Vectorman/Development

From Sega Retro

Back to: Vectorman.

Development

A 1995 email from Shinobu Toyoda to producer Jerry Markota concerning Sega of Japan's positive reception to the game.[1]

Vectorman was made partly in response to Rare's critically-acclaimed Super Famicom game Donkey Kong Country - produced with digitized, pre-rendered 3D models which giving the game a smooth, computer-generated feel. Nintendo had published advertisements for the game stating that pre-rendered graphics were impossible to achieve on the Mega Drive, and Vectorman stood as one of Sega's strongest attempts to prove their competitor wrong.

Development material

  • Development diary written by animator Marty Davis.

  • Earlier sketchbook produced by designer Mark Lorenzen.

  • Later sketchbook produced by designer Mark Lorenzen.

  • Tech demo created for the game's pitch.[1]

Concept artwork

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan

  • VectorMan model sheet

  • Day 4: Absolute Zero

  • Day 6: Bamboo Mill

  • The scrapped stage Wicker Rocket.

  • A scrapped swamp stage which appeared in Vectorman 2.

  • A scrapped swamp stage which appeared in Vectorman 2.

  • Early HUD

  • Early package design

  • Early package design

  • Early package design

  • Early package design

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://thegameofnerds.com/2021/06/29/vectorman-genesis-climate-activist-turns-25/


Vectorman

Vectorman.png

Main page | Maps | Downloadable content | Changelog | Hidden content | Development | Magazine articles | Video coverage | Reception | Promotional material | Region coding | Technical information | Bootlegs


Music: Sega Tunes: Vectorman (1996)
Retrieved from "https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=Vectorman/Development&oldid=748993"