GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 21, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Head of Xbox Games Studios Matt Booty has said that the firm is waiting for an audience to emerge for AR/VR gaming before it expands into the division. Read 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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DameDev.tv

JUNE 13, 2023

Sometimes we're in such a hurry to get to the end, and complete a course, that we miss cementing some very important knowledge. In this blog, I'm going to discuss some techniques, which will help you cement your knowledge, ask questions, and get answers! As you complete your review of each topic, check it off of your list.

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Brand Game Development

APRIL 20, 2020

A couple of weeks ago, I asked the readers of this blog to send in answers to the question “ what confuses you most about board game development ?” Now I have a three-month backlog of questions to get through! Need help on your board game? We’ll get into why people are afraid to create in a moment.

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PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Top image: Photo door Andrea Piacquadio, Pexels.com Community management has become a vital aspect of maintaining a successful gaming ecosystem. Toxicity in online gaming communities is not just a moral issue, it’s a matter of business survival. You can start with one and then grow because it can get busy quite quickly.”

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Nvidia

JULY 20, 2022

The new ‘Level Up with NVIDIA’ webinar series offers creators and developers the opportunity to learn more about the NVIDIA RTX platform, interact with NVIDIA experts, and ask questions about game integrations. Register now.

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OPM Jobs

OCTOBER 5, 2023

You finally got that call, email or carrier pidgeon in with the news: You’ve been offered an interview at a game studio! So, how do you prepare for your first games industry interview and leave a great first impression? Games What games has the company worked on? You can look at the reviews for the games or forums.

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Deconstructor of Fun

JANUARY 11, 2024

Without further ado, let's dive into the Golden Twig Awards results, recognizing both the positive and challenging aspects of the gaming industry in 2023 – from innovation and creativity to acknowledging difficulties faced. Listen to our Gaming Awards Show. Congratulations (and condolences) to all the winners! ??

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PreMortem.Games

JULY 24, 2023

The Invincible is the debut game of Starward Industries , a new studio based in Kraków, Poland. For the last couple of years the team has been working hard to transform the gripping story from the novel with the same name by Polish sci-fi author Stanislaw Lem, into a thrilling adventure game. “We

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Real Programming

APRIL 15, 2024

Parents want their kids to use technology in healthy, productive ways, and peeking behind the curtains to see how it really works helps them engage more beneficially with video games, apps, and websites. Instead, RP4K targets the coding languages used today to build the most popular video games, apps, and websites.

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Game Industry News

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Hey all, I’m back with the first entry in a new sort of topic to cover for this week’s Bookish Wednesday. New sort of topic?: Yeah, so I get asked what are the most important parts of getting into creating stories every so often. It’s Typography and You! It causes confusion.

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Real Programming

JULY 12, 2023

If your child is new to computer coding, our goal is to make programming fun so they get genuinely hooked. If you do get into the upper levels, math and computer science students take the same math courses. He likes to break concepts into mini games he has developed, so complex mathematical ideas are fun and easy to understand.

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The Bottom Feeder

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Posting this chart every year only gets more and more fun! 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!) and the pace isn’t slowing, getting anyone to actually learn about your tacky wares is almost impossible.

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Deconstructor of Fun

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Supercell CEO’s annual blog post is a personal, inspirational, and sincere communication method from the top brass of a major mobile games company. Similar messages from a CEOs of a public company would immediately get dissected by stock market analysts, determining what’s PR fluff and what’s the actual beef. compared to 2022).

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 10, 2023

Video games have the ability to transport users to another place and time. The indie game that does this especially well is A Space for the Unbound by Mojiken Studio. I think it’s a nice gateway for players, no matter where they are, to enjoy the game.” ” “In 2015 we did a game jam at Mojiken Studio.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 26, 2023

Whether you’re a gamer or not, you may have wondered, “Are video games a hobby?” Yes, gaming is a fun and harmless hobby that benefits many. So, should video games as a hobby be encouraged or discouraged? This blog post delves into gaming as a casual hobby versus gaming as an addiction. In 2023, there are over 3.09

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Nvidia

JANUARY 8, 2024

Whether you’re a creator, game designer, or developer, Convai enables you to quickly modify a non-playable character (NPC), from backstory and knowledge to voice and personality. Convai believes in pushing the state of the art and enabling its users to experience the best in gaming. Need to grab a snack from the vending machine?

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Game Errors

SEPTEMBER 23, 2023

Although the game is set to be fully playable by September 29th, there’s an early access option for those eager to experience FC 24’s engaging gameplay. However, like many newly released games, several issues have been preventing players from enjoying the game. Keep reading as we delve deeper into this topic.

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Game Dev Unchained

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Google made tons of promises that Stadia will break open the streaming games industry and respectfully they did just that then bowed out as quickly as it came in. Lastly, how big tech companies are taking the lead for the game industry and we determine if whether its a good thing or not. Got a great idea for an app or a game?

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Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Get ready for a real treat if you've ever been curious about the M&A in the gaming industry. As the current Chief Business Officer and Board Member at FunPlus , an independent game developer and publisher, Chris has traversed through a myriad of remarkable roles. Why Do Game Companies Venture Into M&A?

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Brand Game Development

JUNE 30, 2017

Dev Diary posts are made to teach game development through specific examples from my latest project: Highways & Byways. Last week in the Dev Diary, I talked about how board game development is a long, ongoing process with a lot of different stages. Need help on your board game? Just here for Highways & Byways updates?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2020

There is great news, though, on the other topic mentioned in that report, which is. Getting closer to GDNative support on the Web. It is also used to write bindings that allow game developers to write game logic in the programming language of their choice (e.g. included in 3.2.4 Python , Rust , etc.).

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Nvidia

MARCH 25, 2021

Check out our top sessions below for those working in the gaming industry: Ray Tracing in Cyberpunk 2077 Learn how ray tracing was used to create the visuals in the game, and how the developers at CD Projekt RED used extensive ray tracing techniques to bring the bustling Night City to life.

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CG Spectrum

APRIL 3, 2023

The annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) was held last week in San Francisco, boasting 28,000 attendees ! Penny was kind enough to share her experience at GDC and why she believes it's such a valuable event for people looking to break into the games industry. Here's me at GDC, sitting on what I like to call the Throne of Codes.

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

With GDevelop, anyone can easily get started making and even selling their own games – and you won’t need to write a line of code! In this article, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about GDevelop to take you from beginner to game developer. In short, GDevelop is a full-featured game development tool.

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PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 7, 2023

But fortune smiled upon Teninke, when her brother eventually “outgrew” his gaming phase, leaving the console all to herself. Among the assortment of games, at Teninke’s disposal, one stood out like a shiny pearl. As an allegory of society, we put a character in the game who has to survive a post-war world.

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PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Social media has a knack for bringing niche topics to the attention of a large audience. Lately, we see more and more games inspired by these social media trends making it to the top charts in terms of downloads. AppMagic investigates the rise and fall, successes and failures of these specific types of games. Think again.

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OPM Jobs

APRIL 13, 2023

There are so many games industry events out there to choose from. Are you looking to network with other devs or searching for advice on getting into the industry? Even if you’re just looking for a casual event where you can have fun and meet some like-minded games industry folk there is an industry event out there for you.

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Game Industry News

JANUARY 25, 2024

The riots themselves deserve their own post, and as we get closer to the September date, I’m sure I’ll make that post. However, that same contemporary history informs everything about how the writers approached the topic. Notably, DS9 ’s writers’ room avoided using contemporary time frames in their stories.

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Yobob Games

JANUARY 18, 2023

My Game Development Journey in Making a Trailer Game Development Journey in Trailer Making What I’ve learned is that making a trailer is extremely important. It’s pretty much one of the greatest marketing tools ever because I’m showing a glimpse of my game. Let’s say, for example, I wanted to make the next stardew valley game.

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Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

When you’ve made an excellent 3D game, you definitely want it to run on more devices, not just high-end ones, as this would mean losing many users. In this article, I will share the methods I’ve learned from over a decade of 3D game development to make a game run smoothly on high-end, mid-range, and low-end devices.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Adding Difficulty Summary In this tutorial, we enhance the challenge in our snake game by increasing the snake’s speed each time it eats food and introducing blocks that appear where the food was consumed, eventually filling the level. Now when we collect food, when it gets destroyed, it will increase the speed of our snake.

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Game Design Aspect

JUNE 2, 2022

In this article, game designer Sande Chen relates important lessons learned from the design of that game company's games, Journey and Sky. I had the opportunity to attend the 2022 GamesBeat Summit virtually in April and attended Jenova Chen's interview and segment, Fostering Positive Human Connections Through Games.

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Game Daily

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Image credit: DanielAlexanderSmith / Wikipedia For decades, Peter Molyneux was a regular fixture on the game media outlet interview circuit, his face gracing the cover of magazines or website feature splashes. Indeed, a Twitter parody account called Peter Molydeux regularly posts amusingly bats-arse game design ideas.

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Moonmana

JULY 25, 2022

Video games industry is going big and bigger. What are the fresh trends in the gaming industry? The last few years have been motivating the game development field quite actively. Game developers, designers, and artists had to be quite inventive and creative to move it forward. Cross-platform Video Game Development Trends.

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Game Dev Unchained

MAY 9, 2023

The Transformative Landscape of Game Development: A Deep Dive with Willem Delventhal As a digital ecosystem thrives and transforms at a rapid pace, a recent conversation with game designer and educator Willem Delventhal offered insights into the evolving realm of game development.

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Greenheart Games

MARCH 8, 2018

As promised, to celebrate the release of the iOS and Google Play version of Game Dev Tycoon, we’ve now updated the Desktop versions of the game. Try your luck surviving the harsh realities of piracy in this new ultra-hard game mode in which you have to invent DRM and sell company shares to survive. Swap and late-game PC.

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