Bravely Default developer shows off more of the tech that made Final Fantasy XV's debut so stunning

Developers can spend years building beautiful 3D games, but they can add some amazing visual effects in just a fraction of that time thanks to a tool from the Japanese development team that made the surprise hit Bravely Default.

Silicon Studio, the developer responsible for Square Enix’s 3DS role-playing game, revealed a new demonstration of its Yebis 2 rendering engine in action. This tool enables any team that uses it to quickly add post-processing visual effects to their games. That includes light bloom, depth-of-field, and other tricks that real-world photographers use. In a new video it released yesterday, Silicon Studio showed off some of the features of its technology. While the clip focuses on high-end visuals, Yebis 2 is capable of scaling down to work on Android, iOS, and more.