GDC 09: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Tidbit
A scripting panel takes a look behind the scenes of some Nathan Drake footage.
US, March 27, 2009 - If you ever get concerned that the Game Developers Conference is getting too much like a consumer-focused show, you should come hear Jason Gregory talk. The generalist programmer at Naughty Dog, Gregory spoke all about programming languages, syntax, data definition, and everything else that goes into "state-based scripting" at the show today.
What's that mean to you? Probably not much -- state-based scripting involves managing objects in the game -- except that Gregory showed some footage from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves.
To demonstrate how Naughty Dog's coding process worked, Gregory showed a clip that I saw a few weeks ago when I previewed Uncharted 2. Already off the ground, Drake hops to a sign attached to a building in that same colorful, war-torn area. The blue and yellow sign groans, Drake hops over the top of the structure to hang from the other side, the sign starts to give way, and Nathan shimmies to a windowsill just before the sign tears away from the wall and falls to the street below. Gregory went on to show more from my previous demo including a quick clip of that bus barreling down the street through some soldiers as well as Drake working his way up to that blue and yellow sign.
So, it was the exact same stuff you've already read about. The one new thing I noticed as Nate scaled the side of a building on his way to that sign was how his hands went to specific bricks. It wasn't like this part was just a climbing object and his hands could go anywhere -- he was moving his fingers to specific handholds. It's a little thing, but it looked good.
For more Uncharted 2 info, keep it here on IGN.
http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/967/967220p1.html
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Cool....interesting things are really being introduce now which is exciting for this sure shot hit!
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