GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 2, 2024

Why I Love is a series of guest editorials on GamesIndustry.biz intended to showcase the ways in which game developers appreciate each other's work. This entry was contributed by Ember Trail's Cruz Segovia Ardiz, game director of the alien planet management game Distant Bloom , which launched on Steam last week.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

This article explores the latest trends shaping the future of game art, including real-time rendering, stylized game art, AI-assisted creation, and the rising influence of user-generated content in shaping artistic directions.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 8, 2024

For features like cutscenes, it depends on how much difficulty it takes to build the cutscenes. That could mean combat, it could mean itemization, it could mean summoning magic, it could mean narrative, it could mean cutscenes/cinematics. If we can always make changes forever, we'll never ship the game.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 19, 2024

Cinematics are mostly for storytelling purposes, but they also hid a very real secondary purpose - we would do a lot of game setup during cinematics, like streaming data off of a physical disc while the cinematic is playing so that we can load what comes next.

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 29, 2024

More and more South-Korean indie game developers take aim at the PC and console market. Set in a New York office building in the 1990’s, the game plays out as a action-filled mini series, including cutscenes that unravel the plot. “To

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Designer Notes

AUGUST 15, 2022

In this episode, Soren and Leyla interview independent game developer Chris DeLay, co-founder of Introversion Software and best known for his work on Uplink , Darwinia , Defcon , and Prison Architect. This episode was recorded on March 24, 2022.

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Game Dev Unchained

JULY 26, 2023

However, with the quality threshold of animated films matching the one of video game cinematics, he says, the gaming industry’s influence is being acknowledged more than ever. The reveal of UEFN’s capabilities was described as “a game-changer,” comparable to Steve Jobs introducing a new iPhone.

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

This explains the otherwise confusing use of the title “Remake” for a game that… isn’t(?) The side quests and smaller interactions in the game are good, those cutscenes are great. I really wish big AAA game developers would stop stretching everything as thin as possible. actually a remake?

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Game Errors

MARCH 27, 2023

FIFA 23 is a one-of-a-kind football video game developed by EA Sports, but it can generate several annoying issues, such as low FPS while playing. Moreover, online multiplayer co-op simulator games can also experience problems related to network or server connectivity, leading to various troubles. Restart your PC.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 22, 2024

Mobile game developers face the daunting task of acquiring and retaining players in today’s fast-paced mobile gaming world. Well, there has been a significant increase in competition, providing players with more mobile gaming options than ever.

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Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

Anyone who is a cinematographer, game developer, artist, or those who are using Unity as a means to create complex behaviors and who have no desire to learn or continue writing code or detailing keyframes day after day. In short, the Unity Cinemachine is a game-changer. Unity was originally built for game developers.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 15, 2022

Animation: Two perspectives, the separation of cloud and mud Lost Ark has a sincere visual performance, among which are various cutscenes from a top-down perspective. Despite the game’s powerful use of top-down view, the live cutscenes of Lost Ark are full of bugs. The rough cutscene). The grand scene).

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 10, 2023

Part of the “golden path” you just haven’t seen yet – If it’s your first playthrough, and you’re watching the first cutscene, whatever is in the next cutscene is not a “secret”, it’s just information that the player hasn’t encountered yet. They are findable.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 19, 2024

Game artists can leverage the power of 3D art to create 3D cutscenes and cinematics that deliver compelling narratives. Also, they can open room for plot twists and character development. This enhances the overall players’ experience, driving higher engagement rates.

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

It is worth buying this game just to see what it’s like when a game's developers really pay attention and never miss a chance to give a bit extra. It's really sharp and well-observed, and it isn't a cutscene. So, of course, this is the bit that the college-debt casualties who write game reviews fixate on.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 20, 2024

Making a successful Match-3 is one of the most challenging tasks a mobile game developer can tackle. To succeed, you need a top-of-the-line game engine in addition to an engaging and differentiated metagame, and, even if you have both, you need a robust UA campaign to entice players.

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Keith Burgun

JULY 29, 2022

As this video talks about, as players play more and more games, it becomes more difficult for them to find this sense of wonder in new games – even more so when they become game developers themselves. This isn’t the fault of players.

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Radiator Blog

JUNE 2, 2023

If Microsoft had given them another 6-12 months to truly polish everything, then it maybe would've been a more solid OK game. Anyway I didn't mind the incompleteness so much because I was playing less for fun, and more "for work", as a first person game developer. But not really.

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Radiator Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

Some games do all their cutscene scripting and even enemy AI in Yarn Spinner, because really, it's just a simple scripting language that does whatever you tell it to do. // use "->" and indents for branching choices -> Alice is cool (choice 1) Alice: Thanks, I know I'm cool. -> Alice: No comment.

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Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

When you imagine doing this job, is it mostly about crafting amazing cutscenes? Do you want to make people laugh at the silly things the game’s troops say if you click on them enough times? If so, you probably want to be a game writer. What is Narrative Design? You’ve all seen ludo-narrative dissonance in some form.

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Game Designing

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Kojima always had a knack for creating and worked on film and writing projects before deciding to enter the video game industry in the mid-1980s after securing a job at game developer Konami. Game Development Style & Philosophy. More than anything Kojima treats video games as a storytelling medium.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 19, 2025

Written by Irina Bragina , Product Manager with 12 years of experience in game development and operations as a Product Manager/Monetization Specialist. Magicabin is a relatively new adventure game, released in 2022 by Ivy Mobile. I first noticed Magicabin because of my passion for tycoon/adventure games.

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