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Key art for Vampire Survivors. A classic pale vampire glowers in front of a blood-red moon.

Vampire Survivors development sounds like an open source-fueled fever dream Vampire Survivors development sounds like an open source-fueled fever dream

Who among us hasn't blacked out, woken up, and found they'd coded and designed an entirely new character?

byBryant Francis

Aug 14, 2024

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Deep Dive: How Owlchemy adapted its VR titles for the Apple Vision Pro Deep Dive: How Owlchemy adapted its VR titles for the Apple Vision Pro

byPhillip Johnson, Greg Tamargoand 3 more

Aug 13, 2024

8 Min Read

A very bad goose

Upcoming ACMI interactive exhibition welcomes back a horrible goose Upcoming ACMI interactive exhibition welcomes back a horrible goose

Jul 19, 2024

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Two players and their flocks soar across a glade

Better together: Making sense of the frenetic floating fleets in Flock Better together: Making sense of the frenetic floating fleets in Flock

Jul 16, 2024

6 Min Read

Deep dive: The design and implementation of object pools Deep dive: The design and implementation of object pools

byHerman Tulleken

Jul 15, 2024

23 Min Read

How to Implement AI Workflows that Your Artists Will Actually Want to Use How to Implement AI Workflows that Your Artists Will Actually Want to Use

Jun 20, 2024

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The Rise of Generative AI in Revolutionizing Game Development

The Rise of Generative AI in Revolutionizing Game Development

byJulian Togelius

Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One

Book Excerpt: Game AI Uncovered, Volume One

byPaul Roberts, Sarat Rallabandi

P-body and Atlas in Valve's Portal 2.

Valve drops Mac support for Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, other titles

Valve drops Mac support for Team Fortress 2, Portal 2, other titles

byJustin Carter

How to get better fps on PC while porting games to consoles

How to get better fps on PC while porting games to consoles

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byKostyantyn Oleschenko, Olexandr Makeevand 1 more

Finding a New Balance Between AI and Beneficial Bugs

Finding a New Balance Between AI and Beneficial Bugs

byMiruna Vozaru

Astro Bot strikes a pose with a dog on his back.

Astro Bot makes the tech demo mascot into leading bot material

Astro Bot makes the tech demo mascot into leading bot material

Key art for Fruitbus, showing animal characters in line for a colorful food truck

Deep Dive: Cooking up a palatable food prep experience in Fruitbus

Deep Dive: Cooking up a palatable food prep experience in Fruitbus

a view of city buildings at night

Populating the city-builder of the future: A Deep dive into character diversity in Cities: Skylines II

Populating the city-builder of the future: A Deep dive into character diversity in Cities: Skylines II

byRaphael Benros

A tall ship fires a cannon in Besiege.

Why some games can't work well on Steam Deck

Why some games can't work well on Steam Deck

byBryant Francis

A player-made boat paddles through the ocean in Besiege.

Besiege developers say DLC model made extensive water physics possible

Besiege developers say DLC model made extensive water physics possible

byBryant Francis

A robotic four-armed Queen glares at the camera.

Stellaris' new AI characters are powered by AI voices

Stellaris' new AI characters are powered by AI voices

byBryant Francis

Screenshot of a herd of cats in Mewgenics.

Watch what happens when devs turn their games up to 1,000

Watch what happens when devs turn their games up to 1,000

byJustin Carter

Deep Dive: Console cross-play and how we made it work in Insurgency

Deep Dive: Console cross-play and how we made it work in Insurgency

byDenys Slipchuk, Yurii Dudnik

Two people coding on their laptops in a booth

What is game programming and how do you become a game programmer?

What is game programming and how do you become a game programmer?

byGame Developer

What to do about Game Engines with Rez Graham and Bryant Francis: Game Developer Podcast Ep. 42

What to do about Game Engines with Rez Graham and Bryant Francis: Game Developer Podcast Ep. 42

Deep Dive: Conquering hardware hurdles to port Kingdom Come: Deliverance to Switch

Deep Dive: Conquering hardware hurdles to port Kingdom Come: Deliverance to Switch

byZhanna Goranskaya

Demystifying 3D Character Rigging for Games

Demystifying 3D Character Rigging for Games

byHannah George

Zelda holds the Master Sword.

Did you know Tears of the Kingdom has 'a physics engine for sound'?

Did you know Tears of the Kingdom has 'a physics engine for sound'?

byBryant Francis

Link rides a glider in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

How Nintendo did the impossible with Tears of the Kingdom's physics system

How Nintendo did the impossible with Tears of the Kingdom's physics system

byBryant Francis

Link draws his bow while leaping in the air.

Player 'stunts' in Breath of the Wild gave Nintendo 'confidence' to push boundaries in Tears of the Kingdom

Player 'stunts' in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild gave Nintendo "confidence" to push boundaries in Tears of the Kingdom

byBryant Francis

ChipWits, the game that taught a generation how to code, is back

ChipWits, the game that taught a generation how to code, is back

Unity sees WebGPU as a growing market for game development

Unity sees WebGPU as a growing market for game development

byBryant Francis

Jordan Mechner at the GDC podium

Jordan Mechner recounts the tale of creating Karateka from home

Jordan Mechner recounts the tale of creating Karateka from home

A screenshot from Final Fantasy XVI. A young man stands next to a Chocobo.

Square Enix is testing AI-driven fictional language generation

Square Enix is testing AI-driven fictional language generation

byBryant Francis

Two characters walk together against a night sky

IGF 2024 Winners on creating Venba, Rhythm Doctor, and more

IGF 2024 Winners on creating Venba, Rhythm Doctor, and more

byDanielle Riendeau

a slide showing a number of black folks' hairstyles as Isaac Olander speaks at the GDC podium

Why is Black hair so difficult for video games to get right? This 3D artist explains

Why is Black hair so difficult for video games to get right? This 3D artist explains

byAlessandro Fillari

A crowd gathers in San Francisco for Day of the Devs

We asked indies at Day of the Devs how to survive the game industry hellscape

We asked indies at Day of the Devs how to survive the game industry hellscape

AI NPC chat is like VR: probably cool but certainly niche

AI NPC chat is like VR: probably cool but certainly niche.

Senior programming director Doug Sheehan at GDC podium

How Spider-Man 2's traversal physics sling a faster superhero fantasy

How Spider-Man 2's traversal physics sling a faster superhero fantasy

byAlessandro Fillari

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