Make cheaper games?

[caffeinade]

CaptainExplosion said:

caffeinade said:

Factorio is a pretty big PC game.
It has sold over one million units so far.
I have not played it myself, but my friend loves it: so it must be good.

As for 2D games vs 2.5D or 3D titles.
No single solution is superior.
Regardless of what a developer picks, there will be trade-offs.

*watches trailer* You sure those are digitized 3D sprites instead of 3D models? Because this looks gorgeous!! :D

My friend linked me to their development blog, and they showed their workflow.

From memory: I think they use Blender to do the modeling and Cycles (Blender's path tracer) to render the models as sprites.
http://steamcommunity.com/games/427520/announcements/detail/1460718682944077082
https://www.factorio.com/blog/post/fff-146

Last edited by caffeinade - on 28 December 2017