Crash 4: It's About Time has sold over 5 million copies
Game Developer
APRIL 12, 2024
Crash Bandicoot's 2020 return was more successful than you may have believed.
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Solo dev Walter Woods (Here Below) of Dark and Deep “Strategic partners are crucial”
PreMortem.Games
APRIL 12, 2024
In the upcoming first person horror game Dark and Deep players take on the role of an underachieving IT guy who gets caught up in a conspiracy podcast. As he delves deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole, the real and surreal merge in a nightmarish world filled with weird creatures and deadly secrets. Solo developer Walter Woods , working under the name of Here Below , used the distinctive black and white illustrations of 19th century artist, Gustave Doré as the textures for much of the game.
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How to build branching narrative without breaking the bank
Game Developer
APRIL 12, 2024
Freelance game writer and narrative designer Nessa Cannon wants devs to know they can craft meaningful narrative choices without overscoping.
Taking layoffs too lightly | This Week in Business
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 12, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox This Week in Business is our weekly recap column , a collection of stats and quotes from recent stories presented with a dash of opinion (sometimes more than a dash) and intended to shed light on various trends. Check every Friday for a new entry. This industry takes layoffs too lightly.
'Distributed' studio Possibility Space abruptly shut down by Prytania Media
Game Developer
APRIL 12, 2024
Possibility Space, like Crop Circle, was shut down years after starting up, and before it could finish its debut project.
Possibility Space shuts down
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 12, 2024
Possibility Space has shut down, according to former employees. News of the developer's demise was posted by a former employee on social media , and confirmed separately to GamesIndustry.biz by another developer impacted by the closure. The closure comes just weeks after parent company Prytania Media formally shut down its Crop Circle Games studio.
Avalanche Studios devs form bargaining agreement with Swedish unions
Game Developer
APRIL 12, 2024
Avalanche Studios CEO Stefanía Halldórsdóttir said the bargaining agreements help the studio "[become] one of the best workplaces in the games industry.
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Epic execs say IP holders don't care about Fortnite, but they really want its ecosystem
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APRIL 12, 2024
Epic CTO Kim Libreri and EVP Saxs Persson explain why some of the biggest businesses in the world are flocking to Fortnite.
Avalanche Studios to enter collective bargaining agreement with Swedish labor unions
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APRIL 12, 2024
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Avalanche Studios Group, the developer of Just Cause 4, intends to enter a collective bargaining agreement with Swedish labor unions Unionen and Engineers of Sweden. The agreement, which will apply to all staffers in Sweden, takes effect in Q2 of 2025.
Baldur's Gate 3 crowned Game of the Year at 2024 BAFTA Game Awards
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APRIL 12, 2024
All told, Baldur's Gate 3 may have had one of the most successful award runs of any game in years.
Could subscription services rescue the AA-tier game? | Opinion
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 12, 2024
The demise of the "AA" tier of video games is not a new topic of discussion; it's something that has been pointed out and/or lamented for well over a decade at this point, with the Xbox 360 era often pointed to as being both the swansong and the beginning of the steep decline for lower budget, more quickly developed, and usually more rapidly discounted AA titles.
Pre-Production and Brainstorming Optimization
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APRIL 12, 2024
Here are your big fives on getting over the hurdle of an AI generated Google feed that’s static upon first glance.
GolfGambit: Mini-Golf with a Twist!
Indie DB
APRIL 12, 2024
GolfGambit is an electrifying mini-golf experience with a twist! Strategize and set traps before each round to gain the upper hand or throw off your opponents. Get ready to unleash chaos on the green with GolfGambit!
Establishing partnerships with major IPs: benefits and nuances for mobile game developers
Game Developer
APRIL 12, 2024
Even small companies can forge partnerships with top-tier brands like Disney, Marvel, and Mattel, negotiating collaborations that bring mutual benefits.
Release candidates: Godot 4.1.4 RC 2 & 4.2.2 RC 3
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 12, 2024
Last round of release candidates for the upcoming maintenance releases.
Does it take much work/money to edit cutscenes once finished? Like, you develop a cutscene but then you decide to change details like background, music, clothes, facial expressions of the characters or even add to the scene a character who originally wasn’t supposed to be there. How often does this happen?
Ask a Game Dev
APRIL 12, 2024
The cost of making changes entirely depends on how expensive the individual changes are to make. That is generally dependent on how many people are needed to do the work to make those changes. Once upon a time, back when all cutscenes were pre-rendered FMV, it was tremendously expensive to make changes because making any small change required re-rendering the entire video which was enormously expensive.
Top 10 Cyber Security Testing Companies in USA in 2024
Rocket Brush Studio
APRIL 12, 2024
Businesses are increasingly challenged to protect their networks, data, and systems from growing cyber threats. This rising concern goes beyond simple defense and calls for detailed, proactive plans to address each organization's weak spots. This blog covers the leading cyber security testing companies, offers answers to urgent cybersecurity challenges, and serves as a strategic partner in managing the complexities of today's digital world.
[3.8.2] Android Crash GLES3GPUFramebuffer
Cocos
APRIL 12, 2024
We have a quite downloaded game (more than 50 milion download) which has some crashes at the moment but we cannot find a way to fix it. We are not able to remproduce it and the crash is apparently only on armv7. pid: 0, tid: 19997 >>> com.globalfun.tj2015.google <<< backtrace: #00 pc 0x0000000000219cfe /data/app/com.globalfun.tj2015.google-h4-1qPvpvFTUxyrfRoM3aA==/split_config.armeabi_v7a.apk!
Mastering Nodejs Logging: Best Practices and Techniques
Artoon
APRIL 12, 2024
Welcome to our comprehensive guide on Nodejs logging, Where we deep dive […] The post Mastering Nodejs Logging: Best Practices and Techniques appeared first on Artoon Solutions.
EditBox anomaly
Cocos
APRIL 12, 2024
Hi! When I use a vanilla (no code applied, etc.) EditBox and test it, I have two different results. The Browser test works perfectly, but the Simulator test displays a box in the color of the placeholder label over the background sprite. Does anyone know how to solve this? I took screen recordings to show what’s happening. Browser video /uploads/default/original/3X/0/1/019fec96153e0e42794e306520ac1b7b0b96238e.mp4 Simulator Video /uploads/default/original/3X/5/2/52c71f0d244dabfee25c3d9cb11c212fde
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