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Why Choosing Unity to Create an Android Game in 2023

Moonmana

JUNE 7, 2023

This time we’ll unveil the most common reasons why studios choose Unity for creating a game for Android in 2023. When it comes to choosing a game engine for Android , the best solution you can ever find is undoubtedly Unity. Is Unity Good for Mobile Games? What features do Android video games have?

Mobile Gaming

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games

Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

It contains the game’s proposed design like the concept of the game, genre, core game mechanics, gameplay, timeline, illustrations/sketches, story and characters, levels and monetization strategies. This decides whether the game is worth pursuing or not. GDD is updated regularly. 05 RISINGMAX INC. Rising Max Inc.

Game Development

Game Development Game Developer Development Engine

Godot XR progress update June 2021

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 3, 2021

Windows Mixed Reality headsets are currently only supported through SteamVR as WMR natively only supports DirectX game engines. Further Mobile renderer improvements in Godot 4. The next optimisation we are currently working on for the mobile renderer is introducing subpasses to the renderer.

Tile

Tile Render Prototyping Writing

Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

While still in the early stages, it offers promising rapid prototyping and brainstorming potential. Visual Scripting And No-Code Solutions Bolt for Unity: This visual scripting editor within the Unity game engine allows you to build game logic without writing code.

Game Development

Game Development Game Developer Development Cross platform

Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

If you’ve ever wondered what the best game engine is, we invite you to figure it out with us. Let’s discover their pros and cons so it will be easier to decide which engine suits your project better. Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. Unity or Unreal?

Engine

Engine Engineering Game Engine Games

RP4K Teacher Profiles: Gabriel Dibenedetto

Real Programming

MAY 11, 2023

While he loves teaching coding to students of all levels, he has worked hard on our latest experimental course, Elite Game Engine. Imagine, car companies can do preliminary tests to measure how a new vehicle concept will perform even before building a prototype! The vehicles he programs also operate under the same rules.

Code

Code Point and Click Simulation Terrain

How Flying Sheep raised funds to make its ‘frictionless’ Web3 game Star Life

Game Daily

APRIL 20, 2023

Flying Sheep was founded by German friends in 2014, with a specific goal of making html5 browser games. Initially, the company struggled to compete in a hyper-competitive global market, and in a development sector that lacks sophisticated off the shelf game engines. ” Flying Sheep was acquired by iCandy June 2022. .

Point and Click

Point and Click Communications Games Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). or earlier no longer works in 3.2.4

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds (new in 3.2.4 HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 21, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Input: Add mouse event pass-through support for the game window ( GH-40205 ). if something that worked fine in 3.2.3

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Render

Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 14, 2023

Last week in Istanbul, Google and Deconstructor of Fun brought together a thousand-strong group of high-level mobile game execs to talk about the future of the business. His data and insights were based on US data as a proxy for the western market, and focused on platform privacy, or the “Apple global mobile game recession”.

Games

Games Cross platform Mobile Mobile

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). or earlier no longer works in 3.2.4

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Build

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). or earlier no longer works in 3.2.4

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Render

Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. Incompatibility with older mobile devices which do not support OpenGL ES 3.0. Lots and lots of driver bugs in mobile and desktop.

Feature

Feature Render Editing Shaders

The Role of Computer Science in Video Games

Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

How has computer science impacted games? Games reflect advancements in technology and computer science. Modern gaming engines are more realistic, immersive, and playable because of: Upgraded Graphics Technology has allowed developers to create better graphics. Video games are also available at different price points.

Games

Games Graphics Technology Game Design

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). or earlier no longer works in 3.2.4

Beta

Beta Dev Collision Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 and included in this Release Candidate are: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support.

Render

Render Bug Build Beta

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. Gordon MacPherson ( RevoluPowered ) rewrote the prototypical Assimp-based FBX importer that we had in Godot 3.2 Android: App Bundle, subview, signing.

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

WebAssembly: Godot on the web?

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 24, 2015

A long time ago Ariel and I wrote a game named Atmosphir as contractors. It was one of the first voxel games and a Minecraft precursor. As it did well , investors wanted to expand the game and one of their first ideas was to make it a web based game to run it in Kongregate (which was trendy). Forget about mobile web.

Technology

Technology Sandbox Prototyping Beta

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 and included in this Release Candidate are: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support.

Render

Render Build Bug Collision

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 and included in this Release Candidate are: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support.

Render

Render Build Bug Editing

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.3 and included in this Release Candidate are: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support.

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.3 and included in this Release Candidate are: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support.

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4 and included in this Release Candidate are: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support.

Render

Render Collision Build Bug

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

CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Software used by professional game designers: Unreal Engine/Unity Blueprint/C# Microsoft or Google Office software for documents, spreadsheets, and presentations Art software (e.g., Game design jobs in the industry Game designers are required for all types of video games—from console to online to mobile.

Film

Film Animation Animation Concepts

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 13, 2022

TWiG #212 - Apple's New Price Points / Game Genre Taxonomy pt 2 / Nintendo's Mobile Strategy ? Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio A year ago, Supercell announced their intention to open a studio in North America with the mission of developing games for PC and Console. ✉️ Received this email from a friend?

Studios

Studios Mobile Mobile Console

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. There is a burgeoning community of Quest VR developers already publishing interesting Godot-based prototypes, and the stable 3.2

Feature

Feature Render Shaders Bug

How to Scale A Games Company | Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, & Kristian Segerstrale

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Travis Boatman : Travis has held senior leadership positions at a bunch of major gaming and mobile gaming companies including Mattel, JAMDAT, EA, and Zynga. a mobile and PC games studio located in Southern California. And they will soon launch their new mobile shooter called Catalyst's Black. Nothing to add.

Games

Games Point and Click Engine Engineering

Game Developers Network

Why Choosing Unity to Create an Android Game in 2023

Top Unreal Game Development Companies in 2024

Trending Sources

Godot XR progress update June 2021

Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

RP4K Teacher Profiles: Gabriel Dibenedetto

How Flying Sheep raised funds to make its ‘frictionless’ Web3 game Star Life

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 1

Istanbul Gaming Summit 2023

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 5

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 4

Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

The Role of Computer Science in Video Games

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 1

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

WebAssembly: Godot on the web?

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 7

Release candidate: Godot 3.3 RC 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.4 RC 4

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

Predicting the Future of Supercell’s Brand New Studio

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

How to Scale A Games Company | Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, & Kristian Segerstrale

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