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The six co-founders have worked at major studios including Bungie, Disney, and EA.

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Editor Introduction Many developers want to have as much uniqueness in their games as possible. Some with their art style, some with their music, and some with gameplay. Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. But finding that perfect one for your game might not be available or even created.

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Game Developer

JULY 18, 2023

Beloved web browser game Neopets is operating under new management.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox EA, Bungie, and Kongerate alums have formed a new games studio Look North World. The developer was established by Alex Seropian, Jay Pecho, Patrick Moran, Kyle Marks, Aaron Marroquin, and Prashant Patil.

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Game Developer

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A combination of increased scope, added features and one particular aspect of Steam's storefront drove the decision to go complete sequel.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2023

Almost 20 major UK games companies have already signed-up to a new pilot programme to benchmark in the video games industry. The project is being run by GamesIndustry.biz and our sister company XpertHR, which currently offers the same service across a number of different industries. The project is designed to help companies pay their teams fairly and retain talent.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox When I was asked if I'd like to speak to James Robinson, the creator of Wordle-like browser game Waffle, I wasn't especially enthusiastic. After Wordle took the world by storm, there was a rush of similar games: Quordle, Factle, Heardle… Waffle was simply another one of those.

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Indie DB

JULY 18, 2023

Last month, we revealed Chicken Police – Into the HIVE! to the world. So we think it's about time we dive into the birth of Chicken Police, Clawville and the world its set in, as well as the making of the reveal trailer!

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JULY 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The appeal process against the UK's block on Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard has been paused for two months. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard were due to face the Competition and Markets Authority in court next week after the regulator said it would not approve the $68.7 billion deal earlier this year.

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JULY 18, 2023

Discover five reasons interactive, digital twin technology is essential to marketing success in the manufacturing sector.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Neopets has announced that it is now an independent company. The firm shared the news in a statement detailing its new direction for the team.

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settingsv2packagesbuilder.json "splash-setting": { "url": "project://settings/splash.png", "clearColor": { "x": 1, "y": 1, "z": 1, "w": 1 }, "displayWatermark": false, "totalTime": 1000, "displayRatio": 2 } How to remove this ‘Created with Cocos’ line?

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2023

UKIE has today announced 11 new principles curated by sectors of the UK games industry to provide guidance on paid loot boxes. The main objectives of these principles, published in full on UKIE's website , include restricting the ability for under-18s to purchase loot boxes without the consent of a parent, carer or guardian, and providing transparent information for players via targeted public information campaigns.

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I’ve posted this similar stack overflow post: tiled - Loading and rendering a Tilemap TMX using Cocos2d-x v4 C++ - Stack Overflow In short, I have a very simple test scene in C++ Cocos2d-x-4 that is loading a tmx file generated from Tiled. – I’ve even following using the same sample png desert texture “tmw_desert_spacing.png” provided in the examples of Tiled Map Editor, – and it seems that it renders in Cocos2d-x-4 just very strange results. virtual bool init() { auto map = TMXTiledMap::create(

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Microsoft and Activision are reportedly in talks to extend today's deadline for the former's proposed $69 billion acquisition. The deal was due to be completed by the end of today (Tuesday, July 18). If it is not, Microsoft is expected to pay a $3 billion fee to Activision Blizzard and renegotiate the terms and price of the acquisition.

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settingsv2packagesbuilder.json "splash-setting": { "url": "project://settings/splash.png", "clearColor": { "x": 1, "y": 1, "z": 1, "w": 1 }, "displayWatermark": false, "totalTime": 1000, "displayRatio": 2 } How to remove this ‘Created with Cocos’ line? I using 3.7.

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Game Errors

JULY 18, 2023

Homeseek is a real-time strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world where Earth is resource-scarce, and water is as valuable as gold. Every decision made is crucial for survival, and with your guidance, your colony may have a chance of staying alive. Unfortunately for strategy fans, it’s a nightmare if the Homeseek won’t launch to enjoy this new Traptics release.

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Ask a Game Dev

JULY 18, 2023

I’ve written about the [ preservation of games ] in the past. The 87% figure doesn’t really surprise me. I’ve said it before, the main issue is a misalignment of incentives. The loss of these games is tragic, but there is currently little incentive for any of these publishers to do something about it. Game publishers have a huge amount of money invested in their intellectual property.

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Game Wisdom

JULY 18, 2023

When Shooters Turned Into RPGs Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" Part 3 of our look at the Shooter genre focusing on the 2010’s, when more RPGs elements were added to shooters and the rise of the “Role Playing Shooter” … The post When Shooters Turned Into RPGs appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Game From Scratch

JULY 18, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Terrain3D – A New Terrain Engine for Godot Terrain3D was just released, a free and open source terrain engine for the Godot game engine. With the recent release of Godot 4 (and Godot 4.1) on of the most requested missing features is a system for creating and editing terrain. There is a proposed terrain system but that is … Terrain3D – A New Terrain Engine for Godot Read More The post Terrain3D – A New Terrain Engine for Godot appeared first on GameFrom

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Game Errors

JULY 18, 2023

League of Legends is one of the biggest multiplayer battle arena games for Windows. It’s a great game, but it can sometimes convey a critical message. For example, many players encounter the League of Legends critical update required message. The message pops up when you try to open an outdated version of LoL, preventing you from launching it.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 18, 2023

Staff at Roblox have reported a climate of marginalisation of minorities and a lack of diversity efforts, according to a new report. Current and former employees spoke to Bloomberg describing their experiences of marginalisation at Roblox, which include discriminatory and racially charged language and a lack of diversity across the company, with few efforts to address it leading staff to seek employment elsewhere.

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Starloop Studios

JULY 18, 2023

In the quickly evolving world of the gaming industry, the ability to reach different audiences using different platforms through cross-platform game development can be crucial to your game’s success. Though related to game porting, cross-platform game development differs in some key ways. There are numerous advantages to consider when investigating the possibility of cross-platform [.

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Game Errors

JULY 18, 2023

“I can’t login into Ubisoft ?” This is a common complaint from many users. The game’s official launcher, Uplay, experiences errors from time to time. One such error is the “unable to login into Ubisoft” error, which hinders players from starting their favorite Ubisoft titles. We have researched some possible workarounds to fix this issue in Ubisoft.

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Filmustage

JULY 18, 2023

Embracing the charm of post-production Post-production, the final stage of filmmaking, is akin to a sculptor carving a beautiful statue out of a rough block of marble. It's a stage that's frequently overlooked, despite being referred to as the "third act of filmmaking". It's in this crucial stage that raw footage morphs into captivating narratives and filmusstage's importance as a platform becomes pronounced.

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Game Errors

JULY 18, 2023

Steam is a video game digital distribution service where gamers can access and play many online games. The service experiences bugs and glitches occasionally, such as the error code E20. This error prevents players from logging into their Steam account, inhibiting game access. When it occurs, players receive the following message: “ Something went wrong while attempting to sign you in.

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Cocos

JULY 18, 2023

Here is my global settings: Here is my entity settings: Logs I put: And the result: And here is, I changed the density and radius. Mass is still 1. And when a bullet with density 1 and radius 5 collides with a Monster with density 100 and radius 100, the monster took a big impulse and flies away of the screen. Cocos version 3.7.

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JULY 18, 2023

Warframe is a free-to-play action third-person shooter online game available on Steam. Unfortunately, many players have reported the game fails to launch or open when downloaded through the Steam launcher. They get the following message after attempting to open Warframe: “Failed to Start warframe Missing Executable. An error occurred while updating Warframe (missing executable)” The error occurs when your PC detects a missing file, which hinders the game launch.

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Game Daily

JULY 18, 2023

Photo by Eddy Lackmann on Unsplash It’s been almost a decade since GamerGate – a mob campaign designed to harass, intimidate and terrorize women and people of color who worked in gaming, including developers and journalists. Although the vile campaign fizzled out, it remains emblematic of an old and enduring ugliness in the game industry – misogynistic and racist harassment of workers.

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Game Errors

JULY 18, 2023

Halo Infinite is a 2021 first-person shooter game with several fans across the globe. Many gamers have reported encountering errors in Halo Infinite, with the latest being Could not find a data center suitable for all members of your fire team. This is often due to network connectivity or latency issues. Since everyone is excited to play the latest Halo Infinite title, it’s no surprise that the servers are getting congested and overloaded, causing errors.

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Game Development News

JULY 18, 2023

In this article, Amiqus’ Liz Prince speaks to Limit Break’s Director Lana Zgombić and Programme Co-Ordinator Lauren Kaye about the organisation and its goals

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Game Errors

JULY 18, 2023

No Man’s Sky , an exploration-focused survival game released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC, has garnered a dedicated following due to its impressive graphics and expansive universe. Unfortunately, No Man’s Sky players have reported experiencing issues such as stuttering, lags, crashes, and frame drops during gameplay, which can ruin your gaming experience.

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Game Development News

JULY 18, 2023

BAFTA will present a masterclass on ‘Exploring Dystopia in Games’ later this month at its headquarters at 195 Piccadilly in London.

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Game Designing

JULY 18, 2023

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been making its presence felt in a wide range of industries, including art and design. AI art — meaning art created with AI — is now a popular art form that offers many benefits and applications. But what is AI art? In this article, we answer this question and share examples to help you understand it better. We also discuss its uses, advantages, and drawbacks as well as share a list of tools and resources you can use to create breathtaking AI art.

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