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#Drive Rally by Pixel Perfect Dude is a love letter to the golden age of rally games

PreMortem.Games

With a compact team of four full-time developers working remote, the company has produced several games, with #Drive as their breakout hit on mobile. We initially used tools like Gaia & Gena, which were great but had limitations in customizing tracks to our exact needs, such as adjusting terrain and placing racing assets effectively.

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D2 log 074 – New level format

Catnip Games

I export the rendered terrain from Blender as a RGBA image but with alpha value set to depth. I export the rendered terrain from Blender as a RGBA image but with alpha value set to depth. The custom terrain shader uses the z-channel to draw water in lower areas of the level. Everything is just one big texture.

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Develop a 3D game in 2 hours with AI? Is it possible?

Cocos

The game will be a 3D Snake, with innovative gameplay and a complex terrain. Hide the dirction control buttons when running on a computer and display them when running on a mobile device. Terrain The terrain part is quite challenging, so a new chat has been started for it. Why I write a mind map first?

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Scaling Art Production for Live-Service Games: Challenges, Innovations, and Future-Ready Pipelines 

iXie gaming

Cross-Platform Considerations Live-service games must be optimized for PC, console, and mobile. Procedural Generation By automating terrain, foliage, and props, procedural generation: (i). Challenges include: (i). Scaling assets for different hardware specs without losing visual fidelity. (ii).

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RP4K Teacher Profiles: Gabriel Dibenedetto

Real Programming

Gabe develops models of worlds powered by the coding language C++ to test and simulate how rugged electric vehicles would handle the terrain. For example, Java is relied on for mobile developments, especially Android. It’s also used for mobile computing and server-side back-end development projects.

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Accelerate your Game Design, Development and Build with Unity Asset Store

Jaunty Bear Games

Terrain Tools. The Terrain Tools package adds additonal terrain sculpting brushes and tools to your project to help create stunning terrain assets and ease the workflows. . TextMeshPro. TextMeshPro is the ultimate text solution for Unity. Third Party Tools.

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Navigating the World of Big License Holders as a Small Game Developer

Deconstructor of Fun

However, stories of success like Hutch , the studio responsible for hits on mobile such as Top Drives and F1 Clash featuring official partnerships with Formula One and Forza , demonstrate that it's achievable. By prioritizing authentic relationships and showcasing creative concepts with sincerity, developers can navigate this complex terrain.