PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The Swedish games conglomerate is in the midst of a bloody restructuring and has been culling its personnel expenses. Unlike the film and music industry, there remains a dire absence of ways for young talent to enter the games industry. Similarly, Amazon Game Studio announced the termination of 180 jobs.

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Platformer Games Culling Entertainment 104

Nvidia

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Catmull-Rom curves are a popular choice in the film and games industries for hair and fur and other uses of curves. NVIDIA OptiX curves are currently back-face culled, so rays that enter through the open end of a curve will miss the curve completely. Open-ended curves are common and desirable and also better for performance.

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Ray Tracing Render Feature Animation 52

iXie gaming

JULY 19, 2024

Look to photography, film, and art for inspiration. Optimize your lighting by using techniques like Levels of Detail (LODs) and culling. Special functions that let you create cool lighting effects, like lights that pulse or flames that flicker. Optimization Techniques Level of Detail (LOD). Texture Compression. Iterate and Test.

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Art Games Texture Culling 52