PreMortem.Games

MARCH 22, 2023

Chinese developer and publisher Nuverse is using AI for all NPC speech and animation in games. For its upcoming science fiction survival title Earth: Revival the development team used a system to generate speech and compute full body animations for NPCs, without any manual intervention.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 1, 2022

In this article, we are going to look at ten of the greatest animators in history and explore what makes them great as well as their impacts on the industry. What Makes a Great Animator? Most animation directors begin as animators themselves, but eventually, take on a larger role in overseeing every part of the project.

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Nvidia

MAY 28, 2023

Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are conceived, produced, and played. Game developers are exploring how these technologies impact 2D and. Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are conceived, produced, and played. You can bring life to NPCs through NeMo model alignment techniques.

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Filmustage

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The Birth of Visual Effects: Silent Era to Early Talkies The history of visual effects in filmmaking is a captivating journey through the evolution of technology, creativity, and storytelling. One of the prominent figures of this era was Ray Harryhausen , a stop-motion animator known for his meticulous craftsmanship.

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Perforce

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Unreal Engine 5 brings technological advancements essential for next-gen consoles, as well as film and animation. Learn more.

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Bandai Namco has rebuffed claims that it used AI voice technology in Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Connections, its newest anime brawler.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

They have to survive the elements, hunt fierce animals, migrate to new continents, advance the technology, make social and political tribe decisions, and evolve their civilization. The Ancients is a turn-based survival strategy game where players lead a prehistoric hunter-gatherer tribe through the last ice age.

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AWS Games

MARCH 6, 2024

With the annual Game Developer Conference (GDC) just days away, Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Games is ramping up to host exciting technology demonstrations and programming focused on evolving industry trends, including generative artificial intelligence (AI). Explore real-world use cases for a variety of generative AI services and solutions.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Some of the fundamental blocks for realistic AI NPCs are facial animations, lip synchronization, and emotion control for the character’s voices, all of which needs to be generated in real time during gameplay. They used NVIDIA Audio2Face to power the facial animations of their characters, and NVIDIA Riva for speech-to-text and text-to-speech.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 3, 2024

Studying at the Dedan Kimathi University of Technology where innovation was highly encouraged and facilitated by the school in the form of training and startup acceleration, Orina learned new skills like augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) development. Orina set up virtual labs for her school, using AR technology.

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 2, 2023

You may have seen some 2D or 3D animated movies and video games that look like they were hand-drawn or have a cartoon-like style. Usually, Japanese anime films and video games feature this distinct look. This type or technique of animation is known as cel-shading animation. Some also refer to it as toon shading.

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are produced and played. Game developers are exploring how these technologies can accelerate their. Generative AI technologies are revolutionizing how games are produced and played. These player interactions tend to be transactional, short-lived, and oftentimes skipped.

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Filmustage

MARCH 29, 2023

Rotoscoping: In this technique, artists trace over live-action footage to produce animation or isolate elements for compositing. Simulations: Computer-generated animations that emulate real-world occurrences, such as fluid dynamics, particle systems, and cloth simulations.

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Logic Simplified

APRIL 1, 2024

UE5’s features and functionality have further expanded to include experimental new features for rendering, animation and simulation. Look for companies that offer full-cycle game development services, that cover everything from art, animation, VR/AR/XR-based development, right up to game testing. Is it well-defined?

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Logic Simplified

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Such software frameworks provide us with the basic tools and systems for rendering, physics, audio, networking, scripting, animation, user interface, etc, to simplify and streamline the game development roadmap and ensure that the game runs smoothly and efficiently on different devices and platforms.

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Filmustage

MARCH 24, 2023

Utilizing state-of-the-art software and technologies, VFX artists create everything from lifelike digital creatures to expansive landscapes and futuristic cityscapes. There are several categories of visual effects in film, including digital matte painting, compositing, 3D animation, and motion capture.

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Ask a Game Dev

APRIL 8, 2024

building environments, creating animations and rigs, building the technology), and then do the things that take less time to complete later. The in-game bits - the low-poly characters moving, talking, and animating - were cheaper and easier to build, so they could be changed significantly later in the dev cycle.

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Jaunty Bear Games

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Fortunately the Unity 3D platform has a great selection of packages and assets to accelerate the build of tools, models, shaders, sound effects, animations etc. Unity Technologies Assets. Addressables by Unity Technologies. Cinemachine by Unity Technologies. Input System by Unity Technologies. Once an asset (e.g.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Studying CS gives you the flexibility to work in many technologically focused fields, including gaming. Most educational institutions require master’s degree candidates to have a computer science degree or a degree from similar fields of study like science, technology, engineering, or math (STEM) before joining a master’s degree program.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

Whoever thought Spine 2D animation reminds you of a paper doll craft, where you move all the body parts to create animations, was right! Spine is a 2D skeletal animation tool for game development and other animation projects. One, how Spine works as a great 2D animation software. How does it work? They create!

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2023

The remainder is made up of Imaging and Sensing Solutions, Entertainment Technology, and Financial Services. Crunchyroll, its anime-focused video service, has evolved into the world’s largest portfolio of anime content and now counts 10 million paying subscribers. But that’s expected to change.

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Logic Simplified

MAY 16, 2022

Interactive puzzle games, lesson plans, animated games, skill-building games, worksheets, storybooks, and many more make learning fun. Technologies Used. Front-end Technologies. Back-end Technologies. Refining the animation. The game supports young minds to create new skills more efficiently while promoting fun.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

There are three main components to making a digital human, and each of these requires a different combination of art and technologies: generation, animation , and intelligence. For animation and movement, artists must look at the physical elements of the digital human, from the body and face to hair and clothing.

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iXie gaming

MAY 24, 2023

Artists have always played a crucial role in game development, meticulously creating characters, environments, and animations. Machine learning algorithms now generate realistic textures, procedural landscapes, and lifelike animations, reducing the time and effort required by human artists.

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Ask a Game Dev

MAY 23, 2023

343 co-developed the Halo Legends animated series and worked with Bungie on Halo: Reach to learn the Halo development ropes, and then worked with Saber Interactive and Certain Affinity to develop Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary. Microsoft created a new studio named 343 Industries to take over after the split from Bungie.

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Logic Simplified

JANUARY 18, 2023

Players must defend their porcelain throne from waves of invading cute animals. These characters are highly detailed, with cartoonish textures and animations that perfectly capture their personalities. 03 Graphics and visuals: The game boasts a playful cartoonish style and animations that will delight players of all ages.

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Game Daily

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This week – and just a few days after the unveiling of Meta’s new Quest 3 headset – Zuckerberg demonstrated how far the company has come in terms of “ codec scans ” that deliver detailed facial animations in real time, for the purposes of conversation.

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Nvidia

JULY 24, 2023

8, Jensen Huang features new NVIDIA technologies and award-winning research for content creation. 8, Jensen Huang features new NVIDIA technologies and award-winning research for content creation.

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Filmustage

APRIL 10, 2023

In the intervening years, Rocky's jogging scene has been quoted and parodied many times in animated and feature films. Deepfake: What is this technology and why is it dangerours A similar technology was used by Martin Scorsese , making Robert De Niro and Al Pacino look young in "The Irishman" (2018).

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PreMortem.Games

JANUARY 26, 2024

The Wild Kingdoms (Itan Orisha) by Kucheza Gaming She compared her childhood to her sons’, noting the significant changes in media consumption and behaviour due to technological advancements. Its versatility extends beyond game design to architecture, live rendering, production, animation, and automobile design.

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Big Games

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The realm of game development is a captivating blend of creativity, technology, and passion. It involves a multidisciplinary approach that combines creativity, design, programming, and technology to bring virtual worlds to life. Game development is the process of creating interactive digital experiences, commonly known as video games.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 16, 2023

This virtualized micro polygon technology allows developers to create highly detailed and intricate geometry without compromising performance. This advanced technology provides dynamic and realistic lighting effects that respond to the game world in real-time.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

It offers high-quality lighting for applications and for making iterations of animations and still images. The community of game app developers , engineers, designers, and artists create and sell animations, characters, blueprints, code plugins, and more.

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 13, 2021

We have several GTC sessions for game developers , content creators, and engineers looking to explore new tools and techniques accelerated by NVIDIA technologies, from real-time rendering to cloud gaming. Learn how the 3D nature of the technique is ideal for integration into virtual environments.

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Great things are created with a good plan, which is why any animation project must begin with a storyboard. Before an animation project is greenlit, a storyboard often must be presented to the decision-makers. And when it is approved, a more comprehensive storyboard is developed to outline all the details of the animated story.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 28, 2023

As co-founder and chief technology officer (CTO) of Nigerian-based studio Dimension 11 , he provided leadership. His early exposure to computers and technology has played an important role in the career he has today. He was trying to do animation with Unreal at the time. That laptop became his digital playground.

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Big Games

AUGUST 17, 2021

Earlier the game players were constricted to play online games such as simple puzzles to adventures series only on the desktop, but the massive development of mobile technology within the past few years has brought a noticeable change in the game application development industry. Sometimes, you might have to update the game each year.

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