Game Development News

MARCH 23, 2023

Mike Pappas, CEO of Modulate, explains how automated voice moderation has a natural advantage over methods of combatting abuse through text

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Game Refinery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

If executed correctly, introducing new mechanics in this way can be an easy win, enabling developers to test out player preferences, broaden motivational appeal, boost user acquisition, and enhance player engagement – all without drastically altering the core gameplay. Take the aptly titled Coinpetiton event as an example.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 14, 2023

I think racing games have fallen out of favor because there’s a lack of innovation as they focus more on graphics and realism than creativity and feel”, says founder and Art Director Brian Young. “But Young got his podracing fix through the Star Wars Episode 1 Racing games (SWE1R).

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 11, 2023

He decided to leave his career in banking for video game development a month before his 25th birthday. Beyond his role at ADMI, he passionately nurtures ChezaCheza , his game development studio. He fell in love with driving games like C3 Racing, Forza, Turismo, and Project Scars. I had never held something that vibrates before.”

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 7, 2020

Toys for which you had to build a track yourself and then simply put them on it, and race with your friends just by pressing a button! You can play campaign mode with your friends or/and with AI, build custom tracks and then race on them in the party mode! Development. But what Little Racer is really about? . You got it!

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Electronic Arts is set to lay off "a small number of staff" due to its decision to close two of its mobile titles: EA Sports MLB Tap Sports and F1 Mobile Racing.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

It's not just a rebrand, with parent company Zordix making a series of changes that brings its various publishing and development companies together. Joining these studios is Romanian developer FUNLabs, which Maximum Entertainment has acquired for an undisclosed amount.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 16, 2023

The veterans who left Need for Speed developer Criterion in December last year have reunited to form a new AAA studio: Fuse Games. The new outfit has been founded by studio general manager Matt Webster, head of content Steve Uphill, head of production Pete Lake, head of technology Andrei Shires, and head of operations Alan McDairmant.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 24, 2024

This update focused on refining the "Treat Everyone with Respect" pillar of its code of conduct, highlighting that it does not tolerate "bullying or harassment, including derogatory comments based on race, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, culture, faith, mental or physical abilities, or country of origin, or the amplification (..)

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

is a racing game featuring a car on legs. and car racing the team prides itself to know very little about these particular activities. So, Triband games are funny, we established that, but behind the scenes the team is serious about the development. Triband is a studio that creates comedy games. Their latest title What the Car?

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Ambitious multiverse and Web3 project Avalon’s first trailer dropped yesterday, as well as details of the experienced development team’s plans for the game. ” IN OTHER NEWS Unity 6 announced At Unite 2023 in Amsterdam, Unity announced the next version of its game development engine, Unity 6, set for release next year.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 16, 2023

We consulted two anthropologists while building our technology and culture trees to reflect the prehistoric cultural and technological progress of the human race”, he says. We are a team of 5 developers”, says Şakar. “We Trying to develop an indie game on the scale of a AAA title is the reason why a lot of indie studios fail.”

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Big Games

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Let’s explore the Top 10 Mobile Game Development without wasting your precious time! Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection Uncharted – Legacy of Thieves Collection, developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, brings the beloved Uncharted series to Android devices.

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Game Refinery

MAY 4, 2023

Analysts have widely reported developers’ ongoing challenges with user acquisition targets as they wrestle with stricter app tracking policies, especially on Apple devices. These mechanics are unconventional for a racing game but aren’t surprising. In many respects, this change isn’t particularly surprising.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 11, 2023

Top 10 Games By Downloads The top 10 downloaded games of Q1 2023 shows a couple of old-timers that don’t want to give up their positions: Going Balls , Bridge Race , Car Games 3D: Car Racing , Tall Man Run and Race Master 3D – Car Racing. You can read about these games in more detail here.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2024

In a church filled with diverse races, I was exposed to lots of different people even when it wasn’t allowed in South Africa.” Bowden proposed taking African game developers overseas with government funding, to which Hall enthusiastically agreed. So, buckle up as we embark on this joyous ride down memory lane with Bowden.

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Logic Simplified

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Needless to say, Demographics like age, race, ethnicity, gender, income, education, and employment provide valuable insights that guide game development companies during the process of creating, marketing, and maintaining games. They help answer a lot of questions that game designers , developers, and other creators might have.

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Game Development for Beginners

JANUARY 14, 2023

Effects make a game visually appealing and you cannot have a racing game without motion blur. In this tutorial, we will see how to create a motion blur effect in Unity using post processing package. This tutorial will work only for the built in Render Pipeline. If you are using URP then motion blur will. Read more.

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Ask a Game Dev

MARCH 26, 2024

A functioning player-to-player commerce system (auction house) Functioning player-to-player direct trading A functioning gear system For a vertical slice to be a vertical slice, we don't need all of the different classes or races or gear or systems, but we need at least one of everything working together so that the play experience of the vertical (..)

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Designer Notes

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game developer Chet Faliszek, who co-founded Stray Bombay and is best known for his work at Valve on games such as Left 4 Dead and Portal 2. They discuss what shampoo sales have to do with Old Man Murray, why he tests his games in a foreign language, and why game design is easier for co-op games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This is a field that has been growing a lot, so we wanted to shine a light on the great projects released or under development. Music track: Race The Sun - Scott Buckley (CC-BY 4.0). This year we are proud to introduce a new category called “Apps & Tools” to highlight non-game creations made with Godot. Desktop/Console showreel.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This is a field that has been growing a lot, so we wanted to shine a light on the great projects released or under development. Music track: Race The Sun - Scott Buckley (CC-BY 4.0). This year we are proud to introduce a new category called "Apps & Tools" to highlight non-game creations made with Godot. Edited by Emi.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

You can follow the developers on Twitter and Mastodon , and wishlist the game on Steam. Physics: Fix physics/3d/run_on_separate_thread race condition in WorkerThreadPool ( GH-67680 ). What's new. If you're interested in an overview of what's new in Godot 4.0 beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0

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Keith Burgun

APRIL 28, 2024

I really wish big AAA game developers would stop stretching everything as thin as possible. Other pros and cons PRO : The combat is extremely developed and really fun and cool. But there’s a ton of them, I think I actually missed a few of them entirely, but even just the ones I saw were mostly surprisingly well developed.

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Game Daily

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

London-based developer and YouTuber David Akinola is working on a game called Nixie , that was the focus of a successful Kickstarter campaign earlier this year. David Akinola: I run a YouTube channel called The Storyteller where for a couple of years I discussed race issues, politics and nerd culture and community.

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Nvidia

JUNE 9, 2023

Algorithms for surface reconstruction appear in various applications, such as industrial simulation, video game development, architectural design, medical imaging, and robotics. Reconstructed geometry of a long race track Figure 4. These scenes were captured using an autonomous vehicle equipped with a lidar sensor.

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Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Despite only founding the company in 2019, they’ve worked with a range of Roblox developers and helped publish over 30 successful titles on Roblox. How do they help these developers stand out? Roblox developers don’t just make revenue from in-app purchases. Brand deals are a key way that developers can monetize their game.

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DameDev.tv

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Or how to keep the development within a realistic scope? Whether that’s a platformer with running and jumping, a racing game with accelerating and braking or a FPS with moving and shooting. 1:14:04 - 1:15:04) During your time developing a game it’s normal to come to a stage where you start to dislike your game.

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The Knights of Unity

JULY 21, 2020

Rivals are supposed to win the slot-cars-like race set in a variety of worlds. To recreate the feeling of slot car racing the camera is set above the track, but using perspective view caused problems with visibility. Aspects mentioned before had a huge impact on the game’s design and development and I’d like to explain why below.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community. It is developed by Pixel-Archipel and scheduled to release in early 2022. please file an issue on GitHub.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 24, 2024

The increasing audience from different locations presents numerous opportunities for developers, as they can reach more potential players than ever, increasing the chances of their game’s success. However, developers must implement measures to navigate the challenges associated with game localization. The outcome?

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This year even the indie developers have had to admit that App Store discovery is dead. Verdict: CORRECT (1 Point) #3 Paid UA Becomes a Break-Even Game Advertising is a commodity and in a race to the bottom. It’s not how you start the race but how you finish it. VCs have also become reluctant to invest in remote teams.

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iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Thorough testing is a crucial part of the game development process to achieve this level of excellence. This enables them to highlight issues and document them for developers to resolve. As a result, they enable development teams to tailor games to Nintendo’s unique audience and style. But what does Nintendo game testing entail?

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PreMortem.Games

MAY 1, 2024

He explains, “Surgent Studios is all about telling stories inspired by human truth, beyond race or gender. In 2023, Abubakar rebranded his company from Silver Rain Games to Surgent Studios to expand Tales of Kenzera into various mediums beyond games. When managing multiple projects, Abubakar says, “It’s a balance.

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Brand Game Development

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Join my community of over 2,000 game developers, artists, and passionate creators. Instead, I’m going to borrow from the model I used in Five Levels of Communication through Game Development and use the term “internal narrative” from this point on. Five Levels of Communication through Game Development.

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AWS Games

JULY 26, 2022

However, building a scalable and reliable session-based online multiplayer game is not easy, since there are many components that need to be developed. The GameSparks backend for Mega Frog Race mainly takes care of two things: starting a matchmaking request, and delivering the results back to players via a poll on the matchmaking status.

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Moonmana

DECEMBER 20, 2022

When it comes to game development, visuals do matter. Developing high-quality and impressive graphics is an essential step that requires a great deal of time, effort, and skill. The development of 3D art games is a multi-stage process. 3D art styles have always been extremely popular among game artists and players.

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