Autodesk has announced the release of Maya LT, a new version of the company’s popular animation tool intended for mobile game development. Looking to meet the needs of independent studios in the rapidly expanding mobile game market, Autodesk’s new 3D platform is meant to provide a less costly yet high performance animation tool for these developers.
The Maya LT workflow and basic UI has been designed to better fit the needs of mobile developers, with modelling capabilities similar to the original Maya platform. Other mobile oriented features include file export to native Maya LT and FBX formats, as well as model output up to 25,000 polygons. In addition, lighting capabilities have been adapted to mobile game production, with rendering powered by the Turtle platform. Maya LT is exclusively available for Mac and Windows OS.
Maya LT will also be featured at the Indie Games Festival at Tokyo Game Show later this month.
