Something to look frontward to: Those of a sure historic period may remember when the idea of photorealistic games was but a fantasy. Today, that vision has get close to reality, and Project: Mara, the upcoming horror from Hellblade developer Ninja Theory, could be the nearly realistic-looking championship to date.

Information technology's been almost exactly a year since Microsoft-owned Ninja Theory announced Project Mara, which information technology describes as a "real-world and grounded representation of true mental terror." The visitor wants to recreate the "horrors of the mind every bit accurately and realistically as possible."

In the latest programmer diary video (superlative), Ninja Theory's creative director Tameem Antoniades reveals the incredible attention to item that went into recreating the game's spacious metropolis flat, based on a real-earth location.

In its efforts to create an exact digital replica, the team first analyzed and scanned materials from the apartment—a process that took several months. The challenge was then to ensure the dimensions of the in-game version are precise. This was accomplished through a firm chosen Clear Bending Studios, which used LiDAR scanners to create a "point deject" that allows "some of the best references we've ever seen."

Ninja Theory hasn't just recreated the obvious elements; it even created procedural tools to generate the floor's lint and debris. "Artists aren't in that location just to create an object, they're there to create systems that can create an object and infinite variations of that object," said Antoniades.

Hopefully, all this particular will translate into a good game. No give-and-take yet on a release date, but nosotros should hear something soon.