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Red Faction game from Chorus dev Fishlabs among cancelled Embracer projects

Game Developer

Under Fishlabs' direction, the Red Faction series would've returned with a goal of evoking the cult classic, Red Faction: Guerrilla.

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IO Interactive's mission to speed up game development | GI Sprint

GamesIndustry.biz

When Ulas Karademir last worked at IO Interactive, it was a Square Enix-owned, Danish game developer that made Hitman. He left in 2014, and has since held numerous senior roles at Unity, before joining Crytek co-founder Cevat Yerli to build an engine for distributed development (RealityOS). Now he's back at IO as the firm's chief technology officer, and he's walked into a very different company.

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Inefficient or Unexplored: Insights from a Year-Long Study on 2D-Normal Map Generators

Game Developer

This article is a reflection on a year spent researching 2D-Normal map generators and artist tools as well as an educational resource for those interested in the field.

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In the Switch's eighth year, Nintendo can still surprise | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

It's almost a truism at this point, but there is arguably no company in the games industry that protects its secrecy quite as closely or as well as Nintendo. Its tight control over information about its upcoming products rarely slips, and any third-party studio that has ever worked on a Nintendo property can vouch for how seriously the company takes information control and leak prevention.

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Xbox Game Studios boss: Tango Gameworks closure was 'forward-thinking' decision

Game Developer

It was also implied that personnel changes within Tango influenced the decision makers at Microsoft.

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Symbol of Sacrifice Demo Out Now!

Indie DB

To celebrate Steam NextFest, Umbrella Labs has released the highly anticipated demo for their debut game Symbol of Sacrifice!

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Xbox's Matt Booty suggests leadership change was a factor in Tango Gameworks closure

GamesIndustry.biz

Xbox executive Matt Booty has offered more insight into the platform holder's decision to close Tango Gameworks, suggesting the studio's recent change of leadership was a key factor. Speaking on Variety's Strictly Business podcast , spotted by Eurogamer , the head of Xbox Game Studios was asked whether Microsoft sought another buyer before closing the Japan-based developer.

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Monster Hunter Wilds' open world leap is thanks to growing global popularity

Game Developer

The key creatives behind Capcom's series explain why their next game had to go even bigger.

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Nintendo Direct and the year ahead | GI Microcast

GamesIndustry.biz

You can now download or watch the latest episode of the GI Microcast, which covers (among other things) the latest Nintendo Direct. We discuss the line-up shown with new Mario, Zelda and Metroid titles on display , and ponder what this says about the Switch's final year before its successor arrives. We also look at the untapped potential for the Metroid franchise.

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Microsoft developing native version of Minecraft for PS5

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Can't stop the block.

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Keep calm and carriage on: Dovetail’s Jon Rissik tracks 15 years of train games

Game Development News

We always love an anniversary here at MCV (especially when it gives us the opportunity to mark it with a few tortuous puns) and this month marks fifteen years since Dovetail Games first left the proverbial station.

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On the topic of “what the player is doing”, what do you feel about so called walking simulators? How does the design of a game where the player is largely is moving from point a to b is defined?

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Even in walking simulators, there's still the active element of moving around the environment and examining each item. The player retains agency in exploration games, even though there aren't too many other overt actions to take. Consider a "walking simulator" like The Talos Principle. The actions that the player take include exploring environments, collecting puzzle pieces, avoiding obstacles, jamming obstacles, moving boxes, climbing boxes, using boxes to obstruct enemies, and that neat time r

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The winners of the MCV/DEVELOP Awards 2024!

Game Development News

Last night 600 games industry professionals came together to attend the 2024 MCV/DEVELOP Awards, which took place at a packed Royal Lancaster Hotel overlooking London’s Hyde Park.

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

NewProject.zip (7.3 MB) I did the same in above project and it’s working fine for me. You can try running the above one and compare it with your code. If you still don’t get the problem, Create a project with that snippet so I can reproduce it and check the issue.

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[From the industry] Narwhal accelerator funds all-in-one game development tool, Magify

Game Development News

Narwhal, a gaming industry initiative dedicated to supporting startup gaming and game tech companies, is excited to announce its investment in Magify, an innovative game tech company with an end-to-end Business Intelligence system platform for mobile game developers. Although the deal’s financial details remain undisclosed, this partnership marks a significant milestone for both entities.

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You are trying to destroy a object twice or more

Cocos

Hi, I’m trying to destroy a node in Contact2DType.BEGIN_CONTACTcallback but get You are trying to destroy a object twice or more. error. I’m also checking for if (this.node && this.node.isValid) this.node.destroy(); just to be sure, but nothing changes. If I wait fo the next loop it works as expected setTimeout(() => { if (this.node && this.node.isValid) this.node.destroy(); }, 0) Any advice ?

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Godot returns: gamescom latam

Mircosoft Game Dev

Godot will be present at gamescom latam once again: meet contributors and fellow gamedevs at the booth, or sign up to our very own party!

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Import and using a cocos2d-html5 jsb-link

Cocos

badnguyenky: can I using this jsb-link in another project? For example the jsb-link is a card game, and I want to use it in my project (Open the card game by clicking a button) No, you can’t. Just as I said before, the jsb-link is an after-building project of Cocos Creator. the code and assets have been compiled and packed.

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What is React Native? A Beginner’s Complete Guide for 2024

Artoon

Curious about what is React Native and how it can revolutionize cross […] The post What is React Native? A Beginner’s Complete Guide for 2024 appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Import and using a cocos2d-html5 jsb-link

Cocos

badnguyenky: can I using this jsb-link in another project? For example the jsb-link is a card game, and I want to use it in my project (Open the card game by clicking a button) No, you can’t. Just as I said before, the jsb-link is an after-building project of Cocos Creator. the code and assets have been compiled and packed.

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You are trying to destroy a object twice or more

Cocos

Hi, I’m trying to destroy a node in Contact2DType.BEGIN_CONTACTcallback but get You are trying to destroy a object twice or more. error. I’m also checking for if (this.node && this.node.isValid) this.node.destroy(); just to be sure, but nothing changes. If I wait fo the next loop it works as expected setTimeout(() => { if (this.node && this.node.isValid) this.node.destroy(); }, 0) Any advice ?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

NewProject.zip (7.3 MB) I did the same in above project and it’s working fine for me. You can try running the above one and compare it with your code. If you still don’t get the problem, Create a project with that snippet so I can reproduce it and check the issue.

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m not sure what you want. So can you please provide with a snippet of project with that code so I can reproduce it or atleast the code that is causing error?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Cannot read property 'SetActive' of null

Cocos

I’m sure that RigidBody2D has been added to Node. I create a GoldManager to spawn Gold, Gold will drop to hit the Floor. Has anyone encountered this issue yet?

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Import and using a cocos2d-html5 jsb-link

Cocos

Hello guys, I am new to Cocos Creator, I have a school task that is import and using this jsb-link project, how to do it properly?

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