In the meantime, for the last few years, Capcom has been killing it by providing strong and focused experiences (Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, some fighting games, and recently Pragmata)

They're not completely wrong though, the enormous live service games are still the ones to bring the biggest amounts of money 😅

BUT, those games are the same ones than 10 years ago, and it's an insane shot in the dark to try competing with them.

How to support human artists... FREE TIER: follow, like, share, review, reject AI PAID TIER: donate, merch, subscribe, commission, license Image by Kenney (www.kenney.nl) Original icons (some edited) by Lucide (ISC License) Fonts used: mini-わくわく & 和風ぽっぷ

Here's how to support human artists! 🎨

Some account i recommend because they are very cool!!

@tuily.bsky.social currently sharing shaders concepts

@binbun3d.bsky.social making incredible vfx

@lucylavend.bsky.social silly, inspiring and smart at high levels

@majormcdoom.bsky.social impressive and fun tech art + 🐧

#Godot #GameDev

Unionize.

About Fishing on Steam Cast your line into calm waters and feel the quiet pull beneath the surface. Each cast brings rewards, but some things you reel in were never meant to be found.

Faut que je regarde !

En attendant, je surveille ce jeu de pêche ("About Fishing") par les développeurs de Arctic Eggs, l'ambiance a l'air folle
store.steampowered.com/app/3856530/...

If you get tired by Unity Hub, there is this barebone native alternative that works very well
github.com/Ravbug/Unity...

How Much an Indie Game Costs to Make YouTube video by Moo Yu

I love sharing numbers so here's a video of how much we spent to make Mythmatch.

I break it down by time, discipline, and funding source.

youtu.be/cB5lanPUQ1o

there was a time I was toying with a comic made in Blender

Les gens ne sont pas prêt du tout pour la generation IA qui arrive.Les jeunes devs demandent aux IA de generer tout le boilerplate, de faire le debug, de leur donner des idées, il ne reste plus que les intentions et encore. On ne mesure pas les dégâts sur le savoir faire qui se prépare..

An illustrated banner for the Hidden Depths Steam bundle featuring characters from TUNIC, Fez, Animal Well, Outer Wilds, and Blue Prince

Introducing the Hidden Depths Steam bundle! 🔎 TUNIC + 4 other award-winning games that are best played knowing as little as possible.

Secrets, discovery, [redacted], [redacted], and [redacted] await!

🤫 store.steampowered.com/bundle/70688...

left 4 dead and its sequel are full of some of the best small details and bits of environmental storytelling you can find in games. valve's jay pinkerton told me it's because the team opened up the writing process to the whole studio. as others have said about L4D's graffiti: AI could never

2013 Twitter post: Ask a programmer to review 10 lines of code, he'll find 10 issues. Ask him to do 500 lines and he'll say it looks good. #programmerhumor #programming #coding #debugging #code #software #compsci #cs

En tant que joueur : 🥳
En tant que dev : 🫠

My GOTY 2024

Slow but tenseful gameplay, a childlike yet dark ambiance, and a story waaay more compelling than what we expected : we played it with gf and we thought about the game for WEEKS after

Félicitations ! 🎉

Transforming the Godot engine into a powerfull 3D Powerpoint How Godot saved my presentation by being a really competent 3D presentation engine and how to animate any property of a scene.

This guy pushed the concept to the max, super cool idea
www.jame.works/en/blog/godo...

Loving it! Loving it all! The spreadsheets, the feedback, the sticky little problems the team are waiting for you to write the way out of. I remind myself: "what are you here on this earth to do?" I mutter. "This." And get right back into it. I remember my death. It's coming! "So what are you going to do about it?" Comes the inner whisper. I mutter "This!" and get right back into it. If I worry about what other people think, I try to raise my gaze all the way out past the heat death of the universe. This! Mmm, I love it.

Ultimately, you have to put your ego aside and try to enjoy the ride. This advice from Charlene Putney (in The Game Narrative Kaleidoscope by @inkle.co) feels worthy of printing out and sticking on the wall.

domino meme with Gamergate as the smallest block and Cabinet full of rapists as the biggest

The last decade in US politics

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“The reason why the Artemis mission has everyone so fascinated is because it is a showcase for the efforts of people who are very, very good at their jobs, at a time when the news cycle is dominated by people who are not merely terrible at their jobs, but awful human beings as well.”

often have i yarned about Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and today i yarn again, for did you know: as you climb and roll around, dirt builds up on the prince's lovely pants, and if you stand idly he eventually brushes it off

they bothered to have each bit of dirt remove at the right time. gods

The Mega Crit logo a heart and the Godot logo side by side

We would like to thank @megacrit.com for another year of sponsorship. This time, upgrading to Corporate Platinum! We were supposed to post this earlier but we were all busy playing Slay the Spire 2 🫡

fund.godotengine.org

Si vous utilisez Steam, pensez à laisser des reviews positives sur les jeux que vous kiffez, même si la review tient en une phrase type "C'est un bon jeu", c'est important en terme de visibilité pour les devs et studios, particulièrement celleux qui ne disposent pas des moyens d'un gros éditeur.

Foretales cover

Dead In Antares Cover

Drifting Lands cover

The Crush House cover

Hello! I'll be looking for work starting next august or september. I have 20 years of experience in a lot of roles, but I can help with VFX, Art Direction, Gameplay programming, Game Design, Producing... If you want to start talking about how I can help your project, do not hesitate to reach out!

here's @diegoarguello.bsky.social on People of Note and how smaller studios are innovating the rhythm game

But the push towards photorealistic, or at least realism-inspired, visuals has led the industry into a corner, where you need to put two screenshots next to each other to understand where the improvements are this time. You need to be told where to look.

That's really quite sad in my opinion.