Game Refinery

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Narrative design has always been an important part of video game development, but its significance in modern-day games continues to grow as narrative elements play an important role in player engagement and retention. Several exploration games also incorporate similar story designs. The core gameplay in Gossip Harbor.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 14, 2022

Some noteworthy changes in this release: Grouping annotations for exported variables in GDScript ( @export_group ). Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 2D: Account for relative Z indices when Y-sorting ( GH-62837 ). Editor: Show the transform operation numbers in 2D viewport ( GH-62539 ). bugs squashed.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 9, 2023

As if developing a game by yourself wasn’t daunting enough, Pat Naoum decided to completely handpaint his debut game The Master’s Pupil. But the end is here, the game is out now on steam. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet. A point of interest in the indie game sea.”

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 7, 2023

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) represent the cutting edge of technology, and some of the most immersive experiences in gaming by bridging the gap between digital and physical worlds. To understand AR/VR game development , one needs to understand the fundamentals of AR/VR as a platform. Why is AR/VR different?

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

As if developing a game by yourself wasn’t daunting enough, Pat Naoum decided to completely handpaint his debut game The Master’s Pupil. But the end is near, the game will release on steam sometime in the foreseeable future. Every man and his dog has made an indie game but no one has painted a game yet.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

Grouping annotations for shaders ( uniform_group ). Editor: Don't switch to 2D/3D viewports when selecting nodes while in Script Editor ( GH-63344 ). Shaders: Implement shader uniform groups/subgroups ( GH-62972 ). If you downloaded alpha 13 before this update, you can re-download the editor build for your platform.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 21, 2018

If you are into game development, chances are that you've heard of Ben Tristem and his GameDev.tv team, as they are making some of the best-rated online courses on Udemy for game engines like Unity3D and Unreal Engine 4, as well as art making tools like Blender and The GIMP. Separate 2D and 3D pipelines. GameDev.tv And it's fun!

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Game Daily

JUNE 8, 2023

It’s a creativity tool that allows users to make their own story-based games, ranging from text adventures to isometric RPGs. Jordan Weisman: Sure, Our goal with Adventure Forge is to empower people to make games that tell the stories they’ve always wanted to tell. GameDaily spoke to Weisman about his new project.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from Halls of Torment , a roguelite action RPG with retro late-90s pre-rendered 2D graphics. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 3D: Make SurfaceTool.generate_normals() behave consistently with smoothing groups ( GH-68034 ). beta, and you can wishlist it on Steam.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). This ensures your game will run the same on all machines. Fixed timestep interpolation is 3D only for now, but watch this space as we plan to add 2D support after initial feedback and bugfixing on the 3D version.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Errata: Nov 20, 2016 @ 18:40 UTC: Linux export templates were problematic when deploying games to Steam. x stable branch, the aim of those releases is to bring you a slightly enhanced version of the current stable one which you can use to further develop and/or publish your games started in Godot 2.x. import API fixes are noted below).

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 11, 2020

SOVEREIGN MOON PRESENTS… 10 Best Space Games To Play in 2020 for FREE. In this post, we’ve rounded up the 10 best space games that you can play for free in 2020. All of the space games on this list are hand-picked by our team of space game connoisseurs. Looking for FREE Space Games to Play in 2020?

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Game Designing

JULY 23, 2023

But this huge and profitable industry is made up of different sub-sectors and specializations: Traditional animation 2D animation 3D animation Motion capture Motion graphics Stop motion Marketing The goal of marketing is to convince the audience to buy a company’s products or services. Many commercials and films use this solution.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

In order to benefit you should be moving your objects and running your game logic in _physics_process(). This ensures your game will run the same on all machines. Fixed timestep interpolation is 3D only for now, but watch this space as we plan to add 2D support after initial feedback and bugfixing on the 3D version.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2015

As many of you know, Vulkan will be the next open and multi platform rendering 2D and 3D API. CAD and 3D DCC applications will most likely continue to using OpenGL, but for anything related to games OpenGL will be no more. Other (commercial) game engines have set the bar high in this area. Participate and make noise!

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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. Thanks to a crazy head engineer with a god complex, ten thousand players are now playing an ultra-realistic fantasy game in a virtual world with real-world stakes.

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The Liquid Fire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

The purpose of white space is to visually group or separate code to make it easier to look at and read. For now, think of a class as a custom component that you can add to your game objects. Next look in the Inspector window of the “Ball”‘s Rigidbody 2D. It makes no difference to the computer.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

JUNE 29, 2021

This is the place where we bring you a monthly peek into the development process for 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala, an indie game developed using Unreal Engine 4 by women-lead Astral Clocktower Studios. Astral Clocktower Studios x Game Raven Review. You can listen to our episode of the Game Raven Review podcast right meow!

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

On the path to becoming a pro game developer the hardest thing is not learning how to make games, it’s actually the un-learning you have to do. If you take the wrong path, or you follow low-quality resources you’ll pick up bad coding practices, poor optimization techniques, and overall a bad structure for a game project.

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Big Games

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Giving a number to any game’s development expense is practically impossible. Because each step has its nuances, if one game became successful in a month, other developers could empty their whole bank account, and still, there’s no guarantee the target market will appreciate it. Which is the most expensive game in the world?

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The dev blog is where we share all the behind-the-scenes dev action for Kristala, a 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG developed by the incredibly talented team at women-owned indie game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios. Many of our friends who've already had a chance to play early builds of Kristala have lovingly referred to it as Cat Souls.

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 1, 2022

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. I wanted to learn from industry professionals, study in a small group, and be able to complete the coursework around my full-time job (at that time). Still from Marvel's Avengers: End Game portal scene.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

OpenGL3: Use a giant UBO to optimize performance in 2D ( GH-66861 ). OpenGL3: Add 2D lights to canvas renderer ( GH-67335 ). Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 2D: Add debug_color property to CollisionShape2D ( GH-39072 ). 2D: Add rotation smoothing to Camera2D ( GH-65776 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

OpenGL3: Use a giant UBO to optimize performance in 2D ( GH-66861 ). OpenGL3: Add 2D lights to canvas renderer ( GH-67335 ). Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 2D: Add debug_color property to CollisionShape2D ( GH-39072 ). 2D: Add rotation smoothing to Camera2D ( GH-65776 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Various fixes to 2D and 3D KinematicBody move_and_slide and move_and_collide ( GH-50495 ). Viewport: Add a 2D scale factor property ( GH-52137 ). Editor: Improve 2D editor zoom logic ( GH-50490 , GH-50499 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Various fixes to 2D and 3D KinematicBody move_and_slide and move_and_collide ( GH-50495 ). Viewport: Add a 2D scale factor property ( GH-52137 ). Editor: Improve 2D editor zoom logic ( GH-50490 , GH-50499 ).

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CG Spectrum

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Head of VFX Daniel Hourigan ( Aquaman , The Hunger Games: Mockingjay , Terminator: Dark Fate ) takes us through how he built his KitBash3D Mission to Minerva settlement in Houdini, detailing key steps from his recent informative livestreams, including a great workaround for creating a fast rendering volumetric glow. CG Spectrum's Dept.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 9, 2020

One of the most eagerly awaited 2D features has been batching of drawcalls, and it is something myself ( lawnjelly ) and Clay ( clayjohn ) have spent several weeks researching and coming up with a reasonable implementation, that should hopefully significantly increase performance in a lot of 2D games. How it works.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

As always, please remember that we are a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing the world with the best possible free and open source game technology. If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron.

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PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

For some, the idea of developing a game alone is daunting. Sadly, the reality of the business showed me that the type of games that pay the rent weren’t the type of experiences I wanted to create”, he says. After a five-year hiatus from game development, he returned as a solo developer to create his debut game Repunk.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Various fixes to 2D and 3D KinematicBody move_and_slide and move_and_collide ( GH-50495 ). Viewport: Add a 2D scale factor property ( GH-52137 ). Editor: Improve 2D editor zoom logic ( GH-50490 , GH-50499 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Vulkan rewrite has largely been enhancements to the 3D engine, the 2D side will also see several improvements. Thanks to Vulkan (which has a much lower draw-call cost than OpenGL), 2D itself in Godot 4.0 Improved 2D lighting. x supported 2D lighting, but this did not happen without several constraints. For Godot 4.0,

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Various fixes to 2D and 3D KinematicBody move_and_slide and move_and_collide ( GH-50495 ). Viewport: Add a 2D scale factor property ( GH-52137 ). Editor: Improve 2D editor zoom logic ( GH-50490 , GH-50499 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Various fixes to 2D and 3D KinematicBody move_and_slide and move_and_collide ( GH-50495 ). Editor: Improve 2D editor zoom logic ( GH-50490 , GH-50499 ). Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ).

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Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

Reduced GFX Buffer memory consumption for WeChat games in iOS 14 high-performance mode. Fixed an issue with Facebook instant games not starting. Repair the internal leak of the 2D module. Repair the internal leak of the 2D module. Fix the WeChat mini game platform custom first screen template file is invalid.

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Most of the gaming studios fail to understand the first point until it is too late and thus refuse to concentrate on the second point. Early on, back when I was working on social games for Facebook canvas, what we perceived as marketability was a string of ads on the Facebook news feed aimed at a vaguely perceived audience.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

He stresses that asking questions is a skill crucial for game designers, as it facilitates better communication and problem-solving. I’m getting an error when I run my game, how can I fix it? I’ll be able to tell you exactly what went wrong with your code or game. What is a game programmer?

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