COLUMBIA, SC – Radon Labs, the German developer of popular PC and console titles, will use SpeedTree®RT in Drakensang, a fantasy role playing game to be released on PC in Q1 2008.
“Vegetation in role playing games is very important,†said Bernd Beyreuther, director of Drakensang. “SpeedTree offered us exactly what we wanted: a vegetation creation system and a real-time SDK that deliver an outstanding game experience.â€
Radon Labs is a leading German developer of computer and console video games, with branches in Berlin and Halle-Leipzig. Over the last 2 years Radon Labs has successfully developed and released over 2 dozens games onto the market, including the top ten title PET & VET. The company is the developer of the NEBULA2 game engine system, used in more than 60 commercial games.
SpeedTreeRT, winner of the 2005 Front Line Award for middleware, delivers highly realistic trees and plants, with adjustable wind effects, user-configurable and seamless LOD transitions, and an included library of hundreds of tree, plant and marine models representing more than 200 core species. SpeedTreeRT includes SpeedTreeCAD, a Windows application used to create and edit animated trees in real-time.
Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV), develops software products with a focus on real-time three dimensional applications for the game development, visual simulation, engineering visualization, and animation industries. IDV, a privately held corporation, was founded in 1999 in Columbia, South Carolina. For more information about IDV, visit www.idvinc.com.