Unity Blog
MARCH 21, 2023
Announcing two new Social solutions within Unity Gaming Services, Friends & Leaderboards, to help devs add a new layer of social experience to their games.
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.
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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.
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.
Unity Blog
MARCH 23, 2023
Unity’s Jessica Lindl shares background on the changing landscape for modern education and how Unity works with schools to build inclusive programs that incorporate future-ready skills into curricula through gaming and computer science.
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.
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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.
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
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.
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 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.
Game Daily
MARCH 23, 2023
Tim Sweeney’s stage presence isn’t likely to attract the attention of the Oscars or Grammys live show organizers, but in yesterday’s State of Unreal presentation at Game Developer Conference, he fairly electrified his audience. The Epic Games boss lacks the flash and manufactured charisma of many tech execs. Even in high profile, widely distributed live presentations, he dresses like a person who just woke up and really needs to go get a cup of coffee.
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.
Filmustage
MARCH 24, 2023
In movies, visual effects are various digital techniques employed to produce scenes and components that are either impossible or prohibitively expensive to capture using traditional filming methods. Utilizing state-of-the-art software and technologies, VFX artists create everything from lifelike digital creatures to expansive landscapes and futuristic cityscapes.
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.
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
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 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.
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
The creative director of Supermassive Games' anthology series explains how they built a growing subgenre of horror gaming.
Unity Blog
MARCH 22, 2023
Unity’s Sébastien L'Heureux shares more about the new Data Modes pattern so developers can make the most of Editor workflows specific to projects using ECS for Unity.
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 24, 2023
The cinematic director for Guerrilla Games' open-world post-apocalyptic game describes their approach to adding epic flair.
Nvidia
MARCH 20, 2023
At GDC 2023, NVIDIA released new tools that make real-time path tracing more accessible to developers while accelerating the creation of ultra-realistic game. At GDC 2023 , NVIDIA released new tools that make real-time path tracing more accessible to developers while accelerating the creation of ultra-realistic game worlds. Video 1. NVIDIA at GDC 2023: Frame Generation and Path Tracing Tools Now Available Generate frames with the latest breakthrough in AI rendering Announced with the NVIDIA Ada
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 21, 2023
Xbox has detailed its new-look program designed to support underrepresented creators. The program has actually been running since 2019, and has offered porting funding to over 100 independent developers, supporting titles such as Onsen Master, ValiDate and Paper Ghost Stories 7PM. The newly named ID@Xbox Developer Acceleration Program will continue to offer the porting support, which is non-recoupable and does not require Xbox exclusivity or company equity.
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.
Game Developer
MARCH 24, 2023
The Competition and Markets Authority has narrowed its "scope of concerns" and is now convinced Call of Duty won't become an Xbox exclusive should Microsoft complete the deal.
Game Development for Beginners
MARCH 23, 2023
When it comes to game development, lighting is a crucial aspect that can make or break the overall visual appeal. Unity, one of the most popular game engines out there, offers a robust lighting system that can help you create immersive and realistic game worlds. In this article, we’ll cover everything you need to know.
GamesIndustry.biz
MARCH 22, 2023
Epic Games showcased its vision for a metaverse at today’s State of Unreal, during which it unveiled more details about the economy around its Unreal Editor for Fortnite , a new unified marketplace, Fab, which offers assets across several game engines, new Metahumans animation tools, and more. Talking to GamesIndustry.biz at GDC 2023, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney further clarified his vision for an open ecosystem across the games industry.
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.
Game Developer
MARCH 20, 2023
Gearbox's creative director Matt Cox and senior producer Kayla Belmore opened up on how they put their health first while making Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and how that affected the larger studio.
Game Wisdom
MARCH 23, 2023
The Evolution of Action Game Design Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" With Wo Long released, for the Key to Games cast, we’re talking action game design and specifically how the genre and its major elements have changed over 40 years of the industry.… The post The Evolution of Action Game Design appeared first on Game Wisdom.
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