Comment on First look at the new Tribes game from Prophecy Games
Wootz@lemmy.world 11 months agoYes it is.
The last Tribes game before this was Ascend, released over a decade ago.
Polygon targets, textured sizes, shader technology and much else has evolved dramatically since then.
You may reuse old assets as placeholders during development (but this can be problematic for the same reasons why temp music in filmmaking is problematic), but you absolutely do not have assets already made. Assets change over the course of development, often right up until release.
I can’t speak to whether or not these assets are from Ascend or earlier, nor can I speak to the actual visual production quality of this studio, but seeing shoddy looking visuals from a pre-alpha title is normal.
Source: I am a trained game developer.
Maalus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And can you remake all of the assets in 4 months?