Half Geek
JULY 10, 2022
I often receive email from players telling me how much they enjoy Star Nomad 2, and they have good feedback over the years. It’s still selling well, especially on Android & iOS, so I’ve been wanting to work on an update to show my appreciation to players. The changes are major, but not game-changing moving away from the original design intent for the game.
AWS Games
JULY 26, 2022
Session-based multiplayer games are a popular form of online game, as they provide players with a quick, engaging experience that they can jump into at any time. However, building a scalable and reliable session-based online multiplayer game is not easy, since there are many components that need to be developed. You need game server hosting for a stable and consistent gameplay experience.
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Deconstructor of Fun
JULY 17, 2022
This analysis is written by Javier Barnes. This is not financial advice, and the opinions are strictly his own. The current massive deceleration of the Web3 space is a good moment to re-evaluate and re-think the fundamentals of Web3 gaming. Although many whitepapers mentioned sustainability, the previous gold rush meant that for most players and crypto investors, it was just another promise to fuel the hype.
Yotes Games
JULY 30, 2022
Patrons & Backers, check your email! ? The new Ultra Form Preview Demo is finally available on Itch.io! ? Just read the latest Backers Only post on either Patreon or Kickstarter and you'll find the password to gain access: Download the Demo! Get Your Access Key!
Muha Games
JULY 29, 2022
Busy beta times continued. So, we’re at the end of July now, and I am sure you’re all wondering how things are progressing, right? Well, things are going well. We are producing regular patches/updates (8 big ones so far) to catch bugs as well as modify features due to feedback… Continue reading.
Keith Burgun
JULY 29, 2022
I tend to think that “genres” in videogames are believed in, or thought to be real in a way that is massively over-stated. Games can manifest in a billion different ways that are still yet untried, and the genres that we know – things like FPS, Roguelite, RPG, etc – are really best thought of as marketing terms: not something that really describes what the game is in a useful way, but rather a loose categorization system that helps publishers signal to people, “if y
Half Geek
JULY 28, 2022
Update (August 03 2022): This major update will be released as an Open Beta (accessible & opt-in) for Star Nomad 2 on Google Play store due to issues with changes to the Android SDK & API. Please do not opt-in and install the 2.22.07 update if you want to keep current save data or you are still playing current Pilots. More info here: The problem with making games for Mobiles.
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Mircosoft Game Dev
JULY 28, 2022
The upcoming Godot 3.5 is now considered feature complete, and has received a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the past weeks thanks to all the testers and developers who reported and fixed issues. We are now at the Release Candidate stage, finalizing everything so that we can release 3.5-stable for all users. At this stage it's really close to stable, we just had a few more regression fixes merged since the previous build that warrant another build for testing: Android: Address remaining s
Real Programming
JULY 28, 2022
There is a vague but persistent notion that public school systems are currently transitioning to the realities of our digital world. Older, humanities-based courses like literature, history and philosophy aren’t disappearing. However, learning STEM skills improves students’ thinking fundamentally while preparing them for a job in our-tech based world.
Filmustage
JULY 28, 2022
Roger Deakins in his 70s was nominated for "Oscar" 15 times out of which he triumphed only twice - for "Blade Runner 2049" and "1917". According to the cinematographer himself, every director with whom he has ever worked is different, they create unique screen worlds which don't always have to conform to the rules of reality, to be naturalistic. The key is to create a seamless experience for the audience to believe in.
Rampant Games
JULY 27, 2022
My newest book released this week: Queen of Monsters , the first in a new series called The Vanished. Book 2 should be out before the end of the year. Queen of Monsters asks: What if some unexplained disappearances in our world–including some of the famous ones, like Amelia Earhart, Harold Holt, etc.–were because they were transported to another world?
Game Refinery
JULY 27, 2022
Every year, Pride celebrates equality and human rights, along with being yourself in a world that still likes to see people in molds. While the topics and news surrounding the issues of equality and human rights remain distressing even today, there is still some space for celebrating past accomplishments, love, and the work being done worldwide. Year after year, more and more game companies have started to participate in Pride celebrations.
AWS Games
JULY 29, 2022
Game developers increasingly require cloud technologies to support their games and provide the best experience to their players. Leveraging cloud services provided by AWS can help with important game components such as managing and deploying game servers, running analytics on various game metrics, and utilizing AI/ML to detect player health and retention.
Mircosoft Game Dev
JULY 28, 2022
We're determined to deliver a stable release of Godot 4.0 as soon as possible. To achieve this, we need to shift the focus from implementing new and exciting features towards stabilizing the existing functionality and fixing bugs. The road to Beta 1. With that in mind, effective August 3rd we're entering a feature freeze stage, and no changes to the roadmap for Godot 4.0 will be expected.
Nvidia
JULY 26, 2022
Swap groups and swap barriers are well-known methods to synchronize buffer swaps between different windows on the same system and on distributed systems, Swap groups and swap barriers are well-known methods to synchronize buffer swaps between different windows on the same system and on distributed systems, respectively. Initially introduced for OpenGL, they were later extended through public NvAPI interfaces and supported in DirectX 9 through 12.
Moonmana
JULY 26, 2022
Pirates of Everseas game porting from Windows to MacOS case study. Porting video games is one of the most valuable components of game development that helps to widen the borders due to flexibility and cross-platform functionality. From web to mobile, from console to PC, from console to mobile – porting ensures higher attraction of players and speeds up the ROI.
Filmustage
JULY 26, 2022
Line producers represent an extremely important, but hidden from the view area of activity in filmmaking. Viewers often pay attention to such roles and faces of the film like actors, directors, cinematographers, producers, as well as screenwriters, they become heroes of the press and their names are much more discussed by gossip. Therefore, it is not surprising at all that most of the key positions of cinematography turn into hidden figures, who nevertheless play a key role in the success of a p
OPM Jobs
JULY 25, 2022
OPM are finally heading back to Germany to attend gamescom 2022! Kim, Hannah and Jon will be arriving in Cologne on Tuesday 23rd and will be there until Friday 26th, so if you want to put a face to a name or fancy a chat about anything recruitment, send an email to hello@opmjobs.com and we’ll be happy to book something in. If you’ve got a busy schedule and would prefer to come and find us, we’ll be at our table on the Ukie UK stand – Business Hall: 3.2, Stand No: D20g – F39g.
AWS Games
JULY 21, 2022
Written by Adam Hatfield, Pawan Matta and Daniel Whitehead Edited by Nathan Graves. As game developers first begin their cloud journey, you commonly hear them ask, “Where do we start?” AWS has over 200 services, countless features, and it can be hard to know where to begin and why. One of the most beneficial things your game studio can do early on is establish good management and governance of your AWS environments.
Mircosoft Game Dev
JULY 28, 2022
We just announced that we'll enter feature freeze next week to focus on stabilizing the existing functionality in Godot 4.0 and prepare the first beta release. But we're not there yet and we'll keep having frequent alpha builds until we're ready to slap the beta label on the engine. So here we go with 4.0 alpha 13 ! Update 2022-07-29 @ 10:30 UTC: A regression was found in the original build that prevented exporting projects to Windows and Linux with official templates.
Nvidia
JULY 25, 2022
[stextbox id="info"]This post is an update of Best Practices: Using NVIDIA RTX Ray Tracing.[/stextbox] This post gathers best practices based on our experiences. This post is an update of Best Practices: Using NVIDIA RTX Ray Tracing. This post gathers best practices based on our experiences so far using NVIDIA RTX ray tracing in games. The practical tips are organized into short, actionable items for developers working on ray tracing today.
Moonmana
JULY 25, 2022
Video games industry is going big and bigger. How do we see it in 2022 and what’s at play for developers? What are the fresh trends in the gaming industry? Read more in this blog article. The last few years have been motivating the game development field quite actively. Game developers, designers, and artists had to be quite inventive and creative to move it forward.
Concept Art World
JULY 19, 2022
Concept Art World. Sung Choi. Sung Choi is a concept artist who has worked for clients such as Marvel Studios, Disney, Warner Bros, Bungie, Wizards of the Coast, and, Netflix Animation. Born and raised in South Korea, Sung later moved to Los Angeles and attended Otis College of Art and Design where he majored in Digital Media. Link: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram.
Logic Simplified
JULY 18, 2022
Complete Project Details. Game Genre. Trivia. App Platform. iOS & Android. Time Duration of Project. 8 Months. Our Team on Project. Front-end Developer - 2. Back-end Developer - 3. UI Designer - 2. Game Architect - 1. Game Asset Designer - 1. Load Tester - 1. Project Manager - 1. Quality Analyst - 1. Project Introduction. An immersive, fast-paced quiz game that tests the player’s general knowledge about random facts.
Catnip Games
JULY 17, 2022
Spent some time tinkering with shaders. It was fun but also hard to come up with something actually usable in the game. Ended up with a subtle effect which is blended on top of the pre-rendered water surface. It doesn’t tile properly but the seam is hard to notice so I’m fine with it. I also tried distortion for the bottom layer but UV wrapping is a problem because the tiles are in a texture atlas.
Mircosoft Game Dev
JULY 22, 2022
The upcoming Godot 3.5 is now considered feature complete, and has received a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the past weeks thanks to all the testers and developers who reported and fixed issues. We are now at the Release Candidate stage, finalizing everything so that we can release 3.5-stable for all users. At this stage we need people to test this release (and potential follow-up RCs) on as many projects as possible, to make sure that we catch non-obvious regressions that might have gon
Nvidia
JULY 22, 2022
NVIDIA spoke with Chief Wizard of Pathea, Jingyang Xu, about himself, his company, and the process of implementing NVIDIA Reflex in My Time at Sandrock, the. NVIDIA spoke with Chief Wizard of Pathea, Jingyang Xu, about himself, his company, and the process of implementing NVIDIA Reflex in My Time at Sandrock , the studio’s latest release. For those who may not know you, could you tell us about yourself?
Grid Sage Games
JULY 17, 2022
Garrisons were originally added to Cogmind in the months after the first Alpha release in 2015 (see an overview here ) as an optional location for players to visit, adding a unique extra dimension to the world to answer the question “what if I infiltrate these things where many enemy squads come from?” (More recently here on the blog I covered that category of Cogmind maps, the “ maps between maps ,” since a third such map type was added this year.).
AWS Games
JULY 15, 2022
By Tabitha Graves: The opinions and views expressed in this post are my own. Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Game Jolt are excited to announce an upcoming event inspired by diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives in the games industry. Speaking as a person who identifies as a woman, watching Samus take her helmet off has always reminded me of how women are viewed in the games industry.
Logic Simplified
JULY 18, 2022
Complete Project Details. Game Genre. Entertainment. App Platform. iOS and Android. Time Duration of Project. October 2019 - Ongoing. Our Team on Project. Project manager - 1. Animator - 3. UI Designer - 3. 2D Artist - 1. Front-end Developer - 3. Back-end Developer - 2. Tester - 2. Project Introduction. An addictive, fast-paced and time management cooking gaming app that keeps entertained for hours.
Rampant Games
JULY 13, 2022
We have a few VR games now inspired by Japanese anime styles, including an MMORPG. Role-playing games in VR are unfortunately less common than I would have expected, but not rare. We have choices. Many of them suck, but we have choices. Several weeks ago, Virtual Dreamers has some discussion on the relative absence of JRPG-style games. His video poses more questions than answers, but it sparked some questions in my own mind.
Mircosoft Game Dev
JULY 19, 2022
While Godot 3.5 is nearing a stable release, we still want to provide relevant bug fixes to users of the current 3.4 stable branch who might not be ready to upgrade right away. It's been a long time since the release of Godot 3.4.4 , and there are a few important fixes coming up in Godot 3.4.5. This Release Candidate is intended to help validate those fixes and make sure that Godot 3.4.5 is ready to publish.
Nvidia
JULY 20, 2022
The new 'Level Up with NVIDIA' webinar series offers creators and developers the opportunity to learn more about the NVIDIA RTX platform, interact with NVIDIA. The new ‘Level Up with NVIDIA’ webinar series offers creators and developers the opportunity to learn more about the NVIDIA RTX platform, interact with NVIDIA experts, and ask questions about game integrations.
Real Programming
JULY 12, 2022
Video games have changed a lot over the years. The days of parents worrying about their kids pumping too many quarters into arcade games at the mall are long over. The games kids play today are a high-art form all their own with incredible graphic design, script writing, problem-solving play, and more. Video games have also become a multi-billion-dollar global industry.
Moonmana
JULY 11, 2022
Creating custom game assets is believed to be the most important and time-consuming stage in game development. At the same time, outsourcing enables delegating different functions to experienced service providers. “Enabling focus on core functions” is the most common perceived benefit among companies that use outsourcing, – Deloitte. Deloitte also shared their Global Outsourcing Survey, in which 65% of respondents said that outsourcing helps them focus on their core business, and 63% said
Catnip Games
JULY 10, 2022
Good progress on the tileset. I made basic outlines and shapes in Blender, then exported into Pixelmator for touchups and additional dirt layers. First time I used Geometry Nodes in Blender. Fun! The rest though, not so much… it’s a lot of work to make everything seamless, color matched and correctly exported. Listening to podcasts & GDC talks while working on the tileset helps a lot because it stops me from overthinking it.
Filmustage
JULY 5, 2022
How do your summer evenings go? We hope that in addition to the pleasant company, you sometimes watch movies. Surely everyone has a favorite movie that you're ready to watch every year in the summertime. So Filmustage wants to share not just one film, but the director whose films are so closely associated with romantic summer. Paolo Sorrentino is a filmmaker and screenwriter.
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