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Since people are often making VR games in Unity, here's the Unreal startup guide:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3xNb5R_xos
#VR@GameDEV
#UE5@GameDEV
#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
Rostyslav Zagornov blamed 11 bit studios and the freelance artist Steven Stone in direct theft of one of his old works to build up Frostpunk: Beyond the Ice. (shitty mobile game) official concept arts. It's obvious, that at least for this flying ship Steven used a copy of what Rostyslav created for his An-Laenort visual novel.
Within the game, several stolen pieces are shown as backgrounds on loading screens.
#Theft@GameDEV
#2DArt@GameDEV
#Legal@GameDEV
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI asked developers to stop using the “memory-unsafe” C and C++ programming languages.
They are used by almost every app you are using, including compilers for other languages and the environments to run them. Unreal, Unity, Godot, Blender, and almost all game engines and graphics editing apps are made with C and C++.
Suggesting this is technically impossible and exceptionally expensive for the whole IT and game industry.
Can you stop using gravity and this whole 9.8m/s²? People and items are falling, some are even dying! What a monster are you?!
Level Designers be like: shit, it's closed!
#LevelDesign@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV
⭐ Good morning!
“Breakfast with you” by Oshiruko_s2,
#2DArt@GameDEV
#Animations@GameDEV
Amuse AI stared to clearly mark models as commercial and non-commercial, which is a very good move (unfortunately, commercial-ready model Flux 1 is huge and requires 24GB VRAM).
For casual game developers they have a nice depth/normals extractor, that can help with materials making. And yes, it's free and works fast on any hardware.
Overall, it's still a fast and easy to use all-in-one app, sponsored by AMD and accelerated with the new Radeon and Ryzen AI chips.
#AI@GameDEV
#AMD@GameDEV
AI selected answers in Google search never stop failing!
#AI@GameDEV
#Google@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV
⭐ Just updated my screen shader, drop it a star! The Ultimate Screen Effects shader has:
Global:
• Blur and Sharpening
• Pixelation (scalable)
• Chromatic Aberrations
• Bloom booster
• Halation
• Vignette
• Saturation
• Color Filter
MAIN + Shadows, Midtones, Highlights:
• Color Temperature
• Green Tint
• Brightness
• Contrast
WIP:
• Lens Flares (Anamorphic)
• Film Grain (Physically Correct)
• Screen Warp Effects
https://github.com/ArseniyMirniy/Godot-4-Color-Correction-and-Screen-Effects
#Godot4@GameDEV
#GodotEngine@GameDEV
#Shaders@GameDEV
Foundry MODO is discontinued: one of the best 3D modeling and texturing apps will not be developed further.
You can check this video to find out about the best features of the 17.0 release. MODO was famous for its procedural approach before Blender eve touched the Geometry Nodes.
Foundry also has a popular VFX software NUKE and texturing app Mari. But MODO seemed like a worthy addition to the family and its fall is concerning.
#3Dmodeling@GameDEV
#3D@GameDEV
You can still collect all the assets of Quixel Megascans for free, but it was discovered that they will not appear in your library right away.
The reason: there were too many of them (18800+) to sort out and search, so instead they will make the library to support collections and more tags later on to separate it from all other assets.
#EpicGames@GameDEV
#GameAssets@GameDEV
Fun fact: the DJ in the GTA VI trailer isn't abstract — it's Jennifer "Tokimonsta" Lee, and her music will be in the game!
This is the "metaverse" I'm interested in: having a bit of real world to get into games, where it will be reasonable, like a nice final touch.
#GTA@GameDEV
Lisa Su, a CEO of AMD signed several 9800X3D boxes. Unfortunately, they are not for sale!
But all the other 9800X3Ds are now available globally and are fairly good 👍😊 Unlike previous models, where memory die was placed on top of the CPU, these new ones have memory below the CPU, which improved thermal efficiency. This is why 9800X3D has better frequency and can be overclocked!
#AMD@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDev
Jump in on all six! Empire of Ants strategy game is out:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287330/Empire_of_the_Ants/ #IndieGames@GameDEV #RTS@GameDEV
Oddly enough, PlayStation exclusive Death Stranding is now available on Xbox Series! The game is very strange and not for everyone. But it's on sale, so may be a good time to try it out 😉
#PlayStation@GameDEV
#XBox@GameDEV
#Consoles@GameDEV
— Do you know 3D modeling? — Yeah, sure! ☺️
#meme@GameDEV
#Architecture@GameDEV
At this point, the humanity is screwed up!
#AI@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV
Your favorite: Zelda 3D in Godot, 10 hours long tutorial!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoGOIiBo4Eg
#GodotEngine@GameDEV
#Tutorials@GameDEV
Intel is facing some hard times of their hard times:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub27Ol4igwY
4:15 Nvidia ousts Intel from Dow Jones Index after 25-year run
5:43 For the first time ever, AMD outsells Intel in the datacenter space
6:27 Intel is being sued over the instability issues in its Raptor Lake CPUs
7:12 Intel 'still committed to Arc,' but with fewer discrete GPUs, more integrated graphics
TECH BRIEFS
#Hardware@GameDEV
#Intel@GameDEV
Hey, this lecture is so… Unreal!
Epic Games is making path tracing better and so UE5 is more and more dependent on temporal solutions. But in this case, it can't be done differently to achieve such level of accuracy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD9kS1nOuyU
#UE5@GameDEV
#RTX@GameDEV
#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
Blender procedural magic: make trees from your favorite anime in a couple of clicks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6RGWsZ2z1Y
#NPR@GameDEV
#Stylized@GameDEV
#Blender@GameDEV
#Procedural@GameDEV
#Tutorials@GameDEV
Minecraft mod making it a Binding of Isaac 😯
#Minecraft@GameDEV
#Modding@GameDEV
#Modders@GameDEV
The legend passed away: Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL’s “You’ve Got Mail” greeting, has died at age 74 after a long illness, according to local Ohio news station WKYC, where he was employed for many years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv1B9sPPOXo
#Internet@GameDEV
Asus overclocked Ryzen 9800X3D to a whopping 6.9GHz at just a little over 100W and reached over 1200 FPS in Counter Strike (the original video is in Chinese, so, no link).
Several times it reached over 1500 FPS, but at more complicated moments fell to a regular (barely playable) 800... 😅
It's a crucial change, since all previous X3D models were locked from overclocking: the extra memory was placed on top of the CPU and it limited the heat transfer. This time they swapped them, by placing CPU on top, so it's as good for overclocking as regular models.
The first batch is sold out almost everywhere (and unlike Intel Ultra, there were a lot of them, but apparently not enough).
#Hardware@GameDEV
#Asus@GameDEV
#AMD@GameDEV
Holy moly: No Man's Sky just celebrated N7 day by dropping a Normandy into the game!
UPD: The ship was there already and it's an annual event for the fans, so they can get it.
More news for Mass Effect fans: the TV series is on the way, the new game is in development and will be shown a bit later.
#MassEffect@GameDEV
#Space@GameDEV
Quidditch was supposed to be a part of Hogwarts Legacy and was cancelled in favor of a separate boring multiplayer version without a personality.
And you know what? It failed miserably and burned millions, while single player Hogwarts Legacy sold 30m+ copies already.
PS. The studio is working on Hogwarts Legacy directors cut and on the sequel too. I'm expecting that the sequel will have quidditch. As for the directors cut: they will add over 30 hours of content that was previously taken out.
The developer of the cozy fishing game finally added clothing, made deliberately for straight players!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKb4l-X5f4w
In the game people can sell fish and get new items, like clothes. A couple of them were marked with rainbow elements and aimed for the LGBTQ community. One player left a negative review on every platform he was able to due to lack of straight alternatives.
The developer added some for $10000 a piece (it's a virtual price and other items usually cost up to $75). It will take months of grind to get this iconic look. So, either you are a normie, gay, or rich 🤑
#LGBTQ@GameDEV
#Meme@GameDEV
After all these years, STALKER 2 team finally rolled out a trailer that makes sense to me: they showcase it as a survival game with weapons!
The game also looks very old fashioned in terms of visuals: baked lighting, hard shadows, noticeable polygons on models around. And you know what? IMO: it's more appealing than blurry modern games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAz3_4uvG0k #STALKER@GameDEV #FPS@GameDEV