Custom pixel art (www.fiverr.com)
Dive into a world of pixel perfection. From adorable Fakemon to intricate tile sheets, I bring your digital dreams to life. Let's craft your unique gaming universe together! DM for commissions.
Why Hideo Kojima is so popular? (gearsrealm.com)
Hideo always has his 10 minutes on Game Awards, why? Why other game devs don't get that much recognition or screen time?
Studio working on the Dark Forces [1995] remaster says the game has been 'difficult to change' because LucasArts created its own version of multi-threading years before it became popular (www.pcgamer.com)
IndieTales: Breaking down the greatest level design trick I've ever witnessed (www.youtube.com)
Kicking off this sub with some content as an example of what we should expect from posts. This seemed like an interesting video and I think it's worth sharing here.
Developing Rixas, A free grand strategy game with depth never seen before! Check comments for more details (youtu.be)
Very happy with how Godot works in complex analysis! | Rixas
Design an Anti-Tank Rifle System with Elfkan! | Rixas 0.2.3.2 (youtu.be)
Support us at: https://ko-fi.com/elfkan...
Writing games the blog dedicated to text-based game development (MUDs) (writing-games.com)
AI in big budget games is inevitable, say dev vets from Assassin's Creed and Everquest 2: 'Developers hate it … the money is still going to drive absolutely everybody to do it' (www.pcgamer.com)
Godot 4.1.2-stable (github.com)
Godot 4.1 is celebrating its 3 month anniversary this week, and that means Godot 4.2 is entering the beta testing phase shortly after. This development cycle has been packed with bugfixes and other improvements. As always, we take the safest of these contributions and we compile them into a patch release for the current stable...
Krita 5.2 released! (krita.org)
After a year of hard work, Krita 5.2 is finally here, bringing a variety of new features, ranging from fundamental changes in text and animation-audio handling to various smaller items like transforming all selected layers! The following fixes were made in response to all your bug reports for the first release candidate:...
Unity Technologies - Unity Announces Leadership Transition (investors.unity.com)
John Riccitiello is out, effective immediately. Na na na na. Na na na na. Hey hey hey. Goodbye.
Steam Visibility: How Games Get Surfaced to Players [official video from Steam, also available as a PDF] (www.youtube.com)
The discovery mechanisms at work behind the scenes on Steam, which inputs matter, and how Valve approaches the operation of a PC platform where any kind of game can find its audience....
Epic Games laying off 16% of staff, divesting from assets including Bandcamp, and generally hemorrhaging money (nitter.net)
Modifier library focused on feature set and performance, while maintaining 0 GC. Fully pooled (github.com)
Buff/Debuff/Modifier library focused on feature set and performance, while maintaining 0 GC. Fully pooled - GitHub - Chillu1/ModiBuff: Buff/Debuff/Modifier library focused on feature set and perfor...
Terraria devs donate $200K to open-source engines in wake of Unity changes (www.polygon.com)
Unity might be facing the ire that comes with a near-universal condemnation of a new policy change, but at least things are looking up for two open-source game engines....
Introducing the new Godot Development Fund (godotengine.org)
We are excited to introduce a major improvement in terms of funding the development efforts of the Godot Engine.
Unity introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs (www.gamingonlinux.com)
Presumably Unity decided they had too many customers and needed to get rid of most of them. Not only is this an insane thing to charge developers for, there are all kinds of concerns like:...
Larian Studio CEO Swen Vincke pushes back on Baldur's Gate III setting a new standard for games (www.gamedeveloper.com)
Larian Studios' creative director talks the launch of Baldur's Gate 3, and why the hit game isn't about setting a new standard for the genre.
Release Inkscape 1.3 (inkscape.org)
Inkscape 1.3 is the latest major Inkscape release that brings you many fresh new features and new functionality.
PixelPerfectEngine v0.10.0 release (github.com)
After a very long while, I was able to finish v0.10.0 for the most part. Next I'll be writing some testcases for the currently untested features, then replace SDL2 with my own solution (iota), then move most of the rendering to the GPU.
What Mastodon instances are good for promoting my game engine?
I'm thinking about creating a separate Mastodon account for promoting my game engine, and I'm looking for a suitable instance....
OC Here Are the Entries from the 2023 Summer Fediverse Jam (wedistribute.org)
The 2023 Summer Fediverse Jam has closed, and the voting phase has started. Check out the games that were submitted, and give them a try!
[Free] I need people helping me with open source game engine development
https://github.com/ZILtoid1991/pixelperfectengine...
GDC: Benefits of Missing Out: What 'Cyberpunk 2077' Taught Us About Non-Linear Level Design (www.youtube.com)
In this 2023 Level Design Summit talk, gain an overview of the design intentions behind the levels in the game, and look at how these intentions did not always fully receive the anticipated reception by players. It will elaborate on what the team was able to learn from this and, finally, how these lessons were turned into...
