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Game Refinery

APRIL 27, 2023

Mobile games and gacha mechanics have been closely aligned for a significant time. Regardless of the genre, most gamers playing titles on a mobile device will inevitably encounter gacha mechanics in some shape or form, whether that’s a box gacha, sugoroku gacha, timed gacha, or one of many others.

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Filmustage

MARCH 7, 2024

From Paper to Pixels: A Comparative Analysis of Script Breakdown Methods??️ Mobile Accessibility: With mobile apps and cloud-based access, filmmakers can access and update script breakdowns from anywhere, getting greater flexibility and agility during pre-production.

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Half Geek

JULY 10, 2022

In the update, each system will be expanded, from 15K * 15K pixels in dimensions, to 24K * 24K. It’s not a huge increase in terms of 1D, only being 9K pixels extra, or ~60%. But in terms of flight area, it goes from 225K pixels to 576K, more than doubled.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 31, 2024

In the years that followed the team evolved into a game development studio, initially making games for Flash, HTLML5 and mobile, but now expanded to console development as well. I have always been a big fan of pixel art”, says Novan. “I It started as an outsource studio that focused primarily on illustration.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 8, 2024

With its stylized blend of pixelated 2D characters against realistic 3D backdrops, Detective Dotson boasts a visual flair that truly sets the game apart. We use pixel characters to represent people of India as the endearing and expressive lot that we are!” Detective Dotson is expected later this year for PC, consoles and mobile.

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 4, 2023

Thus, when every pixel of the old games seems to be explored up and down, DLC (downloadable content) might become a good option to sugarcoat things. For both of these cases, pixel games often work as a great basis. Players can also unlock various masks with unique abilities and customize their character through the in-game shop.

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Please join us on our own little walk down 2023 memory lane. See you in 2024!

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Moonmana

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

When it comes to developing a 2D mobile game, you have a lot of options to choose from. Let’s start with one of the most popular 2D art styles – pixel art. To make it clear, pixels are squares that combine to form a character, object, etc. Often it takes to combine thousands of pixels to make up a single object. .

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

With IDFA regulation changes and an influx of new games entering the market, publishers and mobile game studios are facing an ever-uphill battle to acquire new players (UA) and retain them. However, as we wrote last year , many top-grossing mobile games have found that minigames are the best way to boost UA and player retention.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

In the years that followed the team evolved into a game development studio, initially making games for Flash, HTLML5 and mobile, but now expanded to console development as well. I have always been a big fan of pixel art”, says Novan. “I It started as an outsource studio that focused primarily on illustration.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

As we can see, in Deferred Rendering, the calculation of a pixel’s color is uniformly performed in the lighting phase. Since the calculation is all done in the lighting phase, the pixels of the hidden parts of the models have already been discarded by depth testing, greatly avoiding unnecessary computations and thus improving performance.

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2d Game Art Guru

APRIL 5, 2023

Create and work with textures from photos taken with your mobile phone. I use basic shapes, Boolean operations, colour gradients, and transparency as well as grunge images and pixel layers to create a detailed segment of a stone wall. Resolution matters and a good camera is a step up. older tutorials ].

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The tool is compatible with popular games on Windows, Mac, and even mobile devices, making it accessible to a broad spectrum of gamers. Image and Pixel Recognition: POCO Driver includes a powerful image and pixel recognition feature, which enables the tool to identify specific on-screen elements and react accordingly.

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Game Daily

AUGUST 17, 2023

People realized that using one pixel to fire at another pixel making it disappear created an endorphin boost, the psychological satisfaction you get from making an obstacle or an enemy just disappear, and that loop is still successful today.

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Jesper Juul

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For example, with the continued growth of persistent games with RPG-like stats that remain over time – think all mobile games – “outcome” now feels less central to games than it did in 2003. We did have mobile phones and we played games on them, but not on landline “telephones”.

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PreMortem.Games

JUNE 2, 2023

His first game, the mobile RPG Soulvars , started out as a passion project. Gamers and critics praise the nostalgic pixel art visuals and the innovative take on turn-based battles. “I Ginolabo , or Gino for short, is a Japanese self-taught solo game developer. Developing my first game was a complete learning experience for me.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Platform (specify desktop/console, web, or mobile). If your game is pixel perfect, then send the video at native resolution. If published, give us a link to where the game can be bought/downloaded, so we can include it in the description. If your game can scale resolutions, please submit a 1920x1080 video (or 1280x720 if not possible).

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Game Industry News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Art: The art has aged pretty well since it’s mostly 2D pixels. Platforms: Arcade , Mobile , PC , Sega Saturn. Overall: An okay Bullet Hell game, not the best, but certainly not the worst one to get introduced to the genre to if you’ve never played one before. For those who like: Arcades, Bullet Hells, Top Down Perspective.

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Half Geek

JULY 28, 2022

More info here: The problem with making games for Mobiles. Each system has increased from 15,000^2 to 24,000^2 pixels squared. On the PC version, they correctly deploy their torpedo, a bug prevented their use on the mobile build. Please do not opt-in and install the 2.22.07 The playable area is more than doubled.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

This improves the fill rate because pixels outside the polygon won't be drawn. This is an important aspect for mobile games. Smaller size - Spine animations store only the bone data, hence their loading and rendering is stable and fast, even on mobile devices like Android or iOS.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 3, 2021

The implementation within the mobile renderer was merged into master while support for the clustered rendering is functional but has a number of loose ends to tie up and can currently be evaluated through this draft PR. Further Mobile renderer improvements in Godot 4. This means that the render buffer is divided into smaller tiles.

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Big Games

AUGUST 17, 2021

Earlier the game players were constricted to play online games such as simple puzzles to adventures series only on the desktop, but the massive development of mobile technology within the past few years has brought a noticeable change in the game application development industry. Sometimes, you might have to update the game each year.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Other Specialized 2D Tools Pyxel Edit For games that use retro pixel art, Pyxel Edit is a must-have tool. TexturePacker Optimizing sprite sheets is important for better performance, especially on mobile devices. Pyxel Edit: Perfect for creating retro pixel art. TexturePacker: Helps optimize sprite sheets for better performance.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Buckle up, aspiring developers, because the barrier to entry just shrunk to the size of a pixel! Most mobile game development companies use this tool to make their work effortless. Have you ever dreamt of crafting your own epic game?

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 1, 2023

So, whether you're designing a console game or a mobile app, it's essential to prioritize UI and UX to ensure your players stay engaged and interested. So next time you're designing pixel art, 3D models, or realistic environments, then it's essential to prioritize art and sound design to create a truly engaging and memorable game.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The world of video games has undergone a remarkable transformation over the years, evolving from simple pixelated screens to immersive, open-world environments with complex narratives and stunning graphics. This transformation has necessitated a parallel evolution in game testing , pushing QA teams to adapt and innovate continually.

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The Liquid Fire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

When a game is “published”, the number of pixels rendered, and the aspect ratio used, are determined by the device that the game is running on, such as a television screen, web page, or even mobile device. Mobile devices can even be presented in both portrait and landscape orientations. Background.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

Executive Summary What: MARVEL SNAP is a mobile CCG by Second Dinner, a new studio founded by veterans from Hearthstone. Key strength: Its biggest strength is the gameplay perfectly adapted for mobile. So when it comes to mobile, it’s another of these genres that do not work as well in the West. Source: Data.ai Source: Data.ai

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Nvidia

JANUARY 25, 2024

To learn more, check out the NVIDIA On-Demand playlist, AI-NVR Using Metropolis Microservices for Jetson. Download NVIDIA Metropolis microservices for Jetson. To learn about the technical details of Metropolis microservices for Jetson, read the NVIDIA Metropolis Microservices for Jetson whitepaper.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 22, 2020

In 2018, Fortnite and PUBG were tearing up the charts making all us mobile designers look bad. How was a cosmetic-only economy the #1 revenue generator on mobile? 2019 continued this trend, with PUBG Mobile still being the #1 game on mobile. How were they getting away with terrible control schemes?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Shooters are the fifth largest genre on mobile at $2.1B in net revenues during 2020, while holding the top games on mobile. On top of the content treadmill demanding hundreds of cosmetics needed to fuel the monetization, these top mobile shooter games demand brand new gameplay modes and events at a fast cadence.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The days of pixelated graphics are long gone. This is a far cry from the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) that came out in 1990 with its 256×224 resolution and 8×8-pixel graphics. Accessible Gaming There are so many platforms on which we can play games from mobile phones, video game consoles, and computers.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer. beta 3, only classical build for now).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snapping 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions (new in 3.2.4 Rewritten and greatly improved FBX importer (new in 3.2.4

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Game Designing

AUGUST 23, 2023

As you might expect, if I switch from the free aspect to something like 16 by nine, which is pretty standard, you’ll see that it still falls outside of the screen, and that’s because the canvas is set up with a pixel size parameter right here in the scaler. So that’s the first thing that’s important to know.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Text: Add sub-pixel glyph positioning support ( GH-57877 ). The Vulkan Mobile backend has a lot of known bugs. Rendering: Use prefiltered radiance for Sky high quality update mode ( GH-58177 ). Rendering: Add ParticleShader Userdata ( GH-58088 ). GUI: Add support to drag text to/from RichTextLabel ( GH-55207 ).

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