c/Gamedev community news separation
Hey everyone. wanted to do a post about this since the gamedev community recently quadrupled its monthly active users....
Unity close offices due to death threats. (www.engadget.com)
Engine for experienced programmer, noob game dev?
So I dunno where to ask advice about this nowadays, but I’m getting into Lemmy and here seemed as good as anywhere :)....
[Humble Bundle] Resident Evil: Decades of Horror Village Edition (31.90 € for Resident Evil Village; Resident Evil 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 - 2005, 6, 7 + Revelations ) (lemmy.world)
Working on a little lighthouse keeper game for Playdate :) (i.imgur.com)
Been working on this little game for a few months, wanted to share! I don’t have my preorder yet so I’ve been having friends test it on device. The crank is neat!...
[CROSSPOST] Unpopular opinion about accessibility in gaming turns into actually a useful list of easy accessibility considerations
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/1915905...
The game engine distribution in the GMTK game jam (programming.dev)
Unity has 59% of all games Godot has 19% Gamemaker has 5% And unreal has a bit below 5%...
[GOG] Betrayer is now Free to Play (100% off / FREE) (www.gog.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/1909450...
Opinions of Godot as a game engine?
I have plans for making video game, and so far Godot looks most promising out of free game engines (completely free and open source, native script language - GDscript - similar to Python which I know and from yt tutorials it seems very intuitive). Any couterarguments?
Is Opengl worth it
I've been going through a course on udemy and learning unreal engine first time ever consistently for the past month, but haven't finished a game just yet, and I don't think I care enough to put any effort on anything other than gamedev. It has been my passion since like 6 years, that's why I left my old job as an Ops engineer;...
Advice on making games without engines?
If I just have C++ and say SDL or Raylib, how do I structure game code to keep it scalable (ie not a huge mess when I add more levels, items, mechanics, etc)? I have been able to make very simple stuff but the moment I try to add to it, it always gets out of hand and I can't really refactor it without starting fresh.
What music do you listen to while working?
Stemming from late night college days my old standby used to be the TRON Legacy soundtrack, but recently stumbled onto this great Donkey Kong Country 2 Arrangement
[Steam] Shin Megami Tensei III Nocturne HD Remaster ($9.99 / 80% off) (store.steampowered.com)
What's the best game engine for me?
Hey folks! First time poster and keen to get involved with the community....
[Humble Store] Slay the Spire ($6.24 / 75% off) (www.humblebundle.com)
Steam Key...
Flutter takes the stage at GDC (medium.com)
TLDR: Flutter made its debut at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, showcasing the progress made in building games with Flutter. Over 15,000 new mobile games have been developed using Flutter in the last year. Flutter offers advantages for 2D casual games, such as being open-source, having a rich plugin...
What tools or resources do you recommend for creating game art and assets?
What are some of the biggest challenges you've faced in game development, and how did you tackle them?
So How Long Until My Business Just Dies? (Also, the Unity Debacle) (bottomfeeder.substack.com)
The great Jeff Vogel discusses the Unity event.
[Epic Games] | Melvor Idle | 100% Off/Giveaway (store.epicgames.com)
[Humble] Luck of Draw: Roguelike Deckbuilders - Holiday Encore ($12+) (www.humblebundle.com)
6 games below for $12.00...
The five pillars of emergent gameplay (www.gamesindustry.biz)
From GamesIndustry.biz
Switching Game Engines... Twice? - TimBer (www.youtube.com)
A devlog on switching from Unity to Godot and then to Bevy.
Choosing Defold for Steam games production
The story of Luden.io defold.com/2023/09/07/Defold-x-Luden-io/ #GameDev