’Genshin Impact’: Crafting an Anime-Style Open World

In this 2021 GDC session, miHoYo CEO Haoyu Cai shares ideas behind the making of Genshin Impact, including the game’s anime style, character/stage design, pipeline, and more. Register for GDC 2022, in-person in San Francisco, March 21-25, 2022: Join the GDC mailing list: Follow GDC on Twitter: GDC talks cover a range of developmental topics including game design, programming, audio, visual arts, business management, production, online games, and much more. We post a fresh GDC video every day. Subscribe to the channel to stay on top of regular updates, and check out GDC Vault for thousands of more in-depth talks from our archives.