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Strategies for Optimizing Multiplayer Games in Unity

Logic Simplified

APRIL 4, 2025

Lighting Efficiency: Optimize for Performance & Immersion The implementation of efficient lighting capabilities in Unity multiplayer games leads to reduced system strain without compromising visual quality. The utilization of Baked Lighting for static region precomputation results in enhanced runtime performance.

Games

Games Texture Render Balance

How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

System The system design of the game and the in-game stats balance demonstrate Devsisters’ high standards. The consistency in design logic and gameplay integrating multiple systems show players the wit and excellence in game design choices.

Baking

Baking Simulation Build Animation

How to Create a Game-Ready AAA asset

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 5, 2024

With that I have to create a low poly model of the gun on which we will bake the high poly details. For real-time applications like games, low poly models are used. Baking (Transfer high poly details in low poly model) The next step is extremely important. I had to thoroughly learn Substance Designer.

AAA

AAA Asset Mesh Texture

Exploring How Coding Concepts Can Be Applied to Real-Life Situations

Real Programming

JANUARY 29, 2024

Math concepts are baked into programming when kids start learning, though it definitely gets more advanced as they pass through the courses. Jobs Finally, knowing how to code opens the door to countless jobs, including in fields adjacent to video game design or programming. the answer may sadly not always be affirmative!

Concepts

Concepts Code Technology Writing

Birth of Byways: A Peek Into My Early Board Game Development Process

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. This week, I posted the first article in my 19-part suite on game design. It’s called How to Design the Core Engine of Your Board Game. The game’s mechanics center around that.

Game Development

Game Development Game Developer Development Games

Molyneux on media mistakes, and creativity

Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Indeed, a Twitter parody account called Peter Molydeux regularly posts amusingly bats-arse game design ideas. The badly botched launches of Kickstarter game Godus, and mobile game Curiosity further damaged his reputation. “‘In days gone by, I would have already announced the whole game design.

Media

Media Baking Electronics Game Design

8 Signs Your Game is Ready for Blind Play-Testing

Brand Game Development

AUGUST 11, 2017

You can choose to observe them while playing or elicit their feedback after the game has ended. If you only have one viable strategy, you could be looking at problems baked into the mechanics or even core engine of your game. I tend to break this definition down even further.

Point and Click

Point and Click Games Art Communications

Wishlist STARS REACH and its living world

Raph Koster

JULY 3, 2024

On UO, we could only change the totals every 64 tiles, and we couldn’t reflect it visually at all, because the map was baked down and static). Like UO, every “tile” knows what materials it is. Unlike UO, they can change. (On Like SWG, we have the notion of these materials actually having varying statistics.

Simulation

Simulation Tile Terrain Content

The Story of Battlebit Remastered with Max Fink (theliquidhorse)

Game Dev Unchained

JULY 5, 2023

In fact, their team took a lot of inspiration from games like CS:GO and other tactical shooters, such as Battlefield. The philosophy behind this approach was to create an experience accessible to those with lower-end hardware, similar to how Riot Games designed Valorant to run on minimal specs.

Indy

Indy Game Development Game Developer Development

How to Use Unity Cinemachine Virtual Cameras

Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

In short, Unity Cinemachine opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for animation, game design and development, and directors working with virtual cameras. As of yet, there is no distributed baking. This basically means you can only bake lightmaps using a single machine. What Is Unity Cinemachine?

Animation

Animation Animation Code Software

The Depth Project

Game Design Advice

JUNE 5, 2016

Deep games require knowledge, explanation, creativity, and cleverness. Such a model could also inform our discussions about game design, suggesting directions for design exploration and expanding our palette of analytical tools and techniques. Modeling depth may help us better understand how to think about these things.

Feature

Feature Terrain Games Baking

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Just set up the probe bounds and do a fast pre-bake of static objects. Still, this workflow is easy and efficient as 3D objects get a second set of UVs generated on import, and baking works with instantiated meshes, scenes and even GridMaps. Both indirect light and voxel reflections are provided by this technique.

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

From Concept to Completion: Navigating the Game Art Production Pipeline

iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Pre-production lays the foundation for artistic direction, ensuring that all visual elements align with the games mechanics, worldbuilding, and narrative. This stage involves close collaboration between game designers, art directors, and concept artists. Adding Realism & Depth A 3D model without textures is lifeless.

Concepts

Concepts Art Texture Asset

You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop, Part 1

Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Hi everyone, I’m Soren Johnson, and welcome to You Have No Idea How Hard It Is To Run A Sweatshop Here are the published games that I’ve worked on over my career, some of which I will touch on over the next hour. Much of game design is determined by constraints which are out of the hands of the developers.

Mechanics

Mechanics Game Design Game Designer Build

My Elephant in the Room, Part 1

Designer Notes

MARCH 31, 2023

Welcome to My Elephant in the Room: An Old World Design Postmortem. Here are the games that I’ve worked on. Spoiler alert: Civilization 3 and 4 are going to come up a lot in the presentation… I also do a podcast where I interview game designers about why they make games, so check it out if you have time for 4-hour interviews.

Tile

Tile Point and Click AI Mechanics

Origins of Ghost Master, Part One

iHobo

OCTOBER 26, 2022

In 2023, the game I'm most proud of in my long and distinguished career as a game designer will be twenty years old. Why is this game so beloved? Before I talk about the ghosts, I need to start with where this game began. But I was wrong - we had one more game together.

Film

Film Horror Concepts Animation

Deathloop deconstruction / design thoughts

Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge.

Fighting

Fighting NPC Puzzle AAA

Call of Duty: Online is dead. Long live Call of Duty: Online!