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The Future of Art & AI in Game Production

iXie gaming

As AI continues to advance, the future of art and AI in game development holds tremendous promise. In this article, we’ll explore the evolving relationship between art production and AI, discussing their potential impact on the gaming industry.

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AWS for Games updates from re:Invent 2023

AWS Games

How Electronic Arts modernized its data platform with Amazon EMR : Find out from EA how it modernized its data platform by migrating to Amazon EMR , including HDFS to Amazon S3 and 500+ ETL jobs to Apache Spark on Amazon EMR.

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Open world RPG design notes from Enderal, a big long Skyrim mod

Radiator Blog

Whenever an NPC is about to dump backstory and exposition on you, they'll ask you to take a seat. It is much better than the boring shot reverse-shot cutscene stuff going on in AAA RPGs these days, and makes Skyrim's "sit" mechanic more meaningful. Destroy the player's expectation that relationship mechanic = main cast member.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #32

Astral Clock Tower Studios

link] Concept Art. There's a specific role the damaged piece plays in the Kristala demo's core storyline, and it coincides with an NPC we've been keeping under wraps up until this point. We can't wait to go back again next year! You'll notice that the amulet in the second concept below includes both an intact and broken version.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #31

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Concept Art. While most of our dev team focuses on preparing an exclusive build of Kristala for Play NYC, our talented concept art team has been pumping out fresh designs for current weapons and items that still need revamped before our official vertical slice is complete. How did they get here then, you might ask? link] Level Design.

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A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

We must understand (and preferably help create and document) the game as a whole: from core mechanics to level design to cinematics, and everything in between. How can I get this NPC to convey a specific emotion if I don’t have that specific animation in my toolbox? What does the Art Team need to know about this quest or level?

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #30

Astral Clock Tower Studios

Concept Art. Wanna know more about this baddies and get a glimpse behind our art process? They're super skilled at creating mechanically beautiful weapons and armor adorned with gears, sprogs, and tons of bronze. You can listen to our episode of the Game Raven Review podcast right meow! Have a look! link] Rigging / Animation.

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