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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Nvidia

JULY 31, 2024

Shaders are specialized programs that run on the GPU that manipulate rays, pixels, vertices, and textures to achieve unique visual effects. Shaders are specialized programs that run on the GPU that manipulate rays, pixels, vertices, and textures to achieve unique visual effects. With shaders, 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, improvements.

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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. GUI: Use Viewport s default texture filter/repeat in GUI tooltips ( GH-103636 ).

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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

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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

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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CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

3D modelers apply many processes to improve the look and usability of their assets when creating the characters, props, and sets that feature in your favorite video games and films. One important technique to master, particularly for video games, is level of detail (LOD). will be required.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2025

The illustration picture for this article comes from Haulin Oats , a board game about truck driving, the US highways, and oatmeal (?!), Rendering: Vulkan: Disable layers in editor deemed buggy by RenderDoc ( GH-104154 ). Rendering: Fix Metal handling of cube textures; assert equal dimensions ( GH-104341 ).

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Cocos

JUNE 29, 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. To fix this, the use of SDFs are used. So you interested?

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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. Running the whole graphics rendering in a separate thread.

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CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Jobs in 3D visualization are growing in demand across numerous industries, including architecture, film and games, and product design, as a result. Modeling, texturing, and lighting additional assets (furniture, props, decor, etc.) Rendering final content for review by architects, clients, stakeholders, etc., using 3D software.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2016

As many of you have probably heard, a new rendering backend is being worked on for Godot. Our goal is to have a modern, clustered renderer that supports everything mainstream engines support, including PBR, global illumination and flexible shader editing. Refactor the texture API to include more modern texture compression formats.

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Cocos

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

I first tried the generic solution, but since in a real game it isn’t so straight forward as in my Demo where you would just have a one colored background and no other overlapping elements, I think the “src Blend Factor”: “ONE” is the way to go for the graphics which will use opacity and blend on top of other RT.

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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

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Sandfire , an upcoming 3D person action-adventure game by Kmitt. The game was recently ported to Godot 4, see Kmitt's YouTube channel and Twitter for devlogs and updates. Import: Fix swapped color channels in ETC1/ETC2 textures, etcpak expects BGRA data ( GH-69448 ).

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Radiator Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Taught By Thirst is a new Mesoamerican themed single player Quake map that I made for Remix Jam , a 3 week community level design event where we all adapted multiplayer maps from other games for Quake. Like a lot of Counter-Strike Source, it often feels more like a game engine tech demo rather than something for humans to play.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 5, 2024

At Logic Simplified , a leading game development company , we created an FPS game Mr. 45. Seasoned gaming studios like ours love Maya for its features and flexibility. Then I unwrapped the low poly mesh model into three UV sets in order to get a good resolution of the textures. I wanted to understand PBR textures well.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 3, 2016

It's been a month since the first progress report , and progress continues towards the new Godot renderer. Little by little every system falls into place, and rendering starts feeling a lot more mature. Add Layered/Stencil rendering. One of the main features of PBR rendering is having all sort of sources for reflections.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 9, 2020

While Juan ( reduz ) has been busily working on Vulkan, the rest of the rendering team have not been idle. They have been working on many bug fixes and some improvements to the OpenGL rendering in the 3.x Up until now, the GLES2 2D renderer has been drawing primitives (such as rectangles) on an individual basis. How it works.

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Harold Serrano

MAY 22, 2023

If you had the option to rewrite your game engine from scratch, what would you do differently? Use Entity-Component-System I wrote my game engine using C++ and decided to take the OOP approach. Moreover, the codebase of these renderers is a lot cleaner and less convoluted. Let's go one by one so you know what I mean.

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Played with Fire

JANUARY 27, 2025

Thanks to advancements in real-time rendering technologies, such as ray tracing, and next-generation VR headsets, users can now experience environments that look and feel almost indistinguishable from reality. From lifelike textures to realistic lighting, the focus is on creating experiences that immerse users completely.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

Looking for a Real Unreal Game Development Company? 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. Is it well-defined?

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Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

This version optimizes some rendering and lighting capabilities, fixes a series of key issues recently reported by users, and recommends that all v3.x Engine • Added DebugView at runtime UI control rendering debugging function. Skip rendering when the UI element Opacity is 0. Skip rendering when the UI element Opacity is 0.

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Cocos

JULY 31, 2024

Hi, My game has a lot of PNGs and some fullscreen ( 1920x 1080 ) animations. Even before it is actually rendered. GFX Memory Texture increases ). Not all of it is shown all the time. I have created atlases and SpriteSheets. I have tried both a plist from TexturePacker and a.pac from Cocos’s auto-atlas.

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The paper shows how a single language can serve as a unified platform for real-time, inverse, and differentiable rendering. For more information about practical examples of Slang with various machine learning (ML) rendering applications, see Differentiable Slang: Example Applications. Bring ML training inside the renderer.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Flag dirty dependencies when GeometryInstance dependencies change in renderer ( GH-71581 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Halls of Torment , a roguelite action RPG with retro late-90s pre-rendered 2D graphics. Android: Fix Android editor crash when returning from the launched and running game ( GH-72106 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 30, 2016

It's been a month since the second progress report , and progress continues towards the new Godot renderer. Add Layered/Stencil rendering. renderer works entirely in linear space (Gamma is no longer supported). The new GI probe implementation in Godot is a game changer, and gives Godot 3.0 Introduction. Implement Decals.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 16, 2024

It allows artists to bring concepts to life by adding depth, texture, and realistic lighting to their designs. From 3D architectural renderings to product prototypes and virtual environments for games and movies, 3D visualization is used across various industries to visualize ideas, streamline workflows, and communicate concepts effectively.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In the fast-paced world of mobile game development , visual effects (VFX) play a pivotal role in creating immersive experiences that captivate players. The constraints of mobile hardware demand innovative solutions to ensure games not only look stunning but also run smoothly.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. The game is developed by Vedg Studio / NoirosL and was recently ported to Godot 4.0 GUI: Add a Font import option to pre-render all glyphs required for the translation ( GH-68448 ). Wishlist it on Steam! What's new.

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Awesome Tuts

DECEMBER 24, 2022

In video games, the small effects add up to making your game look stunning. And popular games like Batman Arkham Asylum have this effect: Other notable games that have this effect are Mortal Kombat – which they implement when the characters perform special attacks on each other. What Is a Shader?

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Game Development

JANUARY 23, 2019

Full Unity 2D Game Tutorial 2019 – Making Mini Map Mask. Full Unity 2D Game Tutorial 2019 – Making Minor Modifications. Full Unity 2D Game Tutorial 2019 – Mini Map Camera. Adding a camera is the same as adding any other game object. Full Unity 2D Game Tutorial 2019 – Mini Map Render Texture.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

As always, a bunch of nice rendering fixes! The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 Follow Kenny Park on Twitter or Mastodon for development updates, and check his website to discover other games and applications. Rendering: Only disable depth writing in opaque pipelines ( GH-71124 ). See the list below.

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Nvidia

JUNE 22, 2021

This is a challenging task, even in cinematic rendering, because it is difficult to find all the paths of light that contribute meaningfully to an image. Solving this problem through brute force requires hundreds, sometimes thousands of paths per pixel, but this is far too expensive for real-time rendering.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

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 ). Rendering: Use proper space for forward GI reflections ( GH-71694 ). iOS: Restore OpenGL ES 3.0

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Nvidia

JANUARY 5, 2023

Some ray-traced effects, like reflections or shadows, require support for out-of-frustum objects for rendering accuracy. Positions can be directly evaluated on ray hit and texture coordinates may be the only attribute required during any hit shader execution. Parallel mesh processing for instance data generation.

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