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Learn how to stop your current raycasts from stealing performance and upgrade them to the new era of Unity raycast commands that finally scale
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The Art of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
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Concept Art World. The Art of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Ubisoft and Dark Horse Books provide a look into the world of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: A world defined by the harsh beauty of Viking life, rich with fascinating characters and breathtaking landscapes. This oversized hardcover art book offers an insider’s look at the immersive art direction of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla the first title in the franchise to explore Norse culture and the Viking invasion of England in t
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Deconstructor of Fun
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This post is sponsored by Xsolla. If you’re interested in growing your business on mobile and beyond, look no further. Xsolla has dedicated tools that will help you create your own online commerce platform, improve your performance marketing and discoverability, and expand your game business on mobile and PC. Check out Xsolla’s solutions for more information.
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Six Truths About Video Game Stories
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We sell words. We’re in the word-selling business. Our tiny company has been earning (well, "earning") a good living making indie computer games for 27 years now. This is an extremely tough, competitive business, and we've been workin' it for a longer continuous period than just about everyone. We write super-retro, super-low-budget games that don't look great.
Godot has been renamed to Godette Engine
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Edit: We have seen many comments on our April Fool's joke. We strive to make the Godot community, and game development in general, a welcoming place for everyone. By not understanding the various ways in which our joke could be interpreted we have failed in this goal. The Godette character was made years ago. It was not created for this joke. The joke itself was intended to poke fun at a very vocal minority of users who think that our robot logo isn't "professional", thus the joke was
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Newest Devlog is now on YouTube! After chipping away at development tools and setup behind the scenes, the Yotes Games team is back with an (admittedly late) update on what we've been up to! In short, things like new scenery, a debugged overworld, and more videos breaking down specific mechanics can be expected as we charge full-speed ahead into the next year.
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Nullam imperdiet, sem at fringilla lobortis, sem nibh fringilla nibh, idae gravida mi purus sit amet erat. Ut dictum nisi massa.Maecenas id justo rhoncus, volutpat nunc sit amet, facilisiulum scelerisque dictum Maecenas id justo rhoncus, volutpat nunc sit amet, facilisis sem. Vestibulum scelerisque dictsap. I think it’s important people see themselves in film, but it’s even more important they see people they maybe don’t know as well.
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Nullam imperdiet, sem at fringilla lobortis, sem nibh fringilla nibh, idae gravida mi purus sit amet erat. Ut dictum nisi massa.Maecenas id justo rhoncus, volutpat nunc sit amet, facilisiulum scelerisque dictum Maecenas id justo rhoncus, volutpat nunc sit amet, facilisis sem. Vestibulum scelerisque dictsap. I think it’s important people see themselves in film, but it’s even more important they see people they maybe don’t know as well.
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Nullam imperdiet, sem at fringilla lobortis, sem nibh fringilla nibh, idae gravida mi purus sit amet erat. Ut dictum nisi massa.Maecenas id justo rhoncus, volutpat nunc sit amet, facilisiulum scelerisque dictum Maecenas id justo rhoncus, volutpat nunc sit amet, facilisis sem. Vestibulum scelerisque dictsap. I think it’s important people see themselves in film, but it’s even more important they see people they maybe don’t know as well.
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