The Distortion World: An Unreal Engine Recreation

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Caleb Waldrop: www.artstation...
This demo was done as a final for our Game Design class at East Tennessee State University (ETSU). To celebrate the announcement of Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl earlier this year, we felt it was appropriate to design a first-person recreation of Pokémon Platinum’s Distortion World, but with our own unique twists.
There are a few main differences between our recreation and the way Gamefreak dealt with the Distortion World in Pokémon Platinum. The most obvious differences lie in how the camera pans and the angles at which the platforms are rotated. In Platinum, the surrounding platforms only exist at 90° angles. However, with our demo, the platforms can exist at any angle, rotating the player to provide a more immersive, first-person experience. Our project only presents a subsection of the Distortion World compared to what is shown in the actual Pokémon game.
The pixel art in-game was designed by BlackberryKin. The sounds used in the game were either collected as CC0 from freesound.org, given permission for use or designed ourselves. The remastered Distortion World theme was designed by Zame ( / @the_zame )
NOTE: This is a fan-made project that is not affiliated with The Pokemon Company, Game Freak, or Nintendo in any way. Pokémon and its characters are © 2021 Pokémon. © 1995-2021 Nintendo/Creatures Inc./GAME FREAK inc. Please support the official games!

[@BlackberryKin]

I know it's a little outdated, but would you all like a "Development of the Distortion World" video?

[@pengthelewis7795]

:O Just about to work on it, that would be kind! Like your sharing!

[@cosmos7611]

Oh yeah thats would be amazing as this vidéo is

[@Caerulis]

That would be very cool

[@void7kalin]

I like you want some chocy milk?

[@makaihana975]

This is terrifying. The stuff of nightmares made reality Especially when you see the shadow of Giratina with glowing red parts. Sends chills down my spine.

[@The_Zame]

I love this!

[@MadManMicruhwayve]

yooooo

[@spookysquirtle]

zame :D

[@n4r1z_0utp0zt]

This needs more views. The fact Giratina is hunting the player(i think?) makes this more unsettling.

[@alfredogranadosiii4797]

Since the Distortion World is in 3D, it feels like you could just punch the Pokemon in the face

[@rubberrdingyrapidsbro6350]

Wow, good work gave me the chills better then it did originally!

[@matthewt6002]

Dude, this is INCREDIBLE!!! It looked amazing!

[@Moma_spam2]

This is incredible. What I wished to experience in a future game when I was in ny childhood. Good job 😭😭❤️

[@AlexIska2001]

We can all agree in the opportunity that game freak and Nintendo lost with its mediocre sinnoh Remake. Very nice video btw

[@dragonhead3604]

Underrated

[@SCT2]

This makes is much sense to me now that I've played platinum

[@MegaYTPage]

I’m still tryna buy platinum

[@OGFastkris]

​@@MegaYTPageYou could always just homebrew your ds(I) or 3ds and download the rom for it. It's super easy to do because there are lots of tutorials about it out there.

[@TheGuyCalledNotorious]

This needs around 2 million more views

[@Random_Idiot_on_Internet]

You turned a my nightmare in a video, NOW THIS NIGHT I WILL NOT SLEEP

[@Caerulis]

Wtf…this should have way more attention. Awesome job

[@Shark.Bite_01]

This gives HUGE Ena vibes bye the way the camera pans and how the camera moves in general, which is a good thing Ena is an amazing KZbin series

[@azazel166]

Well, better get braced for Nintnedo's cease and desist shenanigans.

[@minorseven8134]

This is awesome! Great work!

[@ringabel5256]

This looks awesome! Great job 👏

[@yangwenlifangirl]

Only 1k views. This is underrated.

[@Terapagos3000]

amazing

[@sriansumishra6028]

It's so cool!!!

[@ImPyroChad]

Part of the reason why most people were hoping for Sinnoh remakes was to see something like this😓, guess we'll have to wait for Let's Go Sinnoh to properly see the distortion world done in 3d ALA Kid A Mnesiac

[@phasmine_]

This is amazing!!!

[@arceus8089]

What BDSP should’ve been

[@pengthelewis7795]

Inspiring! Also really curious about how it was made XD.

[@BlackberryKin]

The player and camera doesn't actually flip. The platforms are blueprints that will literally tilt the entire world around you to give the appearance that you're flipping.

[@pengthelewis7795]

@@BlackberryKin :O oh, interesting solution! Thank you for the explanation! Benefit a lot!

[@4plasma]

hey im just wondering, how did u manage to get the distortion world 3d model, did you remake it yourself or?

[@luxrayblast]

Wait, are those branch things trees?

[@_SilentRiver_]

coooool

[@mamitomoe8516]

Do you plan on making it downloadable?

[@HeroicZ31]

Wait is this like actually playable? Because if so I need to give it a try right now

[@pookeywan]

Is there a way to download this? i'm new to unreal...

[@pookeywan]

not like anybody will see this 4 years later...

[@ohio1179]

How were you able to import this into unreal engine?

[@BlackberryKin]

We didn't import anything, we made this!

[@draaldeadly]

Hubiera sido genial en los remakes de sinnoh

[@siddharth5437]

Plz Download Link

[@tehjefey]

You could make a horror game out of his low key, just get rid of all the pokemon stuff and replace it with something from your imagination. That way gamefreak won't come for ya the way they came for palworld >_>.