trine 2 complete story grand collector guide

Adding a new skill can drastically change how certain things interact with each other, and with physics involved a lot can happen with very minor changes, so balancing was important!įor example, it was important to limit the amount of wood used, so the Thief character couldn’t grapple onto everything (her grappling hook attaches only to wooden surfaces, and can easily become overpowered). There were a lot of things to consider, since all the puzzles in Trine 2 are pretty open ended and can be solved in a number of ways. It took over two weeks to get it working and that seemed like time wasted – but the frog became one of the most iconical scenes in the game, so it was definitely worth it!'

It was originally modeled and animated for use with our Trine 1 engine back in 2009/2010, but broke completely when transferred over to the new engine. 'A lot of the things you see in Trine 2 are custom animated and the famous frog scene is a good example. Instead, the design team focused on doing documentation for different core elements of the game: The new skills and abilities, enemies, interactable objects and puzzles – basically everything gameplay related was thought out. Since Trine 2 was a sequel and the gameplay was very similar, we didn’t use any grand design documents to cover the entire game. So the decision to make Trine 2 was made quickly, and from early on we began planning the improvements and new features – many which were left out from the original Trine (sometimes due to time constraints and sometimes because they would have clashed with other existing features/design). The concept process for Trine 2 started already during the development of the original Trine We had learned from our experiences on the aftermath of our first game, Shadowgrounds, that we should immediately have a follow-up project after a game was complete. Overall development from the concept stage to code: Surprisingly, there wasn’t an over-arching design that dominated the game when it came to the PlayStation 4 as Trine 2: Complete Story.įrozenbyte Studios’ marketing manager Kai Tuovinen offered his thoughts on PlayStation 4 version, documenting the changes from the game’s initial inception to the final stretch, how the new content fundamentally changes the game overall and the process behind the level design. That was until Trine 2 came along – that too after the amazing first game – offered an amazing experience overall to players. There are even less of such games which offers players a chance to cooperate together with varying classes and across a vast fantasy world.

There aren’t a lot of side-scrolling, 2D, action RPGs out there.

Trine 2 complete story grand collector guide