Heavy Rain's vital statistics

One of the fascinating things about Heavy Rain - previewed on Eurogamer today - is its reliance on development studio head David Cage, who wrote the massive script single-handedly, and motion capture. On a recent excursion to see the game in development, we noted down a few of the more interesting stats in its creator's presentation. We thought you might enjoy them, so here they are:

The script

• 2,000 pages long
• 60 scenes, each about 15-20 minutes long, most, but not all of which you see on any play-through
• 40,000 words of non-linear dialogue
• Based on 6,000 pages of notes and references
• 15 months in development

The art design

• Two weeks scouting for locations on the East Coast of the USA
• 15 months of design by ten people
• Photos, topographical gameplay maps, sketches of every item, paintings of every scene

The outsourcing to Asia

• Over 100 people involved outside Quantic Dream
• 480 man-months of work
• Based on an "outsourcing bible" and "level architect blueprints"

The motion capture

• All done on-site at Quantic Dream in Paris
• 170 days of shooting across nine months
• Over 70 actors and stuntmen involved
• Casting sessions in Paris and London
• 30,000 unique animations recorded