PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Here at PreMortem.Games, we have great admiration for developers who tackle the entire game development cycle on their own. Because, lets be honest, creating games is hard and it takes a special kind of developer to choose the solo path. This year, we featured 22 inspiring creators in our Solo Developers-series and we love to share some of their highlights in these final days of the year.
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The Fatal Fury fighting game series stretches all the way back to 1991, when SNK Corporation released Fatal Fury: King of Fighters for arcades. The franchise had numerous iterations in the 90s, with Garou: Mark of the Wolves (1999) being the last – at least until now. A quarter of a century after Mark of the Wolves came out, we find ourselves sitting in SNK's booth at the Tokyo Game Show, eagerly playing the upcoming Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves.
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Game Developer
DECEMBER 13, 2024
Another union has formed within Microsoft in a bid to 'create protections against layoffs and workplace exploitation.
Game Wisdom
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Prince of Persia’s Accessibility is Inaccessible To Some Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com At the Game Awards, it was easy to blink and miss the award for best accessibility feature in a game for 2024, with the winner going to Prince of Persia : The Lost Crown. You may be hard-pressed to … The post Prince of Persia’s Accessibility is Inaccessible To Some appeared first on Game Wisdom.
AWS Games
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Grabbing the attention of gamers is challenging in a crowded market, but QORPO s unique video gaming experiences stand out. Leveraging many managed services from Amazon Web Services (AWS), the game developer, publisher, and solutions provider accelerated creative game development for popular titles like Citizen Conflict. Most recently, QORPO integrated Amazon GameLift into its infrastructure to enable scalable cross-platform server hosting and matchmaking across titles.
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 28, 2024
GameFromScratch.com BB Studio – GB Studio for NES There is a new fork of GB Studio, the popular Game Boy game engine, called BB Studio that can now target the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). BB Studio is described as: “BB Studio” is a heavily-hacked version of the awesome GB Studio by Chris Maltby. It replaces the Game Boy […] The post BB Studio – GB Studio for NES appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Image: Post Malone’s Murder Circus, one of the many projects Richard Dansky worked on in 2024. Author: Richard Dansky Every video game ultimately becomes a story. The elements of the game, even and perhaps especially the narrative ones, are inert until they are suddenly interacted with by the player. That moment of interaction, whether it be a button press or a joystick move or whatever, taps the potential of the dev teams hard work and lets it spring to life.
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Game Developer
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The company's recent efforts to protect and update older games will now include titles that get delisted from its store.
Nvidia
DECEMBER 17, 2024
NVIDIA just announced a series of small language models (SLMs) that increase the amount and type of information digital humans can use to augment their. NVIDIA just announced a series of small language models (SLMs) that increase the amount and type of information digital humans can use to augment their responses. This includes new large-context models that provide more relevant answers and new multi-modal models that allow images as inputs.
Jesper Juul
DECEMBER 10, 2024
It is real: I am thrilled to announce that my new book, Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer is out todayon MIT Press. Too Much Fun is a book about two central mysteries. First, why is the best-selling Commodore 64 computer absent in many computer and video game histories, and what is the influence of its games from SimCity to IK+ to Paradroid ?
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 4, 2024
GameFromScratch.com A Sneak Peek At Godot 4.4 Back in September, shortly after the release of Godot 4.3, we took a first look at Godot 4.4. Since then there have been several new features added to the upcoming Godot release in the form of Dev3, Dev4 and Dev5 releases. In the video below we take a look at […] The post A Sneak Peek At Godot 4.4 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Mirthwood , the debut title from Bad Ridge Games , merges genres like RPGs, life sims, and farm sims into a medieval sandbox experience. Created by a two-person team based in Seattle, USA, Mirthwood represents a creative and personal journey for its developers, long-time friends Brian Hecox and Daron Otis. “We’ve known each other since kindergarten, but weren’t quite ready to start a studio back then,” jokes Otis.
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 18, 2024
As the ninth generation enters mid-life, the rumour mill has started again on what new console hardware will look like. If there is one thing the video game industry does very well, that is jumping on trends, especially if plenty of money could be made. This time it’s all about gaming mobility. Reports have come out that both Microsoft and Sony are courting console handhelds as the next best thing.
Game Developer
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The Canadian studio has filed for bankruptcy after failing to secure publishing deals.
Harold Serrano
DECEMBER 1, 2024
Hey everyone, It has been two years since I began rewriting my game engine, and while development has been slow, it has been steady. In this post, I want to share the current status of the Untold Engine. What is the Untold Engine? For those who are unaware, the Untold Engine is a 3D game engine designed for macOS and iOS devices, which I started developing in 2013.
Game Development News
DECEMBER 10, 2024
This is a press release posted in addition to our usual editorial content.
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 2, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Rust Powered Bevy Game Engine Release 0.15 Almost 5 months after the previous release the open-source Rust powered cross-platform 2D/3D data driven game engine/framework Bevy just released Bevy 0.15. Key features of this release include: Key Links Bevy Homepage Bevy 0.15 Release Notes GitHub Repository Bevy Discord You can learn more about the Bevy 0.15 release in […] The post Rust Powered Bevy Game Engine Release 0.15 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 6, 2024
South Korean indie studio Cat Society is a small team with big ambitions. The three-person studio, made up of Minjin Ko, his wife Hyemyung Lee and their friend Yeram Kim, has been working on their debut title Dungeon Inn since 2019. The game blends turn-based strategy with management and is set in a rowdy inn where adventurers and rival guilds collide.
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 30, 2024
New year, new exciting job opportunities? Or maybe its time for a fresh perspective on your career? Also, did you know that staying in a role for 3 to 5 years can often do more for your career than hopping between shiny new opportunities every couple of years? Longevity allows you to showcase your ability to create meaningful impact, develop deep expertise, and build a legacyqualities that are highly prized in C-level executives.
Game Developer
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Most Steam players devoted their playtime to games from nearly a decade ago instead of titles released in 2024.
Harold Serrano
DECEMBER 4, 2024
As stated in my previous post , my goal is to improve the robustness of the Untold Engine by focusing on developing various games. I was thinking of a game to make, and I thought about how much my kids love car games. So, I decided to develop one. I went to BlenderMarket to check out any car assets I could use, and I found a nice City asset. My idea is for the car to drive around the city.
Game Wisdom
DECEMBER 18, 2024
How Games Retain Players Using Risk and Reward Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com Gaming is all about taking calculated risks and aiming for big rewards. Whether its a dragons lair or a slot machine, players are attracted to games that let them weigh risks against rewards. The best games get risk and reward … The post How Games Retain Players Using Risk and Reward appeared first on Game Wisdom.
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 7, 2024
GameFromScratch.com EA Pledges 23 Patents and Open-Source Tech This week EA announced they were adding 23 patents to their accessibility patent pledge. In addition, they released a new open-source project, the IRIS Unreal Engine plugin which can be used to detect photosensitivity moments in games. This plugin is built upon the already open source IRIS library and is […] The post EA Pledges 23 Patents and Open-Source Tech appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 9, 2024
When you live in a country that houses twenty percent of the entire worlds population, yet hardly see a genuine and honest representation of that country in video games, its time to take matters into your own hands. And thats precisely what Shalin Shodhan is doing with his studio, Masala Games. In the outlandish adventure game Detective Dotson , modern-day India plays an equally significant role as the titular hero.
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 9, 2024
Ubisoft's two biggest shareholders continue to discuss a potential buyout that would take the Assassin's Creed publisher private, but a new report suggests there is disagreement over control of the business going forward.
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Media conglomerate Ziff Davis has been asking employees to jump ship.
Game Development News
DECEMBER 5, 2024
This year’s 30 Under 30, where we put the spotlight on the best and brightest young talent in the industry that the industry has to offer
Ask a Game Dev
DECEMBER 27, 2024
ALT COD's Killstreak rewards are exciting, memorable, and (generally) difficult to obtain. They're similar to, for example, randomly-determined critical hits that deal additional damage or dizzying your opponent in fighting games. Statistically speaking, the killstreak rewards are designed so they won't greatly affect overall game results, but they're really cool to activate and the players engaging with them have a lot of fun.
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 5, 2024
GameFromScratch.com SDL 3 – Hits Stable ABI Release SDL, or the Simple DirectMedia Layer is one of the most popular game development frameworks, used to make hundreds of successful games (such as Angry Birds) as well as powering dozens of Valve/Source games. SDL 3 is on the horizon with a major milestone being recently hit, a stable ABI […] The post SDL 3 – Hits Stable ABI Release appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 20, 2024
In the six years since its launch, Horse Reality , by Dutch indie studio Studio Deloryan , has built a loyal following. The game blends real-world genetics with engaging gameplay, allowing players to train, breed and care for virtual horses. Studio Deloryan has mastered the balance of scientific accuracy and fun, creating a unique space for over 50.000 monthly active horse enthusiasts.
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Raphaël Colantonio and his team at Wolfeye Studios haven't revealed much about their second game. A few teaser images have been released, and the briefest glimpse of gameplay was shared on social media, but the game remains a mystery beyond that.
Game Developer
DECEMBER 5, 2024
The company behind Edge, GamesRadar, and PC Gamer will let OpenAI use its content to enhance the 'ChatGPT experience.
Grid Sage Games
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Another fruitful year is coming to a close! It’s once again time for our annual review to reflect on the year’s milestones and look ahead with renewed focus at the months to come. In terms of both technical achievements and content expansion, 2024 was a huge year for Cogmind… but first, the traditional opening collage, a quick visual summary of the year: Selection of images from the past year of Cogmind-related development as posted on this blog, forums, and social media (large
Ask a Game Dev
DECEMBER 24, 2024
Here are some design examples of when I would use specific types of math to figure stuff out. Note that this is by no means exhaustive. Basic Algebra Almost everything requires algebraic knowledge. This math is necessary for understanding and answering one of the fundamental questions in game development:How long will this take? For example: How long will it take for a set of raid-equipped players to kill the evil Wombat of Doom?
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 21, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.4 Gets Native Jolt Physics Support With the just released Godot 4.4 Dev7 release, there has been a major change to the Godot physics engine. Previously implemented as a module only, integration of the Jolt Physics Engine is now directly in the game engine. Details from the Godot dev7 release: Ever since its inception in late […] The post Godot 4.4 Gets Native Jolt Physics Support appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 18, 2024
For Chad Crumbaker (working as KRUMP Games ), it was the promise of full creative freedom that drew him into the world of solo development. I was an early adopter of Unreal Engine 4 and always wanted to get into game development, he says. Originally envisioning a role as a 3D modeler on a team, the accessibility of Unreal Engine inspired him to take on the challenge of crafting every aspect of a game himself.
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 2, 2024
Gamers are spending more time watching videos about gaming on YouTube and Twitch than playing games themselves.
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