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Enticing mix of genres in Ghibli-inspired The Brew Barons by Lifetap Studios

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A large majority of the art was created from scratch, but Hartley admits having used a few asset packs to help speed up development. “I I have one rule regarding the use of asset store packages though, I’ll never use a package ‘as is’”, he says. “I

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It means that assets are pulled from disk on demand (loaded only at the time they are needed), rather than as a part of a larger stage. There is also a risk of running out of memory if too many assets are loaded in parallel instead of streaming them. Better real-time refresh of assets if they were modified externally (and checked out).

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Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

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Here are some of them: AI-Powered Content Creators Ludo AI: This tool excels at generating gameplay concepts and mechanics based on your preferences. Dimensions: This platform focuses on AI-powered 3D asset creation. Browse by category, search by keyword, or filter by license type to find assets that fit your needs.

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Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

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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. This is a step-by-step approach with templates and mechanics for anyone who wants to create a functional game.

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GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 2)

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Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. Further optimizations will be done so it isn't necessary to process the same scripts again and again. Currently, the mechanism to traverse from scene to scene, as well as ensure that the scene files are valid, is complete. Interactive Music by Daniel Matarov.

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