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.

Ray Tracing 52

Ray Tracing Engineering Engine Content 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2020

Ensure your meshes are marked as "Static Bake", then enable SDFGI in the Environment settings. Multiple Bounces: Enable a feedback loop, which simulates multiple bounce lighting. Introduction Video: Very large, open world scene with real-time GI: Future. How do you use it? How does it work?

Lightmap 54

Lightmap Texture Baking Mesh 54

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. Idle Siege: War Simulator by Gameloft.

Mobile Gaming 98

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 98

iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

Tools and Techniques Game artists use different lighting tools to create realistic worlds. Example: Bright sunlight in an open-world game) Point Light. Simulates how light bounces between surfaces, making lighting look more natural and filling in dark areas. Baked Lighting. Rasterization. Voxel Cone Tracing.

Art 52

Art Games Texture Culling 52