UPD: According to BioWare, they borrowed the technology called “Strand Based Hair” from EA Sports. Which means, it's a custom solution, and it was already integrated into the engine (and utilized for EA Sports Football).

I want the next Battlefield with the same hair quality 😜

Quarter of code in Google is now made by AI: CEO vs. real programmer explanation…

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It's #Free and official book from #Unity to learn URP (Universal Render Pipeline), which is usually utilized for games, aiming for wide hardware support, VR, and mobile devices.

Here's the lecture on ancient cities structures for anyone who makes medieval or antique era games:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDtxIl837j0

And #NVIDIA asks its users to upgrade GeForce GPU drivers to version 566.03, NVIDIA RTX, Quadro, and NVS of the R565 driver branch to 566.03, R550 to 553.24, and R535 to 538.95. The same goes for Tesla.

A significant vulnerability has been discovered and patched out. Without new drivers attackers can raise their permissions in the system to higher levels.

The issue is present on Linux as well, but drivers update there is a little more sophisticated.

Finally, Steam game recording is now out of beta and available for everyone! Learn more here: https://store.steampowered.com/gamerecording

And you know what? It supports Steam Deck! #SteamDeck@GameDev #Steam@GameDev

Keep scrolling, we are going to the presidium!

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Yeah, why?!

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#UIUX@GameDEV

This explains everything!

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It was intentional!

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A quick recap of the new Steam video capturing and editing tool:

First of all, it's not a multi track editing software, they are unfortunately not replacing DaVinci Resolve, Premier Pro, or Vegas Pro.

You can quickly capture, cut a desired fragment, and share it with friends or the global community.

Video capturing can run all the time (to store a recent 30-60-90 minutes, or as much as your drive can handle) or be activated manually. It should not affect performance, since it runs on AMD and NVIDIA hardware video encoders (but Intel isn't supported and its owners will run on CPU).

Fortunately, it's not relying on Windows-specific libraries, so you can also use it on Steam Deck, that previously was not very capable for any video capture. And probably still isn't: the screen is only 1280 by 800 pixels, while modern content platforms prioritize 4K.

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Yet another demo project by Wojtek Pe on Godot 4. This time with Quixel assets and some custom tools!

It was just okay, but then he entered the cave and indirect lighting kicked in 🔥

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kAK1vRjlyI

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"Ahahaha, it backfired" moment!

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Oddly enough, PlayStation exclusive Death Stranding is now available on Xbox Series! The game is very strange and not for everyone. But it's on sale, so may be a good time to try it out 😉

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After all these years, STALKER 2 team finally rolled out a trailer that makes sense to me: they showcase it as a survival game with weapons!

The game also looks very old fashioned in terms of visuals: baked lighting, hard shadows, noticeable polygons on models around. And you know what? IMO: it's more appealing than blurry modern games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAz3_4uvG0k #STALKER@GameDEV #FPS@GameDEV

Jump in on all six! Empire of Ants strategy game is out:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287330/Empire_of_the_Ants/ #IndieGames@GameDEV #RTS@GameDEV

The developer of the cozy fishing game finally added clothing, made deliberately for straight players!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKb4l-X5f4w

In the game people can sell fish and get new items, like clothes. A couple of them were marked with rainbow elements and aimed for the LGBTQ community. One player left a negative review on every platform he was able to due to lack of straight alternatives.

The developer added some for $10000 a piece (it's a virtual price and other items usually cost up to $75). It will take months of grind to get this iconic look. So, either you are a normie, gay, or rich 🤑

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