Message from @velvitonator
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I think the rule of thumb is that about half the budget goes to marketing
But that's also because when you try to do less you sink
and I wonder who is at fault for that *looks at gaming journalists who talked about the graphics of games before social justice became the new meme*
but AAA goes for graphics way too often
(broadly speaking)
AAA goes for graphics because you can't sell gameplay on commercials
Graphics itself isn't expensive per se
it is
you kidding?
graphics is one of the more expensive parts next to marketing
the man hours involved in that is ridiculous
in the last decade or so it hasnt been about raw improvements but rather software related improvements e.g. texture shader techniques etc etc instead of raw increase in polygons as it used to go
High-res texture and models, and the tech to render them efficiently, are pretty well-known
It's just too much is done manually
or maybe less then a decade really
Although that's changing some, e.g. textures are often built with Substance these days
Which procedurally generates PBR-grade textures
Animations are still really manual
As is modeling
thats cuz you can't really generalise those things
motion detection can help
but animating manually is hell
A lot of the animator's/modeler's time is not really spent on the unique flavor
motion detection only helps for humanoid actions
this is some what related, and just an interesting video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg1oOiAEDaE
well yeah
It's mostly the rote work
And then you have motion capture and voice acting.
Motion Detection = motion capture?
voice acting is easy
yea motion capture is waht i meant
Mo-cap also has a lot of manual effort
yes but it cuts time extremely cuz you can create natural movement
sure but it can help in getting more natural movements
Easy
Capture quality is usually too shitty, so a high-level animator will usually spend quite a bit of time cleaning them up to be useful
if thats what ur aiming for
but you still gotta pay thoe people.
those*
idk if it cuts time, but it does allow for much more human feel