
"We would get a little bit of the base mesh from the levels and take that to a concept artist, who would see how they could make this feel more real, inhabited, and not impact the way that you are playing the game," Senior Producer Peter Kavic told Newsweek. Not only did the "Spyroscope" help build the levels, it also shaped the new game's art. The developers ran the older game as an emulation, while their real-time tool extracted data to recreate an exact mesh background of the game. "We actually built out a tool called 'Spyroscrope' because it put the original game Spyro under a microscope," Yan explained.

Those, along with their insights and stories, were all Toys For Bob had to use to build the revamped games. Unfortunately, Insomniac had little tangible to offer, other than a few binders filled with pencil drawings of levels and some original planning documents. Ģ023 won't just be a big year for Spyro, check out some of the other games coming this year.Spyro Reignited Trilogy plays just like the original, for better and worse Activision Let's just hope they take the remake approach like Ubisoft are with Splinter Cell, though, and not just a cash-grab port of the old games like the GTA Trilogy.ĭo you want Spyro to make a comeback? Or do you prefer seeing developers work on new IPs? By the way, if you're just looking to get some Spyro back in your life you can buy the most recent Spyro game here. But that hasn't stopped fans from making hopeful assumptions, and we too would be thrilled to see some kind of Spyro comeback. That's all we have to go on for now, so to be honest with you, we can't guarantee it really means anything.

Now Spyro the Dragon was originally release in 1998, so 2023 is also the 25th anniversary of the franchise, which is perfect for any hypothetical reboot or remake.īig moves and BIG MOOD for 2023 #LifeatTFB /Wna4Ulmerk- Toys For Bob January 10, 2023

The developer of Spyro Reignited and Crash Bandicoot 4 recently shared a Tweet saying "Big moves and BIG MOOD for 2023 #LifeatTFB" along with a collage of different projects they were working on, which included a picture of Spyro.
