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The five pillars of emergent gameplay

GamesIndustry.biz

While tools have improved dramatically, allowing smaller teams to produce more graphically and mechanically complex games than ever before, producing equivalent experiences to AAA mega-studios is still prohibitively expensive. Thrilling as a solo ten-hour-long campaign can be, linear content is expensive to produce.

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Introducing AWS GameTime – a new AWS Twitch show

AWS Games

The casual interview setting is the perfect way to ask lots of questions about their game design and game development process. Our AWS GameTime audience will learn tips such as how to kickstart a career in the games industry, how to choose the right game development services on AWS and how to engage an early-adopter community.

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Upcoming CIMFest Keynote: Flavored by Authenticity

Game Design Aspect

Roundtable: Creating Non-Toxic Gamer Communities (1 PM Eastern) What game design principles can be used to promote friendlier and harassment-free communities? Join us for a discussion on what strategies game designers can use to create safe virtual spaces that are enjoyable for all players.

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Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). Creating games this way is, as a result, more challenging. Is solving these problems enough for Godot to become a top AA / AAA game engine?

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

Some say Unreal is better just because it’s a common choice for AAA studios. Unity has created a large community and made video game development more accessible to game developers with various expertise levels. Unreal makes it possible to bring literally any vision to life in the form of an advanced video game.

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Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

Logic Simplified

To be specific, this surge has been a result of the dynamic audio-visual effects, the natural player-to-character interaction, photorealistic 3D graphics, and engaging levels, characters, and mechanics of the game. The gaming industry is brewing with innovation and new technology trends.

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Battle Passes - Everything You Ought to Know and Then Some

Deconstructor of Fun

For most players (including payers) the Pass is primarily retention and an engagement mechanism. It’s also important to understand that Passes are not a straightforward feature to balance that can be applied to any game without risks. I get THIS MANY CONTENT for this little money!? In other words, Passes don’t expire.

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