Oh, IL-2 was the first game where I got a big deluxe edition with DLCs and extra stuff. Without its legacy, War Thunder would not be possible.

And I was using a joystick for it that was connected to a game-port before USB. Full immersion! But the port wasn't supported on any of my newer computers. We used to have a port for everything back then...

#Simulators@GameDEV

🐸 It is Wednesday, my dudes!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2256970/Ecto/ via @Hubclip
#IndieGames@GameDEV

Facts: you can't keep SSDs unplugged, especially in temperatures over 35°C even for a few months.

They will lose data or get completely corrupted. In 45°C the process of data loss begins in a matter of weeks. For longer storage you better be using HDDs instead or special long-lasting Blu-ray.

#Hardware@GameDEV

Have they ever checked any science fiction about AI in charge?

“Automated robotic labs, running biotech experiments”

#AI@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

Kojima knew it

By the way: Predator Badlands is a good movie, but absolutely not Predator nor Alien in a true form. More like a fan-fiction with an obvious but cute twist in the end.

Literally, a Disney movie for the whole family. On which Disney lost over $60m due to poor performance.

#Movies@GameDEV

S&box goes open source!
(Under MIT)

A modern game engine, built on Valve's Source 2 and the latest .NET technology, it provides a modern intuitive editor for creating games. BUT!

Obviously this isn't the Source 2 code, that's up to Valve to open source if they want. For us Source 2 is providing lower level systems, all our high level systems are C# like the entire editor, networking, scene system, UI, and way more.

Which means, it's partially MIT.

https://github.com/Facepunch/sbox-public/

#GameEngines@GameDEV
#Valve@GameDEV
#FOSS@GameDEV

How and why?
Not even the good one!

#Microsoft@GameDEV
#Windows@GameDEV

Gothic original dev

One of the most important issues of modern censorship is that it makes quite the opposite of what it claims:

It's crucial to have freedom to show reasonable and planned evil, lust, desire, and so on.

Making things bland teaches nothing and protects no one.

Cool story, may help someone: so, a few weeks ago right before my flight to Edinburgh, my living room (and office) main light burst in flames.

And I only decided to look for a replacement when I returned. And I used the secondary light for several weeks and it's dim and kinda far from my desk. It was a bad idea, since it's winter and it heavily affected my work. I didn't realize why but every day I wanted to sleep constantly all the time.

Today I simply placed a temporary light nearby (while waiting for the delivery) and the day went much better.

So, never underestimate light, you need it, especially in winter! 🥶

We have the last sack of $$,
Just about 50 more billions...

Meanwhile, Tim Sweeney decided to eat shit from the biggest audience he can gather by saying that AI usage should not be known by a customer.

This is why Epic Store will never overthrow Steam, not even a little.

How can he say that? He just invested in AI as all of them this year. And he started to praise it in the summer.

#AI@GameDEV
#EpicGames@GameDEV

Looks amazing 😍

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2313700/Constance/

#IndieGames@GameDEV
#2DArt@GameDEV

Morning!

#meme@GameDEV

Make Sure To Add These Features To Your Game To Avoid Bad Reviews

All are very basic, but I see those features missing over and over in indie games. Another one to add: never make a controller-only or keyboard only game — support both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2sUgAZ18ac
#Tutorials@GameDEV
#UIUX@GameDEV
#Marketing@GameDEV

Localization, bros!

#AI@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV