This year’s first Diablo IV plans are now available! Fans will learn how developers approach different areas of the game and how they work together to create atmospheric visuals of the environment.
As the creators announce, Diablo IV is the darkest and most embedded in reality version of the series. When it comes to environmental graphics, credibility is a priority for publishers. That is why the team members focused on two pillars in the context of concepts, places and realizations: “old masters” and “return to darkness”. These design intent creates environments that combine carefully crafted details and color palettes to create a distinctive style. Weather and physics-based lighting also play a vital role in portraying the menacing world of the Sanctuary, making its atmosphere even more tangible.
As the first ever open-world game in the franchise, Diablo IV presents 5 amazing areas. From the Dry Steppes and the Scosglen coast to the frozen games, each area has been carefully crafted by Diablo ‘s art and designer teams . In many of these places, you can find dynamic elements that bring buildings and surroundings to life. Players will also find interactive, destructible props. Team members do their best to make the destruction of items as realistic and varied as possible.
Diablo IV features over 150 randomly generated dungeons with handcrafted and procedural elements. To make the dungeon creation process as efficient and flexible as possible, the team developed a variety of field sets. They can be used multiple times and combined with various props, interactive elements and lighting. This was done to make the field sets as natural as possible, so the transition scenes between them were created with the new smooth-transition feature.
Detailed information on Diablo IV can be found on the official website and in the press center .
