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

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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Logic Simplified

JULY 24, 2023

Researchers, professionals or game app developers all need to remain up-to-date with the recent advancements as well as features of the Unity engine to create and enjoy the best games possible. Some popular games built with Unity include Angry Birds 2 and Pokémon Go”. In its update, 2022.2.11, HDRP/Nature/SpeedTree8.shadergraph

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Godot uses a considerably different approach to rendering (and rendering abstraction) than other, popular, game engines. This document was written in hopes to find more developers that would like to help us write rendering code, as it explains the overall design. This may change in the future, though.

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Cocos

JANUARY 12, 2024

Mini-Game Runtime In China, many popular mini-game platforms, such as WeChat, Douyin (TikTok), QQ, and Kwai, have opted for Mini-Game Runtime technology architecture rather than the traditional H5/Webview as their runtime environment. Capable of spanning mainstream platforms.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

This article will delve into the principles, implementation details, common issues and solutions, memory overhead, and compatibility of the Deferred Rendering technique. I hope to help you advance further in 3D game development. The rendering stages involved in Deferred Rendering.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Given the scope of this change for all platforms, we expect some regressions, which will be fixed for beta 16. renderer support ( GH-71848 ). Rendering: Fix Vulkan validation errors related to enabling extensions ( GH-70429 ). Rendering: Fix DirectionalLight3D shadow opacity on Forward Mobile rendering backend ( GH-71690 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Physics: Allow to apply the angular velocity of a moving platform ( GH-63650 ).

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Logic Simplified

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Our Gaming Solutions Can Transform Your Next Gaming Project In the competitive gaming industry, our services and solutions maximize the chances of a game’s success by focusing on the features, functionalities, and overall quality of the game. Read more on how we do that.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Godot is a not-for-profit free and open source game engine which aims at empowering all users in their 2D and 3D game development projects. This includes cross-platform OpenXR support, an extended input action system for VR, Vulkan rendering and optimizations on mobile, and more! VR support in Godot. As of Godot 3.2,

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Rendering: Remove SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). Rendering: Decompress RA_AS_RG formats on Web platform in GLES3 renderer and disable texture swizzling ( GH-71574 ). Rendering: Remove light from dynamic light list when removing scenario ( GH-71584 ).

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 11, 2023

Release + Cyberpunk Demo The free cross platform 3D game engine Cocos Creator recently released Cocos 3.7 as well as a new Cyberpunk themed demo showcasing the new rendering capabilities of the engine. GameFromScratch.com Cocos Creator 3.7 New features of the Cocos 3.7.0 releases include: In addition to the 3.7

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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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Cocos

JUNE 11, 2023

Render Graph The Render Pipeline customization based on Render Graph will be officially available to developers in version 3.8. It will support the implementation of engine builtin Custom Pipeline and the default Deferred Pipeline. There are already many well-known Cocos games published on the platform on their own.

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Nvidia

MARCH 1, 2023

This makes them inoperable with multiple platforms in the metaverse. This makes them inoperable with multiple platforms in the metaverse. It enables developers to create, export, and stream one model into multiple platforms simultaneously–and in multiple levels of detail–with the model topology generated automatically.

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

There is no environment like KATANA or Houdini SOLARIS where you can lay out the USD, light it, render it, and so on. To be able to use the renderer in a game engine, you must either prepare a conversion pipeline instead of a renderer or use a game engine.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

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. The potential for building epic games on Unreal by game app developers and creators across industries has increased.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). Physics: Allow to apply the angular velocity of a moving platform ( GH-63650 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

You can now deploy your projects to all desktop platforms over SSH, as well as run a remote debug session similar to what we already offered for Android and Web. Rendering: Fix polyline not supporting closed polygons and not having a uniform width ( GH-62236 ). Rendering: Fix scaling issue in draw_line and similar methods ( GH-69851 ).

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Radiator Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

In the past I've written about video game brutalism. If we faithfully followed the spirit of brutalism, we would only use solid colors or wireframe rendering. Technically from a game engine / rendering perspective, any use of textures is ornament.

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Nvidia

APRIL 5, 2022

Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. Evolving from its state-of-the-art use in game engines into a multitude of industries, Unreal Engine is an open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform. NVIDIA Omniverse Unreal Engine 5 preview 2 Connector tutorial.

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Nvidia

JULY 23, 2021

At GDC 2021, NVIDIA’s updates, enhancements, and platform compatibility expansions enable RTX to be turned ON for a larger base than ever before. Check out GDC 2021 announcements, video sessions, and game development demos on the NVIDIA at GDC Official Webpage.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Mobile gaming has become popular in recent times thanks to the growing number of mobile device users. Several mobile game engines are used to create mobile games. However, Unity has stood out as one of the most preferred and trusted mobile game engines. Let’s find out. And that’s where Unity wins.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 7, 2023

Naturally, the process of building these experiences on AR/VR platforms calls for some of the most talented groups of developers who love a challenge. To understand AR/VR game development , one needs to understand the fundamentals of AR/VR as a platform. Why is AR/VR different?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2021

In a game engine, the engine loop is the sequence of steps that is happening again and again to let the game run. This includes rendering, physics, input processing, and more. Also, rendering would happen at that very same pace, so everything stays in sync. Old behavior in Godot 3.3.x x and before.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2015

As many of you know, Vulkan will be the next open and multi platform rendering 2D and 3D API. CAD and 3D DCC applications will most likely continue to using OpenGL, but for anything related to games OpenGL will be no more. Vulkan will work on all PC platforms: Windows, OSX and Linux. Waiting for Vulkan.

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Nvidia

JULY 1, 2021

From NVIDIA Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) to RTX Global Illumination (RTXGI), our latest tools and technologies are helping game developers create realistic and stunning virtual worlds for gamers. NVIDIA DLSS Overview & Game Integrations This session will cover the technology that makes DLSS possible.

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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?

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

There was augmented and virtual reality making breakthrough advances and with the Unreal Engine coming into the picture, the level of headway has been phenomenal for the development of the video game sector. Let’s understand the array of features that create such next-level user experiences. Vertical Plane Detection ARKit 3.0

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iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

This enhances Unity’s reputation as a fantastic game engine. Support for Several Different Platforms Unity was first made available for Mac OS X, but it currently supports over 25 other platforms, which increases the number of people who can play video games.

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Nvidia

MARCH 24, 2022

Today NVIDIA is releasing Streamline, an open-source cross-IHV framework that aims to simplify integration of multiple super-resolution technologies and other graphics effects in games and applications. It sits between the game and render API, and abstracts the SDK-specific API calls into an easy-to-use Streamline framework.

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

With HTML5, developers can create games that work across different platforms and are also compatible with several browsers. This is why many HTML5 engines abound on the market because of their ease of use. Engine Chris Colbert’s Kiwi.js The addition of HTML5 game development tools to Kiwi.js

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2021

just a few days ago with a huge array of bugfixes, but a regression was then found for macOS rendering which could cause flickering. Rendering: GLES2: Fix trunc shader function compilation on Android ( GH-56061 ). We released Godot 3.4.1 This new Godot 3.4.2 Godot 3.4.2 is a recommended upgrade for all Godot 3.4 release notes.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Therefore, dividing the vast universe into scale models and rendering it in layers helps Cocosmos present content logically and facilitates resource management. Surface Rendering Even with just the eight major planets, differences in composition and volume mass can lead to variations in rendering. Since version 3.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Fix Ctrl/Cmd key remapping changes when moving from macOS to other platform ( GH-65241 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. Input: Fix Ctrl/Cmd key remapping changes when moving from macOS to other platform ( GH-65241 ). Physics: Implement Area[2D/3D].has_overlapping_[bodies/areas]

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’re also zooming in on trends that’ll have your game soaring across platforms, rocking real-time multiplayer, and even letting players team up and build together. Accessibility is taking center stage, making the gaming world a welcoming space for everyone. But that’s not all! And guess what?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2021

Buildsystem: Various compilation fixes for some platforms/compilers, and Linux packaging fixes. Rendering: Fix 2D software skinning relative transforms ( GH-48402 ). Rendering: Fix usage of proxy textures on GLES2 PanoramaSky ( GH-48541 ). Rendering: Fix refraction offset by manually unpacking normal mappings ( GH-48478 ).

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