On characters, we customize normals beyond soft/hard edges. This is key for faces, so they don't have weird jagged shadows across low geo surfaces, like a cheek. Normals facing up get full light and smoothed normals facing down get a rounded shadow (at the jaw, under the nose for some heads, etc.)

This also means that some elements are fully modeled in, when you might not expect it. Where other games might choose to use a normal map for tiny details, we use geometry, for the linework. We actually use a lot fewer textures than you might expect overall, but that's a post for later.

To look more "hand-drawn", interior hard edges may get a couple soft edges to break the line, so the line isn't solid and has moments to rest. This isn't dissimilar from line breaks in Cozy Grove (which *was* actually entirely hand drawn). It also helps reduce feeling visually noisy.

A huge part of Spirit Crossing's visual style is the cel-shading and outlines! Everything is modeled for the appearance of these shaders and how it renders in Unreal. That means using soft edges where you don't want an outline and hard edges where you do.🧵

If you let them build it, they will come.

(screenshot credits: Oof42, lobot, fefaware)

honest I’m not trying to do A Marketing right now but I am still so often pleasantly surprised with what our procgen environments produce. We are always working to make it better but it creates some wonderfully evocative spaces. (ignore visual glitching 😅)

we just want to confirm that *YES*, you CAN take your shoes off indoors so you and your friends will not track outside all over your... uh. swamp room. i guess.

Something positive: Spry Fox is spinning out of Netflix. We are independent (once again!) and preparing to launch Spirit Crossing.

We wrote up a little blog post musing about this wild adventure. Worth sharing the good news.
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at Spry Fox, we're interested in designing games that answer meaningful questions and inspire conversation.

..and sometimes that conversation is: what if there were little guys everywhere??

The trailer for the game I have been working on is out! Check it out!

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