Luminous Studio

Luminous Studio

Luminous Studio is a multi-platform game engine developed by Square Enix. The engine was developed for and targeted at eighth-generation hardware and DirectX 11-compatible platforms, such as Xbox One, and versions of Microsoft Windows. The engine also supports the  PS 4. The engine has been used for the Witch Chapter 0 tech demos, and Final Fantasy XV, a title in the Final Fantasy series for eighth-generation consoles.

For the creation of the Luminous Studio engine, the developers at Square Enix wanted an engine that would both satisfy the needs of the development environment and would also be versatile enough for any type of game.Currently, for games in development at Square Enix, different engines are used depending on the style of game in question. Tomb Raider which utilizes complex maps and different styles of action, the Crystal Engine is being used.Hitman: Absolution, a free-range shooter, is built on the Glacier 2 engine.  "There's no question that Luminous Studio is a game engine with the development of games like previous Final Fantasy games in mind," Wada said. "Not only that, but we expect it to be able to cover a wide range from games that have lots of action to games that don't."

At present, there are no games in development that utilize the Luminous Studio engine. Square Enix is not planning to market the Luminous Studio to outside developers and will only be using it for in house games only.

Luminous Studio:Hair Technology.