Game Developer
MARCH 27, 2023
Looking to incorporate accessibility features but don't know where to begin? Here are a few tips from Microsoft senior Gaming Accessibility Program manager Brannon Zahand.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 27, 2023
Hiwarp is an indie game studio based in Spain, run by solo game developer Elwin Gorman. He is known for the charming black and white game PiAwk , about a caged bird that’s looking for freedom. His next game is called Naiad. In it you guide a freshwater nymph down a river and explore all its beauty and secrets at your own pace. That premise has a lot in common with the way Gorman likes to work.
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GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 30, 2023
E3 2023 has been cancelled, the ESA and ReedPop has announced. The video games expo was due to take place between June 13th and June 16th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. It now will not be taking place at all, in either digital or physical form. The event did not take place in 2022, but the ESA announced it had partnered with ReedPop ( GamesIndustry.biz 's parent company) to work on a new version of the show for 2023.
That One Game Dev
MARCH 28, 2023
In this article I showcase how you can develop graphics with the BGFX library and also introduce you to my own open-source project. The post The BIG2 Stack appeared first on That One Game Dev.
Game Developer
MARCH 30, 2023
Berlyn's career in the game industry spanned decades and included titles such as the original Syphon Filter , Keef the Thief , and Zork.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 29, 2023
“Can gaming truly change a country for the better?” Johana Riquier is convinced it can. She’s Managing Diorector of Gamerging. She’s a gaming business strategist and a diversity advocate specialized in the Middle Eastern and African market based in Senegal. “The power of gaming and emerging technologies unlocks new opportunities for growth and innovation in the Global South.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 27, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox [ Trigger warning: This article contains references to sexual assault] Allegations have emerged that multiple women were subject to abuse and harassment during GDC and adjacent networking events.
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Game Developer
MARCH 30, 2023
Terrible Toybox Lead Producer Jenn Sandercock revealed a treasure trove of secrets from the creation of last year's Return to Monkey Island.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 30, 2023
The world of Dredge is a foreboding place, a collection of remote islands adrift in a deep blue sea that appears calm and inviting by day yet dark and brooding as night falls. As a down-on-their-luck fisherman, you have little option but to explore these waters for fish and other things you may dredge up from the pitch black depths. The debut game Dredge from New Zealand-based indie studio Black Salt Games oozes atmosphere and manages to combine multiple genres into one haunting adventure.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 27, 2023
The remake of Resident Evil 4 is the eighth biggest Resident Evil boxed launch in the UK, beating week one sales of the GameCube original. Sales are 29% higher for the remake compared to the original, which launched in the UK in March 2005. Of course, the GameCube Resident Evil 4 was only released on one platform, and not a particular popular one, either.
Game Daily
MARCH 30, 2023
It’s been a full year since the consumer advocacy group Truth in Advertising (TINA) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commision about Roblox’s lax policy towards in-game advertising to children. Roblox has finally responded with a coherent set of policies that go some way to discouraging stealth branding, while at the same time leaving brands with plenty of room to interpret guidelines in their own way.
Game Developer
MARCH 31, 2023
Ubisoft Toronto's Brandon Hennessy spoke at GDC 2023 about the narrative work that went into Watch Dogs: Legion , and how the game's Play as Anyone mechanic required changes to the narrative team's pipeline.
Unity Blog
MARCH 27, 2023
From Ready Player Me to the short film Sprout , we take a closer look at seven applications of Unity (beyond games) that we’ve seen in recent months as a showcase of ways our tools can be used for other industries. We hope these stories leave readers inspired and motivated to continue to create.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 31, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Roblox will now hide advertisements from users 13 and younger, the company revealed in its new policy changes. The changes come nearly a year after the organization Truth in Advertising (TINA) issued a complaint to the FTC and published a report about Roblox's advertising policy towards minors.
Designer Notes
MARCH 31, 2023
I gave an Old World postmortem at GDC 2022, which is available on YouTube: However, I fully scripted the talk ahead of time, so I decided it would be worth taking the time to post the slides online, in three parts to have mercy on your browser. Welcome to My Elephant in the Room: An Old World Design Postmortem. Here are the games that I’ve worked on.
Game Developer
MARCH 30, 2023
CEO of Future Friends Games, Thomas Reisenegger explains how to use this to your marketing advantage.
Unity Blog
MARCH 29, 2023
We spoke to creators from our community for the 2023 Unity Gaming Report. In this blog, discover bonus creator insights that were not included in the report.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 31, 2023
Existing as they do at the intersection of "brevity is the soul of wit" and "a picture is worth a thousand words," social media posts and memes can be great for drawing easily graspable parallels between complex subjects and situations, with the capability to get across insightful comparisons in humorous shorthand. And as evidenced by that lead, editorials like this are perfect for spelling out jokes at cumbersome length, articulating those complex parallels and draining them of all humor.
Cocos
MARCH 29, 2023
Is it feasible to develop a 3D game in 2 hours with AI tools Try it online: [link] the FULL SOURCE CODE will be availabe on Cocos Store. I scored 21, could anyone get a higher than mine?！！！ Recently, Technological advancements are changing rapidly by AI, especially by ChatGPT. Just as we thought that Stable Diffusion and Mid Journey only threatened the artists, we were still glad that programmers were unlikely to be replaced.
Game Developer
MARCH 28, 2023
Mácula Interactive breaks down the photography mechanic that will allow players to explore post-revolutionary Mexico as photojournalist Juan Aguirre.
Unity Blog
MARCH 28, 2023
Unity’s Anton Kruglyakov answers your frequently asked questions about memory, covering: calculating application memory footprint, resident memory, and memory footprint analysis.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 31, 2023
"It's possible that people have already made their mind up about E3. Perhaps all of this is a little too late. And when my bosses come back from meeting all the big games companies (with a presentation that will inevitably get leaked), perhaps we'll hear how everyone was indifferent, and it's just not what the industry is looking for. "But I hope not.
OPM Jobs
MARCH 31, 2023
We all remember the times where the focus of most AAA game studios seemed to be to fulfil the fantasies of cis men. Slowly companies started to realise they were ignoring a huge potential audience. And that audience began realising that they deserve that representation. Today, games are still not as diverse as they should be in the modern world. Most of industry knows this and are ready to change.
Game Developer
MARCH 27, 2023
While making Just Dance 2023 , Ubisoft's Paris studio was reportedly hit hard with demanding management and burnout.
Unity Blog
MARCH 31, 2023
What did devs ask about during GDC 2023? Catch this roundup for a list of the most noteworthy topics – and related resources – from the ground floor, including rendering hair, maximizing multiplayer, and more.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 29, 2023
Diversity, equity, and inclusion has been a hot button topic in the games industry over the past decade, with numerous companies embracing DEI efforts in the wake of scandals and tragedies that emphasized the inequality of industry, specific companies, or society as a whole. But despite high-profile chief diversity officer appointments and more pro-diversity communications from companies, Feminist Frequency executive director Anita Sarkeesian used her GDC session last week to say they are making
Game Development for Beginners
MARCH 26, 2023
In our last tutorial on Unity lights, we learnt that baked lights do not affect dynamic objects. You can very well use a real time light to solve this issue but having multiple real time lights in your scene can really affect the performance. Also, gameobject are affected only by direct light in case of.
Game Developer
MARCH 29, 2023
A selection of coverage from some of the industry's most accomplished artists and animators, from their GDC 2023 panels.
Game From Scratch
MARCH 27, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Four Godot 4 Graphic Demo Scenes Godot 4 was recently released and contains an all new renderer and plenty of new graphic features. Today we are going to look at 3 free and 1 commercial scenes for showing off the graphic capabilities of the Godot Engine. Godot Third Person Demo (TPS-DEMO) Available open source on GitHub, … Four Godot 4 Graphic Demo Scenes Read More The post Four Godot 4 Graphic Demo Scenes appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 29, 2023
Electronic Arts today announced that it will be laying off approximately 6% of its staff as part of a restructuring plan that also includes optimizing its real estate portfolio and re-focusing its efforts around growth opportunities. EA's last annual report said it employed 12,900 people globally as of the end of March 2022, when a 6% cut would have put the total number of layoffs around 775.
Rocket Brush Studio
MARCH 29, 2023
Customer Experience Testing plays a crucial role in ensuring the software meets customer needs and expectations. By testing software with real users, businesses can identify pain points and improve the overall user experience. For example, an eCommerce website can test its checkout process to ensure it's user-friendly and streamlined, resulting in higher customer satisfaction and retention.
Game Developer
MARCH 28, 2023
Ubisoft Toronto's Heli Kennedy and Brandon Hennessy go into the narrative design of 2021's Far Cry 6 and its standalone expansion, Far Cry 6: Lost Between Worlds.
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 31, 2023
With the GDC 2023 past us, we are getting ready for the 4.1 dev cycle. But that doesn't mean current Godot 4.0 users have to wait, because here's a release candidate for 4.0.2, with a handful of fixes and extra enhancements!
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 31, 2023
The winners of the 2023 BAFTA Games Awards were revealed in London last night, with God of War Ragnarok taking home the most accolades. The acclaimed PlayStation epic won five prices, including both performance categories for Kratos actor Christopher Judge and Angrboda actress Laya DeLeon Hayes, as well as the publicly-voted EE Game of the Year. Three other titles picked up two BAFTAs each, including UK-developed Vampire Survivors, which was awarded Best Game and Game Design.
Rocket Brush Studio
MARCH 28, 2023
The digital age has made software integration a crucial part of any business’s success. Companies that continue to invest in big data, cybersecurity, and cloud technology — among other digital solutions — grow over 50% faster than their competition. To retain your edge, you must build and constantly maintain your digital infrastructure.
Game Developer
MARCH 29, 2023
At GDC 2023, Anita Sarkeesian described why current DEI initiatives at gaming companies are doomed to fail—and how "transformative justice" might foster better healing, more equitable workplaces.
Game Development News
MARCH 31, 2023
Time is running out for anyone planning to submit nominations for the 2023 MCV/DEVELOP Awards. There are just three days until the deadline.
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