Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
The Australian Government doesn't want titles featuring "in-game purchases with an element of chance" being recommended to children under 15 years of age.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
The news that Square Enix considers its two major Final Fantasy titles in the past year – Final Fantasy 16 and Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth – to have missed their sales targets won't be a surprise to many people in the industry. On the contrary, this outcome was so predictable that it's provoked all manner of exaggerated eye-rolling.
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PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 15, 2024
Copycat is an emotional, narrative-driven adventure starring Dawn, a recently adopted shelter cat who suddenly finds herself outsmarted by a sneaky stray with a plan to steal her life. As players help Dawn claw her way back home, they’ll unravel a tale filled with jealousy, identity, and the complex emotions that shape the human experience. Will her owner, Olive, recognise the real Dawn if she ever returns?
Keith Burgun
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Over the last few years, I have went through a lot of the Final Fantasy series. I have recently beat 5, 9, 10, 13, 13-2, Remake and Rebirth (which I reviewed here), and I also played a lot of almost every other non-MMO mainline entry in the series (in the distant past I have also beaten final fantasies 1, 4, 6, and 7), plus direct sequels. Between that and the fact that I’m a game designer, and one who is also working on my own RPG, I feel like I’m in a pretty good position to give s
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Unity's move to "generational" updates is meant to help devs access engine improvements more often.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
When I heard that Joseph Garrett, aka the Minecraft YouTuber known as Stampy, was 'joining' 4J Studios to work on a new game, I dismissed it as a bit of a marketing stunt.
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Joost van Dreunen argues there’s a deeper, cyclical pattern that explains why interactive entertainment has entered a down period. He says that innovation cycles shape the industry's direction more than technological prowess alone. Enter the Play Pendium Theory. After speaking with a broad range of decision-makers, executives, and creatives over the past several months, I’ve identified a partial explanation for the paradox of an immensely successful yet tumultuous video game industry.
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Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
'It's a team that should be encouraged to create something new and continue their journey.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
By all estimations, the video game market was expected to contract once the COVID-19 lockdowns ended but even the worst-case scenarios for a return to normalcy predicted net growth when compared to pre-pandemic levels. Instead, a perfect storm of global political and macroeconomic factors, along with executive hubris, left us in a state of disarray and despair.
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Cocoon, the intricate puzzle adventure by Jeppe Carlsen , known as the lead gameplay designer of Limbo and Inside, launched to raving reviews after 6.5 years of development. The game immerses players in a captivating odyssey across worlds within worlds, beckoning them to master the art of world-leaping mechanics to uncover a cosmic mystery. Cocoon is the first venture of Geometric Interactive , a Danish indie studio founded by Carlsen and his ex-Playdead colleague, Jakob Schmid.
Indie DB
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Presentation of the City recreated from photos before second World War. A lot of hard work made and a lot of work to be done. To reach my personal goal of makeing game that You 'll love.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Selecting the criteria for a good picture is a persistent photo mode challenge. What happens when you relinquish critique to the player?
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
In 2020, Blizzard co-founder Mike Morhaime co-created Dreamhaven, a new developer and publisher with two internal studios and a partnership program designed to help other indies.
The Bottom Feeder
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
We’re back to Avernum, and we’ve got a ton of new ideas. While I mostly write stuff of general interest, there are times when I have to address posts more directly to my fans. This is one of those times. Let's get the basic PR out of the way: We have launched the Kickstarter for our next game, and we're thrilled to finally return to the world of Avernum!
The Astronauts
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
This will be about how when in your C++ code you have a “vector math library”, and how the choices of code style in there affect non-optimized build performance. Backstory A month ago I got into the rabbit hole of trying to “sanitize” the various ways that images can be resized within Blender codebase. There were at least 4 different functions to do that, with different filtering modes (expected), but also different corner case behaviors and other funkiness, that was not
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Drawing from Highfleet's experience, this article explains why building your own engine may be a bad idea and when it might be worth considering.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
nDreams is set to lay off up to 17.5% of its staff. In a statement to GamesIndustry.biz , CEO Patrick O'Luanaigh said that despite exploring "multiple alternatives to avoid such action," a new "strategic focus could result in redundancies affecting up to 17.5% of the company." On LinkedIn , nDreams lists its headcount as between 201 and 500 employees, intimating anywhere between 35 and 88 jobs are at risk at "all levels" of the organisation.
Indie DB
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Hungry Horrors is a unique roguelite deck-builder where cooking replaces combat. Set in a world inspired by British and Irish folklore, players take on the role of a princess who must prepare traditional dishes to feed legendary creatures. The twist?
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Cascadeur 2024.2 Released Cascadeur 2024.2 was just released. This powerful animation application is an example of AI and machine learning done right, in that it is there to assist the artist, not replace them. The 2024.2 of Cascadeur adds several new features including: Key Links Cascadeur Homepage 2024.2 Release Notes You can learn […] The post Cascadeur 2024.2 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
EA execs say the technology is at the 'very core' of its business and could propel user generated experiences to new heights.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
The Pokémon Company has won a $15m copyright and intellectual property theft lawsuit against several Chinese companies over the game Pocket Monster Reissue.
Indie DB
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
It's been some time since the last update. I've been working on adding some more unlockable content that will increase the quality of life of the game.
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Epic Games Make Massive FAB Announcements Fab, Epic Games new universal game development content marketplace was first announced back at GDC 2023 and it has been mostly radio silence since then. Today Epic Games have released a major update about Fab as well as the future of their other online markets the Unreal Marketplace, SketchFab, Quixel […] The post Epic Games Make Massive FAB Announcements appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Photography isn't just for 3D games. Here's how inkle gave players a dynamic photo mode in a sidescrolling exploration game.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Ubisoft employees will be expected in the office at least three days a week going forward, sources within Ubisoft have told GamesIndustry.
Indie DB
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Just want to put up a mini update for a little chance of pace. Been experimenting with different UI design. Just a mini ui update for this one, no video for now. WIll still need to link it up to the combat and probably experiement with npc target on.
Game Development News
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
MCV/DEVELOP’s 30 Under 30 is happening once again, and you can now nominate your picks for the best and brightest young people
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
The studio plans to defend itself against Nintendo's lawsuit, but it also claims to not even know what patents Palworld is accused of violating.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
As an industry, we're currently caught in a perfect storm of rapidly-evolving technology and the spiraling demands of modern AAA games, with a huge number of developers working for years to meet the level of scale and fidelity audiences have grown to expect.
Indie DB
SEPTEMBER 14, 2024
Pompeii: The Legacy reveal trailer is now live, offering a first look at the challenges of rebuilding Pompeii.
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Unity Unite 2024 Keynote The Unity annual developer conference Unite just completed the keynote speech today in Barcelona. In the video below we condense the keynote down to a little under 10 minutes and cover the key new announcements for game developers. Highlight features include: Check out our coverage of Unity Unite 2024 in […] The post Unity Unite 2024 Keynote appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Creative director Jonathan Epler explains what it took to rebuild the Dragon Age series, and how one infamous zone from Inquisition offered a key lesson going forward.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
1.74 million video games were sold in the UK during August, a slight drop of 1.5% over the year before (GSD data).
Mircosoft Game Dev
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
Introducing the Godot Editor for Meta Quest (Horizon OS) devices
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
GameFromScratch.com Audio Alchemy Game Audio Humble Bundle There is another Humble Bundle of interest to game developers (when it rains it pours!), the Audio Alchemy Game Audio Humble Bundle by Ovani bundle. This bundle contains a number of plugins for Unity, Godot and Unreal Engine for dynamic audio and music playback. Additionally the bundle is jam full […] The post Audio Alchemy Game Audio Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
Ubisoft says various global teams were already coming back to the office, and set its new three-day rule to 'align the rest of the group.
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
Behaviour Interactive has announced the cancellation of Dead by Daylight spinoff Project T, with its developer Midwinter Entertainment allegedly also being shut down as a result.
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