Meanwhile, Tim Sweeney decided to eat shit from the biggest audience he can gather by saying that AI usage should not be known by a customer.

This is why Epic Store will never overthrow Steam, not even a little.

How can he say that? He just invested in AI as all of them this year. And he started to praise it in the summer.

#AI@GameDEV
#EpicGames@GameDEV

Looks amazing 😍

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2313700/Constance/

#IndieGames@GameDEV
#2DArt@GameDEV

Morning!

#meme@GameDEV

Make Sure To Add These Features To Your Game To Avoid Bad Reviews

All are very basic, but I see those features missing over and over in indie games. Another one to add: never make a controller-only or keyboard only game — support both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2sUgAZ18ac
#Tutorials@GameDEV
#UIUX@GameDEV
#Marketing@GameDEV

Localization, bros!

#AI@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

Humble Bundle allowed a sale from literally one AI bro with shady company founded in 2022 and has 3000 courses with zero workers. Even his website is vibe-coded and falling apart.

Be careful and don't buy it!
Find better alternatives!

Staring at an empty room will apparently give you more experience in game development than his courses.

#GodotEngine@GameDEV
#Scam@GameDEV

Legendary quotes

#Modding@GameDEV
#meme@GameDEV

The whole Splash Damage may be shut down. The studio, acting under British laws, has to make "consultations" before laying off people en masse.

They were working on Gears of War, Halo, and several other noscripts.

#LayOffs@GameDEV

Growth of small game engines (and kinda stagnation of Game Maker)

#GameEngines@GameDEV
#GodotEngine@GameDEV
#Steam@GameDEV

Not sure if it's good for players...

#Nintendo@GameDEV

The only thought I have when watching the new Stranger Things — let them go! Actors don't want to be there any more. They are all tired of this. The story goes in spirals and doesn't feel as natural as Dark was.

It's bland, there's not even a theme this time. It's not the 80s or 70s, no well-established cultural references (there are some briefly mentioned ones, though). You can skip it until the finale will be released in a month. Watching paint dry is more entertaining.

#Movies@GameDEV

5090 users be like

Paradox Interactive lost over $70m this quarter. One of the most significant issues — the failure of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

The game only sold about 120 000 copies on Steam which is roughly a $5m revenue before tax. The biggest and obvious issue — it was absolutely not Bloodlines sequel and not RPG at all. Combine it with poor performance on all platforms and you have a guaranteed commercial failure.

The original creator has posted more content in 48 hours than the e entire team in 4 years:

This Hytale footage reflects the latest chapter in the game’s revival. It marks the first step after the “Hytale is Saved” announcement by its original co-founder, Simon.

Recorded in a single morning and put together by Simon. No bells or whistles. Just the game as it is. Raw and broken, but still beautiful.

This is the original legacy engine from the 2018 trailer, running on a four-year-old build as we push Hytale forward again. There’s a long road ahead, but early access is coming soon.

From Simon:
I promised players videos, screenshots and blog posts. One day after the acquisition, I’m keeping that promise. Now that you’ve seen the first gameplay footage in a long time, I’m heading back to work on the early access launch. The team will share more clips and screenshots as we go.
It mattered to me to release raw footage today so we break the curse once and for all.

Stay tuned, Cursebreakers. More is coming.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhaqjb_S2X8