Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Yes, I'm tired of dystopia fiction. A sentiment I probably didn't need to repeat because it's in the title, but I really am. Nothing points this out more to me than Star Trek. In a Star Trek vs. Star Wars internet argument I am firmly in the Star Trek camp and this is with eight years of working at The Death Star Lucasfilm (I kid, working at Lucasfilm was magical but I'm still a Star Trek person).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We are happy to announce that the gaming platform OP Games is donating USD 100,000 to the Godot project. These funds will be used to further the general development of the engine. As mentioned in their announcement , OP Games is also similarly supporting the open source game development tools Blender and Phaser , and the source available Defold engine.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Today, NVIDIA announced Nsight Graphics 2021.5, the latest release, which supports Direct3D (11, 12, and DXR), Vulkan (1.2, NV Vulkan Ray Tracing Extension), Today, NVIDIA announced Nsight Graphics 2021.5, the latest release, which supports Direct3D (11, 12, and DXR), Vulkan (1.2, NV Vulkan Ray Tracing Extension), OpenGL, OpenVR, and the Oculus SDK.

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Radiator Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

SPOILER WARNING: this post spoils levels, main quests, and gameplay systems in Deathloop I guess this post is my contribution to Deathloop discourse. This is similar to my tactics games writeup and Enderal (huge Skyrim mod) writeup where I spoil some interesting game designer / systems design things. I don't discuss much of the game narrative. I assume general game design knowledge but minimal Deathloop-specific knowledge.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Hey all I’m back with the first entry in a Fantasy story I read a bit ago for this week’s Bookish Wednesday. It’s Lord of Flesh by Stephen L. Hadley! Plot: The plot is pretty freaking stereotypical, Scion of the lower noble house VanOrden, Leo, is the last member of his family and now after the death of his grandfather has become the Baron.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Hey there, gorgeous! Welcome back to another exciting issue of the Kristala Dev blog. This is the place where we break down the development for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game currently in development by the talented team at women-owned indie games studios, Astral Clocktower Studios. Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D mo

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Today, developers can access the latest versions of RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI), RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), NVIDIA Real-Time Denoisers (NRD), and. Today, developers can access the latest versions of RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI), RTX Direct Illumination (RTXDI), NVIDIA Real-Time Denoisers (NRD), and OptiX Ray Tracing Engine (OptiX). The updates are available through NVIDIA SDKs and select technologies through the NVIDIA Branch of Unreal Engine (NvRTX).

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Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

At first I was going to just copy/paste his article and call it my own then I realized that is kind of a dick move. How to make your own game engine (and why) by Tyler Glaiel. Well worth a read. In my 35+ year career in games I've never used an off the shelf game engine. Starting with SCUMM I've always build my own. I love the power and the freedom.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. “ Dreamcatcher ” invokes a long-standing science fiction trope, including one with which Star Trek has flirted in the past. The episode doesn’t really offer anything in terms of surprises with respect to the trope, at least in this part, but that’s not really the point. The writers clearly understand that the real emotional core of the story lies in the fantasies each member of the Protostar ’s motley crew experiences and what it tells us about these lost kids.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

We have been pursuing the creation of digital humans for years. Traditionally, digital humans have been widely used in media and entertainment, from video game. We have been pursuing the creation of digital humans for years. Traditionally, digital humans have been widely used in media and entertainment, from video game characters to CGI characters in movies.

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Filmustage

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Hollywood rules the world of cinema. In second place, of course, is European cinema, which is a very different world with a unique film language. And, unfortunately, the viewer doesn't always dare to look into film territory outside of Hollywood. It's the same with Korean cinema. It seems to have been overlooked and for nothing, as it has given us so many cinematic masterpieces.

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Grumpy Gamer

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

I've decided to go back on Twitter but with a few changes: I unfollowed everyone. I will only post once (or maybe twice) a week. I only check twitter once every 1 or 2 days. I will only post positive things and mostly about game dev. I will not add rubbish to the Twitter dumpster fire. I used to follow 200+ people and now I follow 0. I apologize if I unfollowed you.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Hey all I’m back with more of Taylor and Varga’s shenanigans for this week’s Synth Saturday. It’s Taylor Varga Chapters 81-90 by mpπplayer! Plot: This set of chapters continues the jaw dropping reveal of Kaiju’s reveal to the world and it’s utterly hilarious. I love this set of chapters, because it takes some very notorious characters in the Worm universe and hits them in the face with some metaphorical fish.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

NVIDIA OptiX Ray Tracing Engine is a scalable and seamless framework that offers optimal ray tracing performance on GPUs. In this fall update to the NVIDIA. NVIDIA OptiX Ray Tracing Engine is a scalable and seamless framework that offers optimal ray tracing performance on GPUs. In this fall update to the NVIDIA OptiX SDK, developers will be able to leverage new compilation techniques, and superior layered and temporal denoising to handle more ray tracing workloads, quicker.

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