The Making of Venetica, Part One

dtp Entertainment sent us over a press release a little while ago announcing the availability of the first installment in a new "making of" video series for Deck 13's Venetica. Head over to the official website to check it out while you read through the announcement:
Explore Venetica: Making Of Video Part #1 now available

Hamburg/Venice, May 20th, 2009 Canals, Gondolas, Bridges it's all about Venice: Today, dtp entertainment and Deck 13 release the first part of a series of '˜making of' videos that will explain the development of the upcoming cinematic RPG Venetica.

Deck 13's concept artist Felix Haas travelled, together with a camera crew, to Italy to show how the game is produced.

In part #1 of the videos, he explains how Deck 13 implemented this stunning city into the game. He shows which Venetian elements can be found in Venetica and how Deck 13 slightly changed the city to create the fantastic scenario of the game. Images from Venice as well as directly out of the game give a detailed impression of the overwhelming atmosphere, both of the original city and Venetica as a game.

Venetica will be a cinematic RPG with an extraordinary and deep story. The game mixes emotion and action in stunning ways.

A unique and living world full of surprises is waiting for the player, set in a fantastic 16th century Venice and paired with intuitive and easy to learn gameplay.

Venetica offers movie like cameras, subtly used cut scenes and spectacular images on a marvelous trip through a unique game world that is hard to match in the genre.

dtp entertainment will release Venetica developed by Deck 13 in Q3 2009 for PC and Xbox 360(R).