Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There are many aspects to consider when building a game. 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. Unity Technologies Assets. Once an asset (e.g. HUD Navigation System by Sickscore Games.

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The cost of any content in game dev is directly proportional to how much new stuff needs to be created for that content. In an ongoing game like SWTOR, element numbers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 were already built long ago and already exist. needs its own rig), that's time from a rigger to create.

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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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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 3, 2023

As the excuses he devised not to follow his passion faded, Anthony quit his full-time job to dedicate his efforts to exploring filmmaking within a game engine. The shell of the station and the asteroids came from a mining station asset that I found while trawling through Unreal Engine Marketplace. X-Wing animation using Control Rigs.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 18, 2022

There's been some game dev twittering about Unity vs. Unreal lately. And if you're making the typical aspirational photorealistic action game, you'll probably want UE's gameplay architecture and free photoscan assets too. I'm also interested in making web browser games as a way to bypass platform censors.

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

In todays dynamic game development world, animation plays a vital role in defining player experiences and shaping game aesthetics. From the pixelated classics of the 80s to todays immersive and realistic graphics, animation has redefined the gaming experience. How did 2D and 3D Animation Evolve in Gaming?

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iXie gaming

APRIL 24, 2023

The creation of three-dimensional objects, characters, and locations for use in video games is a challenging process known as 3D game art production. It combines art and technology, resulting in visually stunning and immersive game worlds that captivate players.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 6, 2018

He is collaborating with Yann Burrett and Ben Tristem on their upcoming Godot course on Udemy , and offered to share a tutorial on how to import 3D assets from Blender using Godot's "Better" Collada exporter. Importing 3D assets. So you want to import 3D assets into Godot? Has a bone based rig. Let's do it!

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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 animator can also create characters using digital rigging. Learn more about what a 2D animator does in games and film. 3D animation lets you drop your 3D rigged model into a digital scene and manipulate it. 2D Animation.

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CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

3D modelers apply many processes to improve the look and usability of their assets when creating the characters, props, and sets that feature in your favorite video games and films. One important technique to master, particularly for video games, is level of detail (LOD). What is level of detail (LOD)?

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

However, the tradeoff is that the game would look like an upscaled version of a Switch game on the higher-end platforms. The source assets like animation rigging and motions, textures, character and environment models, and so on would be built at a lower fidelity. Take a look at that game and you'll see what I mean.

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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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iXie gaming

APRIL 21, 2025

Game studios today face a growing challenge: delivering visually compelling, platform-agnostic gameplay without sacrificing responsiveness or stretching production timelines. Unity, once synonymous with indie development, now stands as a serious contender for console-quality game builds. Its the foundation. That doesnt limit ambition.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Unity has a rich and sophisticated animation system for the game development process , also referred to as ‘ Mecanim ’. It is a powerful tool for game developers to create dynamic, true-to-life animations for characters, objects, and environments in their games.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

CG Spectrum graduate Hanny Lu talks about her experience studying Unreal Connectors: Virtual Production , a 12-week micro-credentialing program created in partnership with Epic Games. Once the production began, I had more drive to assemble the scene using the foliage tool and Megascans assets.

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Nvidia

APRIL 12, 2021

There is a growing need for digital humans and character motions across industries, but a common challenge is that character assets are traditionally costly to create as the process is tedious, manual, and requires skilled expertise.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

As you know, our mantra here at ACS Games has always been one of inclusivity, togetherness, acceptance, and love. Will also removed the jumping ability from the game and fixed a few bugs regarding the targeting of spells—like the Earthquake spell and the Impaler's special ability. link] 3D Asset Design. in their inventory.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 14, 2020

Will then fixed another bug related to the game's poison system, which you can see illustrated in the log below. link] 3D Asset Design. Keep an eye out for these beautiful buds in the Kristala game. What do you think these might be used for in the game? Here's the bug in action. Let us know in the comments!

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 26, 2023

The skills of a 3D lighting artist can be applied in video games, visualization , film and television, animations, and virtual production. One of the benefits is that it's also used by other 3D artists such as modelers and animators, making the sharing of files and assets more streamlined.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Let's get immersed in the dark fantasy world of Kristala.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We're heading into spooky season, and there's no better way to celebrate an eerie action-adventure game than diving into the newest issue of the Kristala game dev blog. We can't wait to exhibit the game alongside so many other talented independent creators, especially because IWOCon isn't like regular cons.it's a cool con.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog. We've got you covered.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Our main goal was to create an easy to pick, approachable couch multiplayer game for up to four players. Graphic simplicity was dictated by the general idea of the game’s casualty. We’ve decided to set our game in a low-poly setting for the sake of readability. Almost every 3D asset is painted using only one atlas texture.

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DameDev.tv

JULY 19, 2023

Importing Samples To make our life a bit easier, let's import an XR rig from the Unity sample assets. On the right side, under the Samples section, import the Starter Assets and Hands Interaction Demo. There is an incredibly useful prefab located at Assets/Samples/XR Interaction Toolkit/2.3.2/Hands

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Once a scene is completed, animation cels are layered on top of each other and photographed in succession using a special top-down rig. In a world where vinyl record sales are up and retro-style video games are all the rage, there may still be hope for a cel animation renaissance! Specialty Tools Used in Cel Animation.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Leadership Executive Producer (aka Game Director ) - The mastermind in charge of the entire project. Works with the executive producer to establish the game’s visual style and reference materials for the art team, then gradually shifts to managing all of the artists and keeping them tasked out and productive.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

While you can probably make some assumptions as to what roles each Pit will play in the game based on their names, we're keeping the exact details under wraps for the time being. Tiff naturally started with the initial level area you'll encounter in the demo—the very first Kristal Checkpoint of the game. This sprint was no different.

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iXie gaming

JANUARY 11, 2023

A solid game outsourcing partnership is reason enough to see your project as 50% complete. In a competitive game, players’ initial focus is on the visual component. Working with an established game art outsourcing firm with a solid track record alleviates any worry about deadlines or allocating internal resources.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. 3D Asset Design. Stay tuned to future issues of the Kristala game dev blog for updates.

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). As you might know, and I repeatedly keep saying, this game forms the practical part of my Master thesis. This work deals with the development and design of an open world game with a high.

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Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

Coding camera angles for games and animation has been a pain … Until now. In short, Unity Cinemachine opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for animation, game design and development, and directors working with virtual cameras. In short, the Unity Cinemachine is a game-changer. What Is Unity Cinemachine?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls. 3D Modeling.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Kristala at Play NYC 2021. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

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. In the early days of game development, creating assets was a fragmented, time-consuming process.

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CG Spectrum

JANUARY 13, 2023

I had been playing the Supergiant Games game Hades and started wondering what the River Styx could look like in a fantasy/fairy tale world. Once I have a story, I usually go straight to gathering reference, from both games and movies but also from the real world. Finish with a film-quality cinematic like Aurore's!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Welcome back to ACS headquarters for another rousing installment of the Kristala game dev blog. The event kicks off on March 26th and runs through April 2nd, so be sure to check out our Events section for more details on the Kristala booth and which game island we'll be featured on. 3D Asset Design.

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Mnenad

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Well, in this 'not quite devlog' episode I rap about the ups and downs of a game developer's life.   Check my devlogs - I’m hustlin’ every night and day, Unity brought into the game and I’m here to stay -  Awake! Until this rig is no more jiggeling down down on it’s hips.   bye-bye).  

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