lost ember
gets a multi-platform
launch with support
from pingle studio

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Lost Ember

Lost Ember for PS4, Xbox One,
and PC was delivered to
Mooneye on time for a
successful multi-platform launch

Adapting existing code
to console requirements

Providing smooth and
stable gameplay

Fine-tuning
the gamepad controls

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It took a team of two developers, one technical artist, and one game tester just four months to help Mooneye prepare Lost Ember for a successful PS4, Xbox One, and PC launch. Throughout that time, our team overcame a number of challenges to help Mooneye bring Lost Ember to

challenge

Improve the game’s technical performance.

solution

01. Define bottlenecks.
02. Define task pools and their priority.
03. Define FPS components: game thread, CPU load, and GPU load.

challenge

The PS4 and Xbox One versions could not properly load the game’s vast locations, translucent materials, and large particles.

solution

01. Manually select objects with large shaders and change them into simpler shaders.
02. Apply an enhanced level of detail to objects.
03. Decrease illumination, shading, and AO quality.
04. Decrease landscape tessellation.
05. Decrease draw distance.

challenge

Optimize the game to make the most of each console model’s graphical capability and display resolution. (PS4 Pro, PS4 Slim, Xbox One X, Xbox One S)

solution

01. Apply dynamic resolution and INI profiling individually for every console model’s graphics.
02. Perform various types of testing to define the optimal balance between performance and quality for every console model.
03. Apply switches in materials for less-powerful console models.

challenge

The game contained unnecessary meshes, parent materials, and other content that led to a higher load and more visible bugs.

solution