iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

continues to evolve, leveraging AI, modern rendering techniques, and cutting-edge game engines to push the boundaries of game design. preserves the classic look of 2D while integrating modern physics, lighting, and AI-driven enhancements, making it both familiar and cutting-edge. From indie studios to AAA developers, 2.5D

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Synchronization Deep-Dive: Managing Real-Time Player Actions Across Regions Ensuring stability across regions requires network protocols tailored for scalability, with fallback mechanisms to handle high traffic loads. AI’s ability to learn from these tests helps in refining load-balancing strategies to prevent issues in live environments.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 2, 2024

AppLovin is seeing high-IP games use ad-based monetization from the hyper-casual world, while casual titles layer in complex mechanics. Revamping Mechanics to Match User Expectations Mechanics like tile placement have surged in popularity as they blend accessibility with high engagement.

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Played with Fire

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

2⃣ Mechanics Over Story in VR Games VR game design prioritizes motion controls, physics, and realism , often at the expense of narrative. How to Improve VR Storytelling 1⃣ AI-Powered NPCs for Dynamic Stories NPCs in VR games should feel alive. Without strong VR storytelling , even the most realistic VR world feels empty.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Magic Cauldron follows Wordle’s template, with similar mechanics but featuring potions instead of words. Opponents are controlled by AI and can be tweaked through three difficulty settings (easy, normal, and hard). If you’re a fan of the viral puzzle game Wordle , all of this should sound very familiar.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 18, 2024

Set in the dystopian cyberpunk-inspired metropolis of Detraxis, it’s a top-down action shooter where you play as an AI, the Neural Network, implanted into the body of an assassin robot who’s fighting for their freedom and destiny. That’s something Magic Hazard has at its core for its debut game Memory Lost.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

A simple texture change or model update can impact gameplay mechanics, UI design, and monetization strategies. AI-driven tools to speed up repetitive tasks like UV mapping and texture generation. AI-Assisted Art Creation Generative AI accelerates concept art, texturing, and asset variations. AI-powered tools help: (i).

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has become a buzzword across different sectors, including gaming. This growing use of generative AI is largely attributed to its advanced capabilities, including the ability to create unique content. But why is there a growing use of generative AI in game design?

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Logic Simplified

JUNE 11, 2024

Integration of AI into Gaming Solutions Integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into games has led to a revolution in the gaming experience, reflected through enhanced gameplay, realism, and responsive in-game environments. What is Adaptive AI? Adaptive AI is an evolved version of AI where systems are made adaptive.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Now you know what’s the best way to “grab a drink” with this lad… Legendary game makers, Peter Molyneux who is renowned for creating the god games Populous, Dungeon Keeper, and Black & White, as well as Theme Park and the Fable series thinks that generative AI is going to be a "real game changer" in video games. It is a true enabler.

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Game Dev Unchained

JANUARY 16, 2025

Layoffs, shifting business models, AI disruptionsit feels like were constantly in survival mode. AI and Automation: The Silent Threat Jordan and I also talked about how technology is reshaping the industry, and not necessarily for the better. AI is fast. AI is doing it.” But now, its about speed. No ones getting it.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

AI-driven automated testing is changing game QA by automating repetitive tasks, making workflows smoother, and giving deeper insights into player behavior. Welcome to the future of game testing, where AI-powered quality assurance is the star. AI’s Arsenal for Game QA Various AI techniques are at play: Machine Learning.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Execs also see AI taking a role during in-game live events, such as player support. ” Nascent scene Gaming companies are currently worried that the nascent AI scene will take a while to settle down. ” Nascent scene Gaming companies are currently worried that the nascent AI scene will take a while to settle down.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 17, 2024

I played for a while, had to read a guide online to understand the game mechanics, restarted, and won pretty easily. AI In Disney, The Malcontent's Paradise Every month or two, I see an article about Disney trying to work AI into their attractions. It's a fascinating problem, because AI is so uncontrollable.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Nearly every industry will evolve courtesy of generative artificial intelligence (AI) – and the gaming sector isn’t an exception. Generative AI is one of the technologies with the potential to revolutionize how developers create games. But what is generative AI? What is Generative AI? This enhances replayability.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have revolutionized the gaming industry, enhancing programming and player experiences. As AI continues to advance, the future of art and AI in game development holds tremendous promise. However, AI is redefining the boundaries of game artistry.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Based on a long tradition in mobile gaming, the companies get inspiration and borrow mechanics from each other to the point when the original creator becomes hard to trace. While borrowing mechanics, they sometimes occasionally borrow something more: an expression of those mechanics.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Gameplay programmers do a lot of setting up of rules for a particular game mechanic or system and building interfaces/tools for us designers to use to create specific bits of content to utilize those rules. Building the interface to allow designers to create individual AI personalities. boss battle, minion battle, pvp, etc.).

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

It contains the game’s proposed design like the concept of the game, genre, core game mechanics, gameplay, timeline, illustrations/sketches, story and characters, levels and monetization strategies. Prototype: The prototype is a raw test that checks the functionality of the game, environments, gameplay, mechanics, user experience, etc.

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Real Programming

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

From creating realistic physics simulations to designing engaging game mechanics, math plays a crucial role in crafting immersive experiences. Artificial Intelligence Specialist AI specialists develop algorithms that enable machines to learn and make decisions. Game Designer Game design is a math-intensive career.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

I sketch many times, not only my concept art but even game mechanics. What do you think about using AI in any part of your development process? “I’m I’m not using AI, but yes, why not? I have to constantly motivate myself with little tricks, such as posting stuff on Facebook and receiving compliments.”

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DameDev.tv

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This unique mechanic turns a typically harmless object into your only line of defence against vengeful spirits. The sanity mechanic, where staying in the dark for too long or witnessing horrifying events affects the player’s grip on reality, adds to the game’s intense atmosphere. The Last of Us 9.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Functional Testing Beyond Basics: Ensuring Core Game Mechanics Perform as Expected Functional testing goes beyond identifying bugs; it verifies that every game feature aligns with the console’s performance standards. This includes gameplay stability, in-game transactions, and complex mechanics like multiplayer integration.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

I do sometimes have ‘flashes’ -or dreams- of cool ideas like a gameplay mechanic, other times a whole story or environment. Are you using AI in any part of your development process? “By I never considered myself particularly good at 2D/3D art, so decided to give AI a go. It was a disaster!

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Game Analytics

DECEMBER 5, 2022

This time, we’ll look at the top games that use storytelling as a core mechanic and show you that you don’t need sparkling design and intense gameplay to create a hit. Three Minute Games also included a time mechanic to make it feel even more realistic. Making choices can be the sole mechanic, and you still have a game.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

All these games together will teach you a wide variety of mechanics. Don’t study the mechanics of this game. As a game dev, you need to play games like Catan and Pandemic to understand how to make game mechanics, but you also need to play games like Codenames to understand player behavior. They’re cheap.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 2, 2019

It’s got all the elements of the original that gamers liked – the economic strategy and dynamic scoring – plus some new mechanics carefully chosen by the original creator to make the game even better. Long story short, it’s got a cute fantasy theme with really well-executed worker placement mechanics.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The complexity of player AI, dribbling mechanics, and zonal positioning in football translates into a massive technical challenge for game developers. His research revealed just how difficult it is to create a great football game.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 28, 2024

By using pre-built assets, our game app developers save time and effort in creating assets, and focus on other aspects of game development, such as video game mechanics , level design, and user experience. For example, our developers use advanced lighting systems, particle effects, and AI systems to improve the game's graphics and gameplay.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 7, 2020

You can play campaign mode with your friends or/and with AI, build custom tracks and then race on them in the party mode! Little Racer is more than just a simple racing game, we created complex systems for AI, obstacles, level editor, racing and achievements. But what Little Racer is really about? . Having fun, that is it!

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

The mechanic of the game is so simple. Besides, an interesting part of the developments is that we’ve utilized AI to generate 80% of graphic content, all buildings and environments are generated by AI. Xpell is a P2E MMORTS game that has been created by CC 3.6, Free App Store: Coming soon!

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Nvidia

JANUARY 30, 2024

As AI and other new workloads continue to grow in complexity and scale, the need for accelerated networking becomes paramount. The network infrastructure, with an agile, automated, and programmable framework with accelerators and offloads, is key to unlocking the full potential of AI technologies and driving innovation.

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Designer Notes

APRIL 2, 2023

The mechanics for choosing events and how they affect the player are transparent and easy to understand, which was necessary because, as with all board games, the players have to do all the work themselves. The AI, for example, doesn’t get events because we wanted events to have meaningful results. In Stellaris.

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Filmustage

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The mechanical failures of the shark led Steven Spielberg to imply its presence, enhancing the suspense through the audience's imagination. The history of cinema is replete with examples where script revisions during production not only saved films from potential mediocrity but elevated them to iconic status.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2024

After building out the systems for AI/building/crafting, I had a bit of the game prototyped out, but it was missing something. I added the first goblin and the basic combat mechanics, and that felt good but still not quite there. The final piece that solidified the game for me was summoning bosses.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This fighting game health mechanic is too fussy and unreliable for a busy shooter. Limited regen (e.g. hide for 10 sec = recover fraction of lost health) you can upgrade the regen fraction or regen delay, but imo a waste of upgrade slots I'd prefer full regen with less max health, or Halo-style shield meter. No hoarding / shopping trips.

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Radiator Blog

MAY 5, 2021

It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Destroy the player's expectation that relationship mechanic = main cast member. Expendable companions. Lots of height variation and clutter = broken pathfinding.

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