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GuiltyGearXrd's Art Style : The X Factor Between 2D and 3D

GDC Festival of Gaming · talk · Watch on YouTube

Computer graphics & renderingGame programming & engines

What it is

A GDC 2015 talk by Arc System Works technical artist Junya Motomura on how Guilty Gear Xrd rebuilt a classic 2D fighter in full 3D while keeping a hand-drawn look. It covers the art and programming R&D and the stylistic decisions behind it.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as the definitive example of making 3D rendering look like 2D animation through cel shading, outlines, and framerate tricks.

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2019, last 2025

What HN commenters said

  1. “showing the lengths they went to achieve a high-res hand-drawn look while developing Guilty Gear Xrd.”

    Lengths taken to achieve a hand-drawn look in 3D.

    flobosg, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “Designing 2D graphics in the Japanese industry”

  2. “if you watch this GDC talk about the way that Arc System Works uses 3d to simulate 2d animation”

    How 3D simulates 2D animation and stylistic framerate choices.

    nathan_compton, 2025-08 · Recommendation · in “Will Smith's concert crowds are real, but AI is blurring the lines”

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Topics: guilty gear xrd, cel shading, gdc, 2d look in 3d, technical art

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