Zhanna Goranskaya April 16, 2024 6 Min Read Images via Nintendo. Game Developer Deep Dives are an ongoing series with the goal of shedding light on specific design, art, or technical features within a video game in order to show how seemingly simple, fundamental design decisions aren’t really that simple at all. Earlier installments cover …
Video platform YouTube is entering games through a new avenue: a free arcade of games that can be played directly in the app. Dubbed “Playables,” the feature was first reported last summer shortly ahead of public testing. After a limited rollout in select countries, it’s now getting a full launch over the next few months. …
Josh Church, Blogger December 11, 2023 3 Min Read The first thing implemented for this week were textures. The main things I noticed during the implementation of textures using OpenGL is that the only real difference between .jpg and .png to OpenGL is the extra channel that .png images have for alpha. There may or …
Following this morning’s announcement of new studios Dark Math Games and Longdue Games, another ZA/UM alum has launched their own independent outfit. Co-founded by Disco Elysium writer Argo Tuulik, Summer Eternal is billed as an “art collective/RPG studio.” Its mission? Gather other Disco writers and some new blood to “create a liberating space for us …
Dennis Foose June 4, 2024 10 Min Read Images via Krillbite Studio. Game Developer Deep Dives are an ongoing series with the goal of shedding light on specific design, art, or technical features within a video game in order to show how seemingly simple, fundamental design decisions aren’t really that simple at all. Earlier installments …
Kabam Entertainment is shutting down Disney Mirrorverse on December 16 and has already pulled the mobile action RPG from Android and iOS stores. A specific reason wasn’t given for the sunsetting, but the studio said players who still have the game downloaded can keep playing until the end date, including “remaining content released over the …
