Disney Infinity team on how they managed to include a lightsaber in the first game
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Back in late 2012, Disney purchased the Star Wars franchise. Avalanche was also hard at work on Disney Infinity at the time. Although the team wasn’t able to create anything too significant surrounding Star Wars, they did want to include a treat for the fans. This ended up being the lightsaber, which players could unlock by owning all Disney Infinity 1.0 characters.
Disney Infinity vice president of production John Vignocchi was able to get in touch with one of his friends from Lucas before hearing about the Stars Wars acquisition, and after the deal went through, he began making calls.
Vignocchi told Game Informer:
“We want to do an ultimate unlock in the game. We’d like to put a lightsaber in the game. Here’s what we’re thinking: If you own all the figures then this is like this super-secret end of the end – the Yoshi on top of the Princess’ castle.”
Vignocchi also mentioned how the team needed to scramble in order to get the lightsaber in the game. Rather than sending it out via an update, they wanted it to be included as part of the game that shipped to stores.
More Disney Infinity 3.0 Inside Out Play Set footage
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Polygon uploaded a bit of extra direct-feed footage from the Disney Infinity 3.0 Inside Out Play Set. We’ve posted the video below.
Video: “The Fall and Resurrection of Licensed Games with Disney Infinity”
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Game Informer shared another Disney Infinity-centric video today. Below, Avalanche Software’s general manager discusses the struggles of the licensed games industry and the birth of the Infinity series.
Disney Infinity 3.0 – Inside Out Play Set details
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Game Informer published an extensive report about the Inside Out Play Set coming to Disney Infinity 3.0. Details from the articles can be found below, and the full article is located here.
– Sequel to the film
– Riley is still the star
– While babysitting and watching TV, Riley falls asleep
– Riley accidentally brushes up against the remote as she’s sleeping which changes the channel to a scary movie
– This breaches her subconscious and all these scary images get into her head
– Riley’s emotions need to attend to this crisis
– Fight against broccoli, swamp creatures, bats, and other baddies
– More platforming focused than the other Play Sets
– Each emotion has its own unique ability
– Anger can run across lava
– Disgust can high jump
– Fear runs quickly
– Joy can glide across large gaps
– Sadness can walk across clouds
– Clouds are a big component of the levels
– Although Sadness can walk across them with ease, any other character can only step on them briefly before they disappear
– Need to quickly jump if you want to get past them without using Sadness
– If you’re playing co-op, Sadness can pick up another character like Anger and walk across the clouds with him
– Anger can pick up Sadness and carry her across the lava should she need it
– Can play alone if you want, but co-op is encouraged
– Musical gameplay: flip switches back and forth, turning on and off various platforms; match the musical lines and which platforms you’re going on to get through the various areas
– Gravity feature switches your perspective
– This turns the world and making you platform upside down
– Pop and collect balloons in the levels
– Need to swap characters for harder-to-reach balloons
– One enemy type is a bull that charges at you the moment they see you
– Can only defeat bulls by getting near an edge and move as it charges at you, so it falls off
– Swap characters by putting the other one on the Infinity Base and then can bring up the character wheel
Disney Infinity 3.0 – Inside Out Play Set trailer, footage, a look at the figures
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Disney Interactive has now released a trailer for the Disney Infinity 3.0 Inside Out Play Set trailer. Meanwhile, Family Gamer TV has extra footage and a video showing off the related figures. All of the latest videos are posted below.
Disney Infinity 3.0 – first Inside Out Play Set screenshots, figure photos
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Disney Interactive has shared the first screenshots from the Inside Out Play Set that will be available for Disney Infinity 3.0. Additionally, we have a first look at the related figures as well. Hit the gallery below for all of today’s photos.
Video: “Animating Star Wars Characters In Disney Infinity 3.0”
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Game Informer’s latest feature on Disney Infinity 3.0 gives us a look at the game’s animation. In the video below, animation department boss Gavan Knowlton discusses the process of studying/animating classic characters from the Disney universe.
Disney Infinity 3.0 – off-screen Twilight of the Republic Play Set footage, a look at the Star Wars figures
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Family Gamer TV uploaded a couple of additional videos pertaining to Disney Infinity 3.0. Between the two, we’re able to see some footage from the Twilight of the Republic Play Set, and the Star Wars figures. Both videos can be seen below.
Disney Infinity 3.0 – Twilight of the Republic Play Set screenshots
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Disney Interactive released several new screenshots from Disney Infinity 3.0, which show off the Twilight of the Republic Play Set. Take a look at them below.
Off-screen Disney Infinity 3.0 Toy Box Speedway “Sugar Rush” track and hub world footage
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Family Gamer TV’s latest Disney Infinity 3.0 video gives us another look at the Toy Box Speedway. In addition to the Sugar Rush track, we also have footage of the hub world. Take a look below:
