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Advanced GPU optimization techniques in Unity 6 • Insights from Unite 2024

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 14, 2024

At Unite 2024, Unity’s development team introduced a series of advanced GPU optimization techniques aimed at improving rendering performance across various platforms. One of the fundamental challenges in real-time rendering is reducing GPU latency to improve frame rate. Another important consideration is transparency.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Culling Pixel Render

Cocos Creator 3.7.2 Focuses On Optimized Rendering And Lighting Capabilities

Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

This version optimizes some rendering and lighting capabilities, fixes a series of key issues recently reported by users, and recommends that all v3.x Engine • Added DebugView at runtime UI control rendering debugging function. Skip rendering when the UI element Opacity is 0. The native platform supports main.js

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Render Baking Lightmap Debug

Differentiable Slang: A Shading Language for Renderers That Learn

Nvidia

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The paper shows how a single language can serve as a unified platform for real-time, inverse, and differentiable rendering. For more information about practical examples of Slang with various machine learning (ML) rendering applications, see Differentiable Slang: Example Applications. Bring ML training inside the renderer.

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Render Shaders Graphics Code

Cocos Creator 3.8.4 has been released, faster, more stable, and easier to use!

Cocos

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This version has not only significantly enhanced performance and rendering but also improved editor experience and stability, which is recommended for everyone to upgrade. Rendering Enhancements 1. The new customizable rendering pipeline mainly has the following benefits: In Cocos Creator 3.8.4 more stable and mature.

Render

Render Texture Platformer Build

Uplifting Optimizations, Debugging, and Performance Tuning with NVIDIA Nsight Developer Tools

Nvidia

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When developing on NVIDIA platforms, the hardware should be transparent to you. GPUs can feel like magic, but in the interest of optimized and performant games, When developing on NVIDIA platforms, the hardware should be transparent to you. Tools can also help handle a more dramatic case: when there is no output on the screen.

Debug

Debug Ray Tracing Development Graphics

Use Custom Render Pipeline to Enhance your Game Graphics - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

MAY 5, 2023

This article will discuss the new feature of Cocos Creator, Custom Render Pipeline(CRP), and demonstrate how to apply the custom render pipeline already written in Cocos Cyberpunk to your own project. Most of them are asking: How to apply the Custom Render Pipeline in Cocos Cyberpunk to my own project. component onto the node.

Render

Render Graphics Code Baking

The Top 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools

Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Looking for stunning 3D product renders for your ecommerce website? This powerful software allows developers to build their 3D assets and sciences with tools for 3D animation , modeling, rendering, shading, simulation, and more. It can be integrated with platforms like Google Cloud and Amazon.

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Why 70% of Developers Prefer Unity for Mobile Game Development

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Cross-Platform Compatibility Cross-platform gameplay is one of the biggest game development trends of 2023. So, game developers must seek mobile game engines that support cross-platform development. However, with time, it started supporting multiple platforms. Let’s find out. And that’s where Unity wins.

Mobile Gaming

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Game Developer

Best Practices for Boosting Cocos Creator's 2D Game Performance

Cocos

AUGUST 29, 2024

What methods are there for maximising the performance of sprite animation and rendering? I would also be interested in knowing what plugins or tools you have found very useful for debugging and performance optimisation in Cocos Creator. Memory management: I occasionally have game crashes that appear to be related to memory problems.

Sprite

Sprite Asset Debug Animation

NVIDIA at GDC 2021: RTX and AI Sees New Platforms, New Development Tools, New Updates, and a New SDK

Nvidia

JULY 23, 2021

At GDC 2021, NVIDIA’s updates, enhancements, and platform compatibility expansions enable RTX to be turned ON for a larger base than ever before. Together, these two platforms offer a massive new audience for ray tracing technology. Arm processors are the engines inside of billions of power-efficient devices.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing AI Platformer Development

Godot 3's renderer design explained

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Godot uses a considerably different approach to rendering (and rendering abstraction) than other, popular, game engines. This document was written in hopes to find more developers that would like to help us write rendering code, as it explains the overall design. Running the whole graphics rendering in a separate thread.

Render

Render Shaders Texture Engine

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 13

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

You can now deploy your projects to all desktop platforms over SSH, as well as run a remote debug session similar to what we already offered for Android and Web. As the number of remote debug options is quite big by now, we’ve packed them neatly in a single drop-down menu ( GH-63312 , GH-70701 ). Jump to the Downloads section.

Beta

Beta Dev Debug Render

Now Available: NVIDIA DLSS 3 for Unreal Engine 5

Nvidia

JUNE 21, 2023

Frame Generation uses AI rendering to generate entirely new frames with best-in-class quality and responsiveness. Powered by these three technologies, DLSS 3 enables upwards of 4x performance boosts, providing headroom for next-generation, path-traced rendering. Toggle the Load Debug Overlay option. The DLSS 3 Unreal Engine 5.2

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[Tutorial]Make the game run smoothly on high-end, mid-range, and low-end devices - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

Nowadays, we can see three common types of platforms: Native(iOS, Android, PC, Mac, Harmony, etc), Mini Games(Wechat MiniGames, Tiktok Mini Games), and H5(PC Browsers, Mobile Browsers, Facebook Instant Games, Poki Games, etc). So, developers often ask: How to make my project run smoothly on different devices and platforms?

Code

Code Render Platformer Mesh

Ray Tracing Updates Available through NVIDIA SDKs and the NVIDIA Branch of Unreal Engine

Nvidia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Unreal Engine is the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. We’ve also done a significant code and API refactor and expanded RTXGI’s footprint with added support to Linux, Vulkan, and Arm platforms. The Sun Temple scene from ORCA rendered in real time using RTXDI. RTX Direct Illumination 1.2

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Engine Engineering Render

Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

Even though Unreal has been a popular choice for game app developers among other 3D game engines, this multifaceted development platform empowers developers to create visually stunning and immersive video games. Let’s understand the array of features that create such next-level user experiences. Vertical Plane Detection ARKit 3.0

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Launching Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord – How nDreams scale tested with AWS Fargate

AWS Games

AUGUST 27, 2024

With a decade of VR gaming specialism, nDreams has unparallelled experience and a multi-award-winning team across all major VR platforms. A game server runs a version of the game code that does not render any game graphics, but contains core game logic and maps.

Engine

Engine Engineering Render Scripting

Experience the Latest Breakthroughs in Game Development with NVIDIA at GDC

Nvidia

JULY 1, 2021

Attendees will also get an exclusive look at how NVIDIA Omniverse, the open platform for virtual collaboration and simulation, is helping developers accelerate production workflows. Ray Tracing Gems II brings the community of rendering experts back together to share their knowledge.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Game Developer Game Development Development

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Notable changes are in-editor class reference translations (so far Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, and some French), some new rendering features (high quality glow mode, 3D point light attenuation option), and a number of C# marshalling fixes. Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ).

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Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

GLES3 renderer). Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Highlights.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). In-depth documentation is available.

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

GLES3 renderer). Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Highlights.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

includes 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform. This nearly completes the platform support for C# projects in Godot (only UWP support is still missing). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer. While most rendering work was postponed for the 4.0 Among its more than 800 new commits, Godot 3.2.2 feature set.

Debug

Debug Point and Click Bug Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Physics: Fixing 2D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Crypto: Add HMACContext ( GH-48869 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). In-depth documentation is available.

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2020

is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). The new 2D batching is only implemented for the GLES2 renderer, so if you use GLES3 you will not be able to benefit from it. Notably, Godot 3.2.2

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Debug

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 7, 2020

is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). The new 2D batching is only implemented for the GLES2 renderer, so if you use GLES3 you will not be able to benefit from it. Notably, Godot 3.2.2

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Debug

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2021

Buildsystem: Various compilation fixes for some platforms/compilers, and Linux packaging fixes. Physics: Create CollisionObject debug shapes using VisualServer ( GH-48588 ). Rendering: Fix 2D software skinning relative transforms ( GH-48402 ). Rendering: Fix usage of proxy textures on GLES2 PanoramaSky ( GH-48541 ).

Polygon

Polygon Render Scripting Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 18, 2020

is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). The new 2D batching is only implemented for the GLES2 renderer, so if you use GLES3 you will not be able to benefit from it in this build.

Beta

Beta Debug Bug Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2020

is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). The new 2D batching is only implemented for the GLES2 renderer, so if you use GLES3 you will not be able to benefit from it. Notably, Godot 3.2.2

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Debug

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 16

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Some noteworthy changes in this release: Re-enable support for Web exports using the OpenGL 3 / WebGL 2 renderer. This is the first alpha to include export templates for the Web platform again. Implement physical light units in Vulkan renderers. Navigation: Add debug visuals for GridMap cell edge connections ( GH-64173 ).

Alpha

Alpha Dev Render Beta

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.1 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 15, 2021

Buildsystem: Various compilation fixes for some platforms/compilers, and Linux packaging fixes. Physics: Create CollisionObject debug shapes using VisualServer ( GH-48588 ). Rendering: Fix 2D software skinning relative transforms ( GH-48402 ). Rendering: Fix usage of proxy textures on GLES2 PanoramaSky ( GH-48541 ).

Polygon

Polygon Bug Render Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Fix CanvasItem bounding rect calculation in some cases ( GH-49160 ). Translation updates.

Bug

Bug Render Mesh Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

Physics: Fixing 2D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). Physics: Fixing 2D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 22, 2020

is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). The new 2D batching is only implemented for the GLES2 renderer, so if you use GLES3 you will not be able to benefit from it in this build.

Beta

Beta Debug Bug Point and Click

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Fix CanvasItem bounding rect calculation in some cases ( GH-49160 ).

Bug

Bug Mesh Render Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.1 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 10, 2021

Buildsystem: Various compilation fixes for some platforms/compilers, and Linux packaging fixes. Physics: Create CollisionObject debug shapes using VisualServer ( GH-48588 ). Rendering: Fix 2D software skinning relative transforms ( GH-48402 ). Rendering: Fix usage of proxy textures on GLES2 PanoramaSky ( GH-48541 ).

Bug

Bug Build Polygon Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 12, 2020

is going to add 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform , courtesy of Ignacio ( neikeq ). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer , thanks to lawnjelly and Clay ( clayjohn ). The new 2D batching is only implemented for the GLES2 renderer, so if you use GLES3 you will not be able to benefit from it in this build.

Beta

Beta Bug Debug Build

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.3

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Rendering: VisualServer now sorts based on AABB position ( GH-43506 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Fix CanvasItem bounding rect calculation in some cases ( GH-49160 ). Translation updates.

Render

Render Mesh Bug Collision

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

in January 2020, we switched the development focus towards the upcoming Godot 4.0 , which is a major, compatibility-breaking rewrite of the engine's core and rendering. Platforms: Godot editor on the Web! Dynamic BVH for rendering and GodotPhysics. Raise errors when accessing deleted objects in debug. iOS: New plugin API.

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

New Ray-Tracing, AI, Cloud, and Virtual World Tools Simplify Game Development at GDC 2022

Nvidia

MARCH 24, 2022

It sits between the game and render API, and abstracts the SDK-specific API calls into an easy-to-use Streamline framework. Streamline’s plug-and-play framework sits between the game and render API. The NVIDIA GeForce NOW platform. All this is possible with Cloud Playtest on the GeForce NOW Developer Platform.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing AI Game Developer Game Development

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

Thanks to all pre-release testers who help us find and debug regressions! Note that the project settings from the rendering/quality/2d section have now been moved to rendering/2d , so if you used any of those, you will need to re-enable them under the new section in 3.2.4. stable soon™. Stay tuned for more info!

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Our buildsystem implies cross-compiling most platforms from Linux containers, and this worked fine until now, but Mono 6.x A huge thankyou to Clay John for debugging and fixing so many rendering issues. x brings some issues with cross-compilation. would be on its release. The features. IMPORTANT: Make backups of your Godot 3.1

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Debug

Advanced GPU optimization techniques in Unity 6 • Insights from Unite 2024

Cocos Creator 3.7.2 Focuses On Optimized Rendering And Lighting Capabilities

Trending Sources

Differentiable Slang: A Shading Language for Renderers That Learn

Cocos Creator 3.8.4 has been released, faster, more stable, and easier to use!

Uplifting Optimizations, Debugging, and Performance Tuning with NVIDIA Nsight Developer Tools

Use Custom Render Pipeline to Enhance your Game Graphics - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

The Top 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools

Why 70% of Developers Prefer Unity for Mobile Game Development

Best Practices for Boosting Cocos Creator's 2D Game Performance

NVIDIA at GDC 2021: RTX and AI Sees New Platforms, New Development Tools, New Updates, and a New SDK

Godot 3's renderer design explained

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 13

Now Available: NVIDIA DLSS 3 for Unreal Engine 5

[Tutorial]Make the game run smoothly on high-end, mid-range, and low-end devices - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Ray Tracing Updates Available through NVIDIA SDKs and the NVIDIA Branch of Unreal Engine

Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

Launching Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord – How nDreams scale tested with AWS Fargate

Experience the Latest Breakthroughs in Game Development with NVIDIA at GDC

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 2

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.1

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 16

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.1 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.3 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.3.1 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 1

Maintenance release: Godot 3.3.3

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

New Ray-Tracing, AI, Cloud, and Virtual World Tools Simplify Game Development at GDC 2022

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2 beta 3

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