Harold Serrano

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

I’ve been knee-deep in rewriting the Untold Engine , transitioning it from C++ to Swift. Moving to Swift has been a game-changer, making the engine not only faster and more modern but much easier to work with. Built on ECS Architecture The Untold Engine is powered by Entity-Component-System (ECS) architecture. What’s Next?

Engine 69

Engine Engineering Collision Mesh 69

Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

Unreal Engine Created by Epic Games, it is well known for its advanced rendering capabilities and excellent visuals. Advanced physics and rendering tools for detailed environments. Features Comparison: Unity vs. Unreal Engine When deciding between these two, check and compare via an Android game development company in India.

Engine 52

Engine Engineering Game Developer Game Development 52

Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Usually, you want a subject matter expert to handle issues with the subject - an engine programmer to work on the engine, a rendering programmer to work on the renderer, and so on. It happens on occasion, but not super often. You may have surmised, based on that last example, why such a thing might happen.

Render 52

Render Engine Engineering Dev 52

Cocos

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This release focuses on package size reduction, rendering pipeline improvements, and editor usability, alongside extensive bug fixes and platform compatibility enhancements. Rendering pipeline improvements : Added support for PipelinePass in the new pipeline. Enabled “inline enums” and “private property compression” for engine code.

Electronics 98

Electronics Point and Click Bug Render 98

AWS Games

MARCH 11, 2025

Studios demanded full support for Unreal Engine projects, including efficient data synchronization, optimized build pipelines, and robust game streaming capabilities for remote playtesting. delivers automated Unreal Engine studio setup and management in the cloud, following the Epic Way best practices to streamline workflows.

Build 64

Build Engine Engineering Studios 64

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 26, 2025

Rendering: Add ASTC HDR format variants ( GH-102777 ). Rendering: Fix voxelizer normals ( GH-102893 ). Rendering: Fix 2D quad primitive missing lighting data in GLES3 renderer ( GH-102908 ). Rendering: Fix uninitialized value in Tonemap ( GH-103092 ). Rendering: Fix incorrect parameters passed to VMA ( GH-103730 ).

Render 85

Render Shaders Bug Animation 85

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Breaking changes Animation Audio C# Core Editor GDScript Import Input Physics Platforms Rendering and shaders XR New in Beta 1! This integration ensures developers targeting macOS or iOS can achieve excellent rendering quality and performance on supported Apple hardware. Highlights Many features originally intended for 4.3

Beta 106

Beta Dev Lightmap Baking 106

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 20, 2025

Drop preload Resources as UID With UID support being a part of the engine as of 4.4read more about them here weve enabled further optimizations via their integration with core components. Rendering: Clean up more dynamic allocations in the RD renderers with a focus on 2D ( GH-103889 ).

Dev 75

Dev Render Scripting Bug 75

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 14, 2025

Rendering: Add ASTC HDR format variants ( GH-102777 ). Rendering: Fix voxelizer normals ( GH-102893 ). Rendering: Fix 2D quad primitive missing lighting data in GLES3 renderer ( GH-102908 ). Rendering: Fix uninitialized value in Tonemap ( GH-103092 ). Rendering: Fix incorrect parameters passed to VMA ( GH-103730 ).

Shaders 73

Shaders Render Bug Data 73

Perforce

JANUARY 4, 2024

Unreal Engine architecture visualization uses game engines to present a hyper-realistic 3D rendering to stakeholders and clients. Learn about UE archviz features and real-life examples.

Feature 105

Feature Engine Engineering Render 105

Game From Scratch

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Godot C# Development Sample + New Rendering Demo Using C# with Godot Engine is powerful but at times daunting due to the lack of documentation and samples available. Thankfully there is a new example available from Chickensoft.

Render 83

Render Demo Development Engineering 83

Harold Serrano

MAY 16, 2024

I was completely immersed in rewriting my game engine when I stumbled upon these captivating images. The author experimented with the properties of various metals and demonstrated how to create them in a Physically-Based Renderer through renderings. I was a bit hesitant to take a detour from my engine and modify the renderer.

Render 72

Render Shaders Engineering Engine 72

Unity Blog

APRIL 26, 2023

A dash of post-processing, a cup of decals, a pinch of color grading, and some sparkling water: Our new Universal Render Pipeline (URP) cookbook is coming soon. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s on the menu.

Render 114

Render Platformer Engineering Engine 114

Harold Serrano

MAY 26, 2024

For a long time, the first version of my game engine lacked a UI. Thus, I ended up developing a BRDF renderer. If you didn't get a chance to read the article, here are some screenshots of what I accomplished with my renderer. The UI in my renderer is simple. And that is what I did.

Render 69

Render Point and Click Engineering Engine 69

CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Hanny shares her visually stunning final project with us, a short cinematic called Naima , detailing how she created her scenes in Unreal Engine, where she drew her inspiration from, and how the technical and creative support of her industry expert mentors allowed her to bring her vision to fruition. Meet Hanny. So, I signed up!

Cinematics 98

Cinematics Engine Engineering Animation 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Export: Disable Metal and Vulkan renderers in simulator builds. Rendering: 2D: Fix clip children and rendering artefacts ( GH-102161 ). Rendering: Add loop annotations to ubershaders to prevent loop unrolling ( GH-102480 ). Rendering: Fix shadow peter-panning with default spotlight ( GH-101952 ).

Beta 75

Beta Dev Baking Render 75

AWS Games

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Unreal Engine , created by by Epic Games, is one of the most advanced tools for creating and rendering photo-realistic visuals and immersive experiences. Using AWS and Unreal Engine’s Pixel Streaming, developers can create content with Unreal Engine and deploy it on Amazon Elastic Compute (EC2) on either Windows or Linux.

Pixel 101

Pixel Engine Engineering Render 101

iXie gaming

MARCH 28, 2025

Today, advancements in tools like ZBrush, Unreal Engine, and Substance Painter have revolutionized the pipeline, making it more streamlined and efficient. A well-defined art style, whether realistic, stylized, or pixel-based, guides asset complexity, rendering performance, and development timelines. Hard surface modelling (e.g.,

Concepts 52

Concepts Art Texture Asset 52

Unity Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Learn how to quickly add VR support to your existing Universal Render Pipeline (URP) project by taking advantage of the XR Plug-in Management and XR Interaction (XRI) Toolkit packages.

Render 90

Render Platformer Engineering Engine 90

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Last year we announced that we were planning on creating an OpenGL-based renderer to complement the current Vulkan-based renderers. with an OpenGL-based renderer; it just won't be feature complete. As a reminder, an OpenGL-based renderer is still crucial so we can support older platforms, and Web export. LightmapGI.

Render 62

Render Beta Feature Bug 62

GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

FTI Consulting and UKIE's study says the "spillover" technology includes game engines, VR, and 3D rendering software. Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report says that UK video game technology used by non-gaming industries was worth £1.3 billion during 2021. Read more

Technology 139

Technology Render Game Engine Software 139

Harold Serrano

MAY 22, 2023

If you had the option to rewrite your game engine from scratch, what would you do differently? Bulletproof my engine by providing defaults upon load failures. Use Entity-Component-System I wrote my game engine using C++ and decided to take the OOP approach. OOP served me well until my engine became too complex.

Game Engine 75

Game Engine Engine Engineering Development 75

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

has an entirely new rendering architecture, which is divided into modern and compatibility backends. The modern one does rendering via RenderingDevice (which is implemented in drivers such as Vulkan, Direct3D 12, and more in the future). Rendering is significantly more efficient in Godot 4.0, Core engine. improvements.

AAA 145

AAA Game Development Game Developer Development 145

Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Unreal Engine 5.3 Released Epic Games have just released Unreal Engine 5.3. The popular Unreal game engine gets several new improvements with the 5.3 Released Read More The post Unreal Engine 5.3 The popular Unreal game engine gets several new improvements with the 5.3

Engine 65

Engine Engineering Render Game Engine 65

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Editor: Always allow selecting any rendering driver in the settings, add auto option ( GH-103026 ). Rendering: Fix debug CanvasItem redraw rects in RD renderer ( GH-103017 ). Editor: Remove non-existent IPUnix conversion ( GH-102922 ). Export: Fix modified_time on Android ( GH-103080 ). Changelog As we released 4.4

Beta 83

Beta Bug Render Build 83

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2025

Rendering: Vulkan: Disable layers in editor deemed buggy by RenderDoc ( GH-104154 ). Rendering: Fix Metal handling of cube textures; assert equal dimensions ( GH-104341 ). While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software.

Bug 76

Bug Culling Render Animation 76

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Last year we announced that we were planning on creating an OpenGL-based renderer to complement the current Vulkan-based renderers. with an OpenGL-based renderer; it just won’t be feature complete. As a reminder, an OpenGL-based renderer is still crucial so we can support older platforms, and Web export. LightmapGI.

Render 59

Render Beta Feature Bug 59

PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

” The decision to switch engines was only made fairly recently. For example, one of the things DOTS handled really well was rendering large amounts of entities. Without it, rendering the 800.000 tiles that compromise the game map became problematic, so the team had to spend a week on optimizing that.

Dev 104

Dev Development Feature Prototyping 104

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Export: Fix cross-platform configuration of rendering driver settings (narrower approach) ( GH-103197 ). Rendering: Metal: Compile MTLLibrary on demand when pipeline is created ( GH-103185 ). Rendering: Windows: Offload RenderingDevice creation test to subprocess ( GH-103245 ). if something that worked fine in previous 4.x

Render 74

Render Bug Cross platform Texture 74

GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 11, 2023

The Warsaw team will focus on creating graphics rendering and optimisation technology for use in video games development, complementing the Lyon studio's work on proprietary game engine development and Montpellier's R&D capabilities. Read more

Studios 134

Studios Render Technology Game Engine 134

Unity Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

The all-new URP cookbook provides 12 recipes for popular visual effects that can be applied to a wide range of games, art styles, and platforms. If you work with stencils, instancing, real-time ambient occlusion, decals, and more, then this is the resource for you.

Render 145

Render Art Platformer Games 145

CG Spectrum

JANUARY 3, 2023

As the excuses he devised not to follow his passion faded, Anthony quit his full-time job to dedicate his efforts to exploring filmmaking within a game engine. I experimented with both Unity and Unreal Engine since real-time workflows seemed most practical for me as a solo artist. Building out the space station in Unreal Engine.

Film 98

Film Engine Engineering Rigging 98

Nvidia

OCTOBER 1, 2024

At Unreal Fest 2024, NVIDIA released new Unreal Engine 5 on-device plugins for NVIDIA ACE, making it easier to build and deploy AI-powered MetaHuman characters. At Unreal Fest 2024, NVIDIA released new Unreal Engine 5 on-device plugins for NVIDIA ACE, making it easier to build and deploy AI-powered MetaHuman characters on Windows PCs.

AI 89

AI Engine Engineering Animation 89

Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Looking for stunning 3D product renders for your ecommerce website? This powerful software allows developers to build their 3D assets and sciences with tools for 3D animation , modeling, rendering, shading, simulation, and more. Get 20-min free consultation on how Unreal can change your game idea.

Game Development 48

Game Development Game Developer Development Texture 48

Harold Serrano

AUGUST 28, 2024

Hey guys, Wanted to share the current development of engine. As of this moment, I'm focused on making the renderer as cool as it can be. I'm rewriting it completely from the ground up. Take a look at the video below. Thanks for watching.

Engine 59

Engine Engineering Development Render 59

Nvidia

JUNE 27, 2023

This release offers Unreal Engine, NVIDIA RTX, and neural rendering advancements. This release offers Unreal Engine, NVIDIA RTX, and neural rendering advancements.

Engine 52

Engine Engineering Render Content 52

Cocos

JUNE 16, 2024

Here are some practical tips: Reorganize the Rendering Tree Without Affecting Logic: By decoupling the rendering tree from the game logic, you can achieve more flexible rendering without interfering with game mechanics. This can be done by checking the position of objects relative to the camera or viewport before rendering them.

Culling 52

Culling Render Code Mechanics 52