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Scaling Art Production for Live-Service Games: Challenges, Innovations, and Future-Ready Pipelines 

iXie gaming

Continuous Content Updates: Players expect frequent refreshes in the form of character skins, props, and new environments. A simple texture change or model update can impact gameplay mechanics, UI design, and monetization strategies. Procedural Generation By automating terrain, foliage, and props, procedural generation: (i).

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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. We need to understand, at least at a high level, all of its features. This is a clip of the Heider-Simmel animation.

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A comprehensive guide to in-demand roles in film and games

CG Spectrum

.” - Bryan Bentley, 3D Modeller (Rango, The Golden Compass, The Incredible Hulk) 3D modelers are world builders who help flesh out scenes in a film or game, digitally sculpting the environments, props, and characters of a production. The workflows, rendering techniques, and integration with assets and narratives will differ accordingly.

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Assistant Directors: Masterminds of film production and movie scheduling

Filmustage

For example, during the making of "Jaws" , Steven Spielberg's AD, John Milius , had to coordinate complex shooting schedules involving numerous mechanical shark props, coordinating with special effects teams, and managing the unpredictable weather conditions at sea. This process helps the AD create a detailed shooting schedule.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #36

Astral Clock Tower Studios

link] Not only does this new trailer feature a ton of sweet cinematics created right in Unreal Engine using our own models and animations, but it also showcases two new characters you’ll meet in gameplay during Kristala too. We also really love how authentically Nisargan all the furniture pieces and props Harold created feel.

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

Deconstructor of Fun

The only examples of F2P shooters at scale were Korean (Crossfire) and Chinese (Assault Fire/Ni-Zhan), both focused on pay-to-win mechanics. When CoDO development started, there was barely any successful 3D free-to-play shooter in the west and free-to-play design as a whole was fairly unexplored outside of Facebook games.

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Smart VFX budgeting: A guide to cost-efficient strategies for filmmakers

Filmustage

This guide aims to illuminate the path, offering insights into budgeting, the creative process, and the roles pivotal in turning cinematic visions into breathtaking realities. These may range from makeup and prosthetics to miniature models, mechanical rigs, and on-set explosions. ?