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Gerel: Against The Corvus Empire - a pixel art video game by CGS grads

CG Spectrum

After graduating, and a successful career working as a compositor on blockbuster films and TV series, including The Irishman , Spider-man: No Way Home , and The Righteous Gemstones , Alan was ready for a new challenge. for the pixel artist to use as a base. Pixel art by PieGlitched. About Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire.

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A comprehensive guide to in-demand roles in film and games

CG Spectrum

There are many reasons why people pursue a career in film and video games—it’s a creative, dynamic, challenging, and rewarding industry that gives artists opportunities to work on world-class projects while earning a regular income. How would you like to contribute, creatively and technically, to a film or game?

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I’m making an RPG!

Keith Burgun

(Above: some WIP pixel art from Wizbane) You might have noticed I’ve been writing about and playing a lot of RPGs recently. Final Fantasy VI-inspired pixel art. Seen on the left: some WIP pixel art portraits by Blake Reynolds.) Over the course of my late 20s and much of my 30s, I sort of parted ways with RPGs.

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Making Lucid with Eric Manahan

Game Dev Unchained

The gaming world is filled with intriguing tales of passion, dedication, and transformation. This time, the narrative revolves around Eric Manahan , the former architect who found solace in pixelated characters and captivating storylines. Eric’s foray into gaming began late one night in an architecture studio.

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Top 10 Tools Every Game Developer Needs  

iXie gaming

Blender lets you create animated films, visual effects, and also features a video editor. In addition, it features its own game engine, but in terms of 3D modeling, you can also use it for rigging, animating, texturing, and more. This tool is perfect for making 3D games. You can use it for both digital paintings and pixel art.

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Wrapping up 2024 • Celebrating the life and works of solo developers

PreMortem.Games

An ambitious game that combines medieval city building and kingdom defense with ARPG combat and monster hunting. So, I basically made the game Ive always wanted to play, says McCulloch. You get so deep into the design and being consumed into the headspace of what youre doing that taking time off just doesnt work.

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Stuff and Things and Monkey Island

Grumpy Gamer

The game was feeling good and long already, so I just punted on this puzzle. You'd never do this in an adventure game today, but like pixel hunting, it was accepted. Something I added to the Humongous Entertainment adventure games was the cursor changing into a big arrow when you hit the edge of the screen and it was an exit.

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