Radiator Blog

MARCH 16, 2023

Each level also had unique mechanics and art styles that all tied into a cohesive whole. Episode 07: "We'll Know Where It Is" covers more VR dev and the semi-departure of animator Ray Crook. Meanwhile, Sony is happy with the VR demo, and the studio is getting more experienced with Unreal.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

Since embarking on the huge endeavor to completely revamp the entire Kristala demo, we've had our artists and modelers working hard to recreate some of the props and environmental elements that already existed in the original Dalamase demo level. You can listen to our episode of the Game Raven Review podcast right meow! Concept Art.

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The Liquid Fire

JUNE 4, 2023

Good news, I also found a link to more online docs of the second edition game mechanics here. The next content I want to start working on is related to making a functional demo based on the Solo Adventure at the start of the Beginner Box Hero’s Handbook.

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CG Spectrum

OCTOBER 2, 2023

I chose the City Sample Demo because it already looks amazing, and since the class lessons were in using the Take Recorder instead of environment building, this seemed like a win for my time spent and potentially having something cool for my portfolio. City Sample Demo 3D environment. The plan was to have a three-to-four-shot sequence.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

In a few months, we'll be kicking off our very own Patreon where you'll be able to get even more detailed and comprehensive dev blogs that include first looks at new models, inside access to previously unrevealed characters and NPCs, and a glimpse into how our programmers, artists, modelers, and animators do their thang. Let's dive in.

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Jesper Juul

MAY 19, 2021

A “mindbogglingly colorful” realtime & animated fractal; a small side project almost entirely unrelated to what I think is my career. I have also animated the fractal a bit, so the goal is not to arrive at the final image, but to explore a strange animated object. Free, creative commons, and playable in your browser. .

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

With the updated armor sets handed off to our 3D modelers, James then whipped up a few fresh concepts for some of the remaining items in the Kristala demo that needed to be replaced with newer models, including: Keys to unlock various gates and doors. Welcome signage for The Dalamase, the level featured in our demo.

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

3D Modeling and Animation Tools For games that involve three-dimensional environments and characters, 3D modeling and animation tools are indispensable. Game design software’s scripting and coding support is critical for implementing game mechanics, logic, and interactivity.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 26, 2023

” He later took his experiences and created HaZimation , a production company involved in a wide range of storytelling formats, including animated films, episodic series, and video games. They began in London, built their team, and shifted focus to animated films when the pandemic struck.

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Yobob Games

AUGUST 11, 2022

There are complex design I have to think about when designing a game mechanic. Let me break down what that cumbersome of a job I had to do in order to get that farming mechanic implemented to the best of this engine could do. There are 4 problems I had to figure out when implementing a farming mechanic. 1) Animation.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

We really loved how the demo was looking at the end of 2020, but we thought it embodied a bit more whimsy than it did darkness, so we've officially embarked on a complete overhaul of the entire demo level, including character models, level design, environments, and more. Are you ready to get dark, dear friends? Concept Art.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

Here you can see the Sponza demo model, with baked direct lighting, and the corresponding light map: Note that this first pass is not taking occlusion into account yet. Currently, the mechanism to traverse from scene to scene, as well as ensure that the scene files are valid, is complete. That will be added in the following weeks.

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Grid Sage Games

MARCH 10, 2022

Mechanics that are never quite worth taking advantage of, items that haven’t lived up to their potential, or were later superseded by other options but remained unchanged, or even long-term experiments that were included at some point but never updated/expanded/removed.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Begin by meticulously brainstorming the genre, storyline, and gameplay mechanics that will distinguish your game from the crowded market. Tip #6: Pay attention to Graphics and Animation The visual elements are the first thing players notice and can decide whether they will engage with your game or not.

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The Liquid Fire

MAY 1, 2024

If you are not already familiar with this game mechanic, you may read about it here. When we get around to implementing “Lore” game mechanics we will need to be able to track the “Academia” part of the “Lore” For now, since I am not actually using this game mechanic yet, we can just skip it.

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Cocos

APRIL 13, 2023

A gift from the Cocos Engine team Even more surprising, the Cocos Engine team has released a 3D TPS game demo called called Cocos Cyberpunk to demonstrate that Cocos Creator 3.7 If you have any questions, you can refer to the corresponding documentation. The team welcomes your feedback and is happy to assist you.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Wojtek Pe 's Forest scene demo made in Godot 4.0 3D animations have seen an internal overhaul, allowing for compression to reduce memory usage, as well as individual position, rotation, and scale tracks in place of united transforms. beta 1 now! Check out the video!

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 3, 2024

The collaboration extends to game mechanics and gameplay loops, where player feedback plays a crucial role in shaping the final product. ” The creative process for Chasmal Fear took a different route than their past games Mirror Forge and Alan Sharp, with a focus on establishing gameplay mechanics before delving into the narrative.

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The Liquid Fire

JANUARY 17, 2024

using System.Collections.Generic; public struct StrideInfo { public Entity entity; public List<Point> path; } The second reason is that it would be nice to see the character animate according to the actual traversal path, instead of tweaking in a straight line from the start point to the destination point.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

After over a year of exhibiting at various online game conventions, we can't properly tell you how stoked we are to be presenting an exclusive build of Kristala—featuring our revamped demo level—at this year's Play NYC convention. In the full version of Kristala, you'll be able to choose from one of six different clans.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

link] Will then moved on to address a series of additional tasks to help us get ready to package the first build of the demo for Play NYC. The first clip shows a lack of forward momentum when the dodge mechanic is engaged. The second clip shows the broken dodge mechanic during combat with a Twigativa enemy. Level Design.

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The Liquid Fire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

We will add animated sprites to represent both a hero and monster. Dungeon Tileset Animated Warrior Animated Rat In addition to the ones I included for this lesson, you can find several other free assets by the same contributor here. Both the warrior (hero) and rat (monster) are animated.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Ever since my first design docs from Cogmind pre-alpha, written back in 2013, I always wanted a projectile deflection mechanic. One day several months ago I decided the wait had gone on long enough and this mechanic needed to happen now. Spectating a dangerous game of hot grenade with the local opposing Demo squads.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Since then, we've been laser-focused on our next big milestone: completing the entire vertical slice for Kristala.Which means we're inching closer and closer to the official release of the game's demo too. Their leather armor is often decorated with twisting vines, animal imagery, preserved flowers, and other natural craftsmanship.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 19, 2024

When we showed the demo at EGX, the average playtime was forty minutes and we were having to kick people off to let others have a go.” Press B to express Doubt’, for example, is a classic case of mismatch between gameplay scenario and mechanical input. “Dead Meat may be enabled by AI, but it is very much a game made by humans.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 6, 2020

[link] Next, Will worked on modifying the death systems for our main character (and some of the game's enemies) to allow them to utilize the new death animations Producer Allie recently created (make sure you check out the Game Production section to see them in action). Animation / Rigging / Production. Take a look! Level Design.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 8, 2019

In hindsight, we missed the mark in some areas, and nailed it in others Genre / Mechanic: I don’t believe abstract analogs in an crafting system works. My 4 / 5 ended up a 2 / 5] Target Demographic: We were wrong to assume our casual mechanics and style alone would bring in a female audience. So what ended up happening?

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