Baking, Graphics and Simulation - Game Developers Network

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Add transparency support for LightmapGI Currently when baking lightmaps users have to choose between transparent objects casting shadows as if they were fully opaque, or not casting shadows at all. This has been a major limitation in both the quality of lightmap baking and the ergonomics of the lightmap baking workflow.

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 25, 2022

Build phase Next, in order to drive the payment conversion, the stats requirements increase quickly in both battle stats and simulations, which means it gets harder to obtain resources. However, card/Team Battle RPG and simulation games are mature genres that players with some experience can easily master.

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Game Stack Live to Feature RTXDI and Minecraft Graphics Sessions (April 20-21)

Nvidia

APRIL 9, 2021

This year, Microsoft’s free Game Stack Live event (April 20-21), starting at 8am PDT, will offer a wide range of can’t-miss sessions for game developers, in categories that include Graphics, System & Tools, Production & Publishing, Accessibility & Inclusion, Audio, Multiplayer, and Community Connections.

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Ray Tracing Graphics Feature Baking

Leveling Up Graphics and Performance with RTX, DLSS and Reflex at NVIDIA GTC

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. Developers can. Version 1.1.30 Nsight Perf 2021.1

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Ray Tracing Graphics Render Technology

Shaping the Future of Graphics with NVIDIA Technologies in Unreal Engine 5

Nvidia

APRIL 5, 2022

It uses ray tracing to provide infinite bounce in indirect lighting, without the need to bake lighting or create multiple light setups for scenes. NVIDIA Omniverse Connector for Unreal Engine 5 preview NVIDIA Omniverse is a 3D design collaboration and virtual world simulation platform for creators to connect and enhance 3D workflows.

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Q&A: Real-Time Ray Tracing in a Cinematic Scene

Nvidia

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame. Back then, cinematic-quality rendering required computer farms to slowly bake every frame overnight—a painstaking process. These games shaped my love for art and real-time graphics. What’s the next major challenge for graphics technology?

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Ray Tracing Cinematics Render Baking

Theia Interactive Generates Realistic and Interactive Scenes with DLSS and RTX Global Illumination

Nvidia

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Because the lighting is baked in, it’s difficult to test out multiple lighting scenarios. Theia could have pre-baked all of the configurator customization options, but that would have resulted in thousands of configurations for custom models. So pre-baking all of those options would have been nearly impossible.

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The top 22 mobile games of 2022

Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Masters of simulation, this studio is renowned for making popular sim games for mobile. It’s awesome to see some good messaging baked into its core gameplay. We don’t see this often enough in casual simulation games, but there is a lovely open-world feel to this game. And the graphics are beautiful, but very demanding.

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NVIDIA RTX, Unreal Engine 5 Define Future of Game Development and Content Creation

Nvidia

MAY 26, 2021

This laid out a vision of a new era of computer graphics for video games that featured photorealistic, ray-traced lighting, AI-powered effects and complex worlds with massive amounts of geometry and high-resolution textures. Grab an NVIDIA RTX GPU and install the latest NVIDIA graphics driver on your system for the best experience.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Engine Engineering Content

NVIDIA Research: Learning and Rendering Dynamic Global Illumination with One Tiny Neural Network in Real-Time

Nvidia

JUNE 22, 2021

They overcome the limited realism of pre-computing “baked” lighting in dynamic worlds and simplify an otherwise tedious lighting design process. On an NVIDIA RTX 3090 graphics card, Neural Radiance Caching can provide over 1 billion global illumination queries per second. Learn more: Check out the project website.

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Ray Tracing Render Technology Baking

Among Us VR dev talks about how to create immersive worlds

Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Let people play out the fantasy Simulation is key for a successful VR game. It’s clear that simulation, as both a genre and concept, is far more popular in VR than in Console and PC games. So many games have that question baked into their core. So it’s demanding on the graphics card.

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Dev Playtesting Fantasy Render

Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code - A Valuable Learning Resource for 3D Game Development

Cocos

APRIL 13, 2023

By utilizing these powerful features, the graphics of your games will become more realistic. Get it for free: [link] Despite my excitement, I consulted with the person responsible for the graphics in Cocos Cyberpunk to verify certain aspects before downloading from the Cocos Store. is capable of handling big projects.

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

Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I would never have bet on a ultra-detailed dwarf simulator using ASCII art. Well, in Valorant, all animations, graphical effects, and sounds are only visible to the purchaser. Here’s the rest of the quote from screenwriter William Goldman – Not one person knows for a certainty what’s going to work. Your enemies don’t see them.

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Setting the Mood: Exploring Lighting and Mood in Game Art

iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

Have you ever played a game with amazing graphics, but something just didn’t feel right? Simulates how light bounces between surfaces, making lighting look more natural and filling in dark areas. Baked Lighting. The problem might be the lighting. Rasterization. Five Advanced Lighting Techniques Global Illumination (GI).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

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Game Stack Live to Feature RTXDI and Minecraft Graphics Sessions (April 20-21)

Leveling Up Graphics and Performance with RTX, DLSS and Reflex at NVIDIA GTC

Shaping the Future of Graphics with NVIDIA Technologies in Unreal Engine 5

Q&A: Real-Time Ray Tracing in a Cinematic Scene

Theia Interactive Generates Realistic and Interactive Scenes with DLSS and RTX Global Illumination

The top 22 mobile games of 2022

NVIDIA RTX, Unreal Engine 5 Define Future of Game Development and Content Creation

NVIDIA Research: Learning and Rendering Dynamic Global Illumination with One Tiny Neural Network in Real-Time

Among Us VR dev talks about how to create immersive worlds

Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code - A Valuable Learning Resource for 3D Game Development

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

Setting the Mood: Exploring Lighting and Mood in Game Art

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