Firefly Online Dynamic Cinematic #1: Serenity Arrives

Cutscenes and other cinematic elements of Firefly Online will be generated in real time by the game engine, so that a player's unique game elements (your ship, your character design) will be an intrinsic part of gameplay. That means even in the title credits, it'll be your ship and your character's image you'll see onscreen, not something prerecorded. Cinematic elements of Firefly Online will be generated in real time by the game engine, so that a player's unique game elements (your ship, your character design) will be an intrinsic part of gameplay. That means it'll be your ship and your character's image you'll see onscreen, not something prerecorded. Now, you might wonder how good animation produced in real time can really be? We wondered that, too. That's why we recorded this little cutscene of Serenity landing. This scene is playing live, in game, on a humble iMac. Turns out Unity adjusts to the limitations of each platform rather nicely, don't you think?