Naughty Dog has been drip-feeding us more tantalizing tidbits on Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End following its live gameplay demo at the PlayStation Experience over the weekend.
This latest batch comes from Lead Animator Jeremy Yates, who took to Twitter to share some new details on the project.
Yates detailed highlights including fully animated gun straps and Inverse Kinematics; an animation technique that allows for dynamic and realistic input for character joints, such as when Drake scales a rock face.
Three words: Working Gun Straps #Uncharted4
— Jeremy Yates (@Jeremy_Yates) December 8, 2014
@lightbombmike @GameAnim @joshscherr Very observant. 🙂 Quite a few tools were developed because of the fingers in the new climbing system
— Jeremy Yates (@Jeremy_Yates) December 7, 2014
As previously reported, Uncharted 4 will feature 800 facial animations for Nathan Drake, and his character model has seen a substantial improvement over his last-generation counterpart.
Uncharted 4 is scheduled to ship in 2015.