Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Why job hunt when you can stay at a beach for a year?

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We can finally reveal the finalists for the special awards at the UK GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2024. NaturalMotion Games and Rocksteady have been nominated in five categories, with Rare up for three, and Playground Games, Playtonic, Sumo, King and CCP all up for two prizes each. These are the finalists for our Special Awards only, which are for excellence in specific areas.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Despite losing staff, studio head Robert Bowling says Midnight Society will release its debut project, Deadrop, in 2025.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Sony has finally announced the long-rumoured PlayStation 5 Pro, which launches this November. In a presentation by lead architect Mark Cerny, the company discussed the key technical features that "substantially improves" on the performance of the standard PS5. The big three additions are a larger graphics processing unit, advanced ray tracing techniques, and AI-driven upscaling, with the aim of delivering more detailed graphics at 60 frames per second.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Saber Interactive's newly released sequel is also now the brand's most-played Warhammer game on Steam.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

New studio Mother Games has come out of stealth, announcing that it's raised $5 million in pre-seed funding. BoxGroup, Shine, and Lerer Hippeau Ventures contributed to the round, with the funds going towards the development of the firm's first title, called Le Zoo, as well as future projects. Mother Games is based in New York and describes itself as a creator of "experiences designed to awaken players to their own mental programming and expand their inner worlds through play.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The new console will retail for $699 and launch on November 7.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Developer Bastien Giafferi talks about the thought process behind designing interfaces for analysis tools and databases, and how the story beats shape in-game systems.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The PR harvest keeps going strongly for Godot 4.4, with massive new features such as typed dictionaries and error-less project import!

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Perforce

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

GitLab is an integrated solution that covers the entire DevOps lifecycle. And, Helix QAC is a static code analyzer that has been designed to optimize DevOps processes, like CI/CD Pipelines. When used together, these tools provide software development teams with a powerful solution.

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Rocket Brush Studio

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This blog highlights the top 10 digital accessibility testing companies in the USA, focusing on their expertise in ensuring web and mobile applications comply with accessibility standards. It covers key services offered by each company, making it easier to choose the right partner.

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Bforartis – A More Approachable Blender Today we are revisiting Bforartist, a project we first featured all the way back in 2018 when the 1.0 version was released. Bforartists is a fork of the popular open source 3D application Blender with a focus on making the user experience more artist friendly. The primary differences between Blender […] The post Bforartis – A More Approachable Blender appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

A surreal RPG with a traditional turn-based combat.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It's not often that companies part ways on good terms, but this was the case for Thundeful and Headup when their three-year partnership came to an end in January 2024. The Germany-based company was sold as part of Thunderful's restructuring process earlier this year , which Headup's CEO and founder Dieter Schoeller describes as "very smooth" when we catch up at this year's Devcom.

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Yotes Games

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It's been a week since launch and a new Week One Patch [1.0.3] is set to soon go live everywhere! (As of this post it's up on Windows already!) And as for how sales are going? Amazing. Our best release yet, beating both of Unicorn Training's launches (2014 & 2024) by a mile. We've closed out Day 7 with 1000+ copies of BGP being played by folks out there!

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Apple unveiled its latest iPhone yesterday, with the firm saying it's able to run AAA games – a feature that was previously limited to its pricier Pro range. The iPhone 16 features a new A18 chip which Apple claims makes it 30% faster over an iPhone 15's CPU. The firm said that it means it's "enabling demanding AAA games, as well as a big boost in battery life.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Player feedback is the lifeblood of successful game development. In an industry where player preferences and expectations evolve rapidly, understanding and responding to feedback is crucial for creating games that resonate with audiences. In this blog post, we will explore why user feedback is not just beneficial, but essential for developing games that stand the test of time.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Mental health-focused studio DeepWell has received clearance from the US' Food and Drug Administration for its biofeedback SDK to be used therapeutically to help with stress reduction and high blood pressure. This means DeepWell will be able to make the SDK available to other firms who might want to use it, with the end goal to "accelerate the commercialisation of video games and other immersive media as FDA-cleared digital therapeutics," the announcement said.

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Juego Studio

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Creating compelling game characters is essential for capturing players' attention and driving the narrative. This guide covers the do's of game character design, from developing unique personalities to ensuring dynamic growth and meaningful interactions, helping you craft characters that leave a lasting impact.

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Nvidia

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Accelerate your OpenUSD workflows with this free curriculum for developers and 3D practitioners. Accelerate your OpenUSD workflows with this free curriculum for developers and 3D practitioners.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

It really depends on what you want to do. If you want to be a hobbyist, then I suggest reading my guide on the [ minimum competence needed ] to be able to contribute to a game development team. Then, start doing each of these things - write code, create art assets, build a level, make something playable. As you learn to do these tasks and level up, you'll become a generalist that's able to make a lot of contributions to a dev team.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

We are experiencing significant performance issues on iOS devices, with poor FPS and high battery consumption. Upon profiling, we discovered the following: • The frameMove function consumes about 25% to 50% of the total execution time. • Handling of touch events accounts for significant execution time. We are curious to know if any performance improvements have been made since then, particularly for iOS builds These issues are likely from iOS’s restriction on Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation, lead

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Game Wisdom

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

The Ever-Frustrating Optimization Problem in Gaming Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com If you’re old enough to have experienced the generation of the PlayStation 1 and Nintendo 64, then you know the pain that poor gaming performance imparts. These systems were the first home consoles to chase full 3D in a mainstream … The post The Ever-Frustrating Optimization Problem in Gaming appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Hello, I want to sell my games on cocos store On account dashboard, I uploaded my Vietnamese ID photo to the dashboard, but after 1 week, the status is still " personal authentication Certification Status: To Audit", therefore I can not sell games on cocos store. Please help me to process my account. Account: quy1403a2@gmail.

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Artoon

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Introduction Are you looking to build a high-performing mobile app but can’t […] The post 15 Top React Native Development Companies in 2024 appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Hello, I want to sell my games on cocos store On account dashboard, I uploaded my Vietnamese ID photo to the dashboard, but after 1 week, the status is still " personal authentication Certification Status: To Audit", therefore I can not sell games on cocos store. Please help me to process my account. Account: quy1403a2@gmail.

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Artoon

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Creating an app often requires a reliable database for android app. Did […] The post How to Choose the Right Database For Android App appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

[libMyGame.so!libMyGame.so] cocos2d::Renderer::processRenderCommand(cocos2d::RenderCommand*) Scudo ERROR: invalid chunk state when deallocating address 0x pid: 0, tid: 6449 >>> com.MyPackage <<< backtrace: #00 pc 0x00000000000513c4 /apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/libc.so (abort+180) #01 pc 0x0000000000041438 /apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/libc.so (scudo::die()+8) #02 pc 0x0000000000041b20 /apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/libc.so (scudo::ScopedErrorRep

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

[libMyGame.so!libMyGame.so] cocos2d::Renderer::processRenderCommand(cocos2d::RenderCommand*) Scudo ERROR: invalid chunk state when deallocating address 0x pid: 0, tid: 6449 >>> com.MyPackage <<< backtrace: #00 pc 0x00000000000513c4 /apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/libc.so (abort+180) #01 pc 0x0000000000041438 /apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/libc.so (scudo::die()+8) #02 pc 0x0000000000041b20 /apex/com.android.runtime/lib64/bionic/libc.so (scudo::ScopedErrorRep

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