Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 14, 2025

The illustration picture for this article comes from Book Bound , a cozy bookshop simulator game by Bit66 Games, which was recently released on Steam. You can follow the developer on Bluesky , and wishlist their other upcoming game Bots & Mods. Rendering: Add ASTC HDR format variants ( GH-102777 ). stable release.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

While 3D dominates modern game development, 2.5D continues to evolve, leveraging AI, modern rendering techniques, and cutting-edge game engines to push the boundaries of game design. Works While 2D and 3D have traditionally been viewed as separate paths in game development, 2.5D What Powers 2.5D?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 20, 2025

Developed by Nachosama Games , the game was recently released on Steam. Highlights Mute Game toggle Previously, if a developer wished to mute the audio while testing in the editor, they had to either use the operating systems builtin tools for sound or outright pause/close their work. if something that worked fine in previous 4.x

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 9, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Dagor Engine vs Unreal Engine Today we are going to look at a direct performance/rendering comparison of the Dagor Engine vs Unreal Engine 5.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

The cover illustration is from WEBFISHING , a multiplayer online casual fishing game where you relax, hang out, make friends, and catch fish! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the development on Twitter. Game window embedding was implemented to support our recent interactive in-game editing feature.

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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. See, there were several things that I needed to change in my engine.

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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.

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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, Low level rendering access.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on BlueSky and itch.io. Porting fixes to Embedded/Floating Window mode The Embedded/Floating game window option added in 4.4 Export: Disable Metal and Vulkan renderers in simulator builds. Rendering: 2D: Fix clip children and rendering artefacts ( GH-102161 ).

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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

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Developed by CaveLiquid ( Bluesky , website ), the game was just released on Steam. Editor: Fix Embedded Game over expanded bottom panel, by resetting expanded bottom panel on Play ( GH-102978 ). Editor: Always allow selecting any rendering driver in the settings, add auto option ( GH-103026 ). in the previous 4.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The cover illustration is from Stray Path , a roguelike card game where optimization is key to unraveling the mystery of this stray world. Developed by chx games, the game was just released on Steam. Editor: Fix Embedded Game window wrong first startup location and size ( GH-103105 ). in the previous 4.4 rc1 snapshot.

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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.

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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. ReflectionProbes.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2025

The illustration picture for this article comes from Haulin Oats , a board game about truck driving, the US highways, and oatmeal (?!), Rendering: Vulkan: Disable layers in editor deemed buggy by RenderDoc ( GH-104154 ). Rendering: Fix Metal handling of cube textures; assert equal dimensions ( GH-104341 ).

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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. ReflectionProbes.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Join us March 20-24 to discover the latest NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies accelerating game development. Join us March 20-24 to discover the latest NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies accelerating game development.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

ECS is a design pattern commonly used in video games (although not very often used in the rest of the software industry) which consists of having a base Entity (a container object) and Components that can be added upon it. This design became common in game engines and libraries in the early 2010s. Game logic. What is ECS?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Developed by James Dornan, the game was released on Steam in January 2025. Editor: Replace error to info messages for embedded game ( GH-103339 ). Rendering: Shaders: Only convert default value to linear color if type hint is source_color ( GH-103201 ). Rendering: Metal: Fix SPIR-V MSL compilation on iOS targets ( GH-103337 ).

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Harold Serrano

JUNE 2, 2024

Last week, I wrote an article about making my renderer more user-friendly. But my main objective is to add Ray-Tracing to the renderer. If you haven't had a chance to read any of my previous two articles, here are some videos to catch you up. This week, I decided to work on the Lights User-Interface. Some bugs need fixing.

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Nvidia

JULY 10, 2023

If you are a DirectX 12 (DX12) game developer, you may have noticed that GPU times displayed in real time in your game HUD may change over time for a given. If you are a DirectX 12 (DX12) game developer, you may have noticed that GPU times displayed in real time in your game HUD may change over time for a given pass.

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Nvidia

MAY 5, 2023

System latency is an important gaming performance metric. In many cases, it is more impactful to the overall gaming experience than frames per second (FPS). System latency is an important gaming performance metric. In many cases, it is more impactful to the overall gaming experience than frames per second (FPS).

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Nvidia

MARCH 14, 2024

As ray tracing becomes the predominant rendering technique in modern game engines, a single GPU RayGen shader can now perform most of the light simulation of a. As ray tracing becomes the predominant rendering technique in modern game engines, a single GPU RayGen shader can now perform most of the light simulation of a frame.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Following several weeks of turmoil at game engine maker Unity , the announcement of its CEO John Riccitiello leaving the firm feels like an unsatisfying sacrifice. After first revealing its new pricing structure for game developers, which didn’t go over well , Unity was forced to walk it all back and apologize.

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Harold Serrano

AUGUST 25, 2022

Hey guys, Wanted to share with you my story on how my engine got me a new job as a Renderer Developer. I hope you enjoy the video: Thanks for watching.

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Game From Scratch

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Released The Unigine game engine just released Unigine 2.18. This release is packed with new features including Direct3D 12 and Vulkan being default renderers, massive performance improvements across the board, new animation and rendering tools and much more. GameFromScratch.com Unigine 2.18

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Nvidia

JULY 20, 2022

The new ‘Level Up with NVIDIA’ webinar series offers creators and developers the opportunity to learn more about the NVIDIA RTX platform, interact with NVIDIA experts, and ask questions about game integrations. Register now.

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Nvidia

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Join us for the latest on NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies, and learn how they are accelerating game development. Join us for the latest on NVIDIA RTX and neural rendering technologies, and learn how they are accelerating game development.

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Nvidia

AUGUST 19, 2022

During the AMA, the editors offered some valuable guidance and tips on how to successfully integrate real-time rendering. Are there some rules of thumb one should follow when adding ray tracing (RT) applications like translucency, reflections, shadows, GI, or diffuse illumination to games? This works today.

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Released The Evergine (previously known as Wave Engine) engine just released version 2023.9. This version represents a fairly significant upgrade as it adds a Metal renderer and iOS as a target platform. The Evergine game engine is free to use, with commercial support and source code licenses available.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. The game is developed by Vedg Studio / NoirosL and was recently ported to Godot 4.0 GUI: Add a Font import option to pre-render all glyphs required for the translation ( GH-68448 ). Wishlist it on Steam! What's new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2025

The cover illustration is from The Roottrees are Dead , a detective game where you piece together a family trees billion-dollar paper trail through the power of a dial-up modem! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on BlueSky. Editor: Add editor setting to globally override project game mode settings ( GH-101283 ).

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

Tools Pipeline Engineering Lead Megumi Ando sat down with NVIDIA to discuss the integration process in the company’s latest release as well as their adoption plans in Polyphony’s game development pipeline. Why did you choose USD for your game development pipeline? What challenges did you face in the process of integrating USD?

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? Unreal Engine has fast grown to be the most trusted engine in the world. UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. Research: Research is important to the game design process.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Sandfire , an upcoming 3D person action-adventure game by Kmitt. The game was recently ported to Godot 4, see Kmitt's YouTube channel and Twitter for devlogs and updates. Rendering: Use circular fade instead of linear fade for distance fade ( GH-50294 ). What's new.

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Logic Simplified

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Game as a Service (GaaS) has fundamentally transformed the gaming industry. There is a shift noticed from the traditional model of releasing a complete, standalone game to it now becoming an ongoing, evolving experience. GaaS is shaping a more dynamic and interconnected gaming landscape for the creators and the gamers.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on Bluesky and his website. 3D: Add changeable freelook speed in Game Window ( GH-102704 ). Editor: Fix lag when resizing Floating Game Window ( GH-102618 ). Porting: Add support for embedding game process in the Android Editor ( GH-102492 ).

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