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D2 log 057 – Tiles, pt.2

Catnip Games

MARCH 19, 2022

I made a “master sheet” with all the tiles to keep things organized. I implemented a new material system for tiles. In addition to the visible texture, each tile had a lower resolution bitmap which defined the material at a given spot. They are now baked into tiles, so map editing is much easier.

Tile

Tile Polygon Baking Texture

The 2020 Holiday Shopping Guide for Board Game Lovers

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is a holiday shopper’s guide to all things Board Games. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Hobby Board Games. Description from Board Game Geek.

Tile

Tile Point and Click Games Art

[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events

Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Following the high-level trend of hybridization across mobile , more and more casual games have started introducing competitive elements into their live event strategies. This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features.

Puzzle

Puzzle Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile

My Elephant in the Room, Part 1

Designer Notes

MARCH 31, 2023

Here are the games that I’ve worked on. Spoiler alert: Civilization 3 and 4 are going to come up a lot in the presentation… I also do a podcast where I interview game designers about why they make games, so check it out if you have time for 4-hour interviews. So, why should I go back to make a historical, tile-based 4X game?

Tile

Tile Point and Click AI Mechanics

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). We continue to release a new snapshot every week to get fast feedback on our bugfixes, and potential regressions they may introduce.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Shaders

Accelerating Load Times for DirectX Games and Apps with GDeflate for DirectStorage

Nvidia

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Trying to hide loading in a game by forcing a player to shimmy. Trying to hide loading in a game by forcing a player to shimmy through narrow passages or take extremely slow elevators breaks immersion. The current Game Ready Driver (version 526.47) contains NVIDIA RTX IO technology, including optimizations for GDeflate.

Tile

Tile Data Content Games

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). We continue to release a new snapshot every week to get fast feedback on our bugfixes, and potential regressions they may introduce.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Shaders

Little Racer – 3D Art

The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Our main goal was to create an easy to pick, approachable couch multiplayer game for up to four players. Graphic simplicity was dictated by the general idea of the game’s casualty. We’ve decided to set our game in a low-poly setting for the sake of readability. That allows us to reduce the size of the game.

Art

Art Prop Mesh Racing

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

It brings a brand new rendering engine with state-of-the-art PBR workflow for 3D, an improved assets pipeline, GDNative to load native code as plugins, C# 7.0 support, Bullet as the 3D physics engine, and many other features which are described in depth below. The long road to 3.0. A year ago, we decided to skip the release of Godot 2.2

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

see recent devblogs on GDScript typed instructions , Complex Text Layout , Tiles editor , documentation , and 2D rendering improvements !), While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see a lot of work is also being done on the 3.2 branch for the upcoming Godot 3.2.4. Highlights. The main changes coming in Godot 3.2.4

Beta

Beta Dev Render Bug

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

It has been a long road to Godot 4.0 with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. We aren’t done yet, but today marks a major milestone on the road to Godot 4.0. Today we are pleased to announce that the first beta for the much-anticipated release of Godot 4.0 is now ready and available for download.

Beta

Beta Engine Engineering Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). Highlights.

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

seen as small bumps between tiles on a GridMap). The fix seems relatively safe but this will require heavy testing to make sure it doesn't regress - if you have 3D games using Bullet physics, please try this RC 2 and report any issue. The upcoming Godot 3.5 It's now time to move to the Release Candidate stage so that we can release 3.5-stable

Render

Render Shaders Mesh Console

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). Jump to the Downloads section. Highlights.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). Jump to the Downloads section. Highlights.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). Jump to the Downloads section. Highlights.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

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D2 log 057 – Tiles, pt.2

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