Game Analytics

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Roblox has been blowing up over the last couple of years. Having initially launched back in 2006, the social gaming platform now boasts over 30 million games (what they call experiences), 52 million daily active users , and over 12 million creators worldwide. Recently, we’re starting to see more and more hit games launching on the Roblox stores – with one particular publisher shining bright in the ocean of Roblox devs: GameFam.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS. Lower Decks closes its third season with what feels very much like an homage to Star Trek: Into Darkness , only Lower Decks does it better. Granted, given my opinion of Into Darkness, that’s not a particularly high bar to clear. However, the episode does remind us of the value of the metaphorical human element, which has long been a theme in Trek. “ The Stars at Night ” can’t entirely answer the question, but I still can’t shake the feeling that the story is meant to brin

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DameDev.tv

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

One of the hardest things to get correct in a game is the placement of a character's hands. In this article, I will use Inverse Kinematics (IK) to give that extra polish to my game when ledge grabbing. This concept can be used to add that extra polish to any animation that requires the correct placement of hands or feet. 0:00 / 1× Normal Ledge Grabbing 0:00 / 1× Ledge Grabbing using inverse kinematics.

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AWS Games

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

In a session based game, users from all over the world try to access the session over the internet. In these scenarios, building a game is always challenging. For developers who want a managed solution, Amazon GameLift is a dedicated game server hosting solution that deploys, operates, and scales cloud servers for multiplayer games. GameLift hosting allows you to focus on your game, while GameLift manages the deployment and scaling of your game servers, as well as other tasks such as game sessio

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This post will talk about animation retargeting, a new feature coming in Godot 4.0. It has already been merged, so anything you read in this post can be done in the current beta version (beta 3). Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the 3D features of Godot 4 that have been improved such as rendering, physics, etc. To make those improvements widely known, we should make it easier to create 3D games with Godot so that more people will be able to use them.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Hey all, I’m back with a game that is a predecessor to some of my favorite games for this week’s Retro Game Friday. It’s Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together. Plot: The plot is pretty standard Fantasy fair, rebel group against an evil corrupt government, etc. What was different about Tactics Ogre was how you could progress through the story, and how it was affected by the gameplay.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In Today’s Email ? This week, we take a look at Phil Spencer’s announcements about Xbox Game Pass, and Eric breaks down some of the company’s claims. On the go? Listen to one of our podcasts from this week, we’ve got ? TWIG #207 Is the Microsoft Xbox really Pass profitable? ? NEW SEGMENT: Eric Kress’ One on One with Wehype’ Robin Astrom ✉️ Received this email from a friend?

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Rampant Games

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In the fiction, November 6, 2022 was the launch day for the game “ Sword Art Online ,” chronicled in the books, manga, and anime series of that name. In a launch day disaster that makes the Ford Edsel, New Coke, and the Microsoft Zune look like speed bumps in comparison, the players become trapped in VR and the headset will fry their brain if they die or if the headset is tampered with.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Hey all, I’m back with a rather fun one for this week’s Movie Monday. It’s Big Fish! Plot: The plot of this story takes place in modern day where Edward, an older man, tells the story at his son Will’s wedding party of how he caught a massive fish the day Will was born. Being a very tall tale – and boy was that just a riot to write down here – and having gotten used to such tales all his life, Will has a falling out with his father.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Load times. They are the bane of any developer trying to construct a seamless experience. Trying to hide loading in a game by forcing a player to shimmy. Load times. They are the bane of any developer trying to construct a seamless experience. Trying to hide loading in a game by forcing a player to shimmy through narrow passages or take extremely slow elevators breaks immersion.

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GameDev Blog

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

I’ve done an official “improv” class once in my life, at a roleplaying game convention, because improv theater is popular with the circles I play in, where we focus on making up stories as we go, playing characters, and improv.

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Real Programming

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Parents should think long and hard about how to introduce their children to the digital world. On the one hand, they live in it, and technology isn’t going away any time soon. They’re going to grow up in a world of screens displaying entertainment, video games, news, and more. However, parents may be understandably reluctant to throw their children into a digital world, one they didn’t grow up in themselves.

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Jesper Juul

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

I am organizing a seminar on Copenhagen this November 14th. Do new computational and AI tools for generating poetry, concept art, stories, and visual art fundamentally *change* creativity, and do they allow for new kinds of art? In this seminar, open to all, five artists and writers share their process, results, and ideas about using computation and AI for creative work.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

This post will talk about animation retargeting, a new feature coming in Godot 4.0. It has already been merged, so anything you read in this post can be done in the current beta version (beta 3). Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the 3D features of Godot 4 that have been improved such as rendering, physics, etc. To make those improvements widely known, we should make it easier to create 3D games with Godot so that more people will be able to use them.

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Tom Francis

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Firstly, of course: many folks I like and respect love chess, and I’m happy for them and have no interest in persuading chess fans to like it less or want something different. But it’s not for everyone, and I’m one of the people for whom it’s not. So what I’m interested in is: what needs fixing to make it a game I enjoy?

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Complete Project Details. Game Genre. Tower Defense. App Platform. iOS and Android. Time Duration of Project. 7 Months. Our Team on Project. Project Manager - 1. Quality Analyst - 1. 3D Artist - 2. UI Artist - 1. Front-end Developer - 3. Back-end Developer - 2. Animator - 1. About Scrap’em: Alien Invasion Defense Attack Strategy. Scrap'em: Alien Invasion Defense Attack strategy is a fun-packed 3D tower defense game full of action.

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