Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Godot 3.4 was released a month ago, and it went fairly smoothly! Many thanks to all the contributors who worked on it, including all testers who tried beta and RC releases to ensure that the 3.4-stable branch would be an easy and worthwhile upgrade path for all users. No software release is perfect though, so there will always be some things to iron out, which is why we provide maintenance releases for stable branches, focusing on bugfixing and preserving compatibility (see our release policy ).

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Muha Games

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Community month continued As a continuation from last week’s community led Q&A, I will talk a little about community feedback and how we try to balance it as we develop the remake. We’ll also share a few pictures of our own improvements and try to explain the process behind it… Continue reading.

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Game Industry News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Hey all I’m back with another new series for this week’s Translation Necessary Thursday. It’s Amazing Village Building Volume 01 by Kuzu Shichio! Plot: Where Fushi no Kami is a heart-warming tale of a boy with memories of a past life determining to uplift society from the dark ages, Amazing Village Building is very different. The main character is a kid, who acts like one most of the time, and is gifted with the seemingly useless talent of “Village Building” instead of something spectacularly po

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Wolffire Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Prototype. As a lot of you know, Overgrowth has been a beloved project for us at Wolfire and for the Wolfire community at large. The love for the game has never failed to humble us and we are so grateful for all the people who have played it. The continued enthusiasm for Overgrowth from the community and from us has pushed us to always try to make the game better and better wherever we can, and one thing we have wanted to implement into the game for a long time is the ability to play with friend

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Godot 3.4 was released a month ago, and it went fairly smoothly! Many thanks to all the contributors who worked on it, including all testers who tried beta and RC releases to ensure that the 3.4-stable branch would be an easy and worthwhile upgrade path for all users. No software release is perfect though, so there will always be some things to iron out, which is why we usually provide maintenance releases for stable branches, focusing on bugfixing and preserving compatibility (see our release p

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 15, 2021

“Hell is other people.” - Jean-Paul Sartre This is the second part of my It Takes Two review. In the first part , I went on about the lack of family in video games and the danger of paying attention to critics. Now I'll talk about the actual game. TL;DR: It's really good. Play it. The Plot of It Takes Two It Takes Two tells the story of an unhappily married couple and their child who wants to keep them together.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Hello friends. Without further ado, today we continue our series of informative blogs where we tell you about how movie is shot. If shot size and camera movement determine what we see in the frame, then perspective is how we see the object or subject in the frame. That's why it's so important to understand the means by which filmmakers achieve unique and expressive shots.

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Lost Garden

DECEMBER 12, 2021

INTRODUCTION The problem with picking up sticks Recently I was designing the harvesting and crafting system for our Animal Crossing-like game Cozy Grove when I ran into a problem: picking up a stick is not that fun. The core activities in a life sim are generally not full of mastery and depth. You chop trees. […].

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The Bottom Feeder

DECEMBER 13, 2021

A really good, polished game that tries something different? Oooh! Let’s dig into this! My family just finished playing the hit co-op game It Takes Two. It's a two-player-only adventure through the mysteries of the human heart. I played it with my wife, and our teenager who was on hand to help us out when the game got too hard. It's a very fun game with very unusual writing, and it's extremely and deservedly popular.

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Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 12, 2021

This deconstruction is done by our friends at Naavik. If you like it, you will love Naavik’s monthly Blockchain Games report! Use code “NAAVIKDOF” at checkout and you’ll receive a -10% discount for the first subscription year. This report was written by Jimmy Stone , Lars Doucet , Anthony Pecorella , Aaron Bush , Abhimanyu Kumar , from left to right.

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Game Industry News

DECEMBER 16, 2021

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. There’s honestly a lot to love about “ All Is Possible.” In some ways, it feels very much like a return to a familiar past. There’s a downed shuttlecraft with no help in sight and a group of cadets thrown together who must learn to work together if they are to survive. Meanwhile, the Ni’Var plot offers us political intrigue that Burnham and Saru can solve in twenty minutes of conversation, and Discovery takes that directly from TNG tropes.

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Game Writing Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

The Expanse: A Telltale Series – Telltale Games : We’re triply excited about this announcement: (1) that Telltale Games is gearing up again under new management (by old friend Jamie Ottilie, (2) that they’re teaming up with developer Deck Nine (”Life is Strange”), and finally (3) THE EXPANSE! BELTALOWDA!!!

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Smart Fox Server

DECEMBER 13, 2021

We have just released SmartFoxServer 2X 2.18.0 , which provides several library updates, new runtime, support for M1 Macs, extra features and bug fixes. Please note: the new release comes as a standalone installer so it can’t be used to update a previous instance. » Get the new SmartFoxServer 2.18.0 installer from our download section. » Read the full release notes here.

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Grumpy Gamer

DECEMBER 12, 2021

After 7000 signatures, some progress. I am getting help.

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