Layers of Fear reimagines horror with Unreal Engine 5
June 15, 2023The new Layers of Fear isn’t just “horror reimagined” (as the game’s tagline says); it’s also a reimagining of Bloober Team’s defining franchise.
While the first Layers of Fear hit in 2016–six years after the studio’s launch–the horror game helped to refocus Bloober Team’s work. In the years since that 2016 release, the studio shifted completely to horror titles, releasing–among six projects–Observer, Layers of Fear 2, Blair Witch, and The Medium.
And now, with this year’s Layers of Fear, Anshar Studios and Bloober Team return to that narratively-focused first-person franchise with a title that brings together the original title and its sequel, along with all downloadable content and a new story that stitches those works together in a neat, spine-chilling package.
We chatted with Anshar Studios about the process and benefits of moving the franchise first to UE4 and then to Unreal Engine 5, how the team made use of Unreal Engine tools like Lumen, and the challenges that adding a flashlight to the entire game brought.
To read the rest of this story, which first ran on June 9, 2023, visit UnrealEngine.com.
