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Slay the Spire devs followed through on abandoning Unity

Game Developer

Unity's Runtime Fee debacle cost it the trust of several indie developers, and led to Slay the Spire 2 being made in Godot.

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Do you have any insight as to why annual sports titles have not gone the Live Service model yet given the fact each year it is mostly minor tweaks and roster changes anyway?

Ask a Game Dev

I've actually worked on and shipped more than one annual sports title over my career and I want say for the record that the idea that annual sports titles are "mostly minor tweaks and roster changes" is absolutely and categorically false. Annual sports titles absolutely do not have the same scope as AAA games with multi-year dev cycles, but they do absolutely have significant breadth and depth of scope each year beyond "minor tweaks and roster changes".

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CD Projekt boss says the studio needed to change how it makes games

Game Developer

CD Projekt joint-CEO Michal Nowakowski explains how the Cyberpunk developer is learning from the past while looking to the future.

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Command & Conquer invades European March charts as sales improve | European Monthly Charts

GamesIndustry.biz

Command & Conquer games flooded the European charts in March after EA put out a bundle of games on Steam. Five titles in the iconic strategy series make the Top Ten, led by Command & Conquer Generals at No.4. The result of this means that new releases such as WWE 2K24 (No.12), Rise Of The Ronin (No.18) and Princess Peach Showtime (No.23), all chart lower than expected.

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EA reportedly kills Apex Legends' UK-based QA team

Game Developer

50 contract workers have allegedly been let go from Apex Legends' QA team in the UK, weeks before their contracts expire.

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Ubisoft: "If there is no value in gen AI for creatives, it is not going to be adopted"

GamesIndustry.biz

I wanted to convince Iron to come to the pub. She is one of Ubisoft's NEO NPCs that we got to meet during GDC last month. Her task was to work with me in devising a plan to break into a building. In the game, we had a big white board in front of us with a map of the building… but I thought we'd have more fun if we did this down the pub. "We would be more relaxed if we were down the pub," she admitted.

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CD Projekt interested in multiplayer components, but insists single-player games are still king

Game Developer

"It's not about slicing the single-player components even thinner just for the sake of adding multiplayer.

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Why Risk of Rain Returns is taking the series back to 2D

Game Developer

Hopoo co-founder Paul Morse chats about the upcoming game and reveals why the series' future is reverting to its visual past.

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Baldur's Gate 3 sweeps BAFTA Games Awards 2024

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Baldur's Gate 3 was the big winner at this year's BAFTA Games Awards, taking home five prizes - including Best Game and Players' Choice. The seminal RPG added to its ongoing winning streak with accolades for Music and Narrative, with Raphael actor Andrew Wincott named Performer in a Supporting Role.

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Koei Tecmo sues mobile dev Youzoo for repeated copyright infringement

Game Developer

Koei Tecmo claims, despite numerous cease and desists, that Youzoo kept using material from its games to advertise its own mobile titles.

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20 years of the BAFTA Games Awards

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Tonight, London’s Southbank Centre will host the 20th edition of the BAFTA Games Awards. For two decades, one of the most prestigious awards from the world of film and TV has held a dedicated ceremony to recognise excellence in video games and there are no signs of the organisation losing any of its interest or enthusiasm for the medium.

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You're about to start paying more for that EA Play subscription

Game Developer

Monthly and annual subscription fees are rising across both EA Play and EA Play Pro.

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How Fika Productions set sail with their peer-to-peer multiplayer hit Ship of Fools

Unity Blog

Learn how Fika Productions overcame development hurdles to transition Ship of Fools from a local couch co-op into an engaging multiplayer roguelite.

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Report: Dead Space shelved again as Motive prioritizes Iron Man and Battlefield

Game Developer

With Motive taking its time on Battlefield and Iron Man, something has to give.

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Report: Immortals of Avenum maker furloughs majority of its studio

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Immortals of Avenum maker Ascendant Studios has reportedly furloughed most of its staff. As reported by Eurogamer , a former employee took to social media to share details about the matter.

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Smash Indie Hit Sequel Slay the Spire 2 Made with Godot

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Smash Indie Hit Sequel Slay the Spire 2 Made with Godot The sequel to the smash hit indie deck building game Slay the Spire was just announced at the Triple-I showcase. The reason why this is relevant to game developers is MegaCrit are one of the many developers that spoke out after the Unity runtime pricing change releasing the following statement: […] The post Smash Indie Hit Sequel Slay the Spire 2 Made with Godot appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Designer Notes 81: Jake Solomon – Part 2

Designer Notes

In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game developer Jake Solomon, best known for the XCOM reboot and Midnight Suns. They discuss his first, failed attempt at XCOM, why 75% does not mean 75%, and how many copies of XCOM he sold at Power Gamer in Glen Burnie, MD. This episode was recorded on April 26, 2023.

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Koei Tecmo issues lawsuit against Youzu over copyright infringement

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Koei Tecmo has filed a copyright infringement complaint against the Singapore-based subsidiary of games firm Youzu. It alleges that Youzu has used audio and images from the franchises Nobunanga's Ambition and Taiko Risshiden in online advertisements.

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Plague: London 1665 - DEMO out

Indie DB

Unearth secrets in 1665 London's eerie streets. Immerse yourself in our free Plague: London 1665 demo. Discover the city's darkest hour.

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During March Twitch viewership increased by 2%

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox According to StreamElements and Rainmaker. gg's monthly State of the Stream report, Twitch's viewership grew by 2% during March, reaching 1.8 billion hours watched. The streaming platform reached 1.56 billion hours watched throughout the month a year ago.

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Design review: Botany Manor as a quiet dark detective game

Radiator Blog

Botany Manor is a 3 hour first person puzzle game about growing plants while exploring a big beautiful fancy house that smells like British Bake-Off. The main design inspiration here is obviously Gone Home , with a central family-based ambient narrative, household duck homages, and gradually unlocked doors. Many would also compare this to The Witness' soft visual style and sprawling sunny gardens.

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Cursor – AI First Code Editor

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com Cursor – AI First Code Editor Cursor is a new code editor built entirely around AI code assistance. It is a fork of Visual Studio Code with the coding assistant (referred to as Copilot++) functionality tightly integrated. It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux with a few version available with a limited number of GPT […] The post Cursor – AI First Code Editor appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Godot Tactics RPG – 05. Pathfinding

The Liquid Fire

It’s me 7thSage again. I’m back again for part 5. Pathfinding. I expect that this is probably the one a lot of you have been waiting for. Some of you may be expecting us to go down the road of A*(read as A Star), instead we’ll be using a simpler, and in this case faster, method. As we need to find all possible tiles a unit can move to, A* quickly bogs down because it is designed to find a single path from point A to B as quickly as it can, but finding a path from A to B-Z is a

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Understanding different types of Algorithms used in casinos

Game Wisdom

Understanding different types of Algorithms used in casinos Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Casinos have expanded into the virtual world, where technology is king in the digital age. Technology surpasses the physical limits of flashy structures and neon lights. The rise of digital platforms has resulted in many algorithms operating in the background … The post Understanding different types of Algorithms used in casinos appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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The Rule Book: The Building Blocks of Games

Jesper Juul

Presenting The Rule Book: The Building Blocks of Games by Jaakko Stenros and Markus Montola. Out now on MIT Press in the Playful Thinking series. How games are built on the foundations of rules, and how rules—of which there are only five kinds—really work. Board games to sports, digital games to party games, gambling to role-playing games. They all share one thing in common: rules.

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Understanding Async Await in Node js: Best Practices and Examples

Artoon

If you’re looking to get started with async await in Node js, […] The post Understanding Async Await in Node js: Best Practices and Examples appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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How to make a neon effect in a shader?

Cocos

Please tell me how to make a neon effect in a shader? ( 2D project ) I didn’t find a built-in tool to make a neon effect. (I was looking) But I assume that the effect is in the 3D project when installing the material. But I have a 2D project. Can anyone tell me how I can achieve the neon effect. I tried to make a neon effect through code. but I don’t understand how I can access the pixels that are located on the edge of the image outline.

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How to Install Node js on Windows: Quick and Easy

Artoon

Are you new to development? Don’t know how to install node js […] The post How to Install Node js on Windows: Quick and Easy appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Animation property missing

Cocos

Hi! I’m trying to edit my animation and I want to turn off one of my nodes.

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Fan Collective Unimatrix 47: Where Will Star Trek: Discovery’s Final Season Go From Here?

Game Industry News

We’re finally getting to see the final season of Star Trek: Discovery , the show that kickstarted our current Star Trek renaissance, and it’s pretty fitting that the show’s primary new theme seems to be finding what we want in the world. I obviously don’t mean here whether we want to see Star Trek: Legacy , which we do, but rather what we want out of life, where we see ourselves belonging.

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Can't set active true false inside animation clip. Cocos Creator 3.7.0

Cocos

even in the newest version 3.8.

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Cocos creator android cannot connect to websocketsecure

Cocos

instead of ws connection, i connect to wss.

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Cocos creator android cannot connect to websocketsecure

Cocos

instead of ws connection, i connect to wss.

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Cocos creator android cannot connect to websocketsecure

Cocos

instead of ws connection, i connect to wss.

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