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Why (and how) you should leave Unity and Unreal to make your own engine
Longtime developer Rez Graham shares the advantages (and disadvantages) of building your own tech for indie game development.
March 21, 2024
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Unreal Engine blockbusters and UEFN tools take center stage at State of Unreal
Fortnite development is moving to UEFN and Amy Hennig is leveraging UE 5.4 to bring to iconic Marvel characters to life.
March 21, 2024
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The secret to using Steam as a developer is to make Valve earn their 30 percent
Chris Zukowski argues that Valve can do a lot to help your game become more visible, which is worth its weight in gold. All you have to do is ask.
March 21, 2024
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Kitfox co-founder says four-day weeks are 'unmatchable' when retaining employees
'For retention, four-day work weeks are unmatchable. When asked, half of Kitfox staff said they would need at least double [pay] to consider, maybe, going back to five days.'
March 21, 2024
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Baldur's Gate 3 sweeps Game Developers Choice Awards 2024
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March 21, 2024
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Venba wins Grand Prize at the 2024 Independent Games Festival Awards
Venba is a narrative cooking game in which players experience life as an Indian mom who has immigrated to Canada with her family in the 1980s. Players cook various dishes and restore lost recipes, hold branching conversations and explore in this story about family, love, loss and more.
March 21, 2024
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Hidden choices, small ripples: How CDPR merged cinematics and interactivity in Cyberpunk 2077
"[Interactivity] is a way to increase player engagement in story moments, which in turn maximizes immersion."
March 20, 2024
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Denuvo launches in-game watermark tool to counter game leakers
Denuvo's Tracemark tech will let developers create watermarks that could help find who's responsible for leaking games or assets.
March 19, 2024
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The secret to Apex Legends' gorgeous first-person animation? Mouth cameras
Here's how one Apex Legends animator captures incredible reference footage using a mouth-mounted camera.
March 19, 2024
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The enduring horror of monster encounters in Saturnalia
How Santa Ragione used a "less is more" approach to monster encounters in its indie horror title Saturnalia.
March 19, 2024
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'Don't show hole' and other good advice from the Baldur's Gate 3 TikTok account
Larian Studio's creative content manager Ben M-J shares good insight into what makes TikTok tick and worked for Baldur's Gate 3.
March 19, 2024
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How do Ubisoft's AI-driven NPCs handle dynamic player interactions?
Do NEO NPCs dream of electric sheep?
March 19, 2024