Nowadays, all 3D games feature dynamic shadows. They are a must have to correctly estimating distances. So how does it work? Let’s have a look at a simple case, the shadows of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on Nintendo Switch. Mario Kart uses pre-calculated shadows for...
14 years ago, Batman: Arkham Asylum surprised everyone with it’s animated cape. It was the first time a game had such convincing cloth movements. How Rocksteady pull off this feat and why so little games have reused the same approach ? In video games, fabric is...
