Study finds 21 percent of European devs laid off in past year
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
According the Big Games Industry survey, HR and QA have been hit hardest by layoffs within the European games industry between 2023 and 2024.
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Around 21% of European games professionals have been laid off in the past year
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Around 15% of games industry workers in Europe were laid off and subsequently found a new job in 2023/2024, with 6.2% laid off and still searching for work, according to the latest Big Games Industry Employment Survey.
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Halo 2's E3 2003 demo will deploy as a free, playable Steam mod
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Steam owners of the Master Chief Collection will get to play a recreated version of Halo 2's famous gameplay reveal in celebration of its 20th birthday.
Nintendo lowers full-year forecast as H1 sales fall 34% to $3.4bn
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Nintendo has released its financial results for six months ended September 30, showing further declines in both hardware and software sales as the wait for the Switch's successor continues.
How devs can spot AI-generated 3D models
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NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Baked-in lighting, mushy meshes, and high polygon counts are telltale signs of AI-generated work.
Why the European Court of Justice's decision on cheats is not a milestone | Opinion
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NOVEMBER 5, 2024
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) is the highest court in the European Union. Decisions regarding video games are few and far between. So when it rules, we expect the decision to be a game changer.
Nintendo lowers fiscal forecast with Switch hardware and software in decline
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
Does the Switch have enough juice to become Nintendo's best-selling system with a successor on the horizon?
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GameFromScratch.com Gamedev Market: Best of 2024 Bundle The Gamedev Market: Best of 2024 Bundle is currently available on Humble Bundle. This is a collection of game ready 2D sprites, tiles, effects, sound effects and music for creating games. It is organized into the following tiers: 1$ Tier Enemy Sprites Pack 1 – Rogue AdventureCharacter Sprites Pack 1 […] The post Gamedev Market: Best of 2024 Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Admob Plugin Integration
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Hello everyone. I am trying to integrate the AdMob plugin to a generic Cocos Creator project. I have used the following example linked as a template for this: GitHub - cocos/cocos-google-admob. I have the extension installed but I am left with this error as well as the AdMob not working. Keep in mind I added the entire folder of the example without leaving out any files.
Massive Changes to the Unreal Engine/Fab Marketplace Giveaways
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Another question about NPC’s I will sometimes see players just let the NPC kill enemies which usually goes with them struggling to kill them or they take a long time to even getting killed themselves. I’m assuming the same stuff you said in your last post applies to these NPC’s?
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NOVEMBER 5, 2024
We rarely want AI allies to overshadow players - doing so will break the power fantasy. Instead, we want them to look like they're fighting and take a while so that the player can be the hero. You should read this archive post about [ why we don't want AI allies to be too good or too strong ]. TLDR, it doesn't feel fun if the AI allies are too strong. [ Join us on Discord ] and/or [ Support us on Patreon ] Got a burning question you want answered?
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Square Enix is looking to launch its games simultaneously on all platforms more regularly.
Video Player in Windows build
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Video Player in Windows build
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NOVEMBER 5, 2024
I am currently working on a project using Cocos Creator 3.7.2 and I need to integrate a video player. The built-in video player component works fine for web builds, but I am encountering issues with it on Windows builds. I also attempted to implement a video tag through DOM manipulation, but that solution only functions in web builds as well. Does anyone have suggestions or workarounds for getting a video player to work in Windows builds?
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