Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Second Dinner's Matt Wyble and Hamilton Chu discuss the design principles of the hit game Marvel Snap.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Nordic Game today released the results of an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against two staffers, with the external firm hired to look into the matter saying the event organizer has likely violated the Swedish Discrimination Act. In a summary of the investigation's findings , that external firm Gender Balance said it corroborated five accounts of sexual misconduct against a Nordic Game employee who had left the company by the time the investigation started.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Monomi Park CEO Nick Popovich explains how big content drops can benefit your game's Early Access journey.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Thanks to EA forums, we came across a thread dealing with this particular issue. Apparently, this problem is more common with players who have pretty good gaming hardware installed on their PC. There are various issues that may determine Apex Legends crash without error on your device, and we’re here to handle that. Firstly, make sure that your PC meets the minimum system requirements.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The entire QA team at EA's Baton Rouge office was reportedly let go without warning.

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Rocket Brush Studio

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In today's rapidly-evolving technological landscape, the need for high-quality software products is more crucial than ever. To ensure that software products meet the specified requirements, are free of errors, and comply with industry regulations, software QA testing has become an essential component of the software development process. As a result, businesses of all sizes are seeking the best software testing companies in the USA to help them achieve these goals and meet their customers' expect

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Perforce

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Which static analysis tool is right for you? There are many options available, including free and community versions, as well as open-source and paid versions. But do free static analysis tools actually work? In this blog, we discuss the benefits and limitations of free static analysis tools.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Presenter Slides is serious business software for the potential go-getter and does not dilly dally with any game stuff that takes you to hell or anything.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

More than 200 QA staffers who mostly worked on Apex Legends were laid off. As reported by Kotaku , EA's Baton Rouge, Louisiana office has made its quality assurance team redundant. Sources said the employment notice came from an unscheduled and mandatory meeting with their contract firm, Magnit Global.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Against the Storm mixes roguelite elements and city building, asking players to build and thrive despite ever-imminent disaster.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox On Monday, The National Videogame Museum (NVM) staff in the UK found themselves locked out of its premises. Currently located within the Castle House building in Sheffield, the team was given notice about the closure via email.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

IOI has hinted at plans to support the project for "many years to come.

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Unity Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Discover five key workflows in the new Memory Profiler package that you can use to diagnose and examine memory-related issues in your game.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Lightfall helps Destiny 2 's player count rise.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

In September 2022, content creators Jason Yevgeniy Gastrow (better known as Videogamedunkey or just Dunkey) and Leah 'Leahbee' Gastrow announced the formation of their indie publishing label, Bigmode. Earlier this year, the publisher revealed its first title, Shared Memory's Metroidvania-style game Animal Well. "What we've been able to accomplish so far has really exceeded our expectations," Leah tells GamesIndustry.biz.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Twist held the position for over a decade.

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The Astronauts

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Introduction and index of this series is here. In the previous post I explored how to make data filters a bit faster, using some trivial merging of filters, and a largely misguided attempt at using SIMD. People smarter than me pointed out that getting good SIMD performance requires a different approach. Which is kinda obvious, and another thing that is obvious is that I have very little SIMD programming experience, and thus very little intuition of what’s a good approach.

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Game Developer

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The decision was made just over a month after Forspoken launched.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report by Ampere Analysis estimates that spending on console games, hardware, and services declined in 2022, totaling $56.2 billion. Global console spending: $56.2 billion, a decrease of 7.8% year-on-year Console game revenue: $32.6 billion, a drop of 9.3% year-on-year Game services spending: $7.8 billion, an increase to 5.

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Game Development for Beginners

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Unity remote is a very handy tool to test your android games without building them every time. But you need to setup the system properly to make it work. In this article, we will see the steps that you need to follow to set up Unity Remote 5. Step1: Setting up your Phone Go to.

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Perforce

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Learn how to set up the Unreal Switchboard with Perforce Helix Core to quickly & easily sync your project to all nDisplay nodes.

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Game Development News

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Every month an industry leader wraps up MCV/DEVELOP with their unique insight.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Doubling Unreal Engine Performance on M1/M2 Mac The Apple M1 (and later M2) chips were a big step forward in performance on MacOS. Here on GameFromScratch we have covered game development on an M1 powered Mac (Unity, Unreal, Blender and Godot) as well as covering some of the downsides of Mac Game Development as well. We also … Doubling Unreal Engine Performance on M1/M2 Mac Read More The post Doubling Unreal Engine Performance on M1/M2 Mac appeared first on GameFromScra

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DameDev.tv

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As an Animation & Art Director, I'm always looking for better ways to help my team complete their job faster, with less stress.  In this blog I'll cover how to use 3D, to help you get better results in your 2D productions. Getting Everyone on the Same Page One of the major problems of working with a team of animators, is trying to get everyone to understand what you and the designers want.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hi, I did a test using the image you provided on version 3.7.1 and the rendering is fine. Can you please help me to confirm if there is a problem with the following settings. whether the SizeMode of Sprite component is CUSTOM, and whether the Type is SLICED whether the Border settings of the images in the gallery are saved (Border Top, Bottom, Left, Right settings are correct) whether the Type of the image in the gallery is SpriteFrame format Of course, I can provide my test project, and you can

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Roblox is a fantastically designed and fun game creation system that allows users to design their games and play different games created by other users. Although a great gaming system, sometimes it throws error 103 when logging in and prevents you from accessing your favorite games in Roblox. We have created this guide to help you eliminate error code 103 and enjoy the game without obstacles.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

About Materials issue i think there are bugs in Cocos Creator, cause i found unexpected behaviour during switch material on MeshRenderer, some time is not rendrered at all, i guess problem with format after upgrade a Cocos creator, so tired with cc bugs

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Game Wisdom

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Wrapping up My Best of 2022 List Josh Bycer josh@game-wisdom.com For the finale of my best of 2022 list, here is my video wrapup that also lists my top three games of the year. Click Here to Return to the Main Page width="560" height="314" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" … The post Wrapping up My Best of 2022 List appeared first on Game Wisdom.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hi, I did a test using the image you provided on version 3.7.1 and the rendering is fine. Can you please help me to confirm if there is a problem with the following settings. whether the SizeMode of Sprite component is CUSTOM, and whether the Type is SLICED whether the Border settings of the images in the gallery are saved (Border Top, Bottom, Left, Right settings are correct) whether the Type of the image in the gallery is SpriteFrame format Of course, I can provide my test project, and you can

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Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

ALT Being able to look at the details of the various different weapons in the game also make the world feel more real and lived-in. The details of how the weapon is constructed, where the ammunition is carried, and how the firing mechanism works, how the weapon is held, and so on all emphasize that these are weapons that behave as one would expect real weapons to work within the scope of the world.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

(The following is an excerpt from Kyle Orland's upcoming book Minesweeper, an in-depth look at the history and evolution of the classic puzzle game that has been a mainstay of Microsoft's since it came pre-installed with every copy of Windows 3.1. It is one of four titles in Boss Fight Books' "Season 6," which has a Kickstarter campaign running until 10 p.m.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

If you are experiencing the low GPU usage problem on Sons of the Forest, you must take some essential steps. Otherwise, you will not get the expected performance from this game. When you face this problem, you will also experience problems like Sons of the Forest’s low FPS and other performance-related issues. This article has featured some effective methods to increase GPU usage.

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I am not sure about why in builtin-standard effect vertex color is not applying, but when I tried builtin-unlit effect in hexmap material, it seems to be working. Also the color value alpha values needed to be added. Here is the demo project. hex-map-sample 2.zip (402.

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Game Errors

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Wild Hearts error code 4 is a very frustrating one, especially keeping in mind that players who experience it are the ones who purchased add-ons and game extensions. This error code appears on Xbox. If you play this game on PC, check out our guide on optimizing Wild Hearts for a better FPS. What is Wild Hearts error code 4? Error code 4 occurs when a player tries to access the add-ons page in the game.

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