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Heavy Rain

Possible poster of Heavy Rain
Developer(s) Quantic Dream
Publisher(s) SCEE
Platform(s) PlayStation 3[1]
Release date TBA 2008[2]
Genre(s) Mystery/Thriller
Mode(s) Single-player
Rating(s) Rating Pending

Heavy Rain (possibly subtitled The Origami Killer[3]) is an upcoming video game, developed by French studio Quantic Dream for the PlayStation 3. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual that creates Video games A developer may specialize in a certain video Quantic Dream is a French Video game developer based in Paris, France, founded in 1997. ( SCEI) is a Japanese Video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry mostly in Video game consoles and is a full In Computing, a platform describes some sort of Hardware architecture or Software framework (including Application frameworks, that allows See also [[Game classification]] Video games are categorized into Genres based on their Gameplay interaction The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. In video gaming, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session A video game content rating system is a system used for the classification of Video games into suitability-related groups In books and other works a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Quantic Dream is a French Video game developer based in Paris, France, founded in 1997. The game is being directed by Quantic Dream's founder and CEO David Cage[2], who also wrote and directed the studio's two previous games, Omikron: The Nomad Soul and Fahrenheit. An entrepreneur is a person who has possession over a company enterprise, or Venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome A chief executive officer ( CEO) or chief executive is typically the highest-ranking corporate officer ( executive) or administrator David De Gruttola (born June 9, 1969) better known by his Pseudonym David Cage He worked as a Freelancer musician on several Nomad Soul is also the title of an album by Sengalese singer Baaba Maal Omikron The Nomad Soul (Simply The Nomad Soul Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in the United States and Canada) is a Video game that was released in September The game is scheduled to be released in Fall 2008. Autumn (also known as fall in North American English) is one of the four Temperate Seasons Autumn marks the transition from Summer 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common [4] The game was announced at E3 2006, where a tech demo entitled The Casting was presented to the media and general public. The E3 Media and Business Summit, formerly known as Electronic Entertainment Expo and commonly known as E3, is an annual Trade show for the computer Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. A tech demo (technology demonstration is a prototype rough example or an otherwise incomplete version of a product put together with the primary purpose of showcasing the idea performance

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History and background

Quantic Dream started working on Heavy Rain in February 2006. Quantic Dream is a French Video game developer based in Paris, France, founded in 1997. Stories without links will be removed. News stories must be in English [5] The project was announced on May 7, 2006, and three days later, a real-time 3D prototype technology demo was presented at E3 2006 on Sony Computer Entertainment of America's booth[2][4]. Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category A tech demo (technology demonstration is a prototype rough example or an otherwise incomplete version of a product put together with the primary purpose of showcasing the idea performance The E3 Media and Business Summit, formerly known as Electronic Entertainment Expo and commonly known as E3, is an annual Trade show for the computer Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ( SCEI) is a Japanese Video game company specializing in a variety of areas in the video game industry mostly in Video game consoles and is a full The demo, titled The Casting features a virtual actor, while showing various technical features of the game engine in an almost five minutes long emotional scene, although the story and setting of the demo has nothing to do with the story of Heavy Rain itself. The term virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations and also differing denotations An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A game engine is a software system designed for the creation and development of computer and video games The prototype was allegedly created in less than three months, including writing the script, developing the engine for the console, making auditions to find the virtual actress, recording the scenes, etc. The demo was initially supposed to be an internal prototype, not to be shown outside the company, but after Sony saw the team's work-in-progress a few weeks before E3, they've been asked to finish up a working demo to be presented to the audience, while the team had originally planned to finalize the demo before the end of June. is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest Media conglomerates with [4]

Details

Details about the story and gameplay of Heavy Rain itself remain scarce. It is known that the game is not a sequel to Fahrenheit, but a completely new game, with new story and new characters. Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in the United States and Canada) is a Video game that was released in September [4] Director David Cage noted that Heavy Rain "will be a very dark film noir thriller with mature themes", without any supernatural elements. David De Gruttola (born June 9, 1969) better known by his Pseudonym David Cage He worked as a Freelancer musician on several Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. [4] The game will feature a story that is interactively "bendable", similarly to Fahrenheit. [4] It's been told by the creators, that "the character control mechanism is an essential part in playing Heavy Rain", and is different from the system used in Fahrenheit. The player will be able to control different characters in the game. [4]. In a recent interview given by Quantic Dream co-CEO and executive producer Guillaume de Fondaumière to www. gamedaily. com, characters will be true virtual actors capable of showing highly realistic emotions.

Some game physics will be made available by the use of PhysX by AGEIA. Computer animation physics or game physics involves the introduction of the laws of physics into a simulation or game engine particularly in 3D computer graphics, PhysX is a proprietary Realtime Physics engine Middleware SDK developed by NVIDIA (originally by Ageia, It is used for console physics in general in the game. [5] Originally for the PC, there were going to be two separate versions of the game to handle cases of a computer being equipped with the appropriate physics processing unit, and to handle cases when it is not present on the system. A physics processing unit ( PPU) is a dedicated Microprocessor designed to handle the calculations of Physics, especially in the Physics engine [5] However, now that the game has been announced as a PlayStation 3 exclusive,[6] it is assumed that that won't be necessary. In the demo, the physics of the hair made use of the AGEIA technology. Hair is a keratinised protein filament that grows through the epidermis from follicles deep within the Dermis. [4][5][7] However, recently in the Dutch Magazine Chief on March 11th, Executive Producer David Cage gave gamers a teaser by announcing a few details about the game. He alludes to one of the main characters being a father trying to justify his actions by saying "Its purely about a father's love. " "The main story will revolve around 4 different characters, and we're putting the spotlight on their perceptions. The question 'what is good and what is evil' is the key here, that will be just a matter of viewpoint. . . I believe heavily in moral choices, I'm going to use them A LOT. They're not about being good or bad, but about finding the right balance. " On the setting, David Cage responded by saying, "I don't want to do a big free-roaming city like GTA, because the flow of the story will then be hard to control. Nevertheless, I do want to incorporate big sets, with a crowd, heavy populated areas like a mall and a subway are going to be in there. Of course, the gameplay has got to make use of that aspect too. "

The Origami Killer poster

Some time in early 2007, a poster of Heavy Rain appeared on Quantic Dream's under-construction website. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. A poster is any piece of printed Paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface [8] It features an origami model with blood dripping from one of its corners, and a new subtitle to Heavy Rain, reading The Origami Killer. (from oru meaning "folding" and kami meaning "paper" is the ancient Japanese Art of Paper folding. Blood is a specialized Bodily fluid that delivers necessary substances to the body's cells €”such as nutrients and oxygen—and transports Waste products In books and other works a subtitle is an explanatory or alternate title Also notable is a list of (presumably virtual) actors (Ethan Mars, Scott Shelby, Madison Paige, Norman Jayden), and a tagline: "How far are you prepared to go to save someone you love?". [3] A small image of the poster can be seen on the updated website, under "Game Studios", "Heavy Rain".

The Casting technology demo

Mary Smith
Mary Smith

The Casting, shown at E3 2006, is an almost five minutes long non-playable real-time 3D prototype technology demo. 3D computer graphics (in contrast to 2D computer graphics) are graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category A tech demo (technology demonstration is a prototype rough example or an otherwise incomplete version of a product put together with the primary purpose of showcasing the idea performance It was running on a non-final PlayStation 3 console development kit in 720p display resolution[4]. 720p is the shorthand name for a category of HDTV video modes The display resolution of a Digital television or Computer display typically refers to the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed The demo's main feature is the presentation of a virtual actor (hence the other name "Virtual Actor Demo"), showing numerous expressions. The term virtual is a concept applied in many fields with somewhat differing connotations and also differing denotations An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works It also shows various technical features of the game engine, all embedded in a short emotional story. A game engine is a software system designed for the creation and development of computer and video games However, the plot of the tech demo has nothing to do with the story of Heavy Rain itself. The story was written and directed by David Cage. David De Gruttola (born June 9, 1969) better known by his Pseudonym David Cage He worked as a Freelancer musician on several

The virtual actor in the demo is based on young French American actress Aurélie Brancilhon. French Americans or Franco-Americans are citizens or permanent residents of the United States of French descent Not only her likeness was used in the prototype, but her complete acting performance. [2]

Quantic Dream highlighted, that the technology demo is just a sample of things achievable in a limited amount of time, and that during the making of the prototype, they still were in the middle of research and development efforts. The phrase research and development (also R and D or more often R&D) according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers

Plot of the demo

In the demo a young woman (Aurélie Brancilhon) comes into a white room. Her name is Mary Smith, aged 24, and she has come to audition for a part in an upcoming film titled Heavy Rain. An audition is a sample performance by an Actor, Singer, Musician, Dancer or other performer Asked about her acting background, she admits that she has only had minor parts because she is often seen as unfit for major roles: "Too tall, too short, wrong hair… There's always something wrong with me!" The male speaker (now known to be the director) asks if she has her lines down, to which she says yes. An extra is a Performer in a Film, Television show, stage musical opera or ballet production who appears in a nonspeaking nonsinging or nondancing capacity A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A male assistant raises the clapperboard for Heavy Rain to start filming Mary's audition. In Motion picture and Videotape production a clapperboard is a device used to assist in the synchronizing of picture and sound additionally the clapperboard is used

When he lowers it again, the set has changed entirely to a small kitchen in which Mary begins a monologue. For the Banana Yashimoto novel see Kitchen (novel A kitchen, is a room or part of a room (sometimes called "kitchen A monologue is an extended uninterrupted speech or poem by a single person She talks to the camera and addresses it as being the character of her husband, with whom she once had an ideal, romantic marriage. A video camera is a Camera used for electronic Motion picture acquisition initially developed by the Television industry but now common in other applications However, she started to notice little things about him that were indicators that he was cheating on her. Adultery is the voluntary Sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her Spouse, though in many places it is One time after he left his office, she followed him to be sure, and watched in shock as he stopped at a seedy hotel to meet with another woman. Crushed and heartbroken, Mary explains how she went home and cried in sorrow as she stands dejectedly over the kitchen sink, lightning bursting outside the window. In Plumbing, a sink or basin is a bowl-shaped fixture that is used for washing hands or small objects such as Food, dishes Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of Electricity, which typically occurs during Thunderstorms and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or Reaching into the sink, she monologues how she took their gun from the bedside table; on the set, she produces a revolver from inside the sink. rEVOLVEr is the fourth studio album by Swedish metal band The Haunted. Holding the gun to her head and shedding a tear, she says that life is cruel to make her cope with such horror - but she has a change of heart, as she wasn't the one who was cheating. She sits back in her chair, saying how she waited patiently for her husband to come home. When he got there, she merely stood up and took aim in his direction (and has just stood and aimed at the camera). She playfully acknowledges that her husband likely believes she doesn't have the courage to pull the trigger, but her mind has been made up; she wants to make an example of him, and show that women refuse to tolerate such behavior. With a final goodbye, she pulls the trigger, accompanied by another great flash of lightning.

Suddenly, the viewer sees once again the demo where Mary stands back in the empty white set, holding her fingers in the shape of a gun. She smiles and asks how her performance was, happy that she has a chance. Upon Mary's exit, the male assistant expresses his interest in her acting abilities to the director; in a bit of irony, the director says that there was no point in auditioning her, as she is too tall for the role.

Technology

From a technical and technological standpoint, notable features of The Casting include full body and facial motion capture, real-time tears and wrinkles on the face, advanced skin shades, and some advanced rendering features, such as depth of field, spherical harmonics, auto exposure and high dynamic range rendering. Motion capture, motion tracking, or mocap are terms used to describe the process of recording movement and translating the movement onto a digital model Tears are the liquid product of a process of lacrimation to clean and lubricate the Eyes The word lacrimation may also be used in a medical or literary sense A wrinkle is a ridge or crease of a surface It usually refers to folds on fabric or Clothes, or on the Skin of an organism the folds are generally random The term face refers to the central sense organ complex for those animals that have one normally on the ventral surface of the head and can depending on the definition The skin is the outer covering of living tissue of an animal (or plant Rendering is the process of generating an image from a model, by means of computer programs In Optics, particularly as it relates to Film and Photography, the depth of field (DOF is the portion of a scene that appears sharp in the image In Mathematics, the spherical harmonics are the angular portion of an Orthogonal set of solutions to Laplace's equation represented in a system of In Photography, exposure is the total amount of Light allowed to fall on the photographic medium ( Photographic film or Image sensor) during the High dynamic range rendering ( HDRR or HDR Rendering) also known as high dynamic range lighting, is the rendering of 3D Computer The technology enables animations of pupil dilation, tongue, eyes, fingers, and dynamic hair with physics. The pupil is the hole that is located in the center of the iris of the eye and that controls the amount of light that enters the Eye. "Dilated pupil" redirects here An Eye examination sometimes requires the dilation of the pupil The tongue is the large bundle of Skeletal muscles on the floor of the Mouth that manipulates Food for chewing and swallowing (deglutition Eyes are organs that detect Light, and send signals along the Optic nerve to the visual areas of the brain A finger is a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the Hands of Humans and other Primates Normally humans have five digits Hair is a keratinised protein filament that grows through the epidermis from follicles deep within the Dermis. Computer animation physics or game physics involves the introduction of the laws of physics into a simulation or game engine particularly in 3D computer graphics, [2][9][10]. The game engine also supports real-time post-processing[11][12], with which E3 attendees could interact at the event. See also Post-production The term post-processing (or postproc for short is used in the video/film business for quality-improvement Image processing [13][14] Hair physics is achieved by the use of PhysX by Ageia. PhysX is a proprietary Realtime Physics engine Middleware SDK developed by NVIDIA (originally by Ageia, AGEIA, founded in 2002 was a Fabless semiconductor company. AGEIA invented PhysX – a Physics Processing Unit chip capable of performing Physics [4][5][7] Facial motion capture was recorded using Vicon Peak MX40 cameras and system, and was enhanced with a muscle system. Muscle (from Latin musculus, diminutive of mus "mouse" is contractile tissue of the body and is derived from the

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References

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