Xuan Yuan Sword Franchise | PLAYERIUM | Houdini HIVE GameDev

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Published on July 7, 2021 8:18:30 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odluEAl7Bd4

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Xuan-Yuan Sword (1990)

Duration: 30:30

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PLAYERIUM helped to define how the beloved Xuan Yuan Sword franchise from SOFTSTAR, could be refreshed for todays players; Using Houdini as an integral part of the prototyping of FX, parametric level design/layout, and destruction to establish an holistic creative and technical vision for Softstar.

Solomon Temowo is the founder and CEO of Playerium, a lean boutique studio based in Taiwan. Aside from running the company, Solomon also performs a variety of development responsibilities for both client and internal titles. Solomon has been credited in key production roles on some of the most celebrated AAA game franchises during the past 17 years.

Solomon’s credited work include Resident Evil 8 (Technical Art Director), Galak-Z: The Virtual (Development Director), Monster Hunter World: Iceborne (Art Director), Resident Evil 7 (Art Director), Xuan Yuan Sword 7 (Development Director) Killzone Shadowfall (Art Director), Killzone 2 (producer), Killzone 3 (Producer), Bloodborne (Art Director), Uncharted (Art Director), and The Last of Us (Art Director) are among a list of more than 30 production titles that relied on his technical and artistic leadership.

00:01:15 Title
00:01:42 Presentation Overview
00:02:07 Intro - Solomon Temowo
00:02:46 Intro - Playerium
00:03:20 Intro - Xuan Yuan Sword 7
00:04:21 Why Houdini?
00:05:44 Other Software Used
00:06:29 Parametric Building Layout and Assembly
00:07:07 Ingame overview of buildings
00:07:26 Building parts Maya Overview
00:08:46 Testing the parts
00:09:39 Final HDA
00:14:51 Unreal Engine 4 Integration
00:17:47 Houdini Nodes Quick Dive
00:20:12 Rockifier
00:21:07 Houdini Nodes Quick Dive
00:26:02 Unreal Engine 4 Integration
00:28:31 Example Production input asset
00:29:52 Ingame results

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