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Strategies for Optimizing Multiplayer Games in Unity

Logic Simplified

Use Compressed Textures : Textured images can be saved with lower resolutions while compressed formats such as ASTC and DXT1 and DXT5 reduce memory usage without quality reduction. Texture Atlasing combines multiple textures into one atlas to lower the number of texture switches that occur.

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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

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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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Emerging Trends in Game Art: Real-Time Rendering, Stylized Game Art, and Beyond 

iXie gaming

Moreover, AI-driven tools such as generative adversarial networks (GANs) and procedural texture generation are allowing artists to create innovative styles with minimal manual effort. AI-powered tools are enabling faster asset creation, automatic texture generation, and intelligent upscaling of older visuals.

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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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