Have a good weekend, folks! 😊

No 🗿

#meme@GameDEV

Laura (a very experienced producer) discussing that if your whole team, your friends, and industry folks in your office are all excited and see the game as a future hit... it's a bad sign:

- Every good game was loved AND hated
- There have to be brawls in the team
- If it's all whimsical and cheerful, you're fucked

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb7-0196OG0

Phil Spencer is retiring on Monday, and Xbox President Sarah Bond, long thought to be Spencer's heir apparent, has resigned.

Who will run the XBox then?
The head of Microsoft AI!

#XBox@GameDEV
#WTF@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

Meet the new CEO of XBox

For real

SONY: We just closed very efficient studio!
XBox: hold my beer...

Since I'm having a mental breakdown, here's the only worthy thing to watch right now!

Also gamers right now

#meme@GameDEV
#HalfLife@GameDEV
#VR@GameDEV

Having no tolerance to bad AI
Used to be the head of MS AI
Left it

#AI@GameDEV
#Microsoft@GameDEV

VLC is getting a better support for Windows XP and macOS 10.7 (and iOS9). The company behind it also accepts hardware donations to test this initiative further.

Not all heroes wear capes!

Patrick Söderlund, currently the head of Embark Studios (Arc Raiders), ex-CEO of DICE (Battlefield), and ex vice president of EA, is now also appointed as Executive Chairman of NEXON.

Quite a lot of shoes to wear for one person, I'm impressed!

#Business@GameDEV

And to continue "characters art direction" discussion, here's the notable example:

This is Elex II and Elex. The wife of the main character looks so strikingly different in the second one (above) and their overall human rendering and modelling system was simply the worst part of the whole sequel.

The original was way too stylized, but it definitely stood out. Their skin shader was so much better and consistent. The new one is glossy, like they are all made of plastic.

Also, both games are one of a kind RPGs with unmatched freedom. You can pick factions to only become a spy inside for a totally different faction or join the underground thieves guild (you can easily miss). A lot of dialogues depend on your current squad, like my ex-wife forced a guard to give me back the bribe TWICE, since she's his boss.

#ArtDirection@GameDEV

The main character was also much more impressive in the first game (left, 2017) than in the sequel (right, 2022)...

No one can stop Adobe from digging itself even deeper...

#Adobe@GameDEV
#AI@GameDEV