Ask a Game Dev

JULY 12, 2023

As you might expect, numerical balance values like 10% higher stun duration, 8% less HP, or an extra 5% critical hit rate are often built to be easy to change because we expect to have a lot of things in the game that can change them. Animations are typically not built to be easy to modify because we don’t need to do it all that often.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 1, 2024

The stunning visuals in "Avatar: The Way of Water" (2022) and Pixar's "Elemental" (2023) demonstrate how both live-action and animation redefine the limits of visual effects. They capture real actors' performances in live action and build complete worlds from scratch in animation. Animated films craft every visual element digitally.

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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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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Intelligent Animation Systems: AI-driven motion capture and procedural animation streamline character design, making lifelike movement more accessible. Struggling to balance cutting-edge visuals with performance optimization? Schedule a consultation to future-proof your games art.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Animation has boomed in recent years and it’s now present in nearly every film or television show. The increase in popularity is caused by animation’s ability to storytell and hold an audience’s attention. Although, crafting animations isn’t a cakewalk by any means. Why would a cloud infrastructure like AWS help?

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Big Games

AUGUST 25, 2021

Therefore, the balance between simplicity and complexity is what is expected by the users, any game that satisfies this aspect is bound to succeed. Is It Easy To Balance Simplicity And Complexity? Ways Of Balancing The Game There are different ways in which you can balance a game.

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Unity Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

In this guest blog, the Rubber Duck Games team breaks down the journey to developing a boss fight for Evil Wizard – from design and prototyping to animation, testing, balancing, and finalizing the visual effects.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

Even as game graphics became beautiful 3D scenes, the animations didn’t match up. Animation Integration. The processed mocap data is integrated into the game engine, where animators refine and polish the movements to ensure they seamlessly blend with the game’s overall aesthetic. Data Cleanup.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 24, 2024

We’ll soon be conducting first playtests with the horse-loving target audience to make sure riding controls and animations hold up to scrutiny.” I’m really happy with how our animations are turning out.” The visual appeal of Windstorm: The Legend of Khiimor i is also a standout feature. “It

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

They created interactive installations, motion graphics animations, experiential web pages, mobile apps, and lots of other creative projects. We seek to build long-form interactive storytelling that features the tactile interactions and transition heavy animation that we’re familiar with. he says.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 15, 2024

Quickest method “I then fine-tuned the resolution level of the pixel art, seeking a balance that would spark players’ imaginations while leaving enough room to fill in the details. From a production standpoint, pixel art also offered the quickest method for me to create and animate so it was a win-win.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

This venture involved work in embedded systems, IoT projects, animations, and mobile app development. ” While Ogunyebi and Abdulkabir balance full-time jobs alongside their commitments to the company, Esio remains actively involved. Despite initial success, Esio also ventured into agriculture, cultivating cucumbers and maize.

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Lost Garden

DECEMBER 12, 2021

INTRODUCTION The problem with picking up sticks Recently I was designing the harvesting and crafting system for our Animal Crossing-like game Cozy Grove when I ran into a problem: picking up a stick is not that fun. The core activities in a life sim are generally not full of mastery and depth. You chop trees. […].

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

In short, Root is a wargame wrapped in a theme about adorable animals. Seem like a monster to balance? These are valid concerns, but consider the following reviews on Board Game Geek: “Totally asymmetric but surprisingly balanced” – Patmol, 10/10 “Excellent design, asymmetric factions. Really enjoyed.”

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

RimWorld is balanced around sitting on a single map, with everything easily accessible. For every animal we design, we try to come up with both a unique look and role in the game for it. That’s when I formed the idea of building a new colony sim from the ground up, centered around the idea of exploration and travel.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 29, 2024

The game is an Australian take on Animal Crossing and really captures that laidback Down Under vibe. Since then, I feel like I’ve learned how to balance work and life a bit better.” I alway loved life Sim games like Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon growing up. But that’s just the way he likes it. “To

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Quickest method “I then fine-tuned the resolution level of the pixel art, seeking a balance that would spark players’ imaginations while leaving enough room to fill in the details. From a production standpoint, pixel art also offered the quickest method for me to create and animate so it was a win-win.

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AWS Games

JULY 23, 2024

This is where emotes (custom 3D animations) are changing the game, allowing players to establish more distinct identities when interacting with others in-game. From there, Kinetix’s technology applies a 3D animation to the skeleton based on pose estimations provided by the frame-by-frame analysis.

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Played with Fire

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Try Before You Buy See a weapons animations, test a new outfit, or examine a virtual collectible before purchasing. Developers need to balance convenience and immersion. But what if you could physically walk into a VR shop , pick up items, and test them before buying? How VR is revolutionizing shopping?

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

Attendees can also check out Ada, a prototype in-game NPC powered by the MetaHuman Animator in Unreal Engine and Amazon Bedrock. Managing live games requires a balance of retaining mature players with evergreen content, personalizing offers, attracting new players, and getting them into your core loop as quickly as possible.

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Deconstructor of Fun

OCTOBER 30, 2023

On the podcast, they delve into what it's like being a female CEO, achieving work-life balance, industry trends, and the wisdom Carol has amassed on her thrilling journey through the gaming industry. When female CEOs express excitement or enthusiasm, their animated nature can unintentionally be interpreted as anger. It helps, right?

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 19, 2023

To strike a balance, the team aimed to automate as much of the body movements as possible while retaining the meaningful choices that players make while climbing. ” “We went from animation based to animation with inverse kinematics (IK), to fully IK based, to ragdoll based, guided by IK and minor animations. .

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

In addition, balancing his fifth year as a Computer Engineering student and a pivotal role at Avalon, an American-based software company was no small feat. He was trying to do animation with Unreal at the time. The Balancing Act In the early days of Dimension 11, Olamide and his team had to take on full-time jobs to pay the bills.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The team includes 4 founding members ( Goodness Omogbadegun , James Ohia , Ephraim Duvbiama and Ikpeme) and 9 teammates, which allows Ikpeme to balance his full-time job and his role at Dash Studios. Lazy afternoon “When I joined the industry, I noticed that many game developers try to do everything—coding, animating, designing, and writing.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

Slime Isekai Memories may have fallen off the US market’s radar but this turn-based RPG based on a hit anime/manga series is still very much alive in Japan. Weigh up the pros and cons of introducing new trends and mechanics; balancing the expectations of existing players around bringing new players into the game can be tricky.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

Video game artists specialize in a wide range of digital art forms, such as 2D modeling, animation, concept art and texturing. They create animations for things that are neither objects nor characters. Game designers work on concepts, systems, player progression, balancing and level design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Feels as smooth as Meta’s WhatsApp or Apple’s iChat Solid mobile chat app with a desktop version that keeps conversations in perfect synch Minimal but well-crafted features like animated stickers, easy group chatting w/ sub-topics, etc. Graphics may be relatively simplistic but every moment has to be ‘perfect.’

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

This is to make sure the game is – on some fundamental level – balanced. Brandon: Later, once you start doing private testing, a lot of balance issues start coming out of the rules. This was similar in the tabletop world, however there aren’t any beautifully rendered 3D visual models in animated focus.

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

You may have seen some 2D or 3D animated movies and video games that look like they were hand-drawn or have a cartoon-like style. Usually, Japanese anime films and video games feature this distinct look. This type or technique of animation is known as cel-shading animation. Some also refer to it as toon shading.

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Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Episode 07: "We'll Know Where It Is" covers more VR dev and the semi-departure of animator Ray Crook. They still need to balance this pre-production with finishing the studio's other projects too. What's the balance? Again, what's the balance here? How should junior devs be mentored and trained? How involved should he be?

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Sirlin

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Though you might as well wait until next week because there will be a balance update within a week. Within a couple days, I plan to post a big update to the Codex print-and-play version (for $25+ patrons) that has dozens of balance changes based on the last month of playtesting. Thanks again to all my patrons.

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 14, 2024

Expertise on visuals like lighting, rendering, shaders, etc. should be directed elsewhere.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

However, achieving this level of visual excellence without compromising performance on mobile devices is a delicate balancing act. To balance performance and quality, it’s essential to use shaders judiciously. Techniques like pre-computed lighting and baked animations can also reduce the computational load.

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DameDev.tv

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Although this isn't a complete checklist of things to include in your games, it's a good reminder of elements such as parallax backgrounds, color schemes/palettes, color balance, resolution options, and layers and depth. Color Schemes & Color Balance Color balance and color schemes are very important.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

There are key considerations that go into creating one, such as - Balance When we talk about balance in game design, it involves creating a balance in elements such as fairness, win-loss conditions, game states, economy balancing, difficulty levels, and others in a way that can contribute towards improving the gaming experience of the player.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 21, 2024

’ Through our discussion, I gained a profound appreciation for the delicate balance required to honor the original’s spirit while introducing innovative gameplay mechanics that captivate a new generation of gamers. This balance was achieved through a combination of careful planning and creative experimentation. .”

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