#SCOOBY DOO FIRST FRIGHTS GAMEPLAY MOVIE#
#SCOOBY DOO FIRST FRIGHTS GAMEPLAY LICENSE#

Add to this a host of in-game animations, combat, and character animations, and you can only imagine the size of the mountain they were facing. We had a small internal animation team of only five people at its peak facing an enormous task - to create 64 minutes of unique cinematic moments within a five month development window. In total, we had 64 minutes of cutscenes in the game - not a far cry from a feature length movie! (For more on that, see the What Went Wrong section 'Size Doesn't Matter'.) However, in the end, this is a game and not a movie. The quality of work by the animation teams, the writing, voice-talent and music, helped set the tone to deliver the spirit of Scooby-Doo! to the game. We're very proud of the cinematic story moments in Scooby-Doo! First Frights. This became the essence of the Scooby-Doo! First Frights design, and is a success in that it reached our young audience (and Scooby-Doo! fans) as intended.Д¬oncept for Giant Toy Robot Boss in Amusement Town We studied games of similar genre and game play direction to ours quite closely and picked out the pieces that we felt worked well, and were the main appeal to our target audience, particularly co-operative play, simple button mashing combat, destructible world objects and light puzzle. gang without losing its ties to the original series. Our artists' younger character impressions, coupled with toon rendering within an exaggerated and stylized game world, created a new, unique setting for the Mystery Inc. to ensure the spirit of Scooby-Doo! was genuine in all art, design and corny one-liners created for the title. We were given strong support by Warner Bros. This was a fantastic opportunity that the team relished.

#SCOOBY DOO FIRST FRIGHTS GAMEPLAY MOVIE#

Obviously, we had to stick to the core fundamentals of what makes Scooby-Doo! Scooby-Doo!, and to do this, countless hours of Scooby-Doo! TV series and movie viewing, reading and researching went in before setting pen to paper.Д«ut for the environments, storyline, enemies and the direction of the game, Torus were given quite a long rope in creative license.

#SCOOBY DOO FIRST FRIGHTS GAMEPLAY LICENSE#

It's not often that a license owner of a highly valued IP allows a developer as much creative freedom as we had with Scooby-Doo! First Frights. So let's start with the positives! What Went Right These are a snapshot of the most pressing issues raised during our internal post-mortems on Scooby-Doo! First Frights. So herein lies some of those lessons and achievements gained during the course of development. For these lessons learned we will all be very grateful, as we confidently venture into new projects armed with the knowledge gained from making Scooby-Doo! First Frights. The team learned a lot of lessons, and not just in the way we make games, but the essence of gaming itself - that is, what makes a game fun. It's made for kids, and the kids absolutely love it, and that's what matters most to us - our audience. Scooby-Doo! First Frights is a great game. It's a mammoth effort on their part, and one that we look back on today with much pride. If not for the security of a solid team, many of whom have been at Torus for over 10 years, this challenge would've been a more daunting prospect.ДЄt the height of development, a team of 64 (the largest in Torus' history) were heads down, tirelessly devoting every second into creating not just content, but in most part, new technology and asset pipelines to achieve what we see today on the shelves. This seemed straight-forward enough - but for most of us on the team, this genre of game was all new territory. gang in their early years of the sleuthing and implement a blend of light combat and puzzle gameplay. Warner Bros.' directions to us were quite clear: make a cooperative game for kids that they can play with their parents give a fresh, younger representation of the Mystery Inc. to create the next iteration of Scooby-Doo! games and were determined to make it the best to date. We were so proud to have been chosen by Warner Bros. This was the underlying tone for the Torus Games team going into Scooby-Doo! First Frights.ДЇrom day one right through to the day the title went gold, the Scooby-Doo! First Frights team were extremely passionate and enthusiastic about this great opportunity to work on an IP that for generations has been a part of a kid's diet of morning cartoons around the world. We tend to overcompensate for fear of failure, and in doing so, often make the situation more complicated than what it should've been. It's natural when trying to make a good impression to go that extra mile and overexert yourself, particularly when you're feeling a little uncertain about what lies ahead.

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