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Top 10 most anticipated video games of 2024

iXie gaming

Introduction: In a world where pixels and polygons collide to create magic, we present to you our handpicked selection of the top 10 most anticipated video games of 2024. From cutting-edge graphics to immersive gameplay, join us as we unravel the veil of the future and unveil the game development wonders that await.

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Retro Game Friday: Xevious

Game Industry News

Art: The art has aged pretty well since it’s mostly 2D pixels rather than 3D polygonal that was released a decade later. Frankly the gameplay is incredibly simplistic by today’s standards, but it was highly entertaining back in the 80’s when this was first released. It’s a very simple game.

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The Spine Animation Story at Logic Simplified

Logic Simplified

Here are some key features of Spine 2D animation software that stand out: Meshes - Instead of drawing rectangles, meshes help you specify a polygon inside your image. This improves the fill rate because pixels outside the polygon won't be drawn. This is an important aspect for mobile games.

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A Beginner’s Guide to Creating Game Art That Doesn’t Suck 

iXie gaming

The images we see on any type of screen are composed of tiny squares of color that we refer to as pixels. Whether it’s the screen you’re now viewing or a gaming character, all of these pixels added together are ultimately what give us the image we see. In actuality, pixel art is a form of raster art. Vector Art.

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Godot's new renderer, progress report #2

Mircosoft Game Dev

Improve Culling: Portals (rewrite as polygon-based) and Rooms. Atlas cells are assigned according to their size in pixels on the screen (e.g. Implement the new version of the Godot SVO-based Light Baker. Implement Particle Shaders, with support for: Sorting, Collision and Soft Particles. Add Layered/Stencil rendering.

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A comprehensive guide to in-demand roles in film and games

CG Spectrum

For instance, a model may also need to be under a certain polygon count, or it may need to be constructed in a way that will optimize the deformation and animation process. Scene from a 2D-pixel game called Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire , designed and developed by CGS grads. 3D model by Christoph Jurgens What does a 3D modeler do?

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