How Rayman Legends Is Made!

Kaeyi took a trip alongside InTheLittleWood to Montpellier, France to visit the Ubisoft Studios. Here she got see how Rayman legends is made as well as playing the game set to launch on August 30th.
For gameplay see: / kaeyidream & / inthelittlewood
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[@shardium]

I really wish the UbiArt engine was public, it's absolutely amazing, and I can see people making completely custom rayman games. If they're planning to ditch the entirety of the rayman series, they should at least release UbiArt to the public, plus the project files for both Legends and Origins.

[@regularguy4291]

lmao gl with that

[@JM08787]

It would be like Super Mario Maker, (or like LBP) if you think about.

[@philiparnaudov9001]

ever heard of ubi-canvas

[@JM08787]

@@philiparnaudov9001 Yes, but it really takes too long to set up..

[@JM08787]

@@philiparnaudov9001 The closest thing we’re ever getting to a rayman level maker is *Rayman Redesigner.*

[@mariomguy]

This is an exceptionally powerful 2D engine. They're using spline meshes and an intelligent lighting system, and an animation system that uses 2D bones and bitmap graphics. The end result is essentially the destruction of tile-based 2D design into something more organic with an extremely high quality presentation and ease of use. Wow.

[@shardium]

This comment is almost a century old, but I just wanna say that it's a 2.5D engine, not 2D.

[@kokonutmusic]

@@shardium lol

[@Armm8991]

@@shardium 2.5 D isn't a thing lol

[@shardium]

@@Armm8991 Yes it is. The engine is made in a way you can animate 2D sprites in a 3D space, plus some 3D models.

[@l2shields]

@@Armm8991 doom, littlebigplanet are both 2.5d

[@Floofum]

I love how Rayman's rig has invisible legs

[@M3KAI5ER44]

(late reply ik, ik) it makes pivoting motions you get with full on limbs much easier! still doesn't fail to be humorous!

[@elkibelki9496]

It would have been ballers if you were able to design your own maps in rayman legends...

[@turnersgaming]

I'd like to make a Rayman Online Challenges game for PC online!

[@jackjackson2764]

Super rayman maker

[@itznathz9496]

No

[@OfficialNR1NYC]

@@turnersgaming PLEASE DO IT

[@oofedguest2155]

@@turnersgaming make it!!!

[@ikkante13]

Wow! I hoped this video never ended, I was the whole time with my jaw dropped. How amazing this engine it is, I also hope they release it sometime

[@bronwynjohnston1669]

3:47 my life is a lie

[@ShoppingStew]

I know this is late, but the very reason Rayman has no legs/arms is because they didn't have the hardware to animate arms and legs for him back in the 90's.

[@laranitaloca6913]

Invisible legs :'v

[@rapfye7839]

ShoppingStew They did, just had trouble getting it to work. And whats the point of telling us that.

[@YanScream]

WOW, now THAT is an engine I would LOVE to work with! As a designer, I find myself fighting with engines most of the time but this, THIS (nerdgasm)

[@JohnDoe-rh3jh]

Become a pro-developer, Ubisoft sell his engines but only for pros.

[@OfficialNR1NYC]

Come on remake rayman legends :)

[@jellystone07]

@@OfficialNR1NYC it's already good though

[@OfficialNR1NYC]

@@jellystone07 ye but new challenges

[@NNyxBOi]

It's been so long. We need a new game

[@andresmarcelsanchezporras326]

8:09 rayman legends Maker!!

[@mohamedatef9688]

these people laugh , while Iam crying to get this engine

[@OkimboEnt]

Mohamed Atef Well a similar program is Spriter, which has a free lite-edition! So you could check that out if you haven't already :D

[@mohamedatef9688]

Thanks I already did , but the limited one isnt enough ... but its ok though as its the only free one . ( Still want that one soooo bad :D )

[@OkimboEnt]

Mohamed Atef Well the PRO version of Spriter is in steam summer sale at the moment for half the original price

[@R4ngeR4pidz]

+OkimboEnt I think he was talking about the level design engine, not their version of Spine, which is the bigger, more expensive brother of Spriter

[@Xqrement]

What an awesome and intuitive game engine.

[@joloboi3745]

I love To see how my favorite rayman level is created!

[@Whatthetrash]

I saw this a while ago and keep coming back to it. It's STILL the best video on KZbin that talks about the Ubi Art Framework. This stuff is SO COOL! Thanks so much for posting this. :)

[@johanwendin3491]

To all the people saying they are using Spine. Please stop. Spine was inspired by this, they are not using it in UbiArt framework. (Rayman Origins was *released* in 2011, the kickstarter for Spine started in 2013)

[@PiotrBajbak]

Hopefuly you are still alive and educated after 8 months :D You seem like a guy who knows things. I was planing to get Spine 2D so I am doing research. Do you know maybe what are the alternatives, affordable for personal use/small studios, or what is the most common software to do animations like that? I used After Effects to get my rigging, and it is HELL! Thanks :)

[@Gotchi404]

There is an ope source alternative for spine, which is pretty cool in my opinión. It's called DragonBones, check it out

[@santhosharadhya9046]

@Leon Ruiz : I was checking the DragonBones it features exact same workflow as spine and its free.. Thanks for suggesting :)

[@TeamCGS2005]

If I could read Chinese I would. I can't even register on that stupid site.

[@SeianVision]

Do you have testing Blender for make the same, it's free Find the channel of the Andreas Esau. He make the rigs with blender, and use Godot

[@captainglucose2]

this game is the best !!! not just the graphics and love for details.. the controls are great and I really love the music and sounds!!!

[@KosmasMJpec]

The studio that made Rayman origins and legends is one of the best studios ever! Do a new Rayman game!

[@Kaiymu]

I'd pay to develop on that engine.

[@jessechounard]

I'm so jealous. This makes the level editor I wrote for my games feel so primitive.

[@VinnimonCinnimon]

I feel your pain 😂😂☹️

[@Seeting]

This technology is unbelievable.

[@Marobot]

This is fascinating.

[@frankytap]

This gotta be the best platform engine ^^ This video got me hooked, never thought it would look like this much fun!

[@tylerpickrell9071]

I love the way how they make the desighns and animations for each character.

[@ArturoNereu]

I learned about the tool at GDC13, it is pretty sweet! For those of you looking for something like this, please take a look at Spine. The tool runs an almost any OS, and you can use your animations on many runtimes.

[@ThatLadinPlaid]

I just recently bought my first Rayman game (Origins on the 3DS) and it was fantastic. After watching this, I've got so much more respect for the developers.

[@andyrudi]

Super funny game! And the production tools look very professional on extreme high level of software design, art and music! Best Jump and Run game for me

[@sandys-channel]

fantastic look into the creation process

[@mariomguy]

My comment was not about the game design. Rayman has awesome game design, but the art is something we've never seen before.

[@Eragarev]

Their level editor is crazy cool. Wish I was capable of doing that.

[@drcd256]

You should try some of the classic ones too! Rayman (1995), Rayman 2 and 3, they are awesome. :)

[@ChrystianDanucalov]

this is just fantastic

[@Bhunibelza]

Incredible engine!!! This kind of work flow is a dream come true for any creative game designer.

[@syncorpiumanimations2401]

That game is so underrated

[@brianj436]

Ubisoft doing dome really creative things in gaming long may it continue.

[@MlizzoCreatesMC]

my left ear enjoyed that beginning segment

[@Omwekiatl]

qué demencia, como hacer ese código que coincida cada movimiento de huesos con colisión con el medio, y esa cantidad de piezas de arte y animaciones!!! ay no, no me imagino esa complejidad, grandioso!!!

[@DOINACHIFAN]

Beautiful work and nice game

[@dnm.design]

amazing! love it!

[@MagmarFire]

The iteration time for that engine is fantastic. Quite reminiscent of Unity while seeming more...robust? Whatever the right word is, it's fantastic!

[@rlharris9337]

This is amazing!

[@Tim0o]

subtitles would be nice, the voices are hard to hear/understand sometimes and the music playing doesn't help. But this is truly an interesting look, it is so detailed and they should be extremely proud of their work. Really innovative!

[@marcomeeuwse9263]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r17GmZxmbpyojJY I'm curious about the system on how the slope is still able to look good after adding points and moving it around. The artwork on is seems to adjust accordingly. Has someone found something on that?

[@jmanluigi7283]

this is amazing

[@Mr_happyface]

I need this engine no doubt! (amazing vid:)

[@Trusteft]

Thanks for the video, very interesting.

[@Murderface666]

I see the art more as an appealling style. Kind of like how a person can recognize Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee and Rob Liefield (my favorite comic artists of the 90s) just based on how they draw their characters and scenes. I think the new thing is to take the comic book approach and to bring in a sense of style into games.

[@DJTHED]

Oh, man. I'd love to see a level editor like that on the PC version of this game.

[@salinas31000]

they did a great job!

[@McKeenziiee]

Incredible.

[@asatorftw]

Amazing! Very inspiring =D

[@ezrato]

Remember how it was said in 2011 that the Ubi-Art Framework (The game engine in this video) will become available to public, possibly even for free? WHEN? It looks amazing!

[@kokonutmusic]

Never. 😢

[@ezrato]

@@kokonutmusic 😥

[@GrandpaParrotNHB]

This. Is. Amazing.

[@gaethanos93]

very very cool!!

[@JacobPatrick1]

Great Tools Great Look Great Game

[@DJTHED]

I know! I'd buy the PC version alongside the Wii U version just for the level editor alone!

[@YoungRPGmaster]

The game designers put in so much work with the levels, it's amazing. :) Their 2D engine is REALLY powerful, I would love to be able to use it once it becomes open source!!! That would be so awesome.

[@diegocrusius]

lovely and very inpiring

[@drcd256]

The camera is in perspective mode, but it's most likely set on a high focal length.

[@andrefrosch3498]

Wow i wish i had this for playing so

[@Fufski]

How do they move the camera to the background, isn't the camera supposed to be orthographic? In that case the size of the texture won't change no matter the distance.

[@NovaPulse]

Dear god, this engine is crazy. The way they can manipulate the art is awesome.

[@Yourname942]

incredible, those guys did a great job. what engine are they using?

[@meowsersplaysmcmeowserspla7740]

my favorite character

[@coyote-0es575]

4:13 who thought this was ok?

[@bruhbruhbruhbruh859]

Me

[@busywl69]

wow!

[@cloned81]

Aaaaaawesome!!!

[@Zapidom]

Wow. Mainly left ear!

[@damienk777]

I realy want to work with the Ubiart engine ;_;

[@SerkanBakr]

perfect engine

[@hamzabensalah3972]

i hope they release ubiart framework as an open source soon

[@voiox]

So much talent that i get angry :)

[@SeianVision]

1:30 Look like spine, but all the parts of body are in only one sprite... Why did he works this way. All tutorial import the characters with the separte parts. I can´t understand

[@tomtom51000]

As someone who just started making games in high school, this is Fucking blowing my mind.

[@BesomeTube]

That is one damn impressive 2D engine. If there was ever going to be an end point in 2D development they are going to reach it.

[@cheryblossom__]

SO FUCKING AMAZING WISH I WAS THERE

[@MenhirKid]

vraiment super cool, je reverais de bosser sur un soft comme ca^^

[@GloveCats]

Spine it's a powerfull tool. Spine only needs the "lattice deformations" (1.45 in this video) the other "options" are in Spine already. A tool dont make cool animations the artist do. We are making a game with Spine and we love the tool. If you Check the Spine Forums in ShowCase and search "The intergalactic Trashman" you will see our game! You can watch our channel too. The game is in pre-pre-pre-alpha but it's taking shape!

[@Stock_Junction]

I want to use this engine to make rayman animation

[@browsermage]

I know this is a bit old but the style and art is just amazing in this game.

[@someonethochamaspagatii9045]

Björn Hjorth I know right

[@bigbillythecat9475]

Still amazing in 2020

[@SorcererXIII]

I agree with the other commenters - this would be a great toolset to give to the modding/indie community.

[@isaacmenaysanchez]

pero por que no isieron la version beta de rayman legends

[@nikdudnik]

I hope Spriter will have lattice deformation too.

[@benoitprunneaux]

UbiFrameWork is really awesome... It's a shame that it didn't get OpenSource... For those who like it, maybe you'll like our tool too: Uni2D for unity. It's not quite UbiArt but it's a nice start toward enjoying making 2D games in Unity3D!

[@cheryblossom__]

Wait...WHAT?!l love it!!!Wow,wow,wow,wow,wow!!!! :DDDD OMG!!!!

[@kamadoomar8639]

I want this engine...

[@randalf6373]

I am waiting for a new part od Rayman😨

[@whiskey-4208]

Alright, noted

[@darkgenie3167]

this helped me a million times more than those shitty blender tutorials

[@ajamessssss1000]

what is the size of that monitor. that looks beautiful..

[@piotrmazek540]

It's a TV :v

[@kendallcoombs9551]

agreed :O

[@JobvanderZwan]

I love Rayman, but I hope that engine gets reused for other projects. Damn, that looks powerful!

[@meowsersplaysmcmeowserspla7740]

I LOVE Barbara!

[@scrooge1203]

the best game in this planet!

[@thekingslayer1831]

UbiArt needs to be released to the public!

[@Snakif]

c'est juste fou comment cet engine gère... o__o

[@furraw5128]

Super Raiman maker

[@Frecheszinho]

can you do this with spriter? I mean mix skeleton animation with frame by frame animation in some parts?

[@codeartonline9848]

they used something similar to spine

[@Frecheszinho]

Code Art Online and does the same thing?

[@codeartonline9848]

yes.. check it out.. esotericsoftware.com/

[@Frecheszinho]

Code Art Online I knew of this software, but it's paid :P thanks

[@ShoppingStew]

Hi, I appreciate this is old, but just in case you haven't figured it out yet, you can do this in Spriter. =)

[@LovesHina]

I'm quite jealous of it. It makes the flash professional I've been working with look a bit childish. Wow indeed.

[@funshark]

Yep Spine need moooooore work to be really useable, that's a shame cause I really want to use something like that to animate... now ! :D

[@StevenTheCrystalGemOFFICIAL]

wow those clouds are the same for the non collectable characters when u didnt have enough pink whatevers for a character so that could of been in the beta

[@schaugutfilm6967]

The ubi art engine is only avaible for the ubisoft guys. Am I right because its one of my biggest dreams to work with the ubi art engine.