Game Developer’s best of 2022: Features of the year
Game Developer
DECEMBER 30, 2022
In case you missed them: just like a serving of delicious leftovers, here are a few of our favorite features and featured blogs from 2022.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 23, 2022
Happy holidays! We have been enjoing Godot 4.0 betas for over three months now, and we are glad to see it get more stable and usable every week. Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. Beta 10 will be the last dev snapshot of the year 2022, as a lot of our contributors will no doubt be slowing down for the end of year celebrations and some quality family time.
2023 is coming. Happy New Year!
Played with Fire
DECEMBER 30, 2022
The future of VR appears bright to us – more and more industries are using this cutting-edge technology, proving that soon they won’t be able to imagine everyday life without it. So the next year has a lot of potential in it that is worth taking hold of. We’re going to take advantage of it! A memory of 2022. The current year has been spent preparing for the release of our new VR game, and it has also been rich in various events – we appeared both in Cologne, Tokyo and Sea
Unreal Engine Post-Apocalyptic Assets Humble Bundle
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 30, 2022
GameFromScratch.com. Unreal Engine Post-Apocalyptic Assets Humble Bundle. There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Post-Apocalyptic Assets Bundle is a large collection of 3D models, fx and animations for Unreal Engine, both UE4 and UE 5.x. As with all Humble Bundles it is organized into tiers: 1$ Tier Semi-Permanent Blood Droplets Animated Blood … Unreal Engine Post-Apocalyptic Assets Humble Bundle Read More.
Drifting through worlds built in NDunes with Doug Campbell
Unity Blog
DECEMBER 29, 2022
As the holiday season slows, relax and reflect with the soothing landscapes of Doug Campbell, made using SpeedTree and worldbuilding application NDunes.
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Early Return to Monkey Island Puzzle Dependency Chart
Grumpy Gamer
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
** SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN'T PLAYED THE GAME YET. Game design isn't a destination, it's a journey and this was one of the stops along the way. There are some fun puzzles in here but they all were cut for a reason, mostly pacing but sometimes because it wasn't as interesting as we thought. Part 3 got cut in half at some point because it felt too long in the wrong place.
Apply for $100K in scholarships for new accredited business courses
CG Spectrum
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
CG Spectrum Institute , the Australian arm of CG Spectrum global, has launched two new accredited online business courses: a Diploma and a Bachelor of Business Degree. Six scholarships (worth AU $100,000 total) are on offer for the first intake starting February 2023. Read on for course and application details. For more information, watch the replay of our recent live info session.
Beginning Work on a 3D Ponatina Model Commission by DJTHED!
Yotes Games
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
If you've been a backer of the BGP project, you've known for a while now exactly what we've been up to with guy in the thumbnail here. But to everyone else, we've got some big news on a fun little commissioned side project we'd like to share! Find out more beyond the break below! See More ».
Christmas Giveaway Winner
Code with Mike
NOVEMBER 28, 2022
WOW! I can’t believe the response to this giveaway! Thank you to everyone that entered. There can, unfortunately be only one winner and one runner up. The winner and runner up are written further down this page, please get in touch with me via the contact page! Well done to […]. The post Christmas Giveaway Winner appeared first on CodeWithMike.
Elden Ring and Modern Warfare II among Steam's best-sold games of 2022
Game Developer
DECEMBER 30, 2022
Valve's "Best of" list for 2022 includes some of the year's biggest hits and a few older titles.
Argh! Earthlings!
GameDev.Net
DECEMBER 26, 2022
Story Everywhere on earth people report unexplainable encounters of the third kind. Some of them report UFO sights, some see symbols or even aliens in corn fields, but no one can claim having shot down an alien spacecraft - no one, but David. David is a young hobby astronomer who one day shoots down one of these flying saucer using his self-made model rocket.
2022: A Retrospective
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 31, 2022
The year 2022 was very special for us. We reached a lot of milestones within Godot and also in the community. This blog post will offer a small retrospective of the year. Godot 4.0. The work of Godot 4.0 begun in 2019 when I forked it after 3.1 was released with the hopes of rewriting the rendering architecture using Vulkan as a target API. I worked on it alone for a while, while it was just a graphics fork.
A super-fun combination of defense and invasion 3D strategy game
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.
WOMP 3D Modelling App
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 29, 2022
GameFromScratch.com. WOMP 3D Modelling App. If you are looking for a replacement for the recently shuttered Clara online 3D modelling application, WOMP may be a good option. WOMP is a browser based 3D modelling application that uses SDF or Signed Distance Fields to create an easy to use 3D application where you model by adding … WOMP 3D Modelling App Read More.
Improvements to shader build times and memory usage in 2021 LTS
Unity Blog
DECEMBER 28, 2022
Find out how Unity has addressed user feedback on project build times and shader memory usage via improvements to its Shader System. This blog also provides info on shader variant compilation and stripping, recent optimizations, and a rough outline of future plans.
The Ultimate Holiday 2022 Mobile Game Monetization Checklist
Game Biz
DECEMBER 1, 2022
As we move into the holiday season, many mobile game developers are looking to capitalize on the increased traffic, ad inventory demand, and higher advertiser budgets. With users going through their phones in search of the best holiday deals and advertisers working diligently to be the first to capture their attention, there is a lot you, as a game developer, can do to grab a slice of the delicious, proverbial pumpkin pie.
Recruiter Hotseat – Jack Jewell-Mills, head of talent acquisition at Sumo Group
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DECEMBER 19, 2022
Jack Jewell-Mills is group head of talent acquisition at Sumo Group, helping to ensure the family of 18 studios continues making great games by hiring great talent.
Digital Illustration Course: Student review, career journey, & advice
CG Spectrum
DECEMBER 1, 2022
Oliver Harbour tolerated his retail management job, but it didn't fulfill him. With a love of sci-fi and fantasy, he decided to pursue a career in the film and game industry where he could explore these realms. So, Oliver enrolled in CG Spectrum's Advanced Digital Illustration Course. Before even graduating, Oliver scored his first freelance gig based on work he produced in class!
What makes a game like Pokémon Scarlet or Violet so dang FUN despite all the cut corners?
Yotes Games
DECEMBER 12, 2022
Pokémon SV has me thinking about what order to put Game Direction priorities in. ? (List & Thoughts below the break!) See More ».
Perform Metamorphic Testing for ML-based System With QASource
Rocket Brush Studio
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
Machine Learning based systems have potentially huge input spaces with probabilistic outcomes from ML models. To test such probabilistic systems, Metamorphic testing is used to describe the system functionality in terms of generic relations between inputs, the generic transformations of those inputs and their outputs, rather than as mappings of specific inputs to specific outputs.
Game Developer’s best of 2022: Danielle Riendeau’s top six games of the year
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Moving from Scratch into Unity Visual Scripting
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NOVEMBER 8, 2022
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2022: A Retrospective
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DECEMBER 31, 2022
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A classic trick-taking card game
Logic Simplified
NOVEMBER 27, 2022
Complete Project Details. Game Genre. Card Game. App Platform. iOS and Android. Time Duration of Project. 5 Months. Our Team on Project. Project Manager - 1. Quality Analyst - 1. Tester - 1. UI/UX Artist - 1. Front-end Developer - 2. Back-end Developer - 2. About Kushtena. Kushtena is a classic quick-fire card game played in two teams. A popular trick-taking game that is perfect for building your card skills.
Clara.io 3D Modelling Application Shutting Down
Game From Scratch
DECEMBER 22, 2022
GameFromScratch.com. Clara.io 3D Modelling Application Shutting Down. Clara.io, a decade old browser based 3D modelling application, is being shut down on December 31st, 2022. We first covered Clara all the way back in 2016 and honestly, not much has changed since then, which is a big part of why it is being shut down. In addition to … Clara.io 3D Modelling Application Shutting Down Read More.
Made with Unity: 2022 in review
Unity Blog
DECEMBER 27, 2022
It can be hard for us – let alone all of you – to keep up with everything that the Unity community is creating at any given moment. Sit back, relax, and enjoy this roundup of highlights of Made with Unity games from 2022.
Hethe Srodawa
Concept Art World
MARCH 8, 2022
Concept Art World. Hethe Srodawa. Hethe Srodawa is Visual Designer and Storyteller working in the video game industry. He has created concept art for video game titles such as Apex Legends , Titanfall 2 , Red Dead Redemption , Max Payne 3 , L.A. Noire , Grand Theft Auto V , Defiance and many others. Link: Website | Twitter | Instagram. All images © Hethe Srodawa or their respective copyright holder.
Q&A: Belia Portillo, international and partnership lead at Jackbox Games on Jackbox Party Pack 9
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Vince Pavey had the chance to speak to irreverent party game developer Jackbox Games.
CGS Dept. Head of VFX enters KitBash3D's Mission to Minerva Challenge
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Capitalize on Automated UI Testing and Stay Competitive
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