Free game icons from Kenney:

https://kenney.nl/assets/game-icons

#GameArt@GameDEV
#Free@GameDEV
#UIUX@GameDEV

Steam is winning again

#PlayStation@GameDEV
#Steam@GameDEV

Warhammer The Vermintide 2 is free again (get now and keep forever):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/552500/Warhammer_Vermintide_2/
#Free@GameDEV
#Steam@GameDEV

My eyes!

#Blender@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

Now we know more specific numbers: Call of Duty Black Ops 7 sales in Europe are horrible, despite the extremely high production costs (according to Game Sales Data).

Meanwhile, Anno 117: Pax Romana from Ubisoft has sold around 2.5x more at launch than 2019’s Anno 1800. The game is doing much better than expected.

#CallOfDuty@GameDEV
#Ubisoft@GameDEV
#Activision@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

Some people don't understand how good the business is... but please, never focus on an AVERAGE salary, median one is more important.

#Steam@GameDEV
#Valve@GameDEV
#Business@GameDEV

Bullets in Battlefield can hit each other mid-flight, and you can counter a sniper shot that way.

#Battlefield@GameDEV
#Multiplayer@GameDEV
#GameDesign@GameDEV

A free and open source alternative to Mixamo just got a big update with 20+ new animations, root motion support, and more!

https://app.mesh2motion.org
#Animations@GameDEV
#FOSS@GameDEV
#Free@GameDEV

This scene is 74 polygons!

Meanwhile, AAA developers will tell you there have to be billions of them to make a good-looking scene.

#3DArt@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

We took down the gate yesterday with some random folks. The easy mode is manageable, but every next step is getting times harder.

Wanna play on hard modes?
- Get ready for insta-kills
- Learn parrying
- Get ready to loose

There are PvE stories (free and paid), roguelike PvE, and even funny PvP where you can play as Skaven.

Overall: good soup, go get it, free to keep:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/552500/Warhammer_Vermintide_2/

Wait, if my device isn't getting security updates anymore, WHAT ARE THESE?

#Windows@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

A good part of Ubisoft is making these documentaries with historians, this time about Syndicate and London:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EjiW7hu-VI
#Documentaries@GameDEV
#Ubisoft@GameDEV

🌚

#meme@GameDEV
#GameEngines@GameDEV

Wait, what?

#meme@GameDEV
#Linux@GameDEV
#GitHub@GameDEV

A kit of DDR5 is now more expensive than PS5. Thanks to AI shortages, buying drives is also getting harder and GPUs will follow very soon.

Good kits of 64GB crossed $1000 today, some report changes from $200 to $1200 since September.

#Hardware@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV

Dead internet theory is getting better day by day!

#Microsoft@GameDEV
#Windows@GameDEV

Sounds reasonable

#Steam@GameDEV
#Valve@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

We are out of space on this meme template...

#meme@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV