Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

Overall I feel it's an OK game that's basically playable, despite the bugs and aggressive texture streaming and general unfinished feeling. Instead there's cutscenes without animation, scripted conversations without choreography, and readables you rarely read because the game never pauses. But not really.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

“We’re a close-knit team of six dedicated professionals that all share a deep passion for gaming and design”, says Đorđe Marković , who also works as Team Lead and has a hand in graphics and FX. The game’s graphics showcase a distinctive fusion of modern 3D visuals with a nostalgic pixel-art look.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The vertical axes of textures and picture pixels is shown above, when sampling textures in shaders, that is from top to bottom, which is top-right corner. This is consistent with how most image file formats store pixel data, and with how most graphics APIs work (including DirectX, Vulkan, Metal, WebGPU, but not OpenGL).

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

SDK Updates For Game Developers and Digital Artists GTC is a great opportunity to get hands-on with NVIDIA’s latest graphics technologies. SDK Updates For Game Developers and Digital Artists GTC is a great opportunity to get hands-on with NVIDIA’s latest graphics technologies. Texture Tools Exporter Version 2021.1.1

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 18, 2023

Players must defend their porcelain throne from waves of invading cute animals. These characters are highly detailed, with cartoonish textures and animations that perfectly capture their personalities. 03 Graphics and visuals: The game boasts a playful cartoonish style and animations that will delight players of all ages.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Fix a handful of regressions from some of the bigger input and animation changes merged for beta 15. The illustration picture for this article is from Halls of Torment , a roguelite action RPG with retro late-90s pre-rendered 2D graphics. Animation: Transition progress display in Animation State Machine Editor ( GH-71284 ).

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Logic Simplified

MAY 28, 2024

Any game developer who wants to build and enhance a Unity game can do so using its 3D models, audio files, animations, scripts, plugins, and so on. For example, our developers use advanced lighting systems, particle effects, and AI systems to improve the game's graphics and gameplay.

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The Liquid Fire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It was too old and slow and didn’t like all the fancy graphics. Resources just feels like it should be things like 3d Models and Textures, but if you want to stick with the original, that’s fine. The first thing to download will be the sprites and textures from the original tutorial.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 7, 2023

In the realm of computer graphics, achieving photorealistic visuals has been a long-sought goal. NVIDIA OptiX is a powerful and flexible ray-tracing framework, In the realm of computer graphics, achieving photorealistic visuals has been a long-sought goal. Shuzo modeled and textured in Maya and Mudbox, with no scans used.

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Catnip Games

MAY 29, 2022

I still really like the base grass texture that I made when updating the tileset. Those are animated and move with the wind. It took a while to make it blend in with the existing graphics but I’m really happy with the result. To add more variety I added a few patches of tall grass here and there.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 19, 2024

In fact, the 3D animation art styles are translated to visually stunning and captivating worlds, adding fun to interactive entertainment experiences. Character Animation Secondly, game artists and developers heavily use 3D art for character animation. This improves the overall player believability and immersion.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2024

If the hardware doesn't have to render and animate a thing, it saves a lot of processing time. We load cheaper models and/or textures for things that are far away (LODs), we can reduce the frequency of animation updates for characters in the background or on the peripheral edges of the camera that players aren't focusing on, and so on.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Spine Spine is the best tool for 2D skeletal animation. It has a flexible system that uses bones to create smooth and expressive animations, which can be easily reused and customized. DragonBones DragonBones is a strong tool for 2D skeletal animation, focusing on making the work process easy and quick.

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

Texturing : In this phase, you give 3D objects color, texture, and surface features. Animation : This involves bringing 3D characters or objects to life by adding movement and motion. Animation : This involves bringing 3D characters or objects to life by adding movement and motion.

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Cocos

APRIL 14, 2023

1、animations There is only one animation file under the folder, which is used for camera animation during roaming the scene when start. including animations,effects,models,shaders,ui,sounds and so on. including animations,effects,models,shaders,ui,sounds and so on. Let’s take a look at each of them one by one.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

I started with Gaea for landscape creation, then did the texturing in Unreal Engine. Earlier on in my project, I didn’t think of adding any characters because I was not confident about getting both environment work and character animation finished within the limited time I had. It took a few iterations to make the landscape materials.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Fortunately the Unity 3D platform has a great selection of packages and assets to accelerate the build of tools, models, shaders, sound effects, animations etc. URP provides artist-friendly workflows that let you quickly and easily create optimized graphics across a range of platforms, from mobile to high-end consoles and PCs.

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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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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 6, 2018

CPU-calculated skeletal animations. add hardware support for skeletal animations. CPU-calculated skeletal animations. A skeleton in computer graphics is usually a tree-structure of bones, where each bone is either a root bone without a parent, or it has a parent. In rendering, textures are used for sooo many things.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

They provide comprehensive art outsourcing services, which include character/environment art, level design, in-game animations, 3D modeling, 2D concept art, and more. Specialties: – Game Development, Motion Capture, Art Outsourcing, 3D Animation, 2D Animation, VR, Concept Art, and Co-Development. Bosi Art Studio.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Developing high-quality and impressive graphics is an essential step that requires a great deal of time, effort, and skill. 3D artists are supposed to have strong skills, relevant experience, and rich imagination to create high-quality designs, complex graphics, and exceptional art. When it comes to game development, visuals do matter.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To give players an immersive gaming experience, games mainly rely on engaging graphics, animations, and visual effects. In order to make sure screens, icons, buttons, graphics, and their behaviour appear and work properly, it entails analysing and assessing the graphical user interface (GUI) elements.

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Nvidia

MAY 26, 2021

UE5 represents a generational leap in both workflows and visual fidelity, extending the engine’s support for DirectX Raytracing, NVIDIA DLSS, and NVIDIA Reflex, and adding new features such as Nanite and Lumen that make it faster and easier for games to implement photorealistic visuals, large open worlds and advanced animation and physics.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Graphic simplicity was dictated by the general idea of the game’s casualty. Almost every 3D asset is painted using only one atlas texture. As I mentioned before – almost every 3D object uses the same atlas texture. What’s more, it’s easy to imitate movement by creating a simple animation, as we did in the booster’s model.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

Blender is an open-source free graphic software toolset. You Mostly use it for making 3D models, adding texture to your 3D models as well as rigging and animating them. Blender lets you create animated films, visual effects, and also features a video editor. This tool is perfect for making 3D games.

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Game Designing

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Graphics Visuals are obviously a major part of games , and these may be the biggest area where your atmosphere will be developed. Things like color palettes, textures, and lighting all help to build a mood, as well as animation and how things in your world move and interact.

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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). Can you spot it? Let us know in the comments! Level Design.

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Game Designing

JULY 30, 2023

What You Should Know About Special Effects Schools Most people who work in special effects have bachelor’s degrees in computer graphics, visual effects, or art, depending on which SFX branch they are interested in. Selection of programs offered: VFX 3D Animation Game Cinematic Motion Graphic Content Production and Character Design 3.

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Game Errors

JUNE 1, 2023

The game’s graphical settings are set too high for your PC : Higher graphical settings need more RAM (especially if your PC doesn’t have a dedicated GPU). Old or faulty graphics driver : An outdated or faulty graphics driver isn’t allocating system resources efficiently. How can I fix games crashing due to low memory?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Additionally, all 2D shadows and light textures use a single atlas, resulting in improved performance. the new CanvasTexture texture type has been introduced. x is that, several times, sprites are separated in many nodes in order to be animated or assembled. Improved 2D materials. Using normal mapping in 2D was also hit or miss.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 16, 2020

Not really, games generally just use a texture aligned to the world (that often moves with you), with different colors meaning different things. In this case they can use texture channels to specify that the grass has been cut, burnt, etc. Do they make animations for each piece of grass? Controlling the weather and environment.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 20, 2024

Or the moment you met the charming characters in “Animal Crossing”? Every new game brings different artistic styles, from lifelike graphics to the charming look of old-school pixel art. Q5: What role do computer effects and animations play in game art? But game art isn’t always the same; it keeps changing.

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Features and Tools Graphics and Rendering Capabilities Graphics and Rendering Capabilities are essential in game design software because of its graphics and rendering capabilities. The visual aspects of the game significantly impact player engagement and enjoyment.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Take a look at the progress he made on modeling and texturing the sewer pipes, grates, landings, and divisions. Once the models for the sewer items were completed, Cass then shifted focus to texturing them. She'll be finishing up these textures in the coming weeks, but here's where the structures currently stand.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Builds, adjusts, and maintains animation skeletons for animators to make motions with. Sometimes called “ technical animator ”. Animator : [ Sculptor of time ]. Texture Artist : 3D wire frames need skins that make them look right in various lighting situations. Rigger : [ The skeleton master ]. Who makes them work?

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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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Ask a Game Dev

JULY 11, 2023

Remember, these changes only affect the mesh, but won’t affect things like textures for that mesh, which can result in UV stretching or other weirdness. It gets worse with animations, too. can cause self-clipping and other graphical weirdness. can cause self-clipping and other graphical weirdness.

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