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Visual Concepts lays off staff at Lego 2K Drive South studio

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The layoffs have resulted in a 'majority' of losses for VC South's art team, along with cuts among design and engineering.

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BitCake Studio built online multiplayer game Atomic Picnic completely remote

PreMortem.Games

She drew a lot of the first concept art for the main characters. According to Lamhut the team explored several concepts before settling on Roguelites. The company’s engine of choice is Unity 2021 LTS and they use Photon Fusion, a multiplayer technology developed by Photon Engine , the game’s investors.

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How to Design the Core Engine of Your Board Game

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This communication happens on five levels: the core engine of the game, mechanics, rules, the internal narrative or “theme”, and the external narrative or “community and marketing.” ” This guide comes in three parts: What’s the core engine of a game? How do I turn the idea into a working game engine?

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From Concept to Success: A Deep Dive Into Our Popular Gaming Solutions

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The Impact of Game Engines Our gaming solutions company uses the most popular and powerful game development engines like Unity , Unreal Engine , Godot, Phaser, Construct, Cocos Creator, Babylon JS, and many others, based on the game idea and the requirements of the game development process. Read more on how we do that.

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Former Activision staff concerned about gen AI tools used in development, including Midjourney

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Activision Blizzard has reportedly approved the use of generative AI tools including Midjourney and Stable Diffusion for producing concept art and marketing materials. Vance left the role in January 2024 but still works for Activision as a fellow software engineer. Read more

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

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Coding Helps Kids to Think Like an Engineer Aside from the direct benefits of learning how to write code, many parents want their kids to learn coding online because it helps them think like an engineer. Engineers tackle problems with a tendency to think outside the box. They test their broad-minded hypotheses rigorously.

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Kazakhstan-based Goodwin Games takes us on an emotional adventure in Selfloss

PreMortem.Games

Reflecting on the game’s core concept, Khoroshavin shares, “The very first idea was that I want to make a game about an old protagonist that can traverse via boat. The development of Selfloss was initially funded by Khoroshavin himself through his job as a lecturer in game design and Unreal Engine at ITMO University in Saint Petersburg.