CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I’ll be honest, most employers will only consider you for an intermediate role if you’ve had at least 3-5 years of CG or visual effects experience. Around this time, most mid-level FX artists figure out if they want to head into TD work , lead roles, or pipeline work. Read her tips below ! So, how do you know when you're ready?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. 3D Asset Design. Hello, loyal Kristalans and faithful fantasy fanatics!

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

Welcome back to the riveting, the joy-inducing, the awe-inspiring Kristala dev blog! We're coming to you live and direct with Issue #18 and we can confidently say.it's gonna be good. As you know, our mantra here at ACS Games has always been one of inclusivity, togetherness, acceptance, and love. Programming. Let us know in the comments.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

OCTOBER 8, 2020

We're heading into spooky season, and there's no better way to celebrate an eerie action-adventure game than diving into the newest issue of the Kristala game dev blog. 3D Asset Design. If you're just joining us, welcome home! Kristala Featured at IWOCon 2020. Why, you ask? There will be rum!

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Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I know it has been a long time since the last blog post to this project. But I can now proudly announce that a playable prototype for the video game GenoTerra is finished (and I graduated with the Master in Design *yay*). Master in Integrative Design. degree of design coherence.   What was the Thesis about?

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Filmustage

MAY 24, 2022

The role of Robert Eggers in this process cannot be underestimated, because it was with his debut - "The Witch" - the term post-horror came into use. Disclaimer: our blog has no academic purpose behind it, because we are viewers just like you. We are open to discussion and criticism. The main thing is to love cinema and talk about it.

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Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Once consumer VR hit in 2015, we discovered a lot about VR game design. Now, those who have actually followed this blog for a long time know that I am a big fan of experimentation and don’t believe that just because something has become a convention means it is the “best.”

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 10, 2021

Currently in charge of systems design at Trailmix. This is done through in-depth research, insights and case studies as well as innovative marketing solutions and education materials. Unless otherwise specified, all the data has been provided by the powerful Sensor Tower and analyzed by the author(s). All revenue numbers show net revenues.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Welcome back to another exciting issue of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog! We'll be sure to keep you posted on all the sweet deets as we near our Patreon launch date, so be sure to stay tuned to our socials and public dev blogs for updates and announcements (including an exciting kick-off contest where you can snag a FREE PS5 ).

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

APRIL 21, 2021

Welcome back to another magically entrancing issue of the Kristala dev blog. Hello, faithful feline-lovin' friends and fantasy aficionados! Are you ready to get dark, dear friends? Trust us.we've got you covered. Concept Art. Here's a look at Harold's interpretation of the Checkpoint and its surrounding environment.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Welcome back to another exciting issue of the Kristala Dev blog. Here's how it works: each month, we share all the progress every branch of development has made as they collectively work towards completing Kristala's vertical slice—from stunning concept art and 3D models to custom animations, level design, and everything in between.

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Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Betrayal at House on the Hill quickly builds suspense and excitement as players explore a haunted mansion of their own design, encountering spirits and frightening omens that foretell their fate. ‘Tis the season of being grateful and thankful…for holiday shopping guides. This is a holiday shopper’s guide to all things Board Games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

All Godot contributors are delighted to release our latest milestone today, Godot 3.3 , after more than 7 months of development! This release was initially planned as a 3.2.4 update to the 3.2 branch, but it grew to become a feature-packed update well worth of opening a new stable branch. While most development focus is on our upcoming Godot 4.0

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

That's why we decided to collect all the necessary information about it in one blog, let's go! Script breakdown is familiar to us as one of the key stages of film production and pre-production management. What Is a Script Breakdown? You'll agree that sometimes you can't go to practice without theory, and that's the case here.

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Game Global

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Imagine the perfect mobile game: The graphics are stunning, the sound is second to none—and it’s going down a storm in your domestic market, but what happens when you decide to take it global? Read on to get the highlights of a very interesting discussion. What does “quality” mean in video game localization? Challenge no.

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 20, 2019

Many long-time readers of this blog know that I like to talk about long-term strategy. After all, Brandon’s blog caters more towards the casual and hobby gaming market. In fact, I’ve even said: “ don’t build a board game, build a business.” For that situation, Cover Your Kingdom is an excellent case study.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Hello, and welcome back to another issue of the Kristala game dev blog! Stay tuned at the end of this dev blog to get a peek at all the progress we've made on Kristala in the last 12 months. 3D Asset Design. 3D Asset Design. It was our first convention ever, and because of that, it holds a special place in our hearts.

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Grid Sage Games

MAY 8, 2022

Note this article refers to design of a game itself, rather than the complete gamedev process , which is a pretty different topic altogether. (I I sorta covered high-level process before, albeit more in a technical sense than a philosophical one, in an early article on Cogmind’s alpha release cycle. Cogmind 7DRL!

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 13, 2024

Last week, I wrote a blog post about how the video game industry seems to be entering a sad and painful period of contraction. Before we get grim, remember this: The goal is creation. Everything else follows that. Figure out what you NEED to actually make the art. Anything else is just a bonus. They're usually the most popular things I write.

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Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It’s hard to forget the release of Pokémon GO in 2016. Niantic’s AR-based mobile game took the world by storm and broke numerous world records , including the most revenue grossed by a mobile game in its first month ($206.5m). But their latest release, Monster Hunter Now, appears to have finally hit the mark.

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Brand Game Development

JANUARY 5, 2018

Then I got Twitter DM from Charlie at Fulfillrite saying they’d like to do a guest post on this blog. Fulfillment is one of the most intricate and complex parts of the board game business. Need help on your board game? Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. They delivered!

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Filmustage

MAY 17, 2022

Disclaimer: our blog has no academic purpose behind it, because we are viewers just like you. Remarkably, the technological sophistication of George Lucas' "Star Wars" (as we wrote about in our last blog), inspired Cameron to finally switch to filmmaking. We are open to discussion and criticism.

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AWS Games

AUGUST 12, 2022

Game server images contain executable binaries, graphics, sound, network, and physics assets media files that can take up gigabytes of storage. Containers and Kubernetes help modernize game server hosting running on virtual or bare metal machines to improve compute allocation density, optimize data-transfer cost and maintain high performance.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

Godot contributors are thrilled and delighted to release our newest major update, Godot 3.2 ! It's the result of over 10 months of work by close to 450 contributors (300 of them contributing to Godot for the first time) who authored more than 6000 commits! is a major improvement over our previous 3.1 Download Godot 3.2 Small release grown big.

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Game Refinery

AUGUST 17, 2022

The original Rogue game was a freely distributed turn-based dungeon-crawler role-playing video game developed in 1980 for Unix-based computers. So what is Rogue, “roguelike” and “roguelite”? The beautiful ASCII graphics of the original Rogue game. source: Wikipedia).

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Funding is just the beginning. What are the biggest challenges and mistakes made by early stage companies when first attempting to scale? How does Supercell become Supercell, Playtika become Playtika, or EA become EA? Why not ask some of the people who were there as founders, investors, and key executives at those very companies?

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