Comments on: Diddy Kong Pilot [Banjo Pilot Beta]

By: monokoma

monokoma — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:14:19 +0000

Thanks as always Celine, i’ll add that info when i’ll have time to write the english description for this game :)

By: Celine

Celine — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:49:03 +0000

I doubt it took too much space.
Framerate is probably the cause althought the 3D engine seems pretty solid and with all the gameplay elements.

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Rarewareexperimented with an impressive Mode 7 Voxel Engine for a short duration during the change from Diddy Kong Pilotto Banjo Pilot. The hardware-pressurising graphics engine rendered realistic but slightly jagged 3D environments by analysing the level’s height-map and extruding the now-flat Mode-7 terrain upwards, creating the illusion of valleys, etc. It was an incredible feat of game engineering, considering the power of the Gameboy Advance. However, after releasing a batch of screenshots featuring the engine, Rarewaredecided to revert to the previous flat landscapes, as once they had added the various level elements, the frame rate took a considerable nose-dive.

By: monokoma

monokoma — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:05:17 +0000

Maybe for cost-reasons, it could be possible that the 3D one took too much space in the cart

By: Celine

Celine — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:52:58 +0000

The voxel engine is simply astounishing and the 3D one is quite good for a gba.
I wonder why Rare decided to go with a bland mode 7-esque engine in the end.