GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 12, 2024

The move to $70 price points for AAA games has made consumers very conscious of how many self-styled AAA games are actually just AA-tier games tottering around in heavy make-up and their older sister's high heels.

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The Bottom Feeder

MARCH 5, 2024

The video game industry is seeing a big wave of layoffs and game company closures, and it may be that we have begun the long, slow, agonizing bleed of a recession. Such pain makes it very tempting to either ignore the topic or retreat into soft, easy homilies. I’ve been talking about this topic since I had hair.

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Game From Scratch

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Game Architecture, World Building and AI Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Game Architecture, World Building and AI Humble Bundle.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The Hamburg Games Conference will return in March 2024, and its first set of speakers have been revealed. The key topic of the conference will center around investment in games, with its speakers sharing their thoughts and insights across two stages at the venue. Read more

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Game Industry News

MARCH 5, 2024

Hey all, I’m back with an important topic for this week’s Video Game Tuesday. Given how many titles ship now with game breaking bugs, that seems to be a really poor way of handling the concerns of players. That’s it for this Video Game Tuesday! It’s all about forums. Why are forums going away?:

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Keith Burgun

JANUARY 10, 2023

Here’s some of the topics covered: A bit of navel gazing about my own theory and approach to games and how it has changed. Some stuff about 4X games and scope. Will 4X games ever do anything about this? This is kind of a “bonus episode” of sorts, only 30 minutes long.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 17, 2023

This would make a great topic for a game, he thought. Napiecek had tried to break into the games industry for a while now, but no game company wanted to hire him. So, making a game about the refugee crisis could potentially establish him as a serious game writer. “I “It’s a complex topic.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 29, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Long-term paid internships are still relatively rare in the games industry. In 2021, we talked to The Chinese Room about its own internship program and how it can help drive diversity in games.

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Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 28, 2023

Imagine that I’m working on a game that has committed to four playable races - dark elf, hot elf, keebler elf, and santa elf. hers elf) for the lifespan of the game, because I would need additional bits to represent the fifth race. As you can see, 64 bits has a much larger range of potential than, say, 8 bits.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 22, 2023

At Devcom yesterday, a panel of experts from across the African games industry called for the wider business to address the biases and misconceptions they have about the continent's games markets. Reacting to a question from the audience, the panel advocated for the games industry at large to educate itself on Africa's markets.

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GamesIndustry.biz

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The main topic this week is the recent rumours that Microsoft may bring key first-party exclusives such as Starfield and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to other platforms , including PlayStation 5.

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Artoon

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Free-to-play games development is a trending topic as of 2024 with a […] The post How do Free To Play (F2P) Games Make Money in 2024 appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JANUARY 8, 2024

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox 2024 is in its early days as to what's in store for the games industry. It's anyone's guess what trends, stories, and topics will become the narrative of the new year.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 14, 2023

On 18 July 2023, the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced the latest set of guidance on the use of loot boxes in video games , coordinated by trade body UKIE and comes as the result of the Technical Work Group that DCMS convened at the end of last year. In particular, these include (among others): Read more

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Cocos

JANUARY 11, 2024

I have the same problem as in the topic “How to change default file loading location in a game?” I need to change the file upload location in the game. I changed the links in index.html and application.js , but the files from the Assets folder were requested by the game incorrectly

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Game From Scratch

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Complete Unity Game Development Bundle. There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Complete Unity Game Development Bundle is a collection of video courses from Zenva. The courses are mostly aimed at beginners and cover a wide variety of topics and game genres developed with the Unity game engine.

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Game From Scratch

AUGUST 21, 2023

GameFromScratch.com APress Game Coding 2023 Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the APress Game Coding 2023 e-book Humble Bundle. This is a collection of books on a wide variety of game development topics including MonGame, Godot Engine, Procedural Generation, Unity, GameMaker and more.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Image credit: Jamie Madigan Jamie Madigan is the host of popular podcast The Psychology of Video Games , and the author of multiple books that look into why people play games. The book also asks if games can make you smarter. Why are games designed the way they are? GameDaily: Why do we play games?

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Game From Scratch

APRIL 4, 2024

specifically in this example) game engine. We cover topics including lighting and shadows, world environment, emissive textures, global illumination and more. GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.x x (Godot 4.2 The tutorial is video only and uses assets from the GameMasters […] The post Godot 4.x

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Brand Game Development

MARCH 30, 2020

Board game development is incredibly complex. To create a board game from start to finish , think of everything you have to do: Come up with a board game idea and design a game around it. Play-test the game until it feels right. Create digital print files of your game. Find artists.

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Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Here are a few specific thoughts I had on the various topics mentioned in the video. It's an unfortunate situation that's arisen from our legal system and extends far beyond the game industry. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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AWS Games

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For mobile games in particular, managing the authentication and authorization of your players can pose some unique challenges. Other challenges relate to securing the many backend systems a modern mobile game may interact with, such as game servers, social networks, and payment providers.

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GamesIndustry.biz

AUGUST 18, 2023

If there's one topic that's remained resolutely evergreen in the games business for the past couple of decades, it's the topic of online anti-social behaviour and how best to police it. Read more

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Game Development News

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

is a brand new series of events focussing on a particular topic for each one

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Every once in a while, I come up with a clump of topics too small for their own posts. Since almost 14000 new games were released on Steam last year (Really!) It's a biannual event where indie developers can make demos of their games available for a week. I could actually feel the game's attempts to please me bouncing off.

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That One Game Dev

MARCH 14, 2024

Data serialization is an advanced topic that shouldn't be neglected. appeared first on That One Game Dev. In this one I teach a lot about data serialization using FlatBuffers. The post My Course on Data Serialization is out!

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Cocos

MARCH 14, 2023

Hello, as I noted in my previous topic I am a blind developer. I have an idea on how to implement Text To Speech features on Windows (for that I will create a separate topic). However now I wonder how to make a game menu that is controlled by keyboard. Since Cocos 2D seems to be well dead now I decidedt o continue with creator.

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PreMortem.Games

APRIL 19, 2023

Eray Ağaçdoğrayan , founder of Gyroscoping Games , is Turkish himself. Refugees have been a main topic of news, talk shows and social media for about a decade”, he says. Building and managing It prompted Ağaçdoğrayan to start his own game development studio Gyroscoping Games. The game will most likely be self-published.

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Cocos

JANUARY 14, 2024

Would you be so kind to share your experience while implementing such topics? Once more, thanks for this contribution!

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Game From Scratch

MARCH 11, 2024

GameFromScratch.com Flipped Normals Become a 3D Artist Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Become a 3D Artists Complete Tutorial by Movie Maestros Flipped Normals bundle.

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Artoon

MAY 10, 2024

Unity vs Godot is currently one of the trending topics in the […] The post Unity vs Godot: A Comprehensive Guide! appeared first on Artoon Solutions.

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Cocos

JULY 3, 2023

The gameplay video at the beginning of this topic is removed because UI is changed, new gameplay video: [link] Currently the spin meter is moved to the bottom, hope it would be easier to set the spin of polygons and hence have better gameplay experience!

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Game Global

APRIL 14, 2022

After two years of successful online events, Game Global is currently building the program for its next in-person summit. Game Global events are open to game developers, publishers, service providers, and any other stakeholders related to the video game industry. Game Global does not sell speaking slots.

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Deconstructor of Fun

MAY 13, 2024

In recent years, the gaming industry has undergone significant transformations, grappling with challenges that have reshaped its trajectory and forced key players to adapt rapidly. For the past two years, the game industry at large is not seeing growth. The current compound annual growth rate of the gaming industry is just above 1%.

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Game Industry News

MAY 2, 2023

Hey all, I’m back with a question for readers for this week’s Video Game Tuesday. That puts me very much on the fence about this topic. The post Michael Blaker’s Video Game Tuesday: Console Generations appeared first on Game Industry News. It’s all about console generations. What about them?:

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Sirlin

JANUARY 21, 2024

Game design mostly, but sometimes design topics in general. I have a YouTube channel about design. It also includes a new video podcast series. Please do the usual “likes and subscribes” if you like my content. Sirlin's YouTube

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Cocos

APRIL 25, 2023

Hello, I’m creating a game that contains some mini games. When the user first selects one of those games, the resources for that game will be checked and downloaded. I see a topic about hot update: [link] is that use for this case too ? Please guide me structure that project. Thank you

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