Microsoft just killed Legacy Photos, the original not-bloated version of the app. It now requires Photos (Cloud) to be installed with Legacy plugin. The Migrate system runs regardless of your setup. Before you could run the new app once, it completes the "transfer" and you uninstall it again. Now it doesn't work.

#Windows@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

Nintendo are keeping up only due to Switch 2 release, but PS5 Pro didn't save PlayStation that much. XBox released no new consoles at all and is basically dying.

#Consoles@GameDEV
#Business@GameDEV
#PlayStation@GameDEV
#XBox@GameDEV

I've had to test 10 different apps in an hour, so here's the most competent, least bloated, and also free and open source.

Fuck AI, Fuck Microsoft, live long and prosper! <3

Via 𝕮𝖔𝖗𝖛𝖔

Something odd just occurred in the commercial branch of Godot: W4 Games is shutting down their build tools for average commercial customers and sending it to open source.

Enterprise customers will become the only paid category. Which is good, but also odd. It seems like the free trial part of the tier was way too expensive for them to run.

PS. It's not related to open-source and non-profit branches, aka Godot Foundation. W4 provides services for big partners, including console porting.

#GodotEngine@GameDEV

Crazy enough, some new games can run on the legendary RX 580 if you are using Linux:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqgiYTfr6Ag
#Linux@GameDEV
#AMD@GameDEV
#Hardware@GameDEV

About TAA, I insist!
(VIA)

#meme@GameDEV

Okay, a new way to fight cheaters in your game: STOP SELLING IT!

#VR@GameDEV
#Security@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV

Ready? (VIA)

#meme@GameDEV
#IndieGames@GameDEV

Folks, it's urgent!

We need photos of your pets in our chat! Drop your cats, dogs, parrots, fishes, or whatever!

#OffTopic@GameDEV
#Aww@GameDEV
#Cats@GameDEV

Been there 😎

Free weapons from our community members!

https://stein-indie.itch.io/classic-weapons-pack

#GameAssets@GameDEV
#Free@GameDEV

That's what Dispatch's Invisigal (Laura Bailey) been doing before video games…

(from Kodocha)
#Anime@GameDEV

Modern assets streaming be like: we updated the game! Now it just no longer loads up anything if you have 8GB VRAM!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZeOq4L-Ch0 (Digital Foundry)

#Hardware@GameDEV
#Optimization@GameDEV

#meme@GameDEV
#Steam@GameDEV

The Indie Game awards kinda annoyed the audience when they awarded Expedition 33 (made by a fairly big team and huge budget) as the best indie game… now they called it off because of the AI (that the team used during prototyping).

The use of AI has been widely known months before the event. And it would be way more reasonable to not qualify them as indie instead. What a clown world!

#IndieGames@GameDEV
#Events@GameDEV