General Arcade
General Weekly #8 09.27.22
The game development industry brings something new all the time. General Arcade shows the most interesting releases, updates and news of the past week, which are recommended reading for both industry veterans and novice developers.
Updates/releases/news
Unity announces new tools for developing multiplayer games
Access to Netcode for GameObjects (NGO) 1.0, which goes hand in hand with new multiplayer solutions from Unity Gaming Services, including game server hosting (Multiplay) and Matchmaker. These tools, combined with examples and tutorials, will speed up the development of multiplayer games on Unity.
NVIDIA Announces RTX Remix, Micromesh, DLSS 3 at GTC 2022
RTX Remix makes it easy to create graphics mods for Direct 3D 8 and D3D 9 games.
DLSS 3 combines DLSS Frame Generation with DLSS Super Resolution and NVIDIA Reflex. Provides up to 4x faster frame rate and up to 2x lower latency than native resolution rendering.
The owners of the gaming platform VoxPop Games launched a fund for indie developers
Among the consultants is Geronimo Barrera, former vice president of Rockstar Games.
The new fund focuses on games with “interesting concepts”. Games created in partnership with the foundation will become temporary exclusives on the VoxPop platform.
Nekki releases Cascadeur 2022.2
The update adds a new type of global rotation kinematics, support for weapons in the Quick Rigging tool, and further expands the AutoPosing tool.
Monthly Rust GameDev #37: August 2022
A new pack of interesting things from the gamedev community.
Jason Gastrow and his wife Leah Gastrow, will “deep dive into projects” they want to work with within the BIGMODE publishing house.
BIGMODE will not cooperate with the authors who are engaged in games on the blockchain and with the introduction of NFT.
Unity released a report on multiplayer games and player preferences
77% of gamers play multiplayer games. The report also showed the importance of social factors in influencing purchase decisions.
Interesting articles/videos
Clash Quest, unofficial postmortem
After 16 months of a soft launch, Supercell’s Clash Quest has not met its business objectives and will be shutting down. Ethan Levy discussed with the writers what was done right and what could be improved in Clash Quest.
The best “worst” mechanics in games
Yes, we are talking about timers. A document with links to materials used in the creation of the video.
Creating a Realtime Afro with FiberShop and Marmoset Toolbag
Hellor Maweja showed how to create a female afro in real time, demonstrated how FiberShop is used to create textures and explained how GS CurveTools helps with card placement.
Slides from a huge presentation about Lumen from Siggraph 2022
The developers have presented all the work on Global Illumination in UE5 to date, with a lot of inside information from the “The Matrix Awakens” demo.
Interview with the developer of Cult of the Lamb by Noclip
Danny spoke to Massive Monsters’ Jay Armstrong about the history of the studio and the design behind their indie hit.
Navigating Seas of Change Return to Monkey Island
Interviews with the two creators of the game about what they brought from the original series to the modern era – and what they left behind.
Game Trailers: Dealing with a Key Mistake
Gamediscover article talks about an important element of game research – game trailers.
Derek Lew, the author of game trailers for Psychonauts 2, Half-Life: Alyx, Among Us, and more, shared his thoughts on the topic.
Creating a Stylized Owl Girl in Maya, ZBrush, and Substance 3D Painter
Luana Bueno talked about working on the Owl Girl project, shared some hand drawing tips for beginners, and explained the importance of recording your workflow.
In 2006, he founded the company with his friend Demid – a year after graduating from university. We started from scratch, and now there are 120 people working.
Dark fantasy Soulstice and Unreal Engine
The Epic Games team spoke with Fabio Padgetti, the studio’s creative director, about how the team came up with Soulstice’s unique game mechanics, grew the studio during the pandemic, and how winning the Epic MegaGrant inspired and motivated them at the right time.
Publishers and their “hidden” advantage of Steam
When it comes to gaming platforms such as Steam, a reasonable question arises – what actually the status of a publisher gives you compared to the one of an individual developer?
Of course, publisher-specific annual sales and cross-promotion opportunities.
Setting up graphic improvements in World of Tanks Blitz
The developers of World of Tanks Blitz spoke about the major graphics update introduced in Update 9.0, explained how they redraw the game’s maps and discussed the updated physics.
Rami Ismail Presentation Tips: “Only list the unique benefits that make sense”
The author has focused on one particular thing he is always looking for in a customer presentation or sales page. Unique Selling Points (USP), which are not unique at all.
Dive into Low Poly Hatching and FAITH: Chapter III
The indie developer talks about his latest game, how he got his start in development, and what to expect from FAITH: Chapter 3.
We thank Andrei Apanasik for writing the original post and allowing us to publish it on our blog in English.
