Do you remember Star Wars failure? Not the recent one, but how it was criticized during the era of prequels in early 2000s: poor and very often innovative VFX practices led to some interesting issues that game developers can learn from too!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=I7Iuia5560Y

The company behind famous 505 games publishing (working with Kojima and Remedy) decided to lay off 30% of their workforce.

It's estimated that the overall industry lost about 20 000 jobs during this autumn even among successful companies. Imagine to be behind exceptional sales of Spider-Man 2 on PlayStation and still be fired. Well, that's the industry right now.

Current numbers are higher than what we've seen in 2008 during the previous big economy decline.

#Business

It's #LevelDesign #meme

Meanwhile: Wreckfest is on sale for #Android and #iOS for less than any item in your favorite Free 2 Play game. Deep and detailed physical racing with several game modes, total havock, lawnmowers and school buses!

UPD: Android version has been sold over 50 000 times. It's a good sign for premium mobile games! Keep in mind that the majority of people bought it for $10.

#Sale #Offers #Racing

Useful article about #Localization and #Translation

https://inlingogames.com/blog/loc-testing/how-to-hyphenate-in-asian-languages

And since my life consists of odd gigs now, #Shaders #Tutorials playing on the background are my only sparks of joy (this one is for #Unity)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDhN-JK3U9g

Wardrobes generator in #Blender by Sergio Mendoza

#Procedural #3Dart #SendNodes #Modular

Meanwhile #UNITY is trying to make themselves look "good old": no more YEARS, no more delays, meet Unity 6. Will it make you feel that way?

The overall Unite keynote is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZIdejTiXAE

Overall focus:
– Better visuals
– Easier multiplayer setup
– AI tools (for ex. textures)

First glimpse of the DISTORTION game by Game Art Pioneers.

#IndieGames #UnrealEngine

New promo video of #SteamDeck OLED by #Valve and #AMD

And #Blender 4.0 is out on Steam and all other distribution channels. It has upgraded shaders and dozens of other new features, but my favorite one is still #AGX color space.

Gradients and objects with high saturated elements were losing details in dark or bright areas. With AGX it's much easier to preserve data and properly tune it into SDR screens.

And here's the unexpected thing: the original Half-Life is free on #Steam (take it now and keep it forever, but the offer isn't visible for everyone).

🎂 The game turned 25 today and Valve decided to make the anniversary memorable!

UPD: The offer completely disappeared 😐🤔 Valve said there was a bug preventing users from claiming the offer. It will be back in a few hours.

#Valve #Free

Futuristic city made in #Blender by Euan Garbut, Age 16, Glasgow

We have all the villain's origins, but how about the spectacular YouTube star Lofi Girl? #NPR #Stylized #3Dart

The French music label behind the Lofi project released the short where we meet the whole family, their cat, and even the city.

And #Valve gone crazy: it's not only a time to get free Half-Life copy for everyone up until November 20, but also a lot of missing content that is now included and a freaking DOCUMENTARY!

https://youtu.be/TbZ3HzvFEto

Every 2D node in #GodotEngine explained:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22VYNOtrcgM
#Tutorials #Godot4

The most famous #PBR book has been updated: meet Physically Based Rendering v4:

https://pbr-book.org/4ed/contents

#Books #Shaders #Rendering

Some random dudes, just scroll down 😂

It seems that next year we will play Portal 2 again with the impressive custom campaign: it will be free on Steam, January 5, 2024!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXczxIIvXJ0

#Modding #Portal #Valve

After the success of Blender 4.0 "unknown hackers" took down the official website (Blender.org) by unprecedented DDoS attack, but the app is still available on Steam, MS Store, and other official distribution platforms.

Autodesk *cough-cough* stop that shit...