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From Concept to Completion: Navigating the Game Art Production Pipeline 

iXie gaming

Behind every immersive world lies a meticulously crafted game art pipeline, a process where raw ideas evolve into interactive, polished assets. Game art isnt just about making things look good. Lets break down the seven critical phases of the game art pipeline and explore how studios bring stunning, optimized visuals to life.

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

Arts The art of Cookie Run: Kingdom is core to the game’s global success. This chapter will investigate the art of Cookie Run: Kingdom , its origins, its characteristics, and its efforts to expand into new markets during globalization. Art Style To talk about the characteristics of this art style, we must start at its origin.

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What is Level of Detail (LOD) in 3D Modeling? | Techniques & software

CG Spectrum

Texture baking Texture baking allows you to generate 2D texture maps from a 3D model's high polygon count and is a technique used particularly in video games. Baking takes into account the lighting, shadows, and other surface details of the high polygon model and transfers them onto the texture maps.

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Setting the Mood: Exploring Lighting and Mood in Game Art 

iXie gaming

Baked Lighting. Tips for Aspiring Game Artists Whether you’re new to game art or have years of experience, mastering lighting can greatly enhance your creativity and storytelling. Plan for lighting early, from concept art to level design. Look to photography, film, and art for inspiration. Voxel Cone Tracing.

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Little Racer – 3D Art

The Knights of Unity

A baking light map wouldn’t help either (trees are moveable objects – can be hit by cars passing by), so the only reasonable option was to decrease the number of polys. The main issue was the trees in basic, cottage and winter levels. Because of the amount of flora we’ve observed frame drops.

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Design review: Botany Manor as a quiet dark detective game

Radiator Blog

Botany Manor is a 3 hour first person puzzle game about growing plants while exploring a big beautiful fancy house that smells like British Bake-Off. The main design inspiration here is obviously Gone Home , with a central family-based ambient narrative, household duck homages, and gradually unlocked doors.

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8 Signs Your Game is Ready for Blind Play-Testing

Brand Game Development

Between 7 Subtle Player Behaviors You Should Notice When Play-Testing and The Art of the Play Test: Designing Tests and Keeping Records , you might think that’s all I’ve got on my mind. The board art was then recycled for the Byway cards, which reference specific places on the board. The rule book is usable.