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Volumetric Lighting Explained
Today, we will tell you what role volumetric lighting plays in graphics, how games tried to emulate its effect in the past, and how we implemented this new feature in The Schmetterling engine.
Sept. 25, 2023
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Why Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom’s absence of DLC bucks AAA trends
Eiji Aonuma recently revealed that Nintendo currently has no plans to release additional content for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. This decision marks a notable departure for both a blockbuster game and a major first-party Nintendo release.
Sept. 23, 2023
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Challenges in porting to Nintendo Switch - How Pingle Studio ported Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
Vladyslav Popushoi, Project Lead of the UE4 Department at Pingle Studio, shares his team's experience with their successful port of the PC version of Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach to Nintendo Switch.
Sept. 22, 2023
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From Unity to Godot in a Weekend
Godot has some catching up to do before it becomes the new Unity. But it does have its charms and advantages.
Sept. 20, 2023
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Unity's pricing changes are trying to solve too many problems at once
The question for Unity now is, will their key customers accept these changes?
Sept. 20, 2023
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Whole Tone and Octatonic Scales (The Game Music of Jurassic World Primal Ops: GDC 2023)
This article explores the use of Whole Tone and Octatonic scales in game music (from Winifred Phillips’ highly-rated GDC 2023 lecture, “Chaos Theory in Game Music.”)
Sept. 19, 2023
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The Unity meltdown sucks for students and educators, too
Unity's controversial newly announced fee system has developers, as well as teachers and students, in a frenzy.
Sept. 16, 2023
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Apple stakes its claim to AAA gaming on mobile with iPhone 15 Pro series
Apple revealed the upcoming iPhone 15 Pro series, powered by a redesigned GPU, with exclusive ports of AAA console and PC games. This insight explores its importance, and why meaningful gains for publishers are far from guaranteed.
Sept. 15, 2023
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The Generous Space of Alternative Game Engines (A Curation)
The pursuit of platform agnosticism is a way of reclaiming power constantly lost to the game industry's drive to maximize profits.
Sept. 15, 2023
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Is Unity getting into the dream-killing business?
Unity's claim that its per-install policy will only impact top developers isn't as reassuring as it thinks it is.
Sept. 15, 2023
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Advanced math in game design: random walks and Markov chains in action
In this article, we’ll analyze two mathematical concepts: Markov chains and random walks.
Sept. 14, 2023
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The Death of Unity
If you're starting a new game project, do not use Unity.
Sept. 13, 2023