New Luminous Engine by Square Enix

Tech Demo of the new Luminous Engine by Square Enix. Will be released on Xbox 360, PC, PS3 and PSVita.

More Info:
Square Enix's Luminous Studio is a multi-platform engine designed for HD game development, that can work with any hardware that supports programmable shaders. That means it's compatible with PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Since Wii and Nintendo 3DS do not have programmable shaders, Luminous Studio isn't compatible with those devices, but Yoshihisa Hashimoto says they are actively investigating how to support both platforms. Luminous Studio is also Direct X 11 compatible.

Square Enix is aiming to have advanced artificial intelligence built into Luminous Studio. Past artificial intelligence loops are reactive, Yoichiro Miyake lead AI research says, and he wants to make Luminous Studio have scalable AI that recognizes game scenes. For example, they can tie the level editor in the with the AI tool so the game has an idea about the layout and can hunt hiding players in one type of game. If this process works, the AI tool can be used for multiple game genres. Miyake is aiming to have the AI tool cooperate with other parts of the engine instead of being stand alone.

Right now, Luminous Studio isn't attached to any upcoming title. Square Enix plan to show a full tech demo in 2012.

For now, Square Enix has provided a short test sample. We'll see more from their new engine when they demo it properly in 2012.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Luminous
• Engine
• Square
• Enix
• Tech Demo
• E3
• 2011
• 2012
• 2013
• New
• First Look
• Hands on
• Render
• Live

[BigMacMads]

This is real life people.. Video games don't have bad lighting

[vertigoboy75i]

77 people tripped while walking down the corridor

[Orochimaru1Pein1M]

I saw this on a Dead Fantasy group on Facebook.

People are SO FUCKING STUPID,they are blinded by the stupidity of Final Fantasy,they ACTUALLY think this is an engine.

Saying it will work on FF13 Versus...videos for that game have come out,its NOTHING like this.

Final Fantasy fans,are fucking STOOPID they cannot distingushed real from a game anymore.

[godofallu]

I am still not sure if this is real or a hoax. I can't tell the difference between reality and the game world.

[hecninjp3]

excelente¡¡

[MercedesCars454]

We need this in video games, now. No more CGI in video game trailers; developers need to show the real deal; real time gaming, not pre-rendered footage.

[PrtuguesePride]

@BigMacMads actually this is really the new luminous engine... its not a hoax

[haloandre]

is it prebaked lightmaps like in mirrors edge?

[YukiLexxas]

TEXTURE FTW!! not render ==!! i dun rmb if during gameplay it can run render i tok only real time + i guess tis render engine is for trailer not gameplay

[milontua]

@youmenow1 This is a tech demo , and ive seen many a tech demo from cryengine that are more impressive than this , one in particular the video (T.l.i.t.d. WIP update #5 now in !!CRYENGINE 3!! ) . not hating on this engine but im sure In-game wont look as impressive as cryengine.

[youmenow1]

@milontua Lol, man, the Cryengine made things still look like a game. This engine is real life.

[ThatDereKid]

@milontua Are you joking?