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Hendrik Klindworth, co-founder of InnoGames, shared insights on navigating challenges in the gaming industry during an interview with GamesWirtschaft. He discussed InnoGames' strategic shift after the 2023 restructuring and emphasized the importance of discipline in managing costs, development, and marketing. Hendrik also highlighted the company's ambitious new projects, including Heroes of History. 🚀🎮 Want to dive deeper into his vision for the future of gaming? Read the full interview in German here: https://lnkd.in/dUu6wZva

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Voxelization Techniques Using HDA for Real-Time Games and Cinematics - Discover how UNIVERSAL ARTS SCHOOL student Mattia Ceron’s Houdini Digital Asset (HDA) streamlines voxelization for real-time games and cinematic productions. - https://lnkd.in/gMndEF8z

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After reading Pauline's blog, we believe it's going to be insightful not only for those thinking of breaking into the games industry but also for those already here 👀 The blog clearly lists the skillset required to fill Game Producer roles and offers valuable tips on how to grow in this career ✅🎮 Don't miss out on this great reading! #gamedev #gameproduction #gamesindustry

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Bernd Baumert, Greentube GmbH's Director of Games Production & Operations, speaks to Tim Poole about Greentube's Mynt platform. We discuss: - Why the name Mynt! - Bernd walks us through the Mynt Create aspect of the platform - The player retention and engagement tools Mynt possesses - What gamification and personalisation tools Mynt offers, and what microservices it has - It's a very competitive field... how does Mynt stand out and which platforms are its biggest competitors? - Finally, what kind of ROI is Greentube looking at, and what can operators expect?

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𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗲-𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘇𝗮.𝗲𝘂 𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 Hey indie devs! We're thrilled to announce some 𝗮𝘄𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 on Indie Plaza (https://indie-plaza.eu) designed to make your experience even better! See the latest features below: 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱! Get ready to embark on the 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁 game directly on Indie Plaza! We've integrated this mini-game onto our website to give an opportunity to prepare yourself in a publisher’s den. Try it out and leave your score in the comment section! 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑖𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢'𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜 𝑔𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝐵𝑢𝑡, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝐷𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒𝑎𝑡... 𝑃𝑈𝐵𝐿𝐼𝑆𝐻𝐸𝑅 𝑄𝑈𝐸𝑆𝑇, 𝑎 15 𝑚𝑖𝑛 𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙-𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 (𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙, 𝑎 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟) 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿 After last week’s launch, we've fine-tuned the Revenue Planner with some 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗵 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀: We've updated the default presets to provide a more accurate starting point for your revenue projections. 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘆/𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲: Unsure which mode to choose? A handy tooltip now explains the difference between Easy and Expert modes, helping you select the best fit for your needs. 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Export your projected revenue with a brand new monthly table. Plus, we've updated the date format for both weekly and monthly tables to YYYY/MM for clearer presentation. 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: Say hello to a 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 search engine and a 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿 filtering system! 𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀: Now you can see the number of entries associated with each attribute in the filter bar, making it easier to identify the most relevant options for your search. 𝗦𝘆𝗻𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗺 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵: Struggling with niche terminology? No worries! Our search engine now recognizes synonyms, so searching for "vc" will also return results for "equity." 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘁 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗽𝘀: We've added a Geographical Scope filter to the filter bar. This allows you to refine your search based on location, helping you connect with the best publishers and partners in your target regions. These updates are just the beginning! We're constantly striving to improve Indie Plaza and empower your indie development journey. Stay tuned for even more exciting features coming soon!

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WWDC 2024: Gaming Becomes More Important to Apple At WWDC 2024, Apple announced not only a dozen new and old games for the Mac (like Dead Island 2 from PLAION), but also the second iteration of the Game Porting Toolkit. This should simplify the process of bringing games into the Apple ecosystem, especially as Apple talks about a "unified gaming platform across iPhone, iPad and Mac". https://lnkd.in/e2_gpAuX

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🚨 New AI builds Indie-to-AAA props and characters 🚨 See the demo : https://bit.ly/m/Kaedim Drag Her, a 2D hand-drawn fighting game featuring a roster of real-life drag artists, launched its Kickstarter campaign back in February 2022 with a modest and cheeky funding target of $69,000. Yet despite meeting its goal, on May 15 2024, developer Fighting Chance Games announced the game's development had been officially shut down citing "a simple lack of funding." Sceptics may wonder how a game that had met its Kickstarter funding goal would then run out of money, but for indies launching a Kickstarter, it's not uncommon to have a goal lower than the real costs of development as well as personal savings, in the hopes of securing a publishing deal to fund the game's full development. Whether or not this was clearly communicated to backers at the time is something that studio director and producer Ian Ramsey holds up as a personal failure. "For us, the Kickstarter was specifically an opportunity to be like, 'hey, there's a market for this'," he tells us. Read more ⭐ The world's best game studios ship 7x faster | Learn more at 🚨 New AI builds AAA characters 🚨 See the demo : https://bit.ly/m/Kaedim - try it today to turn sketches into game assets in minutes.

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Welcome to the second-to-last episode of our Pitch Archives! To celebrate the 25th anniversary of YAGER, we are looking at past projects that never really made it. We look back at 2006, around the same time as Vertical War. YAGER dipped their toes into another Unreal Engine 3 project. Like Vertical War, Eye of the Storm was also meant to be a cover shooter, the genre that emerged during that time and would dominate the gaming market for some time. Let us dive a bit deeper into the world of Eye of the Storm: The year is 2050; the city of Chicago became quite the dystopian hellhole and was indefinitely encircled by a powerful hurricane and cut off from the outside world. So the name of the game can be taken quite literally, as Eye of the Storm was set in the Eye of the Storm. Watch the video to get a better impression of the project: LINK A military regime ruled Chicago with an iron fist; their tool of the trade are so-called Goliaths, deadly mechs that they won't shy away to use. You are playing an outlaw, formerly one of the best mech pilots around, now a mercenary working for the rebels to bring the regime to its knees. During the single-player or co-op campaign, you would have uncovered the truth about your character and the storm. Using cover shooter mechanics, like in Vertical War, would have been the perfect fit for this dark and gritty version of Chicago, as we planned to use some verticality here as well. Furthermore, the mechs would provide engaging and challenging fights. We aimed for the David vs. Goliath feel (ha, the mechs even are called Goliath) and took some inspiration from a 2005 masterpiece: Shadow of the Colossus.  As with Vertical War, we learned a lot about cover mechanics and third-person shooters in general while working on Eye of the Storm. Many ideas and learnings actually carried over to Spec Ops: The Line. We continued to play around with the idea of mechs, which will be tackled in our last Pitch Archives episode—Tin Men. And even the motif of the storm made a return in The Cycle and The Cycle: Frontier.  Thank you for watching and reading this episode of our YAGER Pitch Archives. We will be back with the last episode soon! Introduction by Timo Ullmann Narration by Josh Bonzheim

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25k views on our Youtube tech talk by Nicolas Regnault! One of the rare videos on architecturing large games in Unity. The Last Night is based on a vision: immerse the player into a relevant depiction of the future, via an open world seamlessly blending simulation & unique situations. This mix of systemic & scripted content required to invest heavily into architecture & tools to support this vision, and make it work on Unity which isn't designed for this level of decoupling by default. https://lnkd.in/exhkxTh3

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