreate FFVII in HD visuals.

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kowenicki on 28 November 2012
Square Enix FF team and Tema Ico.

work ethic? non existant.

motto? manana

point? none.