IGN, GamesIndustry.biz, and Humble losing talent to soft layoffs
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2024
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Meet GDAI, India's first video games trade body
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 11, 2024
The creation of the India Game Developers Conference in 2008 has been key not only to enabling collaboration and organisation within the Indian games industry, but also highlighting the work of India's developers to the world.
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Mobile dev Glow Up Games shuts down after five-year run
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2024
'Our mission was to build games and tech which centers and celebrates Black and brown joy, and we were proud of what we were able to achieve.
Why RuneScape creator Andrew Gower has returned to MMORPGs with Brighter Shores
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 11, 2024
A new game from Andrew Gower has been a long time coming.
Balatro, Thank Goodness You're Here win at Apple's 2024 App Store Awards
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Some of the App Store winners have been crowned 2024's best games elsewhere, or are nominated at the upcoming Game Awards.
People Can Fly hit with another round of layoffs
GamesIndustry.biz
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Polish developer People Can Fly has announced more layoffs, affecting more than 120 employees.
Nintendo owns Monolith Soft after completing stake buyout
Game Developer
DECEMBER 11, 2024
The two studios have been close for 17 years, and this soft acquisition comes ahead of Xenoblade Chronicles X's Nintendo Switch remaster in 2025.
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The Ultimate Unreal Mega Bundle
Game From Scratch
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GameFromScratch.com The Ultimate Unreal Mega Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, The Ultimate Unreal Mega Bundle. Humble like to use terms like “ultimate” and “mega” quite often, but this one may just live up to the name as it is perhaps the single biggest bundle I have ever seen on […] The post The Ultimate Unreal Mega Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Balatro and AFK Journey among 2024 App Store Award winners
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DECEMBER 11, 2024
AFK Journey, What If…? An Immersive Story, Squad Busters, Thank Goodness You're Here!, and Balatro+ have all made it to Apple's 2024 app Store Award winner list.
Legions At War - Expanding Possibilities
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Our latest update brings significant enhancements to create even more diverse and engaging tactical experiences. From classic chess variants to modern warfare simulations, these new features add depth and strategic complexity to the games you can create.
How to deal with project management where every task is high-urgent priority? Even the simple ones that are easy to fix and don’t have such a big impact as other real-high priority tasks. I work on a small game dev outsourcing company and I want to give this feedback to them but I don’t really know how
Ask a Game Dev
DECEMBER 11, 2024
The best way I've found to communicate something like this to someone else is to frame it in a way that makes sense and show how it affects their goals. In this case, production cares about overall throughput - they want to get the high priority issues addressed as quickly as possible. Don't tell them what to do - very few people respond well to that, especially if the person telling them isn't their boss.
VR Beyond Gaming in 2025
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DECEMBER 11, 2024
Virtual Reality (VR) has long been associated with immersive gaming experiences, but as we enter 2025, the technology is breaking free from its entertainment origins and transforming multiple industries. Here are five groundbreaking applications that demonstrate VR’s potential to revolutionize how we work, learn, heal, and connect. VR Beyond Gaming in 2025 1.
What Producers Look For in a Script Synopsis
Filmustage
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Only a small percentage of scripts submitted to major studios make it past the first round. Most scripts are rejected not because of poor writing quality but because their synopsis fails to grab the producer's attention. Your screenplay's first impression comes from a well-crafted synopsis, and it must be compelling. A script synopsis is a concise summary that showcases your story, characters, and core conflict.
Override the name of the built file?
Cocos
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Firstly, you can get the uuids from the files you want to rename through cocos Editor. Secondly, custom the onAfterBuild in the hook.ts, search the build folder to rename the file and rename the files which have been used/imported in the target files. Here is the link of how to custom the hook. docs.cocos.
How to Scale Environmental Art for Large-Scale Games
Juego Studio
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Understanding how to scale environmental art is crucial for developing expansive game worlds. From asset management to immersive storytelling, this blog will guide you through the essential strategies and techniques to create seamless, engaging environments that resonate with players.
We got ANR Problem in Google Play
Cocos
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Weve encountered several ANR (Application Not Responding) issues on Google Play, with the following output content. Has anyone else experienced similar problems? com.google.androidgamesdk.GameActivity.onPauseNative main tid=1 Native #00 pc 0x000000000005c074 /apex/com.android.runtime/lib/bionic/libc.so (syscall+32) #01 pc 0x000000000006180d /apex/com.android.runtime/lib/bionic/libc.so (__futex_wait_ex(void volatile*, bool, int, bool, timespec const*)+92) #02 pc 0x00000000000a822b /.
Palestinian dev Rasheed Abueideh hits halfway mark in crowdfunding for Dreams on a Pillow
PreMortem.Games
DECEMBER 11, 2024
With 35 days remaining in his crowdfunding campaign , Palestinian game developer Rasheed Abueideh has already reached half of his goal for the ambitious project Dreams on a Pillow. Its a stealth adventure game, rooted in Palestinian history and folklore and a deeply personal project that seeks to narrate the trauma and resilience of the Palestinian people during the 1948 Nakba (‘the Catastrophe’, or forced displacement of Palestinian people from their land and homes).
Android ANR Issue
Cocos
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Hello, friends. Today, Ive brought up a chronic issue were facing.
Reduced pricing in 22 AWS Regions for Amazon GameLift
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DECEMBER 11, 2024
Amazon GameLift is a fully managed game server hosting solution designed to simplify the deployment, operation, and scaling of multiplayer game servers. With Amazon GameLift, game developers can focus on creating immersive player experiences while offloading the complexity of managing infrastructure. It provides global scalability, high performance, and cost efficiency, making it an ideal choice for studios looking to deliver seamless online gaming experiences without the operational overhead.
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