PARTICLES and VFX

Here are two videos showcasing the particle and vfx work done for Godzilla: Save the Earth - Melee. The video on the left shows the original game (Save the Earth, 2004). The video on the right shows the same monsters and cities in the new game (Save the Earth Melee, 2024).

While comparing, notice the new:

• Water Droplets and Splashes
• Hit Effects and Impacts
• Screen Shake
• Footsteps and Debris
• Building Destruction and Spreadable Fire
• Trail Effect "Swooshes" on Attacks
• Weather on Certain Maps (Rain, Snow)

(Particles in STEM are edited through trial and error by editing plain text scripts. Click here to see my notes on how particles work.)

CAMERA

The camera system has been reworked in its entirety in G:STEM. Now, when two monsters are close together, the camera is lower to the ground: and provides a more parallel view of the two players, like a traditional fighting game. With the monsters taking up more of the screen, they feel larger. The greater the distance between the two monsters, the more the camera pulls back and shows a helicopter's-eye-view of the fight.

The camera also tracks better, and is more adaptive to changes in player position.