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Sandbox vs themepark

Raph Koster

I just watched a couple of videos about sandbox vs themepark games (in particular one by NerdSlayer and another by Josh “Strife” Hayes )… One thing that struck me about the ways players often talk about this (because at this point the history is so old) is that people think of sandbox as the older version of MMOs, and themeparks as newer.

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Snowman Dev Update (2.2: 19 June 2022)

Digital Ephemera

Code sandboxes and pseudo-global properties. have fully embraced using the same sandbox concept EJS does. Now, any author-added code is run within a separate template sandbox. these functions are still available, but as pseudo-global properties within the template sandbox. Passages only hold data.

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Create, Share, and Scale Enterprise AI Workflows with NVIDIA AI Workbench, Now in Beta

Nvidia

With AI Workbench, developers and data scientists have the flexibility to start an AI or ML project locally on a PC or workstation and then migrate it anywhere. Scalable creation and distribution of complex workflows and applications for generative AI, GPU-enabled ML, and data science. What is NVIDIA AI Workbench?

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Guest post - “Small Team, Big Project”: Building Moonwards

Mircosoft Game Dev

Moonwards is an in-development open source sandbox MMO built with Godot. We are the team behind Moonwards , a sandbox MMO being built in Godot. This accounts for a lot of data going back and forth, and a need for accessible, predictable & clearly defined states. For a networked sandbox? But that’s OK.

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The State of the Mobile Games Market in 2023

Deconstructor of Fun

Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, and Korean markets were excluded from the overall numbers as these markets are highly concentrated and nearly impossible for Western publishers to compete in and the genre data from those markets would significantly skew overall numbers. It’s a niche genre that benefited from the breakout success of Stumble Guys.

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Why isn't Godot an ECS-based game engine?

Mircosoft Game Dev

Components provide data and the means to interact with the whole world. The main appeal (besides architecture) is the fact that component data can be placed in contiguous memory, improving cache access. The main appeal (besides architecture) is the fact that component data can be placed in contiguous memory, improving cache access.

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What are the NFT gaming benefits for owners and players

Logic Simplified

In 2014, the concept of NFT came into being with the first-ever digital gif art piece called Quantum by Kevin McCoy and Anil Dash. Anyone can trust the data that the digital ledger provides. THE SANDBOX. Here, in this blog, we will be talking about games using NFT to allow player-to-player interaction. Source: Businessnews ).

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