PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 16, 2024

For example, one of the things DOTS handled really well was rendering large amounts of entities. Without it, rendering the 800.000 tiles that compromise the game map became problematic, so the team had to spend a week on optimizing that. Still, the switch didnt occur without its fair share of issues.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Such VR tools breathe life into the video game mechanics , allowing players to interact with the characters and environment of the game very well. Looking for stunning 3D product renders for your ecommerce website? Autodesk also offers 3ds Max, a similar 3D modeling and rendering software for design visualization, games, and animation.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Deserted house in the night, rendered In RedShift. The payload registers are the mechanism NVIDIA OptiX offers for passing arbitrary data along with a ray, from the caller that traces a ray, and back. This payload mechanism is very lightweight, similar to passing arguments to a function. Image courtesy of Daz3D.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

A simple texture change or model update can impact gameplay mechanics, UI design, and monetization strategies. Slow rendering and iteration cycles, delaying content updates. AWS Game Development for cloud-rendering scalability. Common issues include: (i). Manual handoffs between concept artists, modelers, and animators. (ii).

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Artoon

MAY 2, 2024

Introduction SSR in React serves as a potent mechanism for crafting dynamic […] The post Exploring the Dynamics of Server-Side Rendering in React: A Detail Guide appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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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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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. The rendering stages involved in Deferred Rendering. The problems that are solved by Deferred Rendering. Solution for transparent object rendering.

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Cocos

MAY 5, 2023

This article will discuss the new feature of Cocos Creator, Custom Render Pipeline(CRP), and demonstrate how to apply the custom render pipeline already written in Cocos Cyberpunk to your own project. Most of them are asking: How to apply the Custom Render Pipeline in Cocos Cyberpunk to my own project. component onto the node.

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Brand Game Development

AUGUST 7, 2017

” Created traffic mechanic. 3: Nixed the traffic mechanic. Implemented construction mechanic. 4: Reduced board crowding and fiddliness of construction mechanic. “Broken” here meaning that the game was rendered unplayable or just plain terrible for some reason. 5: Added Vehicle Cards.

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CG Spectrum

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The end results, known as renders, are photo-real content that, depending on their intended audience and medium, can be viewed in either 2D (still images) or 3D (walkthrough animations and virtual tours). Rendering final content for review by architects, clients, stakeholders, etc., using 3D software. ARCHVIZ CAREER PATHWAY

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Brand Game Development

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Game rules are how we regulate the mechanics of our games so that they are consistent with the messages we want to send to players. Short-term mechanic testing. Brandon: At the short-term mechanic testing stages, you’re really just using rules to help underlying mechanics manifest themselves! Private testing.

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Nvidia

MAY 5, 2023

ETW is a Windows OS mechanism that enables you to trace and log events. On game engines that do not allow the Present() calls to be bracketed, the RENDER_START/END marker ETW events are used to log the frame ID, bracketing the render submissions. It also emits the corresponding PCLStatsInput Event Tracing for Windows (ETW) events.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

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. Carlsen’s vision for Cocoon sprang from a fascination with game mechanics. years of development. One day the idea simply popped up”, explains Carlsen.

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Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

rule book, I use visual examples to explain how the energy mechanic works. Some would even argue that the presence of gamers like Rahdo or Watch It Played render traditional rule books obsolete. Examples provide excellent context for players to understand how a game is played. In my own game, War Co. , In the War Co.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. It contains the game’s proposed design like the concept of the game, genre, core game mechanics, gameplay, timeline, illustrations/sketches, story and characters, levels and monetization strategies.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 1, 2024

Evan Anthony: “Alternating between two timelines with such different visual designs, mechanics, and stories has been a real brain puzzle for us. While we’re currently working full time on Nirvana Noir, we still keep a foot in the world of installation art and motion graphics to remain inspired!”

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Functional Testing Beyond Basics: Ensuring Core Game Mechanics Perform as Expected Functional testing goes beyond identifying bugs; it verifies that every game feature aligns with the console’s performance standards. This includes gameplay stability, in-game transactions, and complex mechanics like multiplayer integration.

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Cocos

OCTOBER 14, 2024

This version has not only significantly enhanced performance and rendering but also improved editor experience and stability, which is recommended for everyone to upgrade. Rendering Enhancements 1. The new customizable rendering pipeline mainly has the following benefits: In Cocos Creator 3.8.4 more stable and mature.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2025

Backpack Battles Backpack Battles decided to make inventory management the main game mechanic. There is just something about the frustratingly fun mechanics of Arctic Eggs that captured quite an audience who are we to judge your taste? Turn-based mechanics and an RPG flavor round off the experience.

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Nvidia

MARCH 17, 2023

Although it is a library designed for video production, USD’s mechanism for supporting large and complex pipelines could be used for in-game production. There is no environment like KATANA or Houdini SOLARIS where you can lay out the USD, light it, render it, and so on. Why did you choose USD for your game development pipeline?

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For example, one of the things DOTS handled really well was rendering large amounts of entities. Without it, rendering the 800.000 tiles that compromise the game map became problematic, so the team had to spend a week on optimizing that. Still, the switch didn’t occur without its fair share of issues.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

The reason for the problem is that DragonBone is syncing the bone transform to the nodes only during the rendering phase, when the physics has already been updated. The previous PR only changed the event-driven synchronization mechanism to a per-frame polling synchronization mechanism.

Mechanics 40

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Cocos

JANUARY 12, 2024

USE_INSTANCING is only for 3D mesh rendering. if you want to reduce draw calls for 2d objects(sprites, labels, and spines), it’s better to follow the batching mechanism.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Apart from that, the month was mostly spent on implementing more 2D items in the renderer as well as working on getting custom shaders running. add line rendering. add ninepatch rendering. add polygon and GUI primitive rendering. add circle rendering. render meshes. add ninepatch rendering.

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Filmustage

DECEMBER 1, 2024

At the same time, animation breakdowns focus on world-building elements, character assets, and rendering requirements that shape the entire production pipeline from the ground up. Live-action productions use SFX with practical elements like pyrotechnics, prosthetics, and mechanical props captured by the camera.

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Cocos

APRIL 13, 2023

The latest release includes some of the most highly anticipated features, such as Custom Render Pipeline , Light Probe , Reflection Probe and LOD. Kylin: Do you use the Custom Render Pipeline that is available with Cocos Creator v3.7? Forward and Deferred Render Pipeline has been implemented in the project.

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Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Finding this space isn’t too difficult since Cogmind mechanics and UI were designed to fit a 4:3 display anyway, despite most everyone these days using 16:9 or higher, meaning there is usually a decent amount of space available at the left and right sides of the map view which is not as vital to be able to see at all times.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Variable Rate Shading support to enable foveated rendering on all platforms. This will provide significant rendering performance improvements, and will also be available for non-VR usage eventually. There is a lot more flexibility in moving your player around including climbing mechanics, glide mechanics, wind mechanics, etc.

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AWS Games

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Unreal Engine , created by by Epic Games, is one of the most advanced tools for creating and rendering photo-realistic visuals and immersive experiences. Finally, we would need a mechanism to scale in the signaling servers once the user sessions are completed. This is needed to power the latest games and the Metaverse.

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Cocos

JANUARY 8, 2024

and more than 20 different puzzle mechanisms. Since we don’t want to render the scene once to get the depth map, we also don’t need a depth map for a specific angle, such as the top depth map for a rain mask. So we just need to copy the depth map and use it before rendering the transparent objects.

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Jesper Juul

MAY 19, 2021

This new version came about when I saw that a modern computer – or phone – can easily render a fractal like this in real time using the graphics card. Me in 1992. In this new version, I focused on making the user experience fun, on making it pleasurable to navigate around the fractal image. Here’s to that. Programming then and now.

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Features and Tools Graphics and Rendering Capabilities Graphics and Rendering Capabilities are essential in game design software because of its graphics and rendering capabilities. Game design software’s scripting and coding support is critical for implementing game mechanics, logic, and interactivity.

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Logic Simplified

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Let’s elaborate on how multiplayer game design isn’t as simple as just throwing together some mechanics and calling it a day. Similarly, Buffs are the kind of changes that are made when certain features or video game mechanics need to be tweaked to make them significant in the game.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 7, 2023

These engines offer powerful rendering capabilities, physics simulations, and asset management systems necessary for creating realistic virtual environments. These tools facilitate the integration of features such as tracking, rendering, and input for a seamless user experience.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

A mechanism to support them in DirectX has been available for a while but not widely documented. This post explains the mechanism for using them in DirectX. Unlike OpenGL or Vulkan, DirectX unfortunately doesn’t have a native mechanism for vendor-specific extensions. More information is shared later in this post. ]

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Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

The simplicity of the 2D style laid the foundation for gameplay mechanics and player interactions, particularly in platformers and side-scrollers. Rendering and Lighting Depends on basic shading and lighting techniques to add detail to flat visuals. These games used 2D sprites, with each frame presenting a specific pose.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Although the role is highly creative, it is also quite technical, and modelers must be able to determine scale, optimize geometry and renders, and troubleshoot software issues and bugs. These equations are then combined and rendered using a graphics processing unit that outputs a rough but legible animated scene known as a 'playblast.'

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