Developer ProbablyMonsters lays off Battle Barge staff after project cancellation
Game Developer
OCTOBER 30, 2024
According to one artist impacted by these new layoffs, this marks the third unrevealed project ProbablyMonsters has cancelled.
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Solo dev Vladyslav Pidiashenko “I hope IHAS will inspire players to better their lives”
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 30, 2024
In the upcoming Sci-Fi Action-Puzzle FPS IHAS , from Ukrainian solo developer Vladyslav Pidiashenko , players wake up aboard a giant, desolate spaceship swarming with hostile robots. With no recollection of the past, players are guided only by a mysterious, familiar voice as they search for a way off the vessel. “I wanted IHAS to deal with so many philosophical concepts,” Pidiashenko explains. “What inspires me is the belief that I can make a great video game that will influenc
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Ubisoft's recovery from weak half-year to involve 'addressing polarized comments' about company
Game Developer
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Despite missing first-half projections for the year, CEO Yves Guillemot said a solid performance of back catalog games 'reaffirms the quality' of Ubisoft brands.
Activision Blizzard QA staff walk out over return to office mandate
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OCTOBER 30, 2024
Workers from Activision Blizzard's QA department in Eden Prairie, Minnesota have walked out in protest against the firm's return-to-office mandate.
Veteran devs claim smaller teams could mean more successful games
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OCTOBER 30, 2024
More indie studios are being opened by established game devs, bringing with them a return to a leaner development process.
Meet the Singapore trade association balancing support for indies with attracting overseas firms
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At Gamescom Asia, former Sony exec Shawn Layden described Southeast Asia as the region "where all the next great opportunities are going to come from" for the games industry.
Unity's new CTO is former King exec and Havok co-founder Steve Collins
Game Developer
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Collins has been tasked with accelerating 'product innovation, quality, and stability.
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GameSpot staff endure another round of job cuts
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Maximum number of sprites?
Cocos
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Also you can check left memory, low memory and threshold status through the method below. private void getMemoryInfo() { ActivityManager manager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE); ActivityManager.MemoryInfo info = new ActivityManager.MemoryInfo(); manager.getMemoryInfo(info); Log.e("Memory","total mem:"+(info.totalMem / (1024*1024))+"M"); Log.e("Memory","left mem:"+(info.availMem / (1024*1024))+"M"); Log.e("Memory","in low mem："+info.lowMemory ); Log.e("Memory","thre
ProbablyMonsters lays off "about 50 people" as Battle Barge project cancelled
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OCTOBER 30, 2024
ProbablyMonsters has laid off "about 50 people.
Maximum number of sprites?
Cocos
OCTOBER 30, 2024
You can check the memory limit of your app in android app through the method below: private void getMaxMemoryInfo(){ Runtime rt = Runtime.getRuntime(); long maxMemory = rt.maxMemory(); Log.e("MaxMemory:", Long.toString(maxMemory/(1024*1024))); ActivityManager activityManager = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(Context.ACTIVITY_SERVICE); Log.e("MemoryClass:", Long.toString(activityManager.getMemoryClass())); Log.e("LargeMemoryClass:", Long.toString(activityManager.
recently i was watching a youtuber play mario party against 3 other AI controlled characters and it got me thinking. when it comes to games like mario party (Or any other game where you have an AI controlled opponent like XCOM) how do developers even begin to design an AI opponent who isnt automatically faster than you in a mini game of speed, or doesnt automatically know the solution to a puzzle in a room before you do and still has to figure it out, or cant guess the correct solution to a quiz automatically, all while still making it feel like you could actually lose to the AI without it feeling overly unfair?
Ask a Game Dev
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Whenever we design anything, we usually start from the goal and work our way backwards. Our goal for these AI players is absolutely not for them to try to win - that would actually be quite easy, as you say. If we wanted the AI to win, it would always play optimally and, if we wanted, could cheat via inhuman reactions, frame-perfect inputs, utilize CPU-only knowledge, never take a shot that could miss, never make an execution mistake, and so on.
Maximum number of sprites?
Cocos
OCTOBER 30, 2024
I got it to work by cutting the spritesheets down 50% in each direction. They still look just as good, so I think I was hitting some memory threshold.
Nightingale dev Inflexion Games lays off staff as UK office shuts down
Game Developer
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Inflexion's UK staff previously indicated the studio's office was being closed, and CEO Aaryn Flynn said the Canada team will also undergo restructuring.
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