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From Concept to Completion: Navigating the Game Art Production Pipeline 

iXie gaming

Pre-production lays the foundation for artistic direction, ensuring that all visual elements align with the games mechanics, worldbuilding, and narrative. This stage involves close collaboration between game designers, art directors, and concept artists. Adding Realism & Depth A 3D model without textures is lifeless.

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new Quake map: There's a Certain Slant of Light

Radiator Blog

The two big changes I made were the texturing and the monster placement / player flow. One of my big motivations was to use Makkon's updated textures. Yet as I aligned the 100th trim texture on a brush, I wondered whether my level was also anti-brutalist in its own way. In the past I've written about video game brutalism.

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Making shaders more accessible

Mircosoft Game Dev

Our sprite is 32x32 pixels in size, and it must be drawn at some position. Textures are simply bound to bind points starting from 0, and the bind point number is sent via attributes too. For each pixel drawn to the screen, OpenGL will interpolate the outputs that were generated from the vertex program and use them to fill the triangle.

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[Tutorial]A Comprehensive Explanation of Deferred Rendering - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

Next, let’s take a look at the common 3D rendering processes in a 3D game engine: Shadow Map Rendering → 3D Objects Rendering → Screen Space Post-Processing → 2D Elements & UI Rendering. As we can see, in Deferred Rendering, the calculation of a pixel’s color is uniformly performed in the lighting phase.

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Top Tools and Software for Creating Visual FX in Games

iXie gaming

Particle Systems Within Game Engines Unity’s Shuriken and Unreal Engine’s Cascade/Niagara particle systems are powerful tools for creating 2D effects in your games. These tools work smoothly with your game engine, making it easy to use and improve your effects.

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The Key Differences Between 2D and 3D Animation in Game Development

Big Games

In todays dynamic game development world, animation plays a vital role in defining player experiences and shaping game aesthetics. From the pixelated classics of the 80s to todays immersive and realistic graphics, animation has redefined the gaming experience. Advancements in 2.5D

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Top 10 Tools Every Game Developer Needs  

iXie gaming

In this piece, we shall be looking at the best 10 tools to use for game development, including tools to make art, code, and music. This tool is unarguably the most common game development tool among developers. Unity is a game engine for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS. This tool is perfect for making 3D games.