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Animal Well's haunting style owes much to procedural animation

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In a Game Developer interview last year, creator Billy Basso discussed his animation process and use of creative coding to build Animal Well's unique aesthetic.

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GDC 2024 Dial Up the Diegetics: The Animal Kingdom

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This article discusses the world-building utility of animal vocalizations (both real and fictional) when used as sound sources for musical composition. Article based on the 2024 GDC lecture given by video game composer Winifred Phillips (latest: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord)

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Epic debuts Metahuman Animator and new Unreal Engine 5.2 tools

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Epic spotlighted new tools at GDC 2023 that it claims will help developers of all sizes build richer game worlds.

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Two brothers behind MystiveDev build bodycam survival-horror Chasmal Fear

PreMortem.Games

This approach allowed them to create a compelling gameplay loop and build a captivating story around it. Crucial animations Reflecting on challenges faced during development, Bobby acknowledges that animation proved to be a formidable task. “Talk with the players and do lots of playtesting.

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Zoochosis by Clapperheads will make you fear those lovely animals in the zoo

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A terrifying parasite is spreading, mutating some of the animals into grotesque, blood-thirsty monsters ready to kill their way out of their cages. Looking around the zoo, my mind was already transforming the animals behind the fences into images from Adam’s post! Everyone loves animals, right? Of course, in a zoo.

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Olivier Madiba’s Kiro’o Games is building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem

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Founder and CEO Olivier Madiba is pursuing his dream of creating the biggest African game studio by building a Pan-African entertainment ecosystem which encapsulates games, comics, animation and even restaurants. There are even plans for a third saga in animated format targeted at babies and toddlers, featuring singing characters.

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Detective Dotson by Masala Games is a cultural joyride through modern-day India

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So we had to build all of that on our own. Three Oscars Shalin Shodhan is no stranger to building immersive worlds. Later, at Pixar, he worked on animated classics like Toy Story 3 and Brave that went on to win three Oscars. Now its an independent studio of 30 developers, animators, storytellers and artists.

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