Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

We spoke with Valve veteran turned studio founder Matt T. Wood about the design parameters behind this charming puzzle platformer.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2024

The games industry is in constant flux; what we think we know today as fact is gone often completely different the next day. Once upon a time, we used to go to a brick and mortar shop to buy the latest releases; now we can snap them up online and download them to our device without leaving our homes. Developers used to have to partner with publishers for their games to reach market; now they can use digital platforms and release their wares into the world without a middle man.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

The company claims shunning AI models will lead to it being 'outrun' by its competitors.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 20, 2024

In the upcoming survival-climber game Cairn by French developer The Game Bakers, players step into the role of professional climber Aava, who embarks on a daring ascent of Mount Kami, a summit never before conquered. Along her journey, Aava encounters unexpected companions and will gradually uncover the mountain’s mysterious history. Players are challenged to decide what Aava is willing to sacrifice to achieve her dream.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

At this point, the N. Sane Trilogy may be the best-selling Crash game(s) across the character's almost 30-year history.

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Games 313

GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2024

If your game isn't fun or feasible, kill it. That's the advice of Free Lives' Dominique Gawlowski, Ant Workshop's Tony Gowland, and indie game developer and consultant Rami Ismail, who have banded together to share their experience on lowering game development costs for our new GI Sprint series of videos, podcasts, and articles about making games cheaper, faster, and better.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

Cut to Bits' Venture in the Vile only released this past May, and the studio is already cutting most of its small staff.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

Much like how it develops phones, Apple is looking at creating a second, cheaper version of its Vision Pro headset, albeit with reduced features.

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Indie DB

JUNE 20, 2024

Have you ever wondered what it's like to face nightmares from the perspective of a baby? "Baby Blues Nightmares" is a unique horror game that invites you into a world where ordinary toys turn into sinister adversaries and a cozy nursery becomes a battleground.

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Demo Horror Games 101

Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

The two will team on Rundisc's next project, which has been billed as another original property.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2024

Sony Interactive Entertainment will reportedly not attend this year's Gamescom in Cologne. The platform holder told German trade outlet Games Wirtschaft , spotted by VGC , that it will not be exhibiting at the annual games trade show. GamesIndustry.biz has reached out to Sony for confirmation.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

This article explores how emotional design features - colours and shapes - influence player perception of pixel art characters. By understanding these design elements, game developers can create characters that elicit specific emotional responses, improving player engagement and retention. The article includes practical tips on applying these findings to character design in pixel art.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2024

Embracer Group is a step closer to clearing its debts after paying SEK 3.2 billion ($300 million) on its revolving credit facility. The group told lenders today that it had made the repayment towards the credit it has borrowed. The full repayment is due by May 2025, and Embracer reported this installment is "in accordance with [the] plan." The May deadline was part of extension agreements Embracer secured on its credit and loans back in December.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

AI is a powerful tool that can support and amplify an artist's creativity when deployed strategically and thoughtfully across an organization.

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Game From Scratch

JUNE 20, 2024

GameFromScratch.com GB Studio 4 Released GB Studio, the free and open source retro game engine for creating GameBoy style (in fact… GameBoy ROMs!) games have just released GB Studio 4. It provides everything you need to create a game from art, level and music creation tools to an intuitive game programming interface. Available for Windows, […] The post GB Studio 4 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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Game Developer

JUNE 20, 2024

Voting changes and eligibility tweaks will impact some categories.

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Games 291

GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2024

Tripledot Studios has acquired fellow mobile game company Zephyr Mobile for an undisclosed sum. As reported by Pocket Gamer , Zephyr and its 55 staff will continue to be run by CEO Serge Morozov, out of its Warsaw HQ. The studio is known for a variety of casual titles and apps. Developer and publisher Tripledot is mainly known for mobile title Woodoku.

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Indie DB

JUNE 20, 2024

Been a long time coming, and wishlists are now on the menu brewers!

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AWS Games

JUNE 20, 2024

In the highly competitive gaming industry, collecting and utilizing data has become a driving factor for game success. Game studios of all sizes have realized the immense value in analyzing player data to drive key business decisions. Additionally, the trend of releasing Games-as-a-Service where revenue is primarily generated from in-app purchases, subscriptions, and other microtransactions, has further increased the importance of understanding your players and game at a deeper level.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 20, 2024

Godot 4.3 is in beta, and progressing well towards stable. This beta 2 fixes many critical issues reported by testers of the previous snapshots.

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 20, 2024

If we're developing a cross-platform game, we aim for the best performance we can squeeze out of our lead platform. If we're targeting PS5 as our lead SKU, that's 16 gigs of RAM, 8 cores at 3.5 GHz, and so on. We aim the majority of our dev time for that first and then we adjust up/down for the other platforms we're building for to stay within reasonable performance specs.

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Cocos

JUNE 20, 2024

Lukeluo: pthread_cond_timedwait In your game, what is the approximate size of the audio files, how many can be played simultaneously, and what is the maximum number? Are there logs from other threads when an ANR occurs?

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Games 52

Game Wisdom

JUNE 20, 2024

Kickstarter Preview for Sunset Devils Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" This is a preview of the demo build of Sunset Devils which is finishing up a Kickstarter campaign at the time of this posting. Store Page Kickstarter … The post Kickstarter Preview for Sunset Devils appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Cocos

JUNE 20, 2024

jsb-link is a built folder for Cocos Creator, not the project of Cocos Creator. On the other hand, it’s not a source code of Cocos Creator project, it’s just a built project. You can open the proj.android studio with Android Studio, and open the *.xcodeproj with Xcode.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 20, 2024

Remember the first time you entered the world of Hyrule in “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild”? Or the moment you met the charming characters in “Animal Crossing”? These memorable experiences are thanks to the amazing power of game art production. From stunning landscapes to unforgettable character designs, game art shapes how we connect with our favorite games.

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Cocos

JUNE 20, 2024

In your game, what is the approximate size of the audio files, how many can be played simultaneously, and what is the maximum number? Are there logs from other threads when an ANR occurs?

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Games 40

Cocos

JUNE 20, 2024

Sooo. I got this every time I do something like an #include This is the error: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "path" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer or URL. Received undefined the other stuff behind this is: at Object.openSync (fs.js:468:10) at Object.func [as openSync] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:1846) at readFileSync (fs.js:377:35) at e.readFileSync (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:8872) at Object.refresh (/Applications/Cocos/Creator/3.8.3/.

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Cocos

JUNE 20, 2024

EDIT: I am now taking a deepdive into how the CC Shadersystem works. I think I can get rid of this error myself. I have an idea why this might throw an error. (Besides, the CC effect VS Extension does nothing for me: I am on Mac OXSX 10.14.6, so maybe it will not work on a(n older) Mac?) Below is the original Answer, without the CCEffects Shader Examples that I wanted to add, but that is now obsolete: Sure!

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Cocos

JUNE 20, 2024

Sooo. I got this every time I do something like an #include This is the error: TypeError [ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE]: The "path" argument must be of type string or an instance of Buffer or URL. Received undefined the other stuff behind this is: at Object.openSync (fs.js:468:10) at Object.func [as openSync] (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:1846) at readFileSync (fs.js:377:35) at e.readFileSync (electron/js2c/asar_bundle.js:5:8872) at Object.refresh (/Applications/Cocos/Creator/3.8.3/.

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Cocos

JUNE 20, 2024

can I using this jsb-link in another project?

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Games 52