Square Enix 's Luminous Studio engine - test sample

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/08/26/introducing-square-enix-japans-new-engin...

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 either next year or 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.

NOTE:

For some odd reason, both the quality and the frame rate have been halved when I uploaded it to YouTube. You can check out the higher-quality 60 fps version here:

http://game.watch.impress.co.jp/video/gmw/docs/473/138/html/render.wmv.html

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[TokyoKid47]

The two uploader comments are contradicting themselves...Is this computer generated, or did someone take a camera a film.

[Jagged85]

@TokyoKid47

I think you misunderstood. What I said is that it's real-time, as in real-time in-game engine graphics, not CGI cut-scenes (which is what Square Enix is usually known for).

[superboltboy]

wtf? is this cgi or real time?

[Jagged85]

@superboltboy

Real time



[federrr7]

this is real, no computer generated (?

[Jagged85]

@federrr7

It's not real, but it's entirely computer-generated. This clip is supposed to demonstrate the kind of photo-realism and animation we can expect from Square Enix's Luminous Studio engine.

[Firemasterlucky5]

Sweet a better lock-on system. I wonder if it will be used in KH3.

[rover553]

FUCKING FAKE!!! Has passed half a year, but no new video.

[Serachfan]

At first I thought it was fake...!!! Lol!

[KnewingFun]

@Jagged85 Is Cryengine3 made by real time to?

[pjrene]

Square has sooo many projects announced, produced and developed... how can they keep up with that stuff !? And with that engine going on... i don´t know why but this is scaring me a little.

[vinnievincent85]

@Jagged85 yeah on "next generation"

[2435qwerty]

@Jagged85 you can see some aliasing issues at the bottom of the ramp at the begging of the storm drain .

[iBLESSEDurFALL]

@TokyoKid47 it's rendered in the game engine and it isn't cgi. It is computer generated, not real.

[BudzMcgr33n]

So it renders two walls and a ceiling LOLOLOL