Game development crutches are forever fascinating, and it’s such a delight to get a behind-the-scenes look at these clever tricks. Derek Forte, better known as Shesez, recently went viral for revealing how Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead faked its rearview mirror reflection by duplicating the police officer and environment inside a literal cone.
Well, that’s how things were done before ray tracing came along. In response to this post, some other cool game development tricks were shared, so enjoy checking them out below:
Shesez actually has a whole YouTube series called Boundary Break, where he explores normally inaccessible locations in video games using virtual camera mods:
