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The Porting Blueprint: Unlocking Success in Cross-Platform Development

Starloop Studios

In the quickly evolving world of the gaming industry, the ability to reach different audiences using different platforms through cross-platform game development can be crucial to your game’s success. Though related to game porting, cross-platform game development differs in some key ways.

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Video Game Development Trends That You Should Know

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How do we see it in 2022 and what’s at play for developers? The last few years have been motivating the game development field quite actively. Game developers, designers, and artists had to be quite inventive and creative to move it forward. Video games development incorporates PC games and consoles. AR and VR Games.

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AWS for Games debuts Guide to Generative AI for Game Developers, and more at GDC 2024

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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming industries, a seismic shift that was certainly felt at the 2024 Game Developer Conference (GDC) held last week in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Check it out , and follow the recap below for a full rundown of AWS for Games activities at GDC 2024.

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Newzoo’s latest report: Almost 9 in 10 gamers spend money on in-game items

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Moreover, notable AAA PC and console games are now expanding their reach to mobile platforms, seeking to attract a broader player base, while simultaneously exploring opportunities for cross-platform integration. Money spent on games In the last six months, more than half of the player base has spent money on video games.

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Omeda Studios swaps out ‘Predecessor’ backend in less than five months using Amazon GameLift and Pragma

AWS Games

It’s hard to overstate the dedication of Omeda Studios developers working on the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game “Predecessor.” Its core team has developed the game since 2018, even though the studio was officially formed in 2020. The game’s new backend debuted on March 5, 2024.

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

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Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. The game development industry is booming, and it’s impossible not to notice how quickly it’s expanding. The immersive worlds game developers craft will get players hooked and keep them coming back for more. What is Unreal?

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A podcast recently talked about how some games, like Contra Operation Galuga are struggling to run on Nintendo Switch, because they developed it for higher end systems(PS5, Xbox series, PC) first then port it to Nintendo Switch. They suggested it should have been done the other way around, so every platform has a version of the game that runs perfectly(barring AAA high quality titles like God of War and Spider-Man). How true is this?

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It's true that developing with the Switch as the primary platform would make it work well on the Switch and perform well on other platforms. However, the tradeoff is that the game would look like an upscaled version of a Switch game on the higher-end platforms. There are always tradeoffs when making decisions like this.