Retro cartoon shooter MOUSE: P.I. For Hire recouped all its expenses in less than a month since its release, according to its publisher, PlaySide.

The company reconsidered its revenue expectations based on its success: https://80.lv/articles/mouse-p-i-for-hire-publisher-recoups-all-expenses-in-just-one-month

Check out this paper unfolding animation showcased by the developer known as To Def or Not To Def.

Made for a game using Blender and Unreal Engine: https://80.lv/articles/solo-dev-shows-cool-stylized-paper-unfolding-animation-made-in-blender

LAIKA has released the first teaser trailer for Wildwood, its new stop-motion adventure.

Watch here, along with behind-the-scenes footage highlighting the detailed craft, including 9,000 hand-made feathers for the eagle character: https://80.lv/articles/laika-studios-reveals-first-trailer-for-wildwood

Check out Jesse Miettinen's test of cloth tearing simulation with Geometry Nodes in the latest Blender 5.2 Alpha release.

See more demos and try it yourself: https://80.lv/articles/blender-5-2-alpha-s-cloth-tearing-simulation-test

Developer 9joao6 has come up with a creative way to handle clothing in their upcoming cozy pixel life sim, Sunrise Isles.

About the project: https://80.lv/articles/developer-shows-creative-in-world-clothing-system-for-cozy-pixel-game

Polygonflow has launched a free content browser based on Dash, its popular Unreal Engine 5 world-building solution.

Download Dash – Advanced Asset Manager: https://80.lv/articles/polygonflow-launches-free-asset-manager-for-ue5

Check out the Flying Bugs Generator from Ryan King Art, a Blender Geometry Nodes tool for the realistic simulation of flying insects.

The tool features 10 types of bugs and 3 modes of movement: https://80.lv/articles/check-out-this-blender-tool-for-creating-realistic-bug-swarms-animations

3D artist Leandro Leijnen imagined himself trying to catch the Poliwag Pokémon in a funny scene.

He succeeds in the end: https://80.lv/articles/artist-showcases-self-portrait-in-funny-pok-mon-scene

Senior 3D Environment Artist Lars Groeger is working on RealTrees, a library of photogrammetry-based trees for 3D production.

Horse chestnut is already available: https://80.lv/articles/realtrees-new-library-of-realistic-scan-based-tree-models

Escort a spiritual train through the underworld in Song of Morus: Limbo Express, a fast-paced game featuring nonlinear space and "physics-defying action."

The developer promises motion intensity and ghost stories of Hong Kong: https://80.lv/articles/escort-spiritual-train-through-underworld-with-taoist-priestess-deity-of-death

Design your own seaside town with more than 250 unique, stylized assets from Tidal Flask Studios, including modular buildings, props, and VFX.

Available for Unity and Unreal Engine 5: https://80.lv/articles/design-your-cozy-seaside-town-with-over-250-unique-assets

Learn how Rockstar fit GTA 3's massive city into the PlayStation 2's memory in a new Game Maker's Toolkit video.

Watch: https://80.lv/articles/how-rockstar-pulled-off-gta-3-s-huge-open-world-on-ps2

80 Level is about to launch a new Game Jam built around ViZual, the free node-based visual novel engine.

Learn more: https://80.lv/articles/vizual-game-jam-opens-with-over-usd1000-prize-pool

PS5 will soon start showing player counts for the most-played and top trending games in the Welcome Hub.

More details: https://80.lv/articles/ps5-will-soon-start-displaying-player-counts-for-the-most-popular-games

Video clip from Mystic on YouTube

Dmitry Kremiansky shared the work process behind the End of Summer project, showing how his bike rides transformed into the detailed scene and explaining how the water and vegetation were set up to paint a realistic picture.

Breakdown: https://80.lv/articles/turning-summer-bike-rides-into-peaceful-3d-environment

Check out Fun with Ragdolls Plus, a 3D adventure physics platformer with cinematic storytelling and sandbox chaos. Follow Dummy Danny and Rickie through a world filled with challenges, humor, and uncover the darker truth beneath it all.

Play now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2270540/Fun_with_Ragdolls_Plus/

The creator of Legacy of Kain and Eternal Darkness, Denis Dyack, has a new game out in early access called Deadhaus Sonata.

Check out our interview where we discussed his history of boundary-pushing game development.

Read more: https://80.lv/articles/denis-dyack-interview-how-deadhaus-sonata-is-an-rpg-about-persistent-player-history

Artist Yning discussed the workflow behind Crack Valley – The Vanished Village, talking about how they created some of the assets and the terrain materials, how they sculpted the mountains in ZBrush, and how they organized the composition with the rule of thirds.

Learn more: https://80.lv/articles/how-to-create-grasslands-trees-and-mountains-for-a-nature-environment

Indie devs Luden.io took an algorithm-aware approach to itch and kept their game on the front page for an entire month.

Here's how they did it: https://80.lv/articles/how-this-indie-dev-kept-their-game-on-the-front-page-of-itch-for-an-entire-month