Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 3, 2024

Usually, you want a subject matter expert to handle issues with the subject - an engine programmer to work on the engine, a rendering programmer to work on the renderer, and so on. It happens on occasion, but not super often. As the saying goes, you take any port in a storm.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This release focuses on package size reduction, rendering pipeline improvements, and editor usability, alongside extensive bug fixes and platform compatibility enhancements. Rendering pipeline improvements : Added support for PipelinePass in the new pipeline. Crashes on Android from repeated game entry/exit.

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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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Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

The mobile gaming industry has exploded recently. Developers are constantly seeking the best tools to create engaging, high-performance games that can run smoothly on a wide range of Android devices. Two of the most popular game enginesUnity and Unreal are the top choices for Android game development.

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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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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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Nvidia

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Gaming has always pushed the boundaries of graphics hardware. The most popular games typically required robust GPU, CPU, and RAM resources on a user’s PC or. Gaming has always pushed the boundaries of graphics hardware. However… Source

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Game From Scratch

OCTOBER 6, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Rendering Introduced at SIGGRAPH 2023 was a paper called 3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering that set the graphics world on fire.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

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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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. I was a bit hesitant to take a detour from my engine and modify the renderer.

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Harold Serrano

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Hey everyone, It has been two years since I began rewriting my game engine, and while development has been slow, it has been steady. For those who are unaware, the Untold Engine is a 3D game engine designed for macOS and iOS devices, which I started developing in 2013. What is the Untold Engine? Where can I get the Untold Engine?

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Similarly, in a game development setup, various virtual reality tools have become easily accessible to both creators and consumers to create and encounter immersive experiences. 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools There are a range of tools and frameworks that are being used for VR game development projects.

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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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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report from Griffin Gaming Partners says that 95% of game makers are developing or maintaining a live service game. The 2023 Game Development Report, made in partnership with Rendered VC, surveyed 537 studios from across the globe.

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Unity Blog

JUNE 29, 2023

The all-new URP cookbook provides 12 recipes for popular visual effects that can be applied to a wide range of games, art styles, and platforms. If you work with stencils, instancing, real-time ambient occlusion, decals, and more, then this is the resource for you.

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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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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

Live-service games have transformed the gaming industry, shifting from standalone releases to dynamic, continuously evolving experiences. How do top game studios maintain a constant flow of high-quality assets without bottlenecks? Seasonal events and in-game monetization strategies demand an ever-expanding asset library. (ii).

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Big Games

JANUARY 12, 2025

billion by 2030, valued at a CAGR of 45.5%, cloud gaming is not just reshaping mobile gaming; it’s a catalyst for innovation, redefining how games are played, shared, monetized, and evolved, ushering in a new era of gaming experiences. So, precisely what is the role of cloud gaming, and how does it work?

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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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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 22, 2024

Whilst all parties continue negotiations under the Interactive Media Agreement, the union says they "remain far apart on resolution of necessary terms covering critical AI protections for video game performers." Read more

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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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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 8, 2025

The cover illustration is from Fortune Avenue , a capitalism simulator where you shrewdly extort and outmaneuver your friends in a chaotic, board-game environment. You can wishlist the game on Steam and follow the developers on Bluesky. It is developed by Binogure Studio. Highlights In case you missed them, see the 4.5

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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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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

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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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The game immerses players in a captivating odyssey across worlds within worlds, beckoning them to master the art of world-leaping mechanics to uncover a cosmic mystery. At Geometric we put gameplay first, and we will always build our games around strong gameplay ideas”, says Carlsen. years of development.

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Cocos

JUNE 16, 2024

Here are some practical tips: Reorganize the Rendering Tree Without Affecting Logic: By decoupling the rendering tree from the game logic, you can achieve more flexible rendering without interfering with game mechanics. This involves grouping objects by their Z-axis position and rendering them in the correct order.

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The GameDev Guru

APRIL 21, 2020

Is your game rendering more geometry than your GPU can handle? Here, let me show you a few steps to check if your geometry is causing a performance bottleneck on your players' GPU.

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Cocos

JUNE 16, 2024

Here are some practical tips: Reorganize the Rendering Tree Without Affecting Logic: By decoupling the rendering tree from the game logic, you can achieve more flexible rendering without interfering with game mechanics. First time writing an article, feeling a bit rusty, haha.

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Cocos

JUNE 16, 2024

Here are some practical tips: Reorganize the Rendering Tree Without Affecting Logic: By decoupling the rendering tree from the game logic, you can achieve more flexible rendering without interfering with game mechanics. First time writing an article, feeling a bit rusty, haha.

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Cocos

JUNE 16, 2024

Here are some practical tips: Reorganize the Rendering Tree Without Affecting Logic: By decoupling the rendering tree from the game logic, you can achieve more flexible rendering without interfering with game mechanics. First time writing an article, feeling a bit rusty, haha.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene. Exceedingly difficult The team first built the game in Unity. Ascent of Ashes is inspired by other games besides RimWorld as well.

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Harold Serrano

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Moving to Swift has been a game-changer, making the engine not only faster and more modern but much easier to work with. This design keeps the engine modular and scalable, separating the game logic into three straightforward parts: Entities: These are the game objects (think players, cars, obstacles). Want to add physics?

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Humor is a fundamental component of games. Whether your game has a generally humorous narrative or just boasts a few puns in occasional dialogues, you probably want all your players, no matter their cultural background and native language, to join in the hilarity and enjoy the endorphin rush that comes with a good chuckle.

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Cocos

JULY 15, 2023

Editor Introduction Many developers want to have as much uniqueness in their games as possible. Some developers share their uniqueness with the perfect font for their game, and some have played around with their font to make for some fun and interesting story-building.

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