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Integrating 2D and 3D Art: Creating Cohesive Game Worlds 

iXie gaming

Unified Texturing and Color Grading Visual coherence hinges on color and texture harmony. Parallax Layering and Depth Simulation Without careful depth handling, 2D and 3D layers can visually compete or collapse. This approach is ideal for prototyping FX without fully committing to particle-heavy simulations.

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2D Lighting System for Cocos Creator - Visual Editor & Real-time Shadows

Cocos

Update (Now Live) Store Link Web Demo New Features Height Property for Light Sources Added height property to Light2DSource component (with matching support in Light2DReceiver ) for enhanced lighting normal simulation control. DragonBones Animation Support Light2DReceiver now supports DragonBones animation components.

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Cocos Creator 3.8.5 forum version

Cocos

Bug Fixes Fixed an issue where auto-atlas compression left unused original textures. Improved project build prompts for scripts, engines, and native simulators. Resolved problems with frame selection of 2D nodes in the 2D view. Addressed prefab-related issues in the editor, including nested prefab modifications causing node loss.

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NVIDIA RTX Neural Rendering Introduces Next Era of AI-Powered Graphics Innovation

Nvidia

RTX Kit enhances geometry, textures, materials Source Alongside these GPUs, NVIDIA introduced NVIDIA RTX Kit, a suite of neural rendering technologies to ray trace games with AI, render scenes with immense geometry, and create game characters with lifelike visuals.

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Emerging Trends in Game Art: Real-Time Rendering, Stylized Game Art, and Beyond 

iXie gaming

This technique simulates realistic light behavior, creating lifelike reflections, shadows, and global illumination in real-time. Moreover, AI-driven tools such as generative adversarial networks (GANs) and procedural texture generation are allowing artists to create innovative styles with minimal manual effort.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

is coming with huge improvements to texture importing quality and speed thanks to new maintainer Bluecube3310. The import times of textures using the VRAM Compressed import setting have been greatly improved by integrating the GPU-based Betsy texture compressor. Import 4.4 Now 2D performance is comparable between all backends.

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The Top 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools

Logic Simplified

Its capabilities for VR content creation include comprehensive 3D modeling tools, advanced texturing and shading, animation and rigging, and integration with VR Devices. This powerful software allows developers to build their 3D assets and sciences with tools for 3D animation , modeling, rendering, shading, simulation, and more.