Developer Claims Flower Only Possible on PS3
In an interview with Gamezine, Kellee Santiago, President and co-founder of ThatGameCompany, revealed some remarkable information on Flower. If you’ve played Flower, then you know just how impressive the visuals are, with every blade of grass being affected by the ambient wind and the player. This is what Santiago had to say:
“We learned so much on flOw, especially about SPUs! The grass system really leverages the PS3 to render 200,000 blades of grass simultaneously, and gives the player this sense of blowing wind through them.
An artist friend of ours came to us, really hoping that we could tell him some clever trick that we used to make it look like we had so many blades of grass. He was reluctant to believe that really John Edwards just made it happen on the SPUs. It really would be impossible to make it look the same on any other system.”
The full interview will posted soon, so stay tuned!
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10 Responses to “Developer Claims Flower Only Possible on PS3”
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March 16th, 2009 at 1:25 PM
it is true that devs can do some awesome stuff on the ps3….look at the final fight in MGS4 and how they seamlessly added in those cutscenes during the fight.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:51 PM
I remember screwing up at the beginning of that final boss fight by not touching the controller. I wasn’t sure if it was still a cinema; that’s how incredible it looked! I’m glad that Sony invested so much hardware, as it’s paying off immensely. Hopefully PS4 will continue that tradition.
March 16th, 2009 at 1:55 PM
i can see where it is def. an advantage for developers, especially small ones to be able to concentrate on just one platform and getting everything out of it.
March 16th, 2009 at 3:19 PM
lets hope the next couple of games use the PS3’s full potential, and all the rest for that matter.
I wonder what they’re working on next?
March 16th, 2009 at 3:52 PM
Very impressive
March 17th, 2009 at 10:08 AM
God, I need to get this game. xD
March 17th, 2009 at 11:01 AM
impressive visuals. too bad i didnt like the game
March 17th, 2009 at 11:46 AM
Awesome game. Short, but awesome. ( need more from ThatGameCompany
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March 17th, 2009 at 12:54 PM
Finally devs are really using the PS3 to its potential. It has been underused for so long. First MGS4 used it and it was a beautiful experience, flower looks amazing and fluid. Uh-Rah Sony!
March 19th, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Pretty interesting comment from the dev. It’ll sure give the fanboys a little tingle in their pants
Flower is pretty flipping awesome to look at and hopefully it’ll inspire future work to go for such a caliber of visual presentation