Game Development for Beginners

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The digital age has presented an unprecedented opportunity for the younger generation to not only consume content but to create it. Game development for children is a frontier that combines the allure of play with the rigors of education, offering a unique blend of fun and learning. It is an artistic and scientific playground where. Read more The post Game Development for Kids: Unlocking Potential Through Play and Creation appeared first on VionixStudio.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

EA and BioWare allegedly attempted to block members of Keywords Edmonton United from protesting outside of the company's office.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This article has been written as a part of a paid cooperation with Xsolla. In his working life Justin Berenbaum, VP Strategic Planning at Xsolla & GM Xsolla Funding Club, has read thousands of pitch decks and seen thousands more pitches in person. He has helped numerous developers close deals and accumulated a ton of invaluable experience in the world of game publishing and funding.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

On the surface, it looks like it's been a banner year for video game console sales. Overall in every major market, video game console sales are up. PS5 sales are up over 100% in some European countries, while Nintendo Switch sales are incredibly up year-on-year, despite it approaching its seventh anniversary. But as is often the case, topline numbers hide some other concerning trends.

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Unity Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Our introduction to game level design e-book is filled with tips on how to use the Unity tools that are most relevant to worldbuilding.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The worker-owned publication was co-founded by Nathan Grayson, Gita Jackson, Riley MacLeod, and Luke Plunkett.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

London-based developer and YouTuber David Akinola is working on a game called Nixie , that was the focus of a successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. The game follows the life of Fiona Soul, a soup kitchen worker with hoverboard skills. It’s a game that Akinola says will “give the Black children of the next generation characters to fall in love with,” something he felt was lacking as he looked in vain for Black British characters in games, when he was growing up.

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Unity Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

A summary of key changes we’ve made to the Unity Editor terms today to better support you, based on community feedback.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Less than a day after resigning from The Escapist, Yahtzee Croshaw and ex-EiC Nick Calandra have established a new site to pick up where they left off.

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Keith Burgun

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

(Above: some WIP pixel art from Wizbane) You might have noticed I’ve been writing about and playing a lot of RPGs recently. Starting somewhere in 2020, I started this huge dive into the Final Fantasy series – strangely enough, starting with the XIII trilogy. Over the past year and a half I’ve been diving hard into a huge number of different RPGs: Nearly all the 1-player Final Fantasies, Dragon Quest, Trails in the Sky, the Tales games, Scarlet Nexus, a really cool Japanese GBA

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Journalists from The Escapist have resigned in response to the termination of its editor-in-chief Nick Calandra. On Monday, Calandra announced on X that he was fired for "not achieving goals" reportedly set by the Gamurs Group, which acquired The Escapist last year. "I was let go for 'not achieving goals' that were never properly set for us, and a lack of understanding of our audience and the team that built that audience," Calandra wrote.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

It’s a hard pill to swallow if you’ve worked on your game for five years, only to launch it to a largely indifferent audience. That’s what happened to solo developer Simon Taylor (working under the name Plastic Cow Games ) and his game Smash Dungeon. First week’s sales were 117 units. That’s a 4% wishlist conversion. After that, the game never gained any traction and faded away in obscurity.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The four-year-old studio founded by two of the Night in the Woods developers is closing down and cancelling its debut project Revenant Hill.

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Retro Game Coders

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Agon Light is a single-board computer based around a Z80 CPU, along with an ESP32 for audio, video, and IO. What makes it different is that it is an inexpensive but modern 8-bit computer, along the lines of the 8-bit-Guy’s Commander X16 but way, way simpler and cheaper. I heard about it by following Dean Belfield , the original firmware developer, and Bernado , the Agon hardware founder, on Twitter and decided to buy one of the Olimex boards from the Pi Hut here in the UK.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The chief operating officer of Embracer Group has left in the middle of the company's turbulent restructuring program to form his own company. Egil Strunke announced his departure via LinkedIn , spotted by PCGamesInsider.biz , in which he reflects on his two stints at the publishing group.

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The Liquid Fire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

It is my privilege to welcome my first contributor to the website, William Allen aka 7thSage! What & Why Hi, I’m William Allen aka 7thSage, you may notice I’m not the regular author here, though you may have seen me in the comment section here and on the forum, commenting on tweaks or fixes in the Tactics tutorial here on the site. Like many people, I’ve recently been looking at other engines for ‘reasons’ and have been checking out Godot.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

"Every game I design is meant to be a sandbox. At the lowest level, someone coming in should just feel comfortable playing around.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Author David Kaye is co-founder and General Partner at F4 Fund. This article originally appeared on his Substack Game Stuff. Specialist VC firms that fund game development are a relatively new phenomenon. Most of them were started in the 2010s, and most of those in the latter half of the decade. For our purposes, there are two important things to remember about the 2010s: It was a period dominated by low interest rates, which increased the risk appetite of all investors and allowed many new vent

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Four of the biggest companies in the industry have been targeted by a lawsuit accusing them of enabling video game addiction. A complaint filed on October 30 in the Eastern District of Arkansas, spotted by Insider Gaming , names Microsoft, EA, Activision, Ubisoft, and Epic Games, as well as some of their studios, as defendants. The suit lists 14 counts of action, including strict liability and negligence for failure to warn users of games' addictive qualities, deceit and fraudulent misrepresenta

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Perforce

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

What is subversion (SVN)? Learn about this open source version control system, how SVN works, and how to use Subversion software tools.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Game director Piotr Łatocha discusses the making of a RoboCop RPG, and how the state of movie-based games has evolved in the last few years.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Cyborg3003 began production in March 2023 and is being developed by the same creator of the game Parallel, released in 2022.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Unity has released its financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2023, announcing layoffs despite a significant growth in revenue and a drop in overall net loss. Unity's revenue increased 69% year-over-year to $544 million, while it reported a net loss reduced by half to $125 million, compared to $250 million during the same period last year.

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Real Programming

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

If you have a son or daughter who’s started to show a keen interest in coding, you’re right to nurture their curiosity. Computer programming is an excellent way to foster key problem-solving and critical thinking skills while cultivating creativity — to name just a few benefits! Fortunately, there are plenty of simple coding projects that integrate basic coding concepts that kids can tackle during the school year.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Microsoft wants its Xbox developers to use AI in their quest and narrative design, and eventually leverage that technology out to third-party studios.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

In the latest devlog i go through the game development process of adding dismemberment to my indie game Slaughter Cats in Unreal Engine 5.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Ubisoft has conducted layoffs that have affected its VFX and IT teams. The Assassin's Creed maker said the move was attributed to reorganizing headcount in Hybride and its worldwide IT staff. Overall, 124 employees were affected by the job cuts.

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Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

GameFromScratch.com The Evolution/History of the Godot Game Engine The Godot game engine release was first announced in January 2014 then was released in open source in February of the same year. This wasn’t actually the beginning for the game engine though, it actually started life as the Larvita 3 engine, which was also recently open sourced.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Interim CEO Jim Whitehurst said interventions will "likely include discontinuing certain product offerings, reducing our workforce, and reducing our office footprint.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

3XTINCTION is an Online Co-op Top Down Shooter with tactical and strategic elements. After a series of experiments on spiders gone wrong, the world is devasted by an outbreak. Prepare yourself before every wave, buy weapons, ammos and set up turrets.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Day three of the Epic vs Google antitrust trial offered insight into a previous dispute between the two companies regarding the initial launch of Fortnite on Google Play – including a $147 million deal proposed by Google. In 2018, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney told GamesIndustry.biz that Fortnite would not be released on Google Play as the "30% store tax is a high cost.

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Rocket Brush Studio

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Analysts predict AI's market size in software testing will reach an impressive $4 billion by 2024. But the impact of all this AI is tied to the precision and robustness of the underlying models.

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Game Developer

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Valve's new Steam Deck OLED promises an improved battery life and stronger Wi-Fi than its original model, which will be fully phased out once supply runs out.

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Indie DB

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The minimalist tower base defense game COLONY DEFENSE is now on Steam. If you have made any other plans for 2024. you shouldn't. The game is highly addictive.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 was developed in just 16 months with some periods of crunch and communications issues between developer Sledgehammer Games and Modern Warfare creator Infinity Ward. That's according to a Bloomberg report citing several anonymous members of the development team, who said the game was built in less than half the time – usually a three-year cycle – as previous Call of Duty games.

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Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Unity Update Licensing Terms In the aftermath of the Unity Runtime Fee fiasco on the of the major changes announced by Unity Create head Marc Whitten was: We will make sure that you can stay on the terms applicable for the version of Unity editor you are using – as long as you keep using … Unity Update Licensing Terms Read More The post Unity Update Licensing Terms appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The localization company has previous when it comes to miscrediting, but claims freelancers will be added to the Warcraft Rumble roll call in an upcoming patch.

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