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So how much $ (in general) does it cost to produce a fully animated/rigged, fully voiced 1-3 minute cutscene in a game that’s in ongoing development (something like SWTOR, where they have a lot of prebuilt assets)? Like just a general low range and high range? I’m seeing a lot of people complaining about prioritizing content they want, and don’t know enough about the behind the scenes costs to properly communicate they’re being unrealistic with their complaints.

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The cost of any content in game dev is directly proportional to how much new stuff needs to be created for that content. As long as the designers can create the characters with the in-game character creator and reuse the existing rigs, no new resources need be expended to create them. Adding in two new animations (e.g.

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The Best 3D Art Outsourcing Studios in the Industry

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Although it’s difficult to find a trustworthy game art outsourcing studio with a solid industry background and portfolio, I’ll show you 10 reliable art outsourcing companies in this blog. . Below are 10 reliable outsourcing studios that you’ll find extremely helpful: 1. Bosi Art Studio.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #18

Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 5, 2020

To all the talented Black developers, streamers, artists, musicians, and content creators - to all our Black friends, family members, coworkers, and community members: We see you. Animation / Rigging / Production. Last sprint, we shared some of the progress Allie made on the rig for our Masarusa enemy. We hear you.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #31

Astral Clock Tower Studios

JULY 31, 2021

If you've been keeping up with our dev blogs already, you know that they're pretty hefty when it comes to content. Well, we've been carefully and strategically saving some of our best content in anticipation of finally launching the official Kristala Patreon campaign. Why, you might ask? BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!

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Wizard With A Gun Low FPS: A Step-by-Step Guide To Fix

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OCTOBER 17, 2023

Unlike big studios, indie developers may not have the resources to conduct thorough performance tests, which can result in unexpected FPS drops or bugs when the game finally hits the market. Table of Contents: Why is Wizard with a Gun experiencing low FPS? How to fix Wizard with a Gun Low FPS?

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #26

Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Game Production / Rigging / Animation. Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog.

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What is AI art and how will it impact artists?

CG Spectrum

MARCH 13, 2023

Midjourney Using a combination of machine learning and generative art techniques, Midjourney AI Digital Art System produces content based on user input, including an initial uploaded image as their starting point. The famous AI-generated painting created by creative studio Obvious, titled Edmond de Belamy , used GAN AI.

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Filmmaking in Unreal Engine — how Hanny created her arthouse cinematic

CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The course content helped walk me through pretty much all the steps of Metahuman creation. Our cutting-edge curriculum helps studios and media professionals master virtual production and industry workflows using Unreal Engine. Hanny added realistic Metahumans to her cinematic. Lighting the scene.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #21

Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Welcome back to the newest issue of the Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation chronicling all the magic and mystery the Astral Clocktower Studios dev team puts into indie ARPG Kristala every development sprint. Speaking of more important tasks, Shelly has become the resident texture expert of the Astral Clocktower Studios dev family.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #30

Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Astral Clocktower Studios x Game Raven Review. link] Rigging / Animation. Events - Kristala at PlayNYC 2021.

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GenoTerra - The finished prototype.

Mnenad

JULY 8, 2018

I used GenoTerra to research and reflect about the design process using procedural generation in the creation of base shapes that the designer/s in a studio can use to create a more coherent game world. Procedural generation of game content by computer software is therefore becoming more and more important as a design technique.

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Leveling Up Graphics and Performance with RTX, DLSS and Reflex at NVIDIA GTC

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APRIL 14, 2021

Images courtesy: Zhelong Xu, Adobe Substance, LeeGriggs, Autodesk Arnold, Mondlicht Studios, Chaos V-Ray, Madis Epler, Otoy Octane, Oly Stingel, Redshift, Siemens Digital Industries Software NanoVDB NanoVDB adds real-time rendering GPU support for OpenVDB. Download OptiX today here.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #32

Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Rigging / Animation.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #29

Astral Clock Tower Studios

MAY 27, 2021

Although this is typically the only place where you can get a monthly peek into all the development that goes into Kristala—a 3D dark fantasy ARPG from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—things will soon be changing. link] Rigging / Animation. 3D Character Design.

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2020 Predictions #3: How to Get That RPG Loot

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 20, 2020

To summarise it, failing to make and scale a high-quality RPG will likely doom a studio. To avoid this unnecessary scenario a studio should consider two elements: Trap 1: Watch out for over-extending your production costs. Just look at Hero Wars from a Playrix associated studio. Straightforward content production.

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Unreal Engine 5 FPS: Create A Zombie Horde Shooter

Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Inside the Content browser I’ve created a new folder and named it FPS_ZombieHorde: Inside this folder we’ll store everything we create for our game project. To add the crosshair, select the Content folder, then Right Click and Show In Expolorer: Inside the zombie horde assets folder you’ll find a folder named Crosshair.

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2021 Predictions #3 Top Mobile RPGs Will Go Cross Platform

Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 19, 2021

Breaking into the top of the genre requires often massive development investments, an unrivaled content pipeline, and superb live operations - and often an appealing IP. All of the above require serious investments, which increases the risk of building an RPG game for a studio. Rule #3: Straightforward content production.

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The Kristala Dev Blog - Issue #36

Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 23, 2022

You're currently tuned in to the official Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation of all the development done on our first game, Kristala: a Dark Fantasy ARPG created by women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). link] Rigging / Animation. Stay tuned to our socials for more updates from GDC!

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Getting Started with Unreal Engine Development on AWS

AWS Games

JULY 6, 2023

Blog authors: Gena Gizzi, Jake Wolf, and Noor Fairoza Democratizing Unreal Engine development on AWS with End User Compute products and advanced GPU-based EC2 instances Introduction The games industry is evolving and user-generated content (UGC) is leading the change. However, game development and content creation is intricately hard.

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How Coin Master Disrupted Social Casino and Pocketed $100M

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MARCH 4, 2019

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