GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 11, 2023

Development services provider Virtuos has announced the launch of a new studio in Warsaw, Poland. The Warsaw team will focus on creating graphics rendering and optimisation technology for use in video games development, complementing the Lyon studio's work on proprietary game engine development and Montpellier's R&D capabilities.

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Harold Serrano

MAY 26, 2024

For a long time, the first version of my game engine lacked a UI. The only reason it had one was out of necessity, not because I enjoyed developing one. Thus, I ended up developing a BRDF renderer. If you didn't get a chance to read the article, here are some screenshots of what I accomplished with my renderer.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The cover illustration is from Ballionaire , a roguelike pachinko simulator where the laws of physics bend to your will, developed by newobject and published by Raw Fury! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on BlueSky and itch.io. Export: Disable Metal and Vulkan renderers in simulator builds.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The cover illustration is from Stray Path , a roguelike card game where optimization is key to unraveling the mystery of this stray world. Developed by chx games, the game was just released on Steam. Export: Fix cross-platform configuration of rendering driver settings (narrower approach) ( GH-103197 ).

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Harold Serrano

MAY 16, 2024

I was completely immersed in rewriting my game engine when I stumbled upon these captivating images. The author experimented with the properties of various metals and demonstrated how to create them in a Physically-Based Renderer through renderings. See, there were several things that I needed to change in my engine.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Join us March 20-24 to discover the latest NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies accelerating game development. Join us March 20-24 to discover the latest NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies accelerating game development.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Developed by James Dornan, the game was released on Steam in January 2025. Rendering: Shaders: Only convert default value to linear color if type hint is source_color ( GH-103201 ). Rendering: Metal: Fix SPIR-V MSL compilation on iOS targets ( GH-103337 ). in the previous 4.4 Input: Change default deadzone back to 0.5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Last year we announced that we were planning on creating an OpenGL-based renderer to complement the current Vulkan-based renderers. with an OpenGL-based renderer; it just won't be feature complete. As a reminder, an OpenGL-based renderer is still crucial so we can support older platforms, and Web export. ReflectionProbes.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? Unreal Engine has fast grown to be the most trusted engine in the world. UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. Every release brings with it wide-ranging improvements.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Last year we announced that we were planning on creating an OpenGL-based renderer to complement the current Vulkan-based renderers. with an OpenGL-based renderer; it just won’t be feature complete. As a reminder, an OpenGL-based renderer is still crucial so we can support older platforms, and Web export. ReflectionProbes.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Join us for the latest on NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies, and learn how they are accelerating game development. Join us for the latest on NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies, and learn how they are accelerating game development.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

We knew from the beginning that aiming for a late-February release was an ambitious timeframe, but the community has risen to the challenge and kept development right on track! The cover illustration is from Dawnfolk , a charmingly dark and minimalist survival city-builder, developed by Darenn Keller and published by Astra Logical!

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

Tools Pipeline Engineering Lead Megumi Ando sat down with NVIDIA to discuss the integration process in the company’s latest release as well as their adoption plans in Polyphony’s game development pipeline. Why did you choose USD for your game development pipeline? Of course we do.

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Harold Serrano

JUNE 2, 2024

Last week, I wrote an article about making my renderer more user-friendly. But my main objective is to add Ray-Tracing to the renderer. If you haven't had a chance to read any of my previous two articles, here are some videos to catch you up. This week, I decided to work on the Lights User-Interface. Some bugs need fixing.

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Harold Serrano

AUGUST 25, 2022

Hey guys, Wanted to share with you my story on how my engine got me a new job as a Renderer Developer. I hope you enjoy the video: Thanks for watching.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 19, 2022

We recently kicked off our NVIDIA Developer Program exclusive series of Connect with Experts Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions featuring NVIDIA experts and Ray. During the AMA, the editors offered some valuable guidance and tips on how to successfully integrate real-time rendering. Join the discussion on the NVIDIA Developer Forums.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. The game is developed by Vedg Studio / NoirosL and was recently ported to Godot 4.0 GUI: Add a Font import option to pre-render all glyphs required for the translation ( GH-68448 ). Wishlist it on Steam!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2025

The cover illustration is from The Roottrees are Dead , a detective game where you piece together a family trees billion-dollar paper trail through the power of a dial-up modem! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on BlueSky. Highlights For an overview of whats new overall in Godot 4.4, Donate now

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Nvidia

MAY 5, 2023

To ease E2E measurement difficulties, PC Latency (PCL) Stats enables gamers, reviewers, and developers to measure PCL, the main component of system latency. On game engines that filter out unique messages, PCL Stats can instead post virtual keyboard input messages such as F13. PCL Stats is also mainlined within Unreal Engine.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 Follow Kenny Park on Twitter or Mastodon for development updates, and check his website to discover other games and applications. Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). See the list below.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rendering: Use circular fade instead of linear fade for distance fade ( GH-50294 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). Rendering: Fix AABB errors on meshes with bones on multiple surfaces ( GH-65035 ). Rendering: Allow black metallic materials to reflect IBL ( GH-69522 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

renderer support ( GH-71848 ). Rendering: Fix Vulkan validation errors related to enabling extensions ( GH-70429 ). Rendering: Fix DirectionalLight3D shadow opacity on Forward Mobile rendering backend ( GH-71690 ). Rendering: Use proper space for forward GI reflections ( GH-71694 ). iOS: Restore OpenGL ES 3.0

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Logic Simplified

JULY 24, 2023

Researchers, professionals or game app developers all need to remain up-to-date with the recent advancements as well as features of the Unity engine to create and enjoy the best games possible. Some popular games built with Unity include Angry Birds 2 and Pokémon Go”.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Flag dirty dependencies when GeometryInstance dependencies change in renderer ( GH-71581 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Halls of Torment , a roguelite action RPG with retro late-90s pre-rendered 2D graphics. It is developed by Chasing Carrots using Godot 4.0 beta, and you can wishlist it on Steam.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Every supported renderer option is now selectable from the project creation screen, which means you can create OpenGL 3 ("Compatibility") projects without using the command line ( GH-70028 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Raffaele Picca 's car scene , rendered in Godot 4.0 Jump to the Downloads section.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This design became common in game engines and libraries in the early 2010s. Godot uses plenty of data-oriented optimizations for physics, rendering, audio, etc. Game logic. Still (while, by far, not the majority) some types of games will see a performance benefit when using ECS in the game logic side.

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Nvidia

JULY 20, 2022

The new 'Level Up with NVIDIA' webinar series offers creators and developers the opportunity to learn more about the NVIDIA RTX platform, interact with NVIDIA. Join us for the first webinar in the series on August 10 at 10 AM, Pacific time, with NVIDIA experts Richard Cowgill and Zach Lo discussing RTX in Unreal Engine 5.

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Harold Serrano

AUGUST 28, 2024

Hey guys, Wanted to share the current development of engine. As of this moment, I'm focused on making the renderer as cool as it can be. I'm rewriting it completely from the ground up. Take a look at the video below. Thanks for watching.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 31, 2021

Drops, Global Illumination, Super Sampling, and Low Latency Solutions Level Up Today, Unreal Engine developers receive access. Drops, Global Illumination, Super Sampling, and Low Latency Solutions Level Up Today, Unreal Engine developers receive access to several NVIDIA updates. Custom RTX Branch of UE4.27

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

There was augmented and virtual reality making breakthrough advances and with the Unreal Engine coming into the picture, the level of headway has been phenomenal for the development of the video game sector. Let’s understand the array of features that create such next-level user experiences. Face Tracking 4. People Occlusion 7.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Several mobile game engines are used to create mobile games. However, Unity has stood out as one of the most preferred and trusted mobile game engines. A staggering 70% of the top Android and iOS developers use it to develop exceptional mobile games. Let’s find out. And that’s where Unity wins.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

This article will delve into the principles, implementation details, common issues and solutions, memory overhead, and compatibility of the Deferred Rendering technique. I hope to help you advance further in 3D game development. The rendering stages involved in Deferred Rendering.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Rendering: Add options for sorting transparent objects ( GH-69998 ). What's new.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Join us for the latest on NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies, and learn how they are accelerating game development. Join us for the latest on NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies, and learn how they are accelerating game development.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from Dauphin , a 2D RPG in development by Ben / devduck which was recently ported to Godot 4.0 You can follow development via Ben’s awesome YouTube devlogs and Twitter account. Rendering: Remove SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). specifically.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: A lot of bug fixes and improvements in these areas particularly, check out the PRs listed below: Animation, Navigation, GDScript, Rendering. The illustration picture for this article is from an unnamed RPG by developer bitbrain (working title "cave").

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Rendering: Fix Variable Rate Shading issues ( GH-68710 ). Rendering: Finish implementing Canvas Background mode ( GH-68805 ). Rendering: Fix drawing of 2D skeletons in the RD renderer ( GH-68863 ). Multiplayer: Improve network profiler ( GH-68758 ). Multiplayer: Initial Replication profiler ( GH-68835 ). milestone.

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