Someone made the North Korean version of Harry Potter with neural networks and it's the most hilarious video of the week!

#AI@GameDEV
#NeuralNetworks@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

House of Cards moment: TikTok is available again in the US and referencing Trump.

Fun fact: Trump was the initial person behind the first attempt to ban TikTok during his first term. And now MAGIC MOMENT — he's the savior 🌚

Whatever this is, it's free on Steam! Yes, it seems you can get a visual novel match-3 hentai puzzle today, YAY 🤡

https://store.steampowered.com/app/339800/HuniePop/

#Free@GameDEV

That's a dedication! 😮

According to my experience: when someone is banned for creating by me or teams where I used to work, they were cheating. And they will cheat again.

https://antiblizzard.win/2025/01/18/my-two-year-fight-against-activisions-false-cod-ban-unbanned/

DOOM, but it runs in Blender

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2iDZjteMs8

#Blender@GameDEV
#DOOM@GameDEV
#RetroGames@GameDEV

Epic Games shared their vision of color theory, to highlight the path of the pixel from textures to the screen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II_rnWU7Uq8

#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
#ColorTheory@GameDEV

This one is still valid after all these years: be wise if you are looking for a publisher!

— What areas can they cover
— Is it better than self publishing
— How are THEY funded
— Is their PR internal
— Do they have global presence
— What are your terms
— Never sell your IP

And it's very nice to see a publisher saying this. Don't fall for the first deal you've got under any terms they offer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAI5W7Y5H28

Switch 2 is significantly bigger than the original one. Keep that in mind if you are willing to buy one.

#Hardware@GameDEV
#Nintendo@GameDEV

This is hilarious and fits gaming combat too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmfqjgNlj7Y

Have you heard that Unreal Engine 5 isn't THAT BAD and haters are wrong... but so are many AAA developers. And here are some fixes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzz8_O3PIUg

#UnrealEngine@GameDEV
#Rendering@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

Meet Machine Mind — a post-nuclear RTS with nice stylized graphics!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2861590/Machine_Mind/

#IndieGames@GameDEV
#RTS@GameDEV

And another handy GDC lecture, this time from the creator of Slime Rancher:

He highlight how you'd better build your game the way that the main hook can fit into one nice GIF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTvBgmNL-p0

Slightly before that. Still a questionable move for any big structure with internal studios.

#Business@GameDEV
#PlayStation@GameDEV

Fine, I'll check it out...

If you know, you know! 🫡

Shuhei Yoshida (ex-PlayStation) apparently plays on GPD Win Max 2 (same as I do) when travelling.

And I can agree that it's always blows my mind that you can carry around a 15-35W device that can run any games and apps.

And his overall interview is nice to see — he seems to be glad to be free from PS limitations. He jokes about Nintendo bringing them customers, etc.

#Hardware@GameDEV
#Handhelds@GameDEV

Game off: PlayStation is shutting down more and more games after the failure of Concord

#PlayStation@GameDEV
#Multiplayer@GameDEV

Unknown 9 creators are pausing the new project development and laying off stuff. All thanks to the failure of their original game.

Next time call your game KNOWN 9 or whatever... rich transmedia universe that 200 players checked because it was a free addition to AMD gaming CPUs.

#Layoffs@GameDEV

Can you imagine that modders have done a better job with the game than the owner of the IP?

It only happens... EVERY SINGLE TIME! 😅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zjzBbdl7hk