Dark Energy Digital's Rob Hewson, creative lead Hydrophobia, walks through the first 10 minutes of the game. Tune in to learn about the dynamic water effects, smoke effects, protagonist and to find out a little bit about the background of the Queen of the World.
The name "Hewson" carries a special weight for anyone who grew up during the golden age of British computing. As the son of Andrew Hewson—the man behind legendary publisher Hewson Consultants—Rob Hewson didn't just grow up playing video games; he learned to spell his name from their title screens. However, Rob didn't just rest on his family's 8-bit laurels. From leading major LEGO franchises at TT Games to tackling the high-stakes world of technical porting at Huey Games, Rob has carved out a unique path in an ever-evolving industry. In this candid interview Rob to discussed the burden and beauty of a family legacy, the technical "scar tissue" left by the ambitious Hydrophobia, and why porting a masterpiece like Inscryption to consoles is far more than a simple copy-paste job.
Edgar writes: "Equip your rebreather because in this article we'll take a look at Hydrophobia and water. Lots of water."
What a surprise, I was just searching for this game. I'm honestly quite surprised by the water physics and definitely looking forward to trying it soon.
loved this game/ still play it. The water and atmosphere where stellar and really fun to interact with.
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Very cool. Bit loud voice on that producer voiceover though...
The water is excellent. It'll be interesting to see how their physics impacts the rest of that game.
I think they probably could have done the character interaction with the water even better with a little splash effects, but over all, the fact it's a physics simulater is really cool!
Cool.
I have never heard of Hydrophobia before.
Wow.. I can'T wait to play this... I'm guessing ten years from now, when I'll have a powerful enough PC =(