Game Developer

APRIL 16, 2024

With so many games fighting for players' attention and interest losing out over time, time sink games are at risk of eventually losing steam.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 17, 2024

Captain Velvet Meteor: The Jump+ Dimensions is a game by Swiss indie game studio Momo-Pi. The tactical action adventure has much going for it. It looks great, bright and colorful and has gameplay that is both taxing and entertaining. Plus it features a cast of well known manga characters, straight out of the Shueisha universe. What more could you ask for?

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2024

Sales of Fallout games have shot up across Europe, with Fallout 4 reclaiming the No.1 spot. The 2015 game’s sales rose over 7,500% week-on-week across Europe. This is GSD data that tracks digital game sales across all European markets, and physical sales across all major European countries (including UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain). This is due to some heavy discounting on games in the Fallout franchise across all platforms.

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Game Development News

APRIL 16, 2024

After carefully considering the many hundreds of nominations, we have a shortlist!

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Game Developer

APRIL 17, 2024

The publisher will spend up to $200 million on a cost reduction program that will also include project cancellations.

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Game From Scratch

APRIL 16, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Descent 3 Source Code Released The source code for the 1999 Interplay/Outrage Entertainment game Descent 3 was just open sourced on GitHub under the MIT license. The person responsible for opening the project made the following statement on Reddit /r/gamedev: I was one of the developers for Descent 3 back in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. […] The post Descent 3 Source Code Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was the biggest-selling game at Japanese retail in March, shifting 310,596 units and leading a slew of new releases that took over the Top Five in the boxed games charts. Famitsu's latest data, shared with GamesIndustry.biz , shows that the second part of Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7 remake saw the second biggest launch month ever in terms of physical sales for a PS5 game in Japan.

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Game Developer

APRIL 16, 2024

Programmer Kevin Bentley put out (most) of the 1999 game's source code for players to help maintain and use for their own ends.

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Unity Blog

APRIL 18, 2024

We created two technical e-books to provide advanced Unity users with a better onboarding experience. Now updated for Unity 2022 LTS features.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Xalavier Nelson Jr., CEO of Strange Scaffold, is working through what sustainability means in the games industry during a time of economic uncertainty. "I don't think sustainability is a utopian idea," he tells GamesIndustry.biz in a discussion at the DICE Summit. "It's just a necessity.

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Indie DB

APRIL 16, 2024

[London, United Kingdom- April 5th, 2024] Terahard Studios is excited to announce the launch of Monster Mop Up’s Demo 2.0 on Steam. Monster Mop Up is a cozy cleaning simulation game with fluffy creatures in need of rescue. The updated demo contains.

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Game Developer

APRIL 16, 2024

'We are reshaping our business and our team to best capture the significant growth opportunities that currently exist in the sector.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 15, 2024

This article is part of the game-dev advice newsletter Levelling the Playing Field by Rami Ismail. If you want to know more about the art, craft and science of game development, subscribe here. The newsletter is free but you can support the existence of LTPF with a small subscription fee. Years ago, at the annual Penny Arcade Expo games convention, I was showing off an advanced prototype of Vlambeer’s Ridiculous Fishing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

UKIE published its latest Consumer Market Valuation Report, showing that the UK games market was worth £7.82 billion in 2023, a 4.4% increase compared to 2022's revised total of £7.49 billion. While overall game sales were up in the UK in 2023, boxed sales have continued their decline and were down 5% to £495 million compared to 2022.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 16, 2024

CG Spectrum's very own Nicklas Byriel, Department Head of 3D Visualization , recently participated in an expert panel on Chaos Unboxed, presented by Chaos Group. Nicklas and other industry pros discussed how art and technology intersect and explored interesting ways to accelerate creativity in your work and in your art. From architects to graphic designers and 3D visualization artists , this panel is packed with insights that will help fuel your creative process.

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Game Developer

APRIL 19, 2024

'Any developer, anywhere, and in any language, deserves access to funding structures and opportunities to make great games.

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Cocos

APRIL 14, 2024

This post was from Nine Bows, a developer of Cocos Creator in the Chinese forums. Cocos Creator 3.8…is hot! The global glow is beautiful! From now on, web games can also be made with graphics as good as AAA-level games! First, look at my test to do the effect of the picture: 1. Bloom parameters use experience Three parameters: Threshold, Iterations, and Intensity.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 15, 2024

At the Game Developer Conference last month, Glow Up Games co-founder and CXO Latoya Peterson contributed to a series of micro-talks around sustainability, calling out the fundamental flaws of games funding. Peterson was talking alongside Cornerstone Interactive Studios' Lisette Titre-Montgomery, ProbablyMonsters' JC Lau, Oculus Publishing's Shana T Bryant, and Outerloop Games' Chandana Ekanayake, in a collective presentation called "The Way We Work: Embracing Human Sustainability in Game Develo

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 15, 2024

84% of consumers value the customer experience just as much as the product or service they’re buying. (Source: Activecampaign ) Customer engagement cultivates loyalty, encourages repeat business, and sparks positive word-of-mouth marketing. By actively engaging with customers and focusing on customer experience, businesses gather valuable feedback for improvement and differentiate themselves in a crowded marketplace.

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Game Developer

APRIL 16, 2024

The Deus Ex director is still taking inspiration from tabletop with Otherside Entertainment's Thick as Thieves.

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Entertainment 351

Cocos

APRIL 14, 2024

This post was from Nine Bows, a developer of Cocos Creator in the Chinese forums. Cocos Creator 3.8…is hot! The global glow is beautiful! From now on, web games can also be made with graphics as good as AAA-level games! First, look at my test to do the effect of the picture: 1. Bloom parameters use experience Three parameters: Threshold, Iterations, and Intensity.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 16, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox With the Fallout TV series grabbing headlines and attention across the industry, data from mobile analysis firm Sensor Tower shows the impact it is having on the video games. Collated by Layer Licensing and shared with GamesIndustry.biz , the data shows that daily revenue for mobile spin-off Fallout Shelter rose from just over $20,000 on April 10, 2024 (the day the show debuted) to $80,000 by April 13.

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Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 15, 2024

Guest Post by Ken Landen , an experienced figure in the gaming industry, currently serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of a startup that's currently in stealth mode. With a career dating back to 2012, Ken has contributed to renowned gaming companies such as Blizzard, Scopely, and Kongregate. Now, he's embarking on a new venture, eager to bring fresh ideas and innovation to the gaming world.

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Game Developer

APRIL 16, 2024

'It's always easy to get seduced by the trappings of it all–and not get to the core of 'why do players enjoy this?

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Indie DB

APRIL 17, 2024

A thematic and narrative expansion of Corona Celestia with new gameplay features.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 18, 2024

Last week, Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 won five BAFTAs , including Best Game and Player's Choice. That's on top of GOTY accolades at the Golden Joystick Awards , The Game Awards , the DICE Awards , and the Game Developers Choice Awards. As GamesRadar+ pointed out, that makes it the first game to accomplish this grand slam since The Game Awards' inception in 2014.

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Real Programming

APRIL 15, 2024

STEM subjects are so popular now and have been for years because parents understand that we live in a digital world. Computers control everything around us and knowing how they work gives people a sense of control. We’re all dazzled by the technology we use every day, but there’s also a feeling that it cuts in both directions: if we don’t control it, it will control us.

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Game Developer

APRIL 17, 2024

With more than 70,000 units sold and over $500,000 in gross revenue dished out to developers through Catalog, Playdate continues to grow.

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Game From Scratch

APRIL 18, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Learn to Make Games in Godot 4 GameDev.tv Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Learn to Make Games in Godot 4 bundle is a collection of Godot courses by GameDev.tv. As with most bundles it is organized into tiers: 1$ Tier Godot 4 Shader Course: Craft Stunning Visuals Mid Tier Master Mobile […] The post Learn to Make Games in Godot 4 GameDev.tv Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 16, 2024

Take-Two Interactive is embarking on another cost cutting program, and this one will see the company layoff about 5% of its employees by the end of the year. "As part of these efforts, the company is rationalizing its pipeline and eliminating several projects in development and streamlining its organizational structure, which will eliminate headcount and reduce future hiring needs," Take-Two explained in an SEC filing stating that the board of directors approved the new program today.

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Juego Studio

APRIL 15, 2024

The importance of hiring skilled Unity game developers cannot be overstated, as they play a pivotal role in shaping the success and quality of any game development project.

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Game Developer

APRIL 18, 2024

The Lords of the Fallen developer earned $60 million during fiscal 2023, representing its 'best ever' year in terms of revenue.

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Indie DB

APRIL 19, 2024

Witness the adventures of a cursed wizard in ever-changing dungeons.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 17, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report has called for the creation of an industry-led organisation dedicated to solving the ongoing skills crisis in the UK video games sector. Published today by games development and publishing training provider Skillfull and penned by the company's founder Gina Jackson, the study explored the high number of job vacancies advertised in 2022 and sought to understand the most pressing skills needs in the UK.

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Game From Scratch

APRIL 17, 2024

GameFromScratch.com GeoGen – Procedural Terrain and Planet Generator Today we are checking out GeoGen, an application for generating terrain/landscapes as well as planets procedurally, from JangaFX, the creators of EmberGen and the free Game Texture Viewer. GeoGen is currently still in alpha (although it is available for sale) and graph based workflow for creating landscapes and planets.

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Game Developer

APRIL 18, 2024

'This updated 5th edition brings deeper coverage of playcentric design techniques, including setting emotion-focused experience goals and managing the design process to meet them. It includes a host of new diverse perspectives from top industry game designers.

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Indie DB

APRIL 13, 2024

Retro Twin-Stick arena shooter, BloodDome99, to release an update including 4 new weapons, 6 new perks, 8 new difficulty modifiers and more!

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