Starting June 1st the customer model for Trapdoor Creative’s Stage application will immediately change for all new customers.

 

No longer will Stage be offered as a stand-alone application for single users to subscribe to. Moving forward the entire code base of Stage will be offered to companies and organizations to be integrated and leveraged into their own code base, platforms, and tech stacks. This huge opportunity gives companies the flexibility and technical autonomy they need to leverage over 5 years of Stage development, and customize it to their specific needs in any way they see fit for their customers.

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Why are we doing this?

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Over the past seven years, Stage's development involved collaborating with numerous companies to optimize their visualization workflows using cutting-edge real-time rendering. Built upon Epic's Unreal Engine, Stage provided users across various 3D skill levels with access to Unreal Engine's exceptional speed and realism in a simple and efficient manner.

 

Through these collaborations, we gained deep insights into the diverse needs, unique pipelines, and specific challenges faced by each company, from varying toolsets to inconsistent file naming conventions. We dedicated our efforts to creating adaptable tools and processes to address these individual concerns.

 

We also recognized a prevailing desire for simplicity over complexity. Companies are seeking streamlined tools and integrated solutions rather than additional software to integrate into their existing workflows. Introducing more tools often leads to confusion and complication within already saturated 3D toolsets.

 

Ultimately, we concluded that a standalone application could not effectively leverage Stage's full potential and provide a universally adaptable toolset and workflow for the diverse pipelines and requirements of multiple companies.

 

Therefore, to best enable companies to utilize Unreal Engine for visualization with the simplicity and workflows inherent in Stage, we are deciding to offer the Stage code for direct integration into existing software solutions, rather than as a standalone application.

 

This approach allows companies to capitalize on over four years of Stage development and tailor the codebase to their specific needs. They can implement the code as is, integrate specific components, or fully customize it to suit their customers.

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Be A Part of the Real-Time Revolution

 

Real-time is the future of 3D, and we believe that what we have built in Stage can dramatically accelerate existing software capabilities and give those software users the ability to move exponentially faster in their product design visualization process without the complexity that slows them down.

 

Contact us today to learn more about how direct integration can dramatically enhance your 3D visualization workflow.  Stage code is available for purchase as a code base, and also with optional exclusivity.