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CPU vs GPU for Game Development: Which is the Better Option?

Game Development for Beginners

In the world of game development, every detail matters. From the graphics to the sound effects, every element of a game must be carefully crafted to create a captivating experience for the player. One of the most critical decisions a game developer must make is selecting the right hardware for the job. Two of the.

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Mobile Games and Cross-Platform Development Projects

Starloop Studios

With the mobile gaming industry’s continued growth year after year, mobile devices are becoming a platform of choice for numerous developers and publishers. Mobile games have evolved immensely from their roots are rudimentary puzzle games into viable and complex titles in their own right. The Magic Media team has extensive experience developing mobile games, and [.

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Switch hacker Gary Bowser to spend "the rest of his life" paying Nintendo

Game Developer

Now that he's released from prison, Gary Bowser will effectively be working off his debt to Nintendo until he dies.

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Solo developer Kaighen Finley: “It’s easy to lose myself in game development”

PreMortem.Games

Fresh out of school Kaighen Finley started his own web & game development company Team iNtuition. Just to be on the safe side he mainly focused on web development, but his heart was not in it. “Game development is a natural medium for my range of skills and interests”, he says and so he ‘pivoted sharply’ into game development after two years. That’s when he started working on Q’Redux that’s out now in Early Access on Steam.

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Epic acquires Aquiris and forms Epic Games Brasil

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Epic Games has acquired mobile game developer Aquiris and establishes Epic Games Brasil. The game maker is the first Latin America subsidiary to join Epic.

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more8bit’s Bleak Sword showcases a minimalist approach to mobile game design

Unity Blog

See how more8bit kept development streamlined with a clear vision and smart prototyping to launch Bleak Sword , an Apple Arcade hit.

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'Unpacking' the design pillars of a chill puzzle game

Game Developer

In this free GDC Vault talk, creative director Wren Brier talks about the design pillars behind Unpacking's creation

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Q1 PC and console game sales down 11% across Europe | European Monthly Charts

GamesIndustry.biz

13.6 million PC and console games were sold in March across Europe, a slight drop of 4% compared with the same period in 2022. That means for the first quarter of the year, 39 million games have been sold, which is a drop of 11% over last year. This is according to the latest GSD data, which tracks physical games across major European markets, plus digital downloads from most major games publishers (full list at the bottom of the story).

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6 ways ScriptableObjects can benefit your team and your code

Unity Blog

ScriptableObjects are often described as data containers, but they can be used for much more: Creating better code architecture by implementing design patterns, speeding up your Unity workflow, and improving collaboration between programmers and artists. Discover six ways they can benefit your next project.

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Mario is Missing! was shaped by a Carmen Sandiego rivalry and miscommunication

Game Developer

A look back at a cult classic Mario spinoff and what came to shape its creation.

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Godot 4.1 Rendering Priorities

Mircosoft Game Dev

For 4.1 the rendering team will be focusing on performance, stability, and usability.

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Joel Hochberg, former Rare director, has died

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Joel Hochberg, former director of game studio Rare, has died aged 87. As reported by the Miami Herald , he's survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren.

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Rapid design iteration in Breachers using AssetPostprocessor and Blender

Unity Blog

Triangle Factory’s Jel Sadones and Pieter Vantorre walk through their Blender-to-Unity pipeline and how they brought the VR tactical FPS title Breachers to life.

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Playdate beats expectations after topping 53,000 sales in first year

Game Developer

Panic says it was worried its initial 20,000 unit order wouldn't sell out.

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Where to find and how to pick the right trend for your hypercasual game

PreMortem.Games

In addition to the series of articles about hypercasual games and the social media trends that inspire them, AppMagic talked to AZUR Games and FreePlay, both developer and publisher in the mobile- and hypercasual games market. How do you track mobile market trends? Both studios say they regularly analyze game dynamics, including downloads and revenue.

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Gamification is broken

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Mary Poppins sang that "a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down," meaning that boring household chores can be turned into fun activities. Being a nanny of exceptional ability, she delivered on her promise. The children had fun , and they completed their chores. Gamification makes the same promise – it's essentially a system for turning real world activities into games, by adding challenges, prizes, leaderbo

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How Flying Sheep raised funds to make its ‘frictionless’ Web3 game Star Life

Game Daily

Flying Sheep was founded by German friends in 2014, with a specific goal of making html5 browser games. Initially, the company struggled to compete in a hyper-competitive global market, and in a development sector that lacks sophisticated off the shelf game engines. But the team preserved, taking on work-for-hire, and building its own engine that could handle the kind of 3D browser games the company wanted to build for high profile brands like Lego and Dreamworks.

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Frank O'Connor, Halo franchise director, has left Microsoft

Game Developer

Update : This post has been updated with official confirmation of O'Connor's departure courtesy of Microsoft.

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Building Hope shows what it takes to provide shelter for millions of refugees

PreMortem.Games

In the last couple of decades there have been several humanitarian crises that have created huge flows of refugees around the world. Be it natural disasters or armed conflicts, sometimes people see no other solution than to leave their homes and hearth behind and seek shelter, food and safety in other countries. Some cold hard facts about refugees. At least 89.3 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes.

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Could AI spell the end of the immersion-breaking NPC? | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox You'd be forgiven for feeling a little cynical about the sudden explosion of hype around artificial intelligence and LLMs (Large Language Models) that we've seen in the past few weeks; after all, it's once bitten, twice shy, and we've all just spent a couple of years being preached at about blockchain and NFTs by glassy-eyed evangelists who got far too high on their own supply.

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Stellaris Not Starting, Crashing: How to Fix These Issues

Game Errors

Some players are unable to play the game due to Stellaris not starting and crashing issues. The most encountered Stellaris problems that gamers reported on the Steam Discussions forum are crashes, performance Issues like Stuttering, Freezes, Low FPS, and a weird issue in which the game is unable to start. Below we will help you fix all these with easy-to-follow solutions.

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Square Enix partners with blockchain game platform to "drive mass adoption"

Game Developer

The Japanese publisher thinks it's time for traditional players to hop aboard the blockchain train.

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Prepare future creators for in-demand careers with the Unity Workforce Grant

Unity Blog

Unity Social Impact has partnered with Jobs for the Future (JFF) to launch the Unity Workforce Grant. Learn more about this new funding initiative and who is eligible to apply.

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Ready at Dawn and Downpour Interactive impacted by Meta layoffs

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Staff from VR game developers Ready At Dawn and Downpour Interactive are among those affected by the latest round of mass layoffs at Meta. Last month, the Facebook firm announced it would lay off 10,000 staff by the end of 2023. This followed an additional 11,000 job cuts announced in November.

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Total War: WARHAMMER 2 Crashing, Not Launching [Solved]

Game Errors

Total War: WARHAMMER 2 , a sequel to the award-winning strategy game of titanic proportions, is also a popular game on Steam and other platforms. Developers optimized the game engine so players with older systems could play, and those with faster PCs could up the ante with more units and more eye candy. Although the optimization, there are still some gamers that are complaining about issues and bugs.

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Atari acquires 100 classic franchises including Bubsy and Hardball

Game Developer

Vintage is in vogue.

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Performance Testing for Conversational Chatbot Platform

Rocket Brush Studio

This expert series tells the importance of performance testing for conversational chatbot platforms, the architecture of chatbot performance, key performance indicators, key scenarios for testing, and best practices for performance testing.

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World Makers receives $4m in funding

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Game studio World Makers has received $4 million in a recent funding round. Makers Fund led the investment, which will go towards the development of its second title, Deceit 2.

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How to Fix ARK: Scorched Earth Crashes & Performance Issues

Game Errors

A lot of players are complaining about ARK: Scorched Earth issues. You all know that ARK: Survival Evolved, like any other game, has a few bugs and issues that appeared in the game and are making it unplayable. A lot of players complained that after they upgraded to the new expansion pack, their game stopped working. Either it won’t launch or they get random crashes.

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Report: Additional layoffs at Meta to impact engineers and technical teams

Game Developer

It's being reported that some Reality Labs employees will be affected by the cuts.

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Omega Warp

Indie DB

This sci-fi action adventure indie releases a new demo

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Representation of Black women in video games is on the rise, but there is still room to grow | Opinion

GamesIndustry.biz

Forspoken is one of the few AAA video games within the past five years to have a Black female protagonist. Despite the warm reception for Alfre 'Frey' Holland , the game's energetic and sharp-witted heroine, games publishers and stakeholders still need to reassess their apprehensions and invest in publishing Black-led characters — especially Black women.

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Quick Fixes: Firewatch Not Loading, Crashing & Black Screen

Game Errors

The Firewatch issues were reported by many players on the Firewatch Steams Dashboard. A lot of players are complaining about not loading, crashing and black screen problems. Some players are also annoyed by the crashes in the game. They get random crashes while playing or they get crashes at the startup of the game, and they are unable to start it and play.

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Six to Start on turning players into fitness heroes with Marvel Move

Game Developer

Six to Start, the studio behind hit exercise game Zombies, Run! is partnering with Marvel for the next entry in its running-focused series.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.1 dev 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Here be dragons! First development snapshot for the upcoming Godot Engine 4.1 is available to early adopters and adventurous types.

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London Games Festival attracts 58,000 visitors

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Almost 60,000 people attended in-person events during this year's London Games Festival. The organisers announced the collection of 20 free and ticketed games events – which included the Games Finance Market, games curio showcase Now Play This and consumer exhibition WASD – saw 58,000 people coming to the UK capital over the course of 12 days.

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DOOM Crashing: Here’s How to Fix It Easily

Game Errors

If you are on this article, you probably just had a Doom crash. This is annoying, but this article will help you fix it immediately. DOOM is a thrilling first-person shooter game that puts you in the shoes of the legendary space marine, battling demons from hell with an arsenal of powerful weapons. However, nothing can ruin the fun like game crashes.