"Humans are creatures of creation... and destruction..." -Aaron Hernandez
Lately, I've been reading up on Destructible Environments in video games, and there is a LOT of content that I still have to read before I can write about it in depth! So over the next few days, I'll be covering this type of information.
So to keep things short for today, while I'm studying this topic, here is a sneak peek video of destruction in a game called Crackdown 3
Crackdown 3 is a new game that is supposedly coming out in 2019, and it seems that the developers are adding destructible environments for virtually every object in the game, including buildings! They actually had to use multiple servers to pack a lot of destructible objects into the game due to the massive computational load of mesh deformation. You can even shoot out pieces of a concrete wall and watch that piece fall and crack into a million pieces on the ground! How cool is that!
Here is a cool video from a few years ago of how you can literally destroy every single part of a building in Crackdown 3. I hope this still makes it to the actual game, as that would be a major step for future game development and even VR!