PreMortem.Games

MAY 8, 2023

Manzano endured the rough times though and managed to finish the game and release it on Steam. The games he finds on Steam nowadays are hardly worthy of the term video game according to Manzano. The modern gaming ecosystem is killing true video games”, he says earnestly. Why did you become a solo developer? “I

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Similarly, in a game development setup, various virtual reality tools have become easily accessible to both creators and consumers to create and encounter immersive experiences. 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools There are a range of tools and frameworks that are being used for VR game development projects.

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Indie DB

APRIL 4, 2024

It’s a common opinion among gaming folk that all the best games have one feature in common: you can pet the animals! So, wanna pet that cat? Or scratch a doggo behind the ears? In DDS2 you can!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

The cover illustration is from WEBFISHING , a multiplayer online casual fishing game where you relax, hang out, make friends, and catch fish! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the development on Twitter. Game window embedding was implemented to support our recent interactive in-game editing feature.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). Several other areas got improvements, like the editor (which has been vastly reworked), UI system, multiplayer, navigation, audio, animation, etc.

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Game Development

MAY 19, 2022

Been playing Anime Fighers Simulator a lot lately and wanted to make a calculator to work out the cost for overnight afk opening. The Game “Anime Fighters Simulator” is a roblox game similar to a clicker game like cookie clicker but based on Anime and has some extra playability as it is not purely based on clicking.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

Want to get away from the hustle and bustle in the Moscone Centre and just have a good conversation and decent coffee with Dutch games industry professionals? Here you will find game developers, publishers and tool- and tech providers ready to do business. We create games that make you smile”, says CEO Stein Damen. “By

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased.

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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.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The cover illustration is from Ballionaire , a roguelike pachinko simulator where the laws of physics bend to your will, developed by newobject and published by Raw Fury! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on BlueSky and itch.io. Animation: Fix incomplete FPS spinbox display in sprite frames editor ( GH-101798 ).

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 12, 2024

For years, video game characters moved awkwardly, like stiff cardboard figures. Even as game graphics became beautiful 3D scenes, the animations didn’t match up. It records real actors’ movements and turns them into digital data, making game characters move more realistically. Animation Integration.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 11, 2023

He decided to leave his career in banking for video game development a month before his 25th birthday. 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.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Are you looking for the latest Boxing Simulator codes? Whether you’re a novice looking to boost your boxing skills or a seasoned player searching for valuable ways to elevate your gaming experience, we’ve got you covered. What are the Boxing Simulator codes? Launch Roblox Boxing Simulator.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene. I wanted a colony sim where other settlements around you aren’t just a static backdrop, but parts of a living, simulated world.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 11, 2024

Annual sports titles absolutely do not have the same scope as AAA games with multi-year dev cycles, but they do absolutely have significant breadth and depth of scope each year beyond "minor tweaks and roster changes". Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Dylan Tredrea is a product & publishing consultant with over 12 years of experience in mobile free to play games at studios such as Disney, Rovio, Zeptolab, & CrazyLabs. After release I was responsible for analyzing churn and sharing the results with the team: the cutscenes were driving users out of the game.

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

In case you’re a Basketball Simulator enthusiast looking for the latest codes to improve your gaming experience, this is the right place for you! What are the Basketball Simulator codes for 2023? Expired codes As of now, there are no Basketball Simulator expired codes. What is the best basketball game in Roblox?

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Video games today are far more immersive than ever, and that isn’t simply because consoles and PCs have gotten more powerful. A lot of the beauty and appeal in modern games comes down to a less quantifiable factor: Atmosphere. What Is Game Atmosphere? Compare two games Breath of the Wild and Elden Ring.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 14, 2025

The illustration picture for this article comes from Book Bound , a cozy bookshop simulator game by Bit66 Games, which was recently released on Steam. You can follow the developer on Bluesky , and wishlist their other upcoming game Bots & Mods. Animation: Fix missing process_state error in blend spaces ( GH-104018 ).

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For the last few years, we’ve been living through a glorious age: the Great Board Game Renaissance. In a world aglow with smartphones, tablets, and those annoying billboards that change every five seconds on the side of the road, analog gaming has become a welcome retreat for millions. Need help on your board game?

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Visual effects (VFX) are essential for making gaming experiences immersive and exciting. They include everything from 2D particle effects to realistic 3D simulations. Today’s VFX artists use advanced tools to create real-time particle systems, complex simulations, and stunning visuals that captivate players.

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Game Refinery

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Mobile game developers are constantly looking for new ways to bring in new players and keep existing players engaged with their games. One of the most successful ways of doing this is by introducing meta elements – gameplay elements and mechanics from other game genres – into your game.

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 6, 2024

French solo dev Matthieu Houllier , operating under the name Brute Force , has been making games by himself for five years. In that time he has released the 3D platform game Crumble. “It Because Houllier is working alone, he needs player’s feedback to shape his games. “I How did you decide on the visual style of the game? “I

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Animation has long been a cornerstone of the gaming industry, breathing life into characters and worlds that captivate players. However, the choice between 2D and 3D animation styles has a profound impact on how games are experienced. The Basics: What is 2D and 3D Animation?

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Harvest Island is a single-player farming simulator that allows players to farm, fish and pet all sorts of animals to their heart’s content. Something truly horrifying… Creator Kevin Le, working under the name of Yobob Games , carefully chose to combine a farming simulator with horror elements, after doing market research.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 20, 2024

to perform tasks (load a dude, draw a dude, animate a dude). Bringing this back to games, it should make sense now. Ubisoft spent a lot of engineering time optimizing the cost of each NPC (cupcake) down as much as possible because they knew that they would have a huge number of them in their game world.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Head of VFX Daniel Hourigan ( Aquaman , The Hunger Games: Mockingjay , Terminator: Dark Fate ) takes us through how he built his KitBash3D Mission to Minerva settlement in Houdini, detailing key steps from his recent informative livestreams, including a great workaround for creating a fast rendering volumetric glow. CG Spectrum's Dept.

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Cocos

MAY 20, 2023

When playing the game on an Android device, button animations don’t function properly (at least both Sprite and Scale transition types are affected). This issue does not occur when running the game on a browser or the simulator, so it could possibly have something to do with the handling of touch events on Android devices.

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Game Industry News

DECEMBER 15, 2022

After days running a simulation trying to figure out how they can leave the Neutral Zone without getting blasted away by the Dauntless or unleashing the Living Construct onto Starfleet, Dal feels incredibly demoralized by their lack of success. When the ship goes down, the simulation stops, and Janeway enters the Holodeck.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

There are many reasons why people pursue a career in film and video games—it’s a creative, dynamic, challenging, and rewarding industry that gives artists opportunities to work on world-class projects while earning a regular income. How would you like to contribute, creatively and technically, to a film or game?

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

I completed the main campaign in Redfall ( official site, Steam , also on Game Pass), a 4 player co-op open world shooter by Arkane Austin, who's mostly known for detailed single player story-filled action games. In this sense, playing a 75% finished game is more useful than playing a 100% finished game. But not really.

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Board game development is a very individual process. Every single developer has different methods for creating their games. This article is the sixth of a 19-part suite on board game design and development. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators.

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Juego Studio

APRIL 14, 2024

This art form is essential in video games, animations, movies, and simulations, where characters do more than populate the scene. 3D character modeling is a foundational element in digital content creation, acting as a bridge that transforms imaginative ideas into tangible entities.

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Cocos

AUGUST 25, 2023

Animation graph is not the issue. I created an empty project on my windows system and implemented everything, even published the same on FB instant games without any issues. As of now for IOS, I just tried changing these null value to the below one’s and it works for all the possible null places in my Game scene.

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Radiator Blog

MAY 19, 2023

Before The Green Moon (on Itch and Steam ) is a post-apocalyptic indie Harvest Moon / Stardew Valley / Animal Crossing inspired farm life sim about scraping by, in a decaying rural truckstop town with bored depressed locals you gradually befriend (or ignore). Imagine if Animal Crossing had the bravery to charge interest on the home loan!

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Game Industry News

JUNE 23, 2023

Hey all, this time for Retro Game Friday I’m back with another spiritual successor to the Pokemon Stadium games. Art: The art isn’t great, being on the Wii, but it’s not aged as poorly as older games from the GameCube or N64 days. It’s Pokemon Battle Revolution. There is no story though. The rest are just kind of bonuses.

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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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