Game Developer
MARCH 20, 2023
Accessibility-specific menus in games may not be enough. At GDC 2023, Ubisoft shares real-world examples of why some current accessibility options fall short.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 22, 2023
Chinese developer and publisher Nuverse is using AI for all NPC speech and animation in games. For its upcoming science fiction survival title Earth: Revival the development team used a system to generate speech and compute full body animations for NPCs, without any manual intervention. The company claims that the majority of players could not tell that the voices were synthesized.
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GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 23, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Arkane Studio's upcoming shooter Redfall was previously in development for the PlayStation 5; it was scrapped after Microsoft bought Bethesda's parent company ZeniMax Media. As reported by IGN , per IGN France , Harvey Smith, Redfall's game director, said that the development focus for the title shifted after the acquisition.
Game From Scratch
MARCH 20, 2023
GameFromScratch.com ChatGPT in the Unity Game Engine ChatGPT from OpenAI is an amazing artificial intelligence chat bot from AI that has proven to be remarkably capable of coding. In fact, we did a video back in December about using ChatGPT as a Godot tutor and it does a shockingly good job… until it doesn’t. Today we are … ChatGPT in the Unity Game Engine Read More The post ChatGPT in the Unity Game Engine appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Game Developer
MARCH 23, 2023
Speaking at GDC 2023, Immortality co-creator Sam Barlow breaks down his storytelling pillars and reveals the acclaimed project owes its success, in part, to the existence of Pokemon Snap.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 24, 2023
Splenbit is a part-time solo game developer, known for his game Blocks Tracks Trains. He obtained a doctorate in Informatics and Robotics and has been working as a software developer on various projects since 2009. Since the age of 10, he has always liked programming as a hobby. And that’s what game development is to him at the moment, a hobby. While he enjoys the freedom of developing games by himself at his own pace, Splenbit wouldn’t mind working in a team. “I’m not good wi
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox On paper, a company announcing – in effect – that they're upgrading the modding tools for their online game should not be an industry-shaking event. Sure, it's made more interesting when the game in question has generated revenues of around $30 billion in its five-year lifespan; any change at all to a behemoth on that scale is automatically of interest, after all.
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Game Developer
MARCH 24, 2023
Speaking at GDC 2023, Ubisoft Paris level designer Frédéric Giraud explained how the team generated multiple qualitative tactical battles for Sparks of Hope.
PreMortem.Games
MARCH 20, 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 24, 2023
Xbox talks frequently about its goal of reaching three billion gamers. It’s why the company is spending so much energy and money on streaming and subscriptions. It’s why it has two different Xbox Series consoles. It’s why it’s releasing all its games on PC. It’s why it wants to launch a mobile app store. It knows it can’t reach three billion gamers with a high-powered games console alone.
Game Development News
MARCH 21, 2023
Epic Games will have to pay $245 million out to its consumers
Game Developer
MARCH 24, 2023
At GDC 2023, GDBAY co-founder Elene Lobova talks about her experiences during the invasion of Ukraine while maintaining a gaming community.
Real Programming
MARCH 21, 2023
We have all experienced a tense minute that felt like hours or weeks that felt like a day or two. Time can be an extremely relative, elastic thing. Students learning a new subject tend to absorb the material more fully when they immerse themselves and take multiple dives into the material. Coding students of all ages and experience levels are tackling a subject that keeps them stimulated and challenged.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 23, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Domestic violence charges against Justin Roiland have been dropped. As reported by Polygon , the case dismissal was attributed to "insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 20, 2023
The first of many, Godot 4.0.1 comes with important fixes and usability improvements to Godot 4.0. Multiple crashes, bugs, and smaller annoyances have been addressed in this patch release, and we recommend all Godot 4 users to update.
Game Developer
MARCH 24, 2023
The cinematic director for Guerrilla Games' open-world post-apocalyptic game describes their approach to adding epic flair.
Perforce
MARCH 20, 2023
A Product Requirements Document (PRD) outlines what you’re going to build. Here are five steps to creating an effective PRD.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox The Competition and Markets Authority, the UK regulator investigating Microsoft's proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard, has changed its stance on the impact the deal would have on competition in the console space – as well as the likelihood of Xbox making Call of Duty exclusive to its system.
Indie DB
MARCH 22, 2023
This ecologically-focused platforming indie makes its debut
Game Developer
MARCH 23, 2023
The creative director of Supermassive Games' anthology series explains how they built a growing subgenre of horror gaming.
Perforce
MARCH 24, 2023
Learn what non-functional requirements are, the various types, and examples of each. Plus how to manage them with Helix ALM.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 22, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Update: Amazon has confirmed it has launched Luna in the UK, Germany and Canada. A blog post offers an introduction to the cloud gaming service for new users, including links to buy the Luna console in the three territories.
Indie DB
MARCH 20, 2023
This classic mythological RTS unveils new regionally-inspired forces
Game Developer
MARCH 23, 2023
Witch Beam Games community and social media manager Emily Hummel laid out practical plans for long-tail post-launch marketing and community engagement for small games.
Game From Scratch
MARCH 22, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Unity Announced Unity AI Just a few days after we covered the impressive ChatGPT integration demo from a Unity developer, Unity have formally announced Unity AI. Right now details are exceptionally vague, with Unity releasing a video that shows the kinds of things you can request of Unity AI, but no actual results. At … Unity Announced Unity AI Read More The post Unity Announced Unity AI appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 24, 2023
Josh Sawyer, director of Pentiment, has said that GDC has an accessibility problem. As reported by Shacknews , he shared his thoughts on the event while accepting the GDC Best Narrative Award for Pentiment. He noted concerns about travel costs and how accessible it is for people from overlooked communities.
Game Developer
MARCH 22, 2023
Series directors deconstruct big Kirby changes in a 3D adventure and a 2D remake.
Game From Scratch
MARCH 20, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Sonniss 44GB+ Sound Effect Giveaway at GDC 2023 Every “in person” GDC since 2015, audio provider Sonniss have given away a large collection of game ready sound effects and 2023 is no exception. The Sonniss GDC 2023 audio collection contains 44GB+ sound effects, representing over 850 individual sound effects in a variety of different environments.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 24, 2023
Activision Blizzard has released its first annual Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Look-Back report, giving an insight into how the company's workforce looked by the end of 2022. The report follows the publisher's 2021 commitment to, among other things, increase the percentage of women and non-binary employees by 50% over the course of five years. This in itself was prompted by multiple lawsuits from US government bodies against the company over discrimination, abuse, gender pay disparity, and mo
Rocket Brush Studio
MARCH 22, 2023
One of the integral parts of a software system and security testing is restricting a user's access to information by introducing user roles and permissions. This blog will provide you with complete knowledge about access management.
Game Developer
MARCH 23, 2023
Don't call it a comeback.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 24, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox CD Projekt Red has financially written off the development costs spent on Project Sirius, a Witcher spin-off title. As reported by TechPowerUp , the title's development cost the Polish firm more than $7 million in 2022 and over $2.2 million in 2023 before the decision was made.
Rocket Brush Studio
MARCH 21, 2023
A few years ago, intelligent security tools were just a marketing gimmick. Today, artificial intelligence and machine learning are a necessary part of IT security operations. AI is changing the security testing industry and is making software development safer, more efficient, and more reliable.
Game Developer
MARCH 23, 2023
MSCHF's Tax Heaven 3000 aims to help US players filed their taxes, it just can't be done on Steam.
Indie DB
MARCH 24, 2023
This high-octane GZDoom-powered indie announces a major milestone
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