Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Game developers weigh in on the "utter perfection" of giant mechanical robots.

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Tom Francis

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Last week, Unity announced that they will soon start charging developers $0.20 each time their games are installed, past certain (high) thresholds. This came as a surprise to me and a few thousand other developers who chose Unity, invested in it, and paid for it in large part because they told us they wouldn’t take any of our revenue. The reaction has been huge, but it’s not clear yet if Unity will make it right.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

SAG-AFTRA members have voted in favour of the union authorising a strike for video game actors and performers. Over 34,600 members cast ballots, representing a percentage of 27.47% of eligible voters. 98.32% approved the authorisation, although this does not necessarily mean a strike will take place. Earlier this month, SAG-AFTRA called on members to vote on authorising a strike to negotiate the terms of its Interactive Media Agreement with several video game publishers and developers.

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PreMortem.Games

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Feryaz Beer didn’t pick the easiest of genres for his debut game Super Fantasy Kingdom. Actually, the roguelite city builder is a mashup of different genres that Beer somehow managed to glue together. Game development began as a hobby but became serious very fast. “I can focus, really dive deep into it, and make it perfect”, he says. Beer has been learning some valuable lessons along the way.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Update : A company spokesperson has since clarified only the Github repository version of Unity's ToS were removed, while there was "never one moment" they weren't available on its website.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox It's been almost a full week since Unity announced its controversial Runtime Fee, and the developer backlash continues. Studios around the world have expressed concerns that the new fee – charging them every time their game is installed after January 1, 2024, providing they meet certain thresholds – threatens to jeopardise the health, or even existence, of their business.

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Unity Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

In January 2024, Unity will introduce a new Unity Runtime Fee based on game installs. Prior to this, Unity subscription plans will add cloud-based asset storage, Unity DevOps tools, and AI at runtime at no additional cost.

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The Astronauts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In the previous post I started to look at Gaussian Splatting. One of the issues with it, is that the data sets are not exactly small. The renders look nice: But each of the “bike”, “truck”, “garden” data sets is respectively a 1.42GB, 0.59GB, 1.35GB PLY file. And they are loaded pretty much as-is into GPU memory as giant structured buffers, so at least that much VRAM is needed too (plus more for sorting, plus in the official viewer implementation the tiled spl

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Filmustage

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The Phoenix Rising International Film Festival (PRIFF) is no exception, embodying the spirit of indie cinema in its truest form. Dive into the history, significance, and offerings of PRIFF, and discover how the world of independent film is evolving. A Legacy Rooted in Passion Independent cinema has battled against the currents of big-budget blockbusters for decades.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Vladyslav Popushoi, Project Lead of the UE4 Department at Pingle Studio, shares his team's experience with their successful port of the PC version of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach to Nintendo Switch.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The winners of the 2023 GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards for the UK have been revealed, with the prizes given during a ceremony held today at BAFTA in London. The awards, now in their seventh year, aim to make the video games industry a better place to work in by celebrating the companies that best support their staff and address the issues that continue to be raised by games professionals around the world.

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Unity Announce New Pricing and Plan Changes Today Unity have announced several massive changes to their pricing structure and the plans available to users of the Unity game engine. The heart of the changes is a new Unity Runtime fee, that kicks in January 1st (even on already shipped Unity titles!), which will require developers to pay … Unity Announce New Pricing and Plan Changes Read More The post Unity Announce New Pricing and Plan Changes appeared first on GameFromS

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That One Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In this article you will learn more about what ImGui is and why you should use it in your next project. The post Using ImGui for Game Development appeared first on That One Game Dev.

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The Astronauts

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

SIGGRAPH 2023 just had a paper “3D Gaussian Splatting for Real-Time Radiance Field Rendering” by Kerbl, Kopanas, Leimkühler, Drettakis, and it looks pretty cool! Check out their website, source code repository, data sets and so on (I should note that it is really, really good to see full source and full data sets being released. Way to go!).

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Rocket Brush Studio

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Discover the benefits of No-Code Kubernetes and Harpoon Docker Extension for Kubernetes cluster management. Deploy and manage clusters with drag-and-drop tools without coding. Learn about Harpoon's custom integrations and third- party capabilities.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Blomberg's previous experience with trade shows and events like E3 and Comic-Con will be used to help make DreamHack "a broader festival and celebration of all types of video games.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

2022 was a stellar year for Bandai Namco thanks to Elden Ring's critical and commercial success. As a result, 2023 felt like it was all going to be about maintaining that momentum. When we ask Bandai Namco Europe CEO Arnaud Muller about how well the company has managed to rise to that challenge this year, he first points to Elden Ring's DLC, the Shadow of the Erdtree, announced earlier this year and due to release soon.

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Unity Alternatives in 2023 With the recent pricing changes at Unity which have not been well received several developers are now actively searching for Unity game engine alternatives. The following is a quick rundown of suggestions, source code availability, 2D or 3D functionality and a link to learn more about that engine. As you … Unity Alternatives in 2023 Read More The post Unity Alternatives in 2023 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

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That One Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

I created my second course. In this one I teach a little bit about graphics programming but mostly focusing on the UI programming with ImGui. The post My Course on ImGui is out! appeared first on That One Game Dev.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

We are excited to introduce a major improvement in terms of funding the development efforts of the Godot Engine.

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Unity Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

See how Unity is tackling the challenge of preparing future generations by helping to bridge the gap between education and the workforce.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The Boston Unity Group no longer want their name tied to Unity after the company's recent business moves, and are calling it quits to focus on the city's larger community of developers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

10.7 million video games from AAA publishers were sold across Europe last month, GSD data reports. That's a rise of nearly 29% over August last year. It's an impressive result, especially as the big game of August - Baldur's Gate 3 - is not counted in this data as publisher Larian is not part of the GSD panel. Instead, FIFA 23 is No.1. The football game saw a particularly big spike in sales on Nintendo Switch, as the game was on offer via the Nintendo eShop.

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Re-Logic Make Massive Donation to Godot and FNA In response to Unity’s recent actions, indie game developer and publisher Re-Logic, famous for making the game Terraria, have announced massive donations to both the Godot game engine and FNA. Details from the Terraria Twitter account: I assume most of you have heard of the open source Godot game engine … Re-Logic Make Massive Donation to Godot and FNA Read More The post Re-Logic Make Massive Donation to Godot and FN

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

Here are some of my thoughts about the very wonky situation regarding Unity's "Runtime Fee"

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AWS Games

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Ensuring online communities are safe and inclusive places for all is essential for maintaining community engagement and ultimately obtaining the most value for your users. This challenge presents itself in many industries – ranging from gaming to social media networks. However, the volume of data and interactions between users increases daily making policing these communities more and more difficult.

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Unity Blog

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

An open letter from Marc Whitten to the Unity community in September 2023.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Unity's updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity.

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Starfield was comfortably No.1 across Europe during its launch week, GSD data shows. The Xbox game, which is also on PC, became the fastest-selling new IP of the year, and the fifth fastest-selling game of the year overall. Its launch sales are ahead of Final Fantasy 16 and Resident Evil 4, but behind Hogwarts Legacy, Diablo IV, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

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Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

GameFromScratch.com Using Asset Store Assets In Other Engines — Is It Legal? This is a question that comes up quite often in video comments, is it legal to use the assets from the asset store of one game engine, in a different game engine? Perhaps you want to take advantage of giveaways or sales that are happening on a game engine that … Using Asset Store Assets In Other Engines — Is It Legal?

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Indie DB

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Murderous Surrealist Point & Click Madness is coming to Steam on September 27, 2023!

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Raph Koster

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Connections T he new daily game at the New York Times is called Connections , and I’ve seen a few people comment that they just don’t like it as much as Wordle or Spelling Bee. That the difficulty is inconsistent and it often makes you just feel stupid. I thought it would be interesting to contrast this to Word Dad , a puzzle game made by my friend, master game designer John Cutter.

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Unity Blog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Keep up with everything that the Unity community is creating (and achieving) with this roundup of highlights from August 2023.

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Game Developer

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The company has tweaked its policy to counter potential "install-bombing" and clarified how titles on Xbox Game Pass and similar services will be impacted.

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