{"id":18427,"date":"2023-04-10T14:58:32","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T05:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=18427"},"modified":"2023-04-10T14:58:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T05:58:34","slug":"20230410-18427","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20230410-18427\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale Fall is a beautiful UE5 ocean-exploration game coming this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br><br>Indie game developer Fuma Yamane has announced that Whale Fall will be releasing in the summer of 2023.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u69d8\u3005\u306a\u6d77\u6d0b\u751f\u7269\u3068\u306a\u3063\u3066\u65c5\u3092\u3059\u308b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3001<br>\u300eWhale Fall\u300f\u3092\u500b\u4eba\u5236\u4f5c\u3057\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<br><br>\u672c\u65e5\u3001\u3064\u3044\u306b\u30c8\u30ec\u30fc\u30e9\u30fc\u3092\u516c\u958b\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u9b5a\u306e\u5927\u7fa4\u3082\u3001\u5de8\u5927\u306a\u9be8\u3082\u3001\u5168\u3066\u3092\u64cd\u4f5c\u3059\u308b\u306e\u306f\u3042\u306a\u305f\u3067\u3059\u3002<br><br>2023\u5e74\u590f\u306bSteam\u30fbEpic Games\u306b\u3066\u767a\u58f2\u4e88\u5b9a\u3002<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WhaleFall?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WhaleFall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/UE5?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#UE5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/geidai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#geidai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u30a4\u30f3\u30c7\u30a3\u30fc\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NaYdwYIsXl\">pic.twitter.com\/NaYdwYIsXl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u5c71\u6839 \u98a8\u99ac\/FumaYamane\u300eWhale Fall\u300f (@Fuma_Yamane) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fuma_Yamane\/status\/1642497601387008000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 2, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>I made a game called Whale Fall where players travel around as various marine creatures.<br>Today I\u2019m finally releasing a trailer. From schools of fish to massive whales, you\u2019re in control. The game is scheduled to release this summer on Steam and the Epic Games Store.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Whale Fall is a game where players become marine creatures and travel around its world. For example, players will be able to control various creatures like schools of fish and massive whales. The game is being developed in Unreal Engine 5 and features beautiful oceans and ominous depths depicted in rich detail. Furthermore, the game is described as one that allows players to experience the circle of life, so we can likely expect to experience what the food chain is like from small fish to large whales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game is being developed for the most part by Tokyo University of the Arts graduate student Fuma Yamane. Yamane is acting as the game\u2019s director while also filling modeling, animation, and programming duties. Music is being handled by Riki Kitai and Akio Yokozawa who are a part of the university\u2019s Faculty of Music. Sound design and sound programming are being handled by Dochi Matsumura of the same department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The trailer received a considerable reaction on Twitter with Yamane\u2019s above tweet getting over 4,000 retweets. Moreover, game creator Takashi Tokita, known for games such as Live A Live, has been <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Takashi_Tokita\/status\/1642721801867522054\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mentoring Yamane<\/a> while at Tokyo University of the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yamane has been posting updates about the development of Whale Fall on their personal YouTube channel. There are a lot of in-development scenes to check out such as massive amounts of sardines swirling around and a video introducing the models of deep sea creatures. If you\u2019re interested, give the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FumaYamane\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">channel<\/a> a look.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WhaleFall 6_\u30a4\u30ef\u30b7\u306e\u7fa4\u308c2. \u30ad\u30e3\u30e9\u30af\u30bf\u30fc\u5909\u66f4\u30b7\u30b9\u30c6\u30e0_in UE5  \u5c71\u6839\u98a8\u99ac\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1JL4XN9YZNw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[UE5] WhaleFall 13_\u6df1\u6d77\u751f\u7269\u306e\u4f5c\u6210\u3001\u9b5a\u7fa4\u30b7\u30b9\u30c6\u30e0_\u5c71\u6839\u98a8\u99ac\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8YW38YHXtlU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:12px\"><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20230407-243353\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2023-04-07 17:10 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UE5 ocean-exploration game Whale Fall will be releasing in summer 2023 for PC (Steam\/Epic Games Store). 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