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

iXie gaming

A simple texture change or model update can impact gameplay mechanics, UI design, and monetization strategies. AI-driven tools to speed up repetitive tasks like UV mapping and texture generation. Manual handoffs between concept artists, modelers, and animators. (ii). Automate texture creation and material variations.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

is coming with huge improvements to texture importing quality and speed thanks to new maintainer Bluecube3310. The import times of textures using the VRAM Compressed import setting have been greatly improved by integrating the GPU-based Betsy texture compressor. Import 4.4 Now 2D performance is comparable between all backends.

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The Top 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools

Logic Simplified

Its capabilities for VR content creation include comprehensive 3D modeling tools, advanced texturing and shading, animation and rigging, and integration with VR Devices. It is a key tool for creating virtual reality (VR) games because it allows artists to create concept art for characters, environments, and game assets.

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KitBash3D's Mission to Minerva accomplished | Winners announced

CG Spectrum

Following the competition closely, CG Spectrum was wowed by the creative stories told through such a high caliber of concept and in-motion work — futuristic settlements sprawling across extraterrestrial landscapes draped in dramatic light and shadow, with fantastical creatures lurking in between! Missed out on the challenge?

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new Quake map: The Close And Holy Darkness

Radiator Blog

The theming felt very fresh for Quake at the time, taking notes (and maybe a few textures) from Unreal. Why are these textures like this?! The texture theme is also a bit of an in-joke within the mapping community. There was gossip about whether McGee was being inflexible, or whether these Aztec textures really were so bad.

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Level-Up Mood Board Creation with Amazon Bedrock and Miro – Part 1

AWS Games

That’s the power of a mood board—a curated collection of images, colors, and textures that encapsulate the essence of a project. Step back and evaluate if the collection of images/textures achieve the desired theme and mood. Introduction Imagine a visual canvas where ideas converge, sparking inspiration and collaboration.

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CGS 3D Visualization Dept. Head Presents on Chaos Unboxed Panel

CG Spectrum

It allows artists to bring concepts to life by adding depth, texture, and realistic lighting to their designs. It's a powerful tool that enables designers, architects, and creatives to explore and present their visions in a dynamic and immersive way.