Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

There are many aspects to consider when building a game. This requires a lot of knowledge, skills and time to build and integrate all the components. Fortunately the Unity 3D platform has a great selection of packages and assets to accelerate the build of tools, models, shaders, sound effects, animations etc. For the development of Math it Right 3D Adventure I’ve used the following Unity packages.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Well hello there, gorgeous creature! We're so happy you're joining us for another epically magical installment of the Kristala Dev Blog! If you're new 'round these parts, let us help you get properly acquainted. This is the place where we break down all aspects of development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game in developed by the wildly talented dev team behind women-owned indie games studio, Astral Clocktower Studios.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

While we're busy working on both the upcoming Godot 4.0 and 3.4 releases (with a dev snapshot for 3.4 beta 5 available now), we still cherry-pick important bug fixes to the 3.3 branch regularly for maintenance releases (see our release policy ). Godot 3.3.3 was released a month ago, and a handful of important fixes have been queued in the 3.3 branch since then.

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The Knights of Unity

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Introduction. Oftentimes, we ask ourselves the question, how do we want to store data in Unity? There is a high probability that you wanted to create a database and make it editable with ease for either a developer or a designer. There are a lot of ways of dealing with this problem, but the way we want to tackle this today is the most friendly from a Unity design perspective.

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Game Industry News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Hey all I’m back with the sequel to the movie I covered last time. It’s Legally Blonde 2! Plot: The plot is incredibly bad, with Elle travelling to D.C. to lobby for Dog’s Rights, because her chihuahua’s mother, Bruiser, is being experimented on. Honestly this is easily one of the worst sequels I’ve ever seen. Casting: Reese Witherspoon is once again Elle, and we see some familiar faces from the previous movie.

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Gamesbrief

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Twice in my career, I have been at the forefront of massive change. In 2000 , I was an Internet analyst at Deutsche Bank advising middle-aged men (and they were all men) on how this new nerdy Internet thing was going to change the world. It was three months before the dotcom crash. Valuations were stratospheric. It was possible to believe, as I did, that the Internet was a fundamental change to how the world worked AND that the majority of stocks were overvalued.

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Nvidia

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Today, NVIDIA is enabling developers to explore and evaluate experimental AI models for Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). Developers can download. Today, NVIDIA is enabling developers to explore and evaluate experimental AI models for Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS). Developers can download experimental Dynamic-link libraries (DLLs), test how the latest DLSS research enhances their games, and provide feedback for future improvements.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

In the past month, the team has been hard at work introducing the new native extensions system for Godot 4.0. GDExtension is a new implementation of the GDNative layer that allows the creation of compiled plugins for the engine. At its core, GDExtension is a C API that enables registration of classes implemented within a dynamic library. This allows dynamic libraries to be used by Godot in a way that is much better integrated than its predecessor, GDNative.

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Sky Betting and Gaming Technology

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

On the 8th September I was very grateful to have the opportunity to speak at my local security/hacker conference DC151 in Leeds. In the talk I lamented my lack of drive in pursuing purely technical content any more (there’s plenty of that in my old blog ) instead reflecting my current career arc and giving a talk on “boring management stuff”, as I prefaced.

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Game Industry News

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Hey all I’m back with yet another Light Novel series for this week’s Translation Necessary Thursday. It’s Master of Ragnarok Volume 01 by Takayama Seiichi! Plot: The plot is an Isekai series where a student from Modern Japan gets transported into a world set in the bronze ages. He takes tactics learned from great minds of Earth and uses them to help the people who accidentally brought him into the world to live and prosper.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

There were days when the game developers had to build a flawless game and launch it in the Play/App Store, and the rest was taken care of by the users. And a good ranking in the App/Play store was considered the success of the app. But in today’s competitive world, the players are unaware of about 80% of the games, while 20% of the games are unprofitable and are removed from the online medium.

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Let's be honest, regardless of how you feel about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it's already an iconic pop-culture phenomenon that has brought millions of people to their screens. We believe that much of the success of this film universe has been thanks to the "Guardians of the Galaxy" dylogy and director James Gunn in particular. Plus, we've only recently seen the director's most recent film: " Suicide Squad" - and we wondered how Gunn's life and career unfolded before "Guardians of the Galaxy

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

While it’s fun and entertaining to follow Epic’s crusade on Apple, I think it’s equally important to discuss how these court battles impact tens of thousands of game developers around the World. To discuss the first court rulings from the perspective of a mobile game publisher I sat down with non-other than the powerful Eric Seufert from Mobile Dev Memo and the extremely knowledgeable Chris Hewish , President of Xsolla.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Howdy Godotters! Time for another update on Godot 4.0's multiplayer networking. We have been really busy working on the foundation of the networking and multiplayer classes lately, and there are quite a few new features to talk about. In this post, we'll start by showing some of the new RPC syntax and features. See other articles in this Godot 4.0 networking series: Multiplayer in Godot 4.0: On servers, RSETs and state updates.

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Designer Notes

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In this episode, Soren interviews independent game developer Andy Schatz, who founded Pocketwatch Games and is best known for his work on Monaco and Tooth and Tail. This episode was recorded March 23, 2018. They discuss how he tried to live out Ultima ’s virtues, why no one was ever able to rip-off The Sims , and why we both hate click-the-stick. Games discussed: Ultima series, Minecraft , Halo , X-COM , Star Trek: Hidden Evil , Whacked!

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Game Industry News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2021

Hey all I’m back with a look ahead for this week’s Anime Sunday. It’s my Most Anticipated Fall 2021 Anime! Banished Slow Life: This is an adaptation of a series I read the first Web Novel volume of years back. It was pretty fun from what I could remember and so I’m looking forward to watching this very laid back series. Shinka no Mi: This is yet another Light Novel series that was pretty fun to read as a Web Novel years ago, but I haven’t read recently because IR

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Smart Fox Server

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In our previous chapter we have talked about the JVM memory configuration: when to use the defaults and when it might be necessary to fine tune the settings. We also touched on potential side effects of manual tuning and how it can sometimes backfire, for example, forcing the Garbage Collector (GC) to work harder. In the second part of this series we are taking a look at the different Garbage Collectors available, which is the best for a specific use case, and when it’s useful to switch to

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Mobile gaming has come a long way and now it is one of the most profitable and popular gaming platforms. This has resulted in various transformation in the game’s monetization, therefore the mobile game developers have a range of options in monetization than ever before. . Those developers who traditionally rely on the in-app purchases have moved on to the advertisements and the app bidders are seeing an increase in the revenue by reducing their dependency on waterfall optimization.

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This director's style is instantly recognisable. He's commonly referred to as the British Tarantino and his crime stories are funnier than any comedy. His films are already iconic and have become memes and quotes. Probably, after the "British" Tarantino, you have already understood that today we are going to talk about Guy Ritchie. Let's break down what's remarkable about his style and why he's just a rockerroller.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Here comes a new progress report about the Tiles editor rework. This is most likely the last progress report before the 4.0 alpha. The previous blog post can be found here. See other articles in this Godot 4.0 tiles editor series: Tiles editor progress report #1. Tiles editor progress report #2. Tiles editor progress report #3. Tiles editor progress report #4.

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Yobob Games

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Harvest Island Development Journey. A Super Ultra Quick Day/Night Time Lapse of Harvest Island. It took me a year and a half to make Harvest Island. Harvest Island went through a lot of iterations, community feedback, and art changes and the game isn’t even completed yet! It took me 1.5 years to develop the current version that I have now and my journey as a game developer feels like it’s just started haha.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Written by Javier Barnes and Michail Katkoff. This post is sponsored by Xsolla. If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further. Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC.

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Muha Games

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The inhabitants of Arcanus and Myrror While the contest for the elusive Master of Magic is fought with great spells and ultimate wizard power, it is still all built on the sweat of the little folk down below, or so they tell you. You may be an ever powerful mage,… Continue reading.

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Yotes Games

SEPTEMBER 11, 2021

Updated our Patreon Description, Goals, Rewards! A 2nd chance for anyone who missed out on the Kickstarter Hype ? We now have the funds to make the game, but let's see if we can grow the studio over time and make bigger/better things. ? Join in on the journey (or maybe just grab yourself a T-Shirt on the house) on our Patreon.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

The mobile game industry is the most demanding industry for the past few years. Though there are millions and millions of mobile game apps available on the Play/App Store, the game companies and developers are interested in building more and more games. This is because of the profit the industry has bagged along with it. . Building the game and launching it in the market alone wouldn’t bring success to your game app.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The upcoming Godot 3.4 release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). This beta 5 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. If you already reviewed the changelog for the previous beta, you can skip right to the differences between beta 4 and beta 5 ( part 1 , part 2 ).

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Mnenad

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

In the 5th devlog episode our mecha learns to shoot and run (animation). watch on YouTube. Watch the development of an indie game and be a part of it! In this episode our mech learns to run, aim and shoot. KABOOM! 🔫   🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Let's have a chat: Discord. Twitter. Instagram.   🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Download Countryball Potato Mayhem for free: AppStore (iOS).

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Game Industry News

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Hey all I’m back with another Video Game Tuesday for something a little different than before. It’s Highlighting a Favorite Developer! So this is a series I might do from time to time, highlighting a particular member of the Game Development community who I feel really deserves some attention. This time I’m doing it one of my all time favorite Sound Directors, Masayoshi Soken!

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Harold Serrano

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Hey guys, I'm going to be sharing eight mistakes you should avoid during the development of your game engine. 0:00 Intro. 1:28 Do not work in isolation. 4:38 Do not try to make the perfect game engine. 7:53 Do not over-complicate your game engine architecture. 10:24 Do not code in front of your computer. 13:05 Do not compare your game engine to others. 15:38 Avoid adding fluff to your game engine. 17:49 Have a game genre in mind for your game engine. 20:38 Don't ignore documenting your game engi

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Kevin Smith is one of those directors who makes movies for himself. He puts all his personality and creativity into making movies that he himself would be happy to watch. That's probably why his films seem so vital and natural. But Smith is also special because his films have a kind of magical absurd humor. That's what we think draws a lot of people to his work.

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Big Games

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

The mobile game industry is challenging at the same time it is the most rewarding industry that has abundant opportunities for the developers. Many of the game development companies have made incredible games, however, there are few games that haven’t made it in the market. . When the opinion about the future of the game is high, few helpful tips can surely increase the success rate of the game in the App Store. .

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The Bottom Feeder

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The view from the bed in our hotel room. The magic glowy pyramid is in front. Behind that is the tacky fantasy castle. Behind that, as you would expect, is the New York City skyline. All is as it should be. To celebrate not being killed by the Plague yet, my family visited Las Vegas in June. You are now allowed to go there. Las Vegas has one awesome selling point in this age of quarantine: It is not inside your house.

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Deconstructor of Fun

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Cross-promotion has always been an essential part of any publisher’s marketing strategy to help grow newly launched games while maintaining users in their portfolio. But it’s really during the last year or so when cross-promotion has been elevated from an auxiliary component of your marketing mix to a vital element of a publisher’s growth strategy. The sudden rise of the weight companies put on cross-promotion is of course due to the IDFA deprecation that has to some extent further accelerated c

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Radiator Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

This post spoils what happens in my Quake map. If you care about that, then you should play it first. NOTE: there are reports that my map crashes FTE Quake, so make sure you use Quakespasm or vkQuake to play. Sorry about that. "Tell Me It's Raining" is my fifth released Quake single player map, part of the Alkaline Jam where we all made sci-themed "base" maps with a mod kit called Alkaline.

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