Unity Blog
JULY 6, 2023
We’ve curated a collection of resources to help you expand your game development skills, processes, and management, bringing you to professional game creator status in no time.
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 7, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report from Niko Partners says that women make up 37% of game players in Asia. The market research and consulting firm's data was derived from a survey of 7,548 participants across 11 Asian markets.
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Game Developer
JULY 3, 2023
The company said it doesn't want to "discourage" the use of AI content on Steam, but reiterated that devs must ensure they have the "appropriate rights to ship their game.
PreMortem.Games
JULY 4, 2023
AppMagic has released a new quarterly report with an overview of the most successful hypercasual games on the market right now. Comparing total downloads of Q2 2023 to Q1 2023, we see a decrease of about 5%. The market has shrunk from 3.9B to 3.7B installs over the past three months. A larger drop can be identified if we compare Q2 2023 to Q2 2022.
The GameDev Guru
JULY 10, 2023
A solid build pipeline for your projects that actually helps you save 20h/week or more. Is this too much of an ask? Look inside.
Nvidia
JULY 10, 2023
If you are a DirectX 12 (DX12) game developer, you may have noticed that GPU times displayed in real time in your game HUD may change over time for a given. If you are a DirectX 12 (DX12) game developer, you may have noticed that GPU times displayed in real time in your game HUD may change over time for a given pass. This may be the case even if nothing has changed on the application side.
Unity Blog
JULY 3, 2023
Discover the latest Tech Stream (2023.1) for early access to explore the latest and newest Unity engine features.
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Game Developer
JULY 11, 2023
The Entertainment Software Association says it's committed to defending current copyright practices—which makes game preservation all the more difficult.
PreMortem.Games
JULY 7, 2023
Image: Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty – CD Projekt Red According to the latest report on the state of the games industry in Poland , the country ties with France at second place after the UK for biggest European games industries. With a workforce of 15.290 people (24% female), Poland is still well behind the UK’s 21.000. If you compare revenues however, we find Poland quite a few places lower.
The GameDev Guru
JULY 2, 2023
In this blog post I will show you how to use object pooling in Unity 2021 with this new official API so you don't have to mess with 3rd party code that breaks on every Unity upgrade.
Game From Scratch
JULY 10, 2023
GameFromScratch.com UPBGE Blender Game Engine 0.36 Released All the way back with the release of Blender 2.8 over 5 years ago the game engine functionality was removed from Blender. Thankfully the UPBGE project has kept the game engine alive with a special fork called UPBGE. Following hot on the release of Blender 3.6 the UPBGE project have … UPBGE Blender Game Engine 0.36 Released Read More The post UPBGE Blender Game Engine 0.36 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Unity Blog
JULY 5, 2023
Our new sample, Happy Harvest , shows new techniques for creating 2D lights, shadows, animation, and VFX with the Universal Render Pipeline in Unity 2022 LTS.
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 3, 2023
Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is back at No.1 again in the UK physical retail charts. The open world adventure game has now secured six No.1s since it released eight weeks ago. It briefly had to accept second place during the weeks that Diablo 4 and Final Fantasy 16 were released. This is all GfK physical retail data. Final Fantasy 16 was last week's No.1, but drops to second place this week after a 78% fall in sales.
Game Developer
JULY 6, 2023
Riot Forge boss Rowan Parker breaks down the business model for publishing League of Legends spinoffs.
Indie DB
JULY 8, 2023
Unleash your strategic might soon in Five Nations - Renegades - Wishlist now.
Game Dev Unchained
JULY 5, 2023
This episode is sponsored by [link] 56% off subscription 20% for one-time purchases with my code GAMEDEV20 Introducing a special guest Max Fink, one of the developers behind the steam sensation, Battle Bit Remastered. Pham and Max delved deep into the world of indie game development, discussing everything from the inception of the game to its surprising success.
PreMortem.Games
JULY 24, 2023
The Invincible is the debut game of Starward Industries , a new studio based in Kraków, Poland. For the last couple of years the team has been working hard to transform the gripping story from the novel with the same name by Polish sci-fi author Stanislaw Lem, into a thrilling adventure game. “We want to spread awareness of Lem’s work and philosophy via the video game genre.” Starward Industries may be a new studio, it’s definitely not short on experience.
Logic Simplified
JULY 31, 2023
There is one area every game designer must focus on to ensure that their games are captivating enough to entertain and provide an impactful experience to the user: game mechanics. When creating a new game, video game mechanics are often considered the most important factor. In this blog, we will explain game mechanics, their benefits, and the crucial role of a game designer in utilizing these mechanics to craft captivating games.
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 7, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Unity CEO John Riccitiello has offered more insight into the engine provider's plans for AI tools and more, despite the recent setback with its assets marketplace. In an interview with Axios , Riccitiello said his company is embracing artificial intelligence tools to aid game developers rather than to endanger their jobs, and promised that Unity will do right be creators when it comes to the datasets its own AI is train
Game Developer
JULY 7, 2023
Having source code for the original Far Cry out in the wild ensures the game may get to be preserved in history and opens it up to modification by players.
Indie DB
JULY 9, 2023
Check out what is been new with Stellar Sovereigns since its release in March 2023.
AWS Games
JULY 26, 2023
Advancing the art of virtual reality (VR) storytelling is one the primary objectives of Meta’s Oculus Studios, the division that publishes popular multiplayer games, including “Population One,” “Onward VR,” and “Beat Saber.” As Meta’s Oculus Studios continues to evolve, establishing a reliable and scalable game development and hosting backend that their VR storytellers can tap is key.
PreMortem.Games
JULY 21, 2023
In early 2021, Cukia Kimani , co-founder of South Africa’s renowned studio Nyamakop , and a close-knit circle of four friends embarked on an extraordinary challenge that involved making 12 games in 12 months. What made their daring endeavour truly exceptional was not just the ambitious nature of their quest, but also the ingenious three-step process they implemented each month.
Cocos
JULY 28, 2023
This article is part of a two-part series by Kylin, the ecological director at Cocos. In Cocos Creator version 3.8, several useful features have been added, and one of my favorites is that it comes with its own post-effects pipeline and a number of advanced effects built in. There’s FSR, ColorGrading, and Bloom for enhanced graphics. There’s also HBAO for enhanced 3D spatiality. and TAA and FXAA for anti-aliasing.
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 7, 2023
Yuji Naka, former Square Enix and Sega developer, has been found guilty of insider trading. As reported by VGC , per Jiji Press , Naka has been given a suspended sentence of two years and six months in prison, with four years probation. He has received two fines totalling ¥173 million ($1.2 million).
Game Developer
JULY 4, 2023
The merger has been "unconditionally approved" by The Competition Tribunal.
Logic Simplified
JULY 24, 2023
Researchers, professionals or game app developers all need to remain up-to-date with the recent advancements as well as features of the Unity engine to create and enjoy the best games possible. The creators of the popular JetBrains Rider IDE wrote on their blog“ At present, Unity stands out as one of the most popular and versatile cross-platform game engines available, catering to the creation of 2D, 3D, virtual reality, and augmented reality games.
Deconstructor of Fun
JULY 24, 2023
You might know Playrix as the company that entered market segments dominated by King (Candy Sagas) and Supercell (Hay Day) only to beat both at what they are great at. But this write-up is not about Playrix's ability to out-execute rivals. Instead, we’ll be talking about how Playrix outperformed most of the games industry in their ability to work from home efficiently and at scale.
PreMortem.Games
JULY 19, 2023
Image: Clone Drone in the Danger Zone – Doborog You don’t necessarily need to use an off-the-shelf matchmaker for your game. You might want to create your own. Here are the best practices. At some point, you’ll probably want a matchmaker for your multiplayer game. It’s a critical part of making sure that your players can actually join a match.
Cocos
JULY 18, 2023
Editor Introduction Many developers want to have as much uniqueness in their games as possible. Some with their art style, some with their music, and some with gameplay. Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. But finding that perfect one for your game might not be available or even created.
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 7, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sega is easing up on its plans for blockchain gaming, following crashes in the cryptocurrency market and cooling interest in NFTs. The publisher's co-chief operating officer Shuji Utsumi told Bloomberg that all internally developed titles that used blockchain technology have been shelved for now.
Game Developer
JULY 7, 2023
Naka's two-and-a-half year prison sentence will be suspended for four years.
That One Game Dev
JULY 13, 2023
Often in this blog I talk about programming and CMake but my articles are often targeted to people who can already develop and know programming. If you're a beginner programmer you might find some concepts harder to learn and in this article I would like to suggest some books that I've used to learn and understand programming and some that I've heard are really good even though I haven't read myself.
Real Programming
JULY 12, 2023
We have a special entry this month in our ongoing teacher profile series. Today, we’re looking at the creator of our Advanced Math and Physics for Coders course, Quinlan Sokol. RP4K is proud to teach kids how to write computer code in industry-standard languages. We prioritize kids having fun above all but do emphasize foundational math concepts. If your child is new to computer coding, our goal is to make programming fun so they get genuinely hooked.
PreMortem.Games
JULY 17, 2023
Now that Mordhau has arrived on both PlayStation and Xbox , console players finally get the chance to hack & slash their way through medieval battlegrounds. The brutal and bloody combat game from Slovenian developer Triternion has already been very successful for the last 4 years on PC. To make everything working smoothly during the massive online battles requires some very specific skills from the developers.
Cocos
JULY 15, 2023
Editor Introduction Many developers want to have as much uniqueness in their games as possible. Some with their art style, some with their music, and some with gameplay. Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building. But finding that perfect one for your game might not be available or even created.
GamesIndustry.biz
JULY 12, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox During the first half of 2023, global mobile game consumer spending reached $41 billion, according to data.ai's latest report. The analyst firm highlights that May saw game revenue hit $94 million worldwide. The highest the month has seen since 2020.
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