Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

In todays dynamic game development world, animation plays a vital role in defining player experiences and shaping game aesthetics. From the pixelated classics of the 80s to todays immersive and realistic graphics, animation has redefined the gaming experience. How did 2D and 3D Animation Evolve in Gaming? So, lets dive in!

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CG Spectrum

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Animation is the art of breathing life into the inanimate for films, games, and advertising. The career possibilities in animation are growing each year as new techniques, processes, and genres emerge. In this article, we’re going to look at six types of animation: Traditional Animation. 2D Animation. 3D Animation.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 18, 2023

Anatomy Understanding anatomy is essential whenever drawing humans, animals, or plants. helps you illustrate, sculpt, or animate more realistic poses and movements, such as walking, jumping over a fence, or picking up an object from a table. featured] Think of early artist sketches for animation storyboards.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

I wanted a colony sim where other settlements around you aren’t just a static backdrop, but parts of a living, simulated world. The downside is that it doesn’t have anywhere near the amount of third-party assets that Unity does, nor some of the more specialist features like the DOTS package.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 3, 2023

Many of these projects, like Audio2Face and Audio2Gesture , which generate animations from audio, have turned into widely loved tools in the Omniverse community. generates animations from body movements. These 3D shapes or textured meshes can take the form of animals and humans with cars, chairs, motorbikes, and buildings coming soon.

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CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

3D modelers apply many processes to improve the look and usability of their assets when creating the characters, props, and sets that feature in your favorite video games and films. Not only does LOD support faster rendering, it does so in a way that doesn't negatively impact the visual quality of an asset.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Once you rescue the animal by progressing on the saga map (spoiler, turns out to be some giant battle beast now) the animal ends up injured and permanently lays in need of help in the center of your home base until purchased. Of course, theres still an attractive woman- now with even less clothing.

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Filmustage

MARCH 29, 2023

Different types of visual effects Movies employ a wide range of visual effects, from basic compositing to intricate simulations. Rotoscoping: In this technique, artists trace over live-action footage to produce animation or isolate elements for compositing.

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Nvidia

APRIL 12, 2021

Streamline Digital Human Creation and Animation in NVIDIA Omniverse with Reallusion's New Character Creator Connector Reallusion released Character Creator 3. Teams from around the world can work on the same assets in Omniverse, enabling collaborative iteration in a virtual world.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

3D lighting involves simulating the behavior of light in a real-world or fantasy situation, including shadows, reflections, highlights, and color, using specialized lighting software and rendering tools. Scene from the 3D animation Finding Nemo before and after its been lit and rendered by a 3D lighting artist (Image: Pixar).

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Nvidia

JULY 22, 2021

Collaboration and simulation platform simplifies complex challenges like multi-app workflows, facial animation, asset searching, and building proprietary tools. Collaboration and simulation platform simplifies complex challenges like multi-app workflows, facial animation, asset searching, and building proprietary tools.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. Look for companies that offer full-cycle game development services, that cover everything from art, animation, VR/AR/XR-based development, right up to game testing. Is it well-defined?

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

A single shot or asset will often travel through numerous artists and multiple departments before being finalized. As an asset takes shape, it must be presented in a turntable so its look can be properly inspected and approved or given notes by relevant supervisors or clients. So, where do you fit into the production pipeline?

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Filmustage

JANUARY 10, 2025

VFX studios use specialized software and animation techniques from early planning to final rendering. Pre-vis artists use specialized software to develop rough 3D animations. These animations help directors see camera movements, timing, and scene composition. This case study examines the VFX process of a notable sci-fi scene.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Familiarize yourself with key components such as the Scene view, Inspector window, and Project window to efficiently navigate and manipulate your game assets. Use asset stores wisely Unity Asset Store offers a wide range of free and paid assets, such as 3D models, textures, sound effects, and plugins.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 16, 2018

We are working on implementing some features like Inverse Kinematics, Ragdoll, a better animation player, and a state machine player. All these things will allow the developers and artists to apply some animations to their characters easily and at the same time with an awesome result. Now let's start! How it works. Joints adjustment.

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Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

Moreover, objects that are further animated (such as characters) maintain their own strict set of topology requirements for the deformation to work efficiently. Most game engines also require multiple levels of asset detailing, which requires the use of multiple assets and leads to additional production and running costs.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 11, 2023

His journey took an exciting turn when he landed a full sponsorship from the French Embassy in Kenya to visit Rubika, a leading school for Video Games, 2D/3D Animation, and Design in France. He has made the assets open source so that the learner can create their own version of Wana Savana while following along.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

It redefines how developers approach asset creation by eliminating traditional polygon budgets and LOD systems. This tool has been further enhanced with MetaHuman Animator in the more recent iterations of the engine, making the process of creating realistic facial animations easier than ever before.

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Cocos

JUNE 11, 2023

While for others, we will support Play Games on PC starting from version 3.8, you only need to select the x86 architecture and the InputSDK option when building for Android to meet the platform requirements of Google Play Games on PC. AGP upgraded to 8.0.2. AGP upgraded to 8.0.2. AGP upgraded to 8.0.2.

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Different software may cater to specific genres, whether it is first-person shooter, role-playing game, strategy game, or simulation. 3D Modeling and Animation Tools For games that involve three-dimensional environments and characters, 3D modeling and animation tools are indispensable.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Artists have always played a crucial role in game development, meticulously creating characters, environments, and animations. Machine learning algorithms now generate realistic textures, procedural landscapes, and lifelike animations, reducing the time and effort required by human artists.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

I wanted a colony sim where other settlements around you aren’t just a static backdrop, but parts of a living, simulated world. The downside is that it doesn’t have anywhere near the amount of third-party assets that Unity does, nor some of the more specialist features like the DOTS package.”

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

A presentation/discussion about the approach to the code and assets structure, and how it works for your team depending on the composition and experience of said team. Talk: My Godot toolbox: patterns, animation and encapsulation | Jakub Grzesik ( kubecz3k ). Talk: But where are your scenes? Wojciech Chojnacki ( czlowiekimadlo ).

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Moonmana

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

As you may guess from the name, 2D animation relates to 2-dimensional game art based on flat shapes and objects. We were living in the bits era until 2D art finally deployed distinct visuals making each one unique, and as technology kept on advancing, so did 2D animation. Let’s figure out what makes 2D art special. What is 2D Art?

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Art Pixel Games Technology 52

iXie gaming

AUGUST 31, 2023

Games often incorporate advanced visual effects, complex shaders, and intricate animations. One approach to address this challenge is to implement a robust test environment that can simulate a wide range of scenarios and inputs. Verifying the correctness of these elements through automation can be a daunting task.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

The adorable characters, detailed worldbuilding, and an animation style that is both refreshing and polished made it easy for players to immerse themselves in the world of Cookie Run and hard to leave. For a 2D game, animated cinematics can significantly help with storytelling in the main campaign.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

3D architectural visualization gives the viewer a graphical representation of the object, assets, and the environment from different sides and angles allowing them to evaluate in detail all the parts of interest and the entire future structure, as opposed to 2D drawings and sketches.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 7, 2023

These engines offer powerful rendering capabilities, physics simulations, and asset management systems necessary for creating realistic virtual environments. Game Engines, SDKs, and Modeling Software Some of the popular game engines used for VR include Unity, Unreal Engine, and Godot.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Core VFX Software Stack The foundation of environment creation relies on specialized tools, each serving distinct purposes in the pipeline: Autodesk Maya serves as the primary platform for 3D modeling and animation, enabling artists to build the structural components of digital environments.

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Cocos

JULY 2, 2024

Fixed the display name issue of sub-assets on the assets panel. Fixed the issue where the gizmo icon of nodes in the animation panel was not displayed when selecting nodes in the animation edit mode. Fixed the error of building Bundle on HarmonyOS platform.

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Cocos

JULY 2, 2024

Fixed the display name issue of sub-assets on the assets panel. Fixed the issue where the gizmo icon of nodes in the animation panel was not displayed when selecting nodes in the animation edit mode. Fixed the error of building Bundle on HarmonyOS platform.

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Beta Terrain Texture Editing 40

Filmustage

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Pre-Visualization (Previs) Pre-visualization marks the next critical stage, where rough 3D animations map out complex sequences. Rough 3D animations map out complex sequences. 3D modeling teams construct digital assets. Animators bring characters and objects to life. Texture artists design realistic surface properties.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Unity DOTS is a reliable way to achieve the performance you need if you’re developing a game or other real-time simulation that requires the most efficient usage of your CPU. These courses delve into 2D and 3D games, C# programming, asset management, user interfaces (UIs), and debugging. Related: Unity Animation Guide 2.

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The Liquid Fire

JULY 26, 2023

In this lesson we will fix that by creating some project assets which can be used to load that panel. It is a simple matter to save a project asset. This means you can use the file menu to create instances: Assets -> Create -> Sample Data. If you’ve ever made a Prefab then you’ve already done it.

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 13, 2021

More Realistic 3D Reconstruction of Human Performances Join this session to discover the realistic methods of capturing human performance and animated assets with volumetric video. Learn how the 3D nature of the technique is ideal for integration into virtual environments.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

It’s also beneficial to create multiple LOD versions of assets, allowing the game engine to choose the appropriate version based on the device’s capabilities. Techniques like pre-computed lighting and baked animations can also reduce the computational load.

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