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Independent Games Summit: Critical! Combat Presentation Tools for 'Darkest Dungeon II'

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Darkest Dungeon cast an intimidatingly large shadow over it's sequel with it's signature presentation style and strong visual identity. Darkest Dungeon II transitioned the series from 2D to 3D with the goal of maintaining the same distinctive visual style and presentation but pushing the bar as high as we could go. This talk will cover, in detail, the approaches, challenges, and trade-offs made in pursuing this goal. In particular, the challenge of achieving a robust presentation pipeline as one programmer with many artists to support.nnDiscover how the visual communication of features was gravely important for keeping everyone on the same page. How rapid previsualization influenced the way tools were built for sequencing animations and visual effects. Missteps that caused wasted time and lessons learned.nnAspiration unites the hopeful!

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