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I got distracted and built a Physically-Based Renderer

Harold Serrano

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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In Retrospect: Three Game Engine Development Choices I'd Change

Harold Serrano

If you had the option to rewrite your game engine from scratch, what would you do differently? Bulletproof my engine by providing defaults upon load failures. Use Entity-Component-System I wrote my game engine using C++ and decided to take the OOP approach. OOP served me well until my engine became too complex.

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Status of the OpenGL 3 renderer

Mircosoft Game Dev

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. LightmapGI.

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Status of the OpenGL 3 renderer

Mircosoft Game Dev

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. LightmapGI.

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Powerful Shader Insights: Using Shader Debug Info with NVIDIA Nsight Graphics

Nvidia

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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UKIE: Video game technology was worth £1.3 billion in 2021 for non-gaming industries

GamesIndustry.biz

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report says that UK video game technology used by non-gaming industries was worth £1.3 FTI Consulting and UKIE's study says the "spillover" technology includes game engines, VR, and 3D rendering software. billion during 2021.

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Five Unique Real-Time Rendering Tips from NVIDIA Experts

Nvidia

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.