PS4 Dreams Concept 2D to 3D Uridium C64

Yesterday, Media Molecule showed a video of some of their team members' creations in the upcoming PS4 title 'Dreams'.

One of the creations was a modern take on the Commodore 64 classic Uridium from 1986.

Forum members over on Discord have been discussing 2D games that could be recreated in Dreams' 3D engine and whether it would work.

This morning I knocked up a quick model of the first level's dreadnought from the 1986 game in Autodesk's Maya and then messed about with some cameras.

A few hours rendering and this is what we have.

1. Uridium - Orthographic view from above.
2. 1st person view
3. 3rd person view

As a concept I found it interesting, though it looks very plain and simplistic in 2018..... Giving us 'Dreams' to recreate something like this is maybe similar to giving us a sledgehammer to break an egg ?

Shout out credits to the original Uridium team...... Hewson, Graftgold, Andrew Braybrook, Steve Turner etc.... (Sorry if I missed anybody).....

And they say..... 'Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery'.