Master Creating Licenses SpeedTree RT for LEGEND: Hand of God

COLUMBIA, SC – SpeedTree RT will help power the outdoor scenes of LEGEND: Hand of God, a role-playing game under development by Master Creating that will be published in 2007 by Anaconda.

“Especially in an RPG like LEGEND: Hand of God, with its various and large outdoor environments, SpeedTree is a huge timesaver,” said Jan Beuck, Creative Director for Master Creating. “With SpeedTree, vegetation’s not a problem – all trees one can think of are already created and render fast, thanks to the unique way the leaves are displayed.”In the fantasy-based title, players will control a young hero in a fight against evil. The game includes numerous battles and a cinematic combat system that enables a variety of fighting methods.

Although both Master Creating and Anaconda are based in Germany, the international team of developers includes international top talent like Art Director Andreas Adamek who previously worked on movies like Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

The title has already received praise from reviewers, including German games magazine PC Games. “It's addicting like Diablo while combat looks as great as Prince of Persia,” reads that magazine’s review.

SpeedTreeRT, winner of the 2005 Front Line Award for middleware, delivers highly realistic trees and plants, with adjustable wind effects, user-configurable and seamless LOD transitions, and an included library of more than 1,000 tree, plant and marine models representing 200 species. SpeedTreeRT includes SpeedTreeCAD, a Windows application used to create and edit animated trees in real-time.

More information is available at http://www.speedtree.com/.Interactive Data Visualization, Inc. (IDV), develops software products with a focus on real-time three dimensional applications for the game development, visual simulation, engineering visualization, and animation industries. IDV, a privately held corporation, was founded in 1999 in Columbia, South Carolina. For more information about IDV, visit http://www.idvinc.com/.