Alejandro Carrizosa

Enhance your indie game development process with our Basic Game Design Document (GDD) Template. Organize your game concepts, mechanics, art direction, and technical specifications effortlessly. Designed for indie developers and small teams, it provides a structured framework from initial concept to final details. Download : https://lnkd.in/g53NbGSW.. Perfect your game's vision with clear sections for gameplay, storyline, visual style, and more. #GameDevelopment #IndieGameDev #GameDesign #GDDTemplate #TechTools

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Looking for some #SystemDesign advice on my #LevelDesign / #GameDev Platform Game Template. I've got custom Sequence Players that can be targetted by switches as shown here. Each Player then has an option for whether the switch input switches it On/Off or Forward/Back. The problem is I'm sure some designers are going to want one switch for On/Off and another for Forward/Back. I've got a couple options, but nothing is totally comfortable. One option would be to create an advanced Sequence Player which has a slot for a switch that turns it On/Off and another for Forward/Back, or even a map of switches and the behaviour that it uses per switch, but that means a two-step process where the switch has to target the player AND the player has to target back to the switch. The other option is to rework all the switch logic to include Forward/Back or On/Off behaviour, but that seems confusing to me when you're connecting it to, say, a Door which doesn't really have a different behaviour for each. What's people's preferences?

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// New AI enhancement for Metahuman posing // Quick addition to my previous post where I demonstrated how to use Epic Games' Metahuman avatar system to create poses for use in AI tools. Last weekend Stylar released an 'enhance' update - check the comparison in the video below; I'm quite impressed.... #digitalfashion #metaverse #unrealengine #uefn #fortnite #gaming #mocap #metahuman #AI

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TOP-LIST NEWCOMERS ”ZENLESS ZONE ZERO”, “MINESWEEPER NETFLIX”, AND OTHERS. Last week was filled with new games on the top charts. 🏅 I'll talk about some of them below. ��� “Zenless Zone Zero” by HoYoverse The developer of the big hits “Genshin Impact” and “Honkai: Star Rail” released its new action RPG for iOS, Android, PC, and PS5 last week: “Zenless Zone Zero”. As with previous HoYoverse games, ZZZ begins with incredible numbers. 🤯 In five days the game reached almost US$20MM in IAP revenue on the Apple store alone. Among the game reviews, I recommend Harshal Karvande's excellent article on the Naavik blog. 👉 🧠 ✅ “Schoolboy Runaway - stealth” by Linked Squad “Schoolboy” is a life simulator in which the player is a young man unhappy with his parents. As it says in the store description, “immerse yourself in the role of a schoolchild whom the parents punished for a bad grade at school, and try to escape from home without being noticed by father and mother.” 😕 Despite its ethical dilemmas, the game has become a trend in Russia 🇷🇺 and is spreading around the world. In the last two weeks, the game has accumulated more than 2MM downloads. ✅ “Wasteland Life: Survival Idle” by SayGames I mentioned "Wasteland” in my list of releases and transfers from the last half of May. It is an Idle Arcade with a Mad Max-style desert survival narrative. 🏜️💦 Developed by Tinkles Games, “Wasteland Life” started the growth stage on June 4th, reaching over 1MM so far. 📈 ✅ “Minesweeper NETFLIX” by Netflix Developed by Smoking Gun Interactive Inc. (a Keywords Studios company), this streaming giant's version of a classic puzzle Minesweeper📍💣 is amazing! And it wasn't just me who liked the game. 🤩 In just a couple of days since its release, the game has already surpassed 200k downloads. 📈 Swipe through the slides below and you'll find out about games from Supercent, Goodroid, Inc., Wonder Group, Fanatee, Ateam Inc.（株式会社エイチーム）, and others that are also on the rise. - X - This research was supported by Cost Center. Cost Center is a tech company that offers a powerful suite of tools for Mobile Publishers to optimize UA campaigns. 💪 Its portfolio includes amazing clients such as Amanotes and Lihuhu. 🏆 Do you like it? 🤩 Call my friend Yi Ting Ho. She'll show you a demo. 😉 #netflix #gaming #gamedevelopment #HypercasualByCarlosPereira

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Such a sad situation for Arkane Studios Austin. No team deserves to be shutdown like this. I played a lot of Redfall and enjoyed it. This isn't all corporate greed and stock prices; we as fans have a role in this as well. I'm not saying that we shouldn't critique or call out unkept promises during development. Far too often when we criticize, we lose the human element behind these large projects. Those at Arkane, Bethesda Game Studios, タンゴゲームワークス（Tango Gameworks）, this is not your fault. This situation does not define you or your talents. Move forward when you are ready, and let's help you find your new home. We are stronger together! https://lnkd.in/gjyF6F6t - Unknown Worlds https://sds.com/careers - Striking Distance https://lnkd.in/gmjKux5M - KRAFTON and PUBG #myplesha #gamedevjobs #KRAFTON #gamesindustry #hiring

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Identifying neighboring cells. Early steps towards implementing a simplified version of the A* algorithm. 🚀 #gamedev #unity3D #indiedev A* algorithm: https://lnkd.in/de8bRRHA

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Recovery + bullying cont'd from: https://lnkd.in/eY7Y7KYi —— The chief visual optimizations I made to get OMDU running at 30 FPS on our Intel Core 2 Duo target for the Chinese Market were: #1. Changing Unreal 3's SceneColor texture format from D3DFMT_A16B16G16R16F to D3DFMT_A2R10G10B10.  This improved memory bandwidth significantly by pushing only 4 bytes per pixel instead of 8. I gave each of the RGB channels 10 bits instead of the usual 8 to help reduce the color banding and crushed blacks. #2. Switching over to baked lightings and using simple light maps instead of directional ones. Unreal 3's dynamic lighting had terrible performance on PC due to redrawing the models for each light that touched it.  Light maps improved the performance, but still made several texture fetches to mimick specular lighting. Instead, OMDU's "low quality" graphics settings just makes one texture fetch of the lightmaps' diffuse texture. Before and after gif below with some of the tradeoffs.

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Generative 3D is advancing incredibly fast! I'm searching for some of the best tools that allows anyone to become a 3D creator. Below is Genie from Luma AI ✨ What are other promising generative 3D tools on the market? #artificialintelligence #generative3D #ai #3d

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TOP NEW CREATIVE “STAR WARS: HUNTERS” BY ZYNGA The competition for IPs remains fierce in the mobile games market. The latest initiative comes from Zynga, with the Star Wars franchise. 🌌🎖️ The game is a hero shooter focusing on player versus player (PvP) combat, featuring 3D stylized art and a core gaming experience. ⚔️ The game includes various Star Wars characters, allowing players to engage in strategic team-based multiplayer battles. It features multiple game modes and leverages the Star Wars license to create an immersive environment that appeals to fans of the movies and the shooter genre. 🤩 Two weeks ago the game began its growth stage and has reached 2.5MM downloads and US$740k in IAP revenue so far. 📈 It's no surprise that to achieve this result, the Star Wars IP is central to the UA strategy. 🎯 Drawing on a stylized cartoon, the flagship creative video does not make direct reference to the gameplay. So much so that one wonders: is this an ad for a game or a movie? 🤔 Created on June 6, the creative video has achieved over 6.7MM impressions to date. Of these 48% are in 🇨🇦 and 40% in the 🇺🇸 . The source of the impressions is 100% Mintegral. The apps with this creative are "Paper .io 2" by Voodoo (15%) and "Piano Tiles 2" by Kooapps (9%). 👇 Take a look below and I'll show you the creative video and some information about it. 👇 For this research, we have used the following AppMagic tools: Top Soft Launches, Ad Intelligence, and AI Magic Helper. - X - This research was supported by Cost Center. Cost Center is a tech company that offers a powerful suite of tools for Mobile Publishers to optimize UA campaigns. 💪 Its portfolio includes amazing clients such as Amanotes and Lihuhu. 🏆 Do you like it? 🤩 Call my friend Yi Ting Ho. She'll show you a demo. 😉 #marketing #gaming #gamedevelopment #HypercasualByCarlosPereira

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🎉 Exciting Launch Alert! 🎉 I'm thrilled to announce the release of my first Unity Asset Store package: Pixel Magic - Image Editor - a powerful toolkit designed to perform complex image processing operations without the need for shaders, post-processing, or third-party packages. https://lnkd.in/dYKf7nka **Pixel Magic - Image Editor ** brings a suite of intuitive tools to transform your images directly within Unity. Here's what you can achieve: - 🎨 **Artistic Transformations:** Convert to pixel art, sketch effects, or apply a duotone filter. - 🌈 **Color Adjustments:** Fine-tune hue, saturation, and brightness to get just the right look. - 🕶️ **Creative Effects:** Add noise, solarize, or create a tilt-shift look for unique visual styles. - 🖼️ **Utility Features:** Resize images, generate borders, or even create color palettes for your projects. Check out some of the possibilities in the video below! https://lnkd.in/dr5ASMB9 I'd love to hear what you think! How would you use these features in your projects? And what additional capabilities would you like to see in future updates? Please feel free to share this with others who might find it valuable! #Unity3D #GameDev #IndieDev #AssetStore #ImageProcessing Thank you for your support and enthusiasm—it truly means a lot!

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I'm sure that you've come across draggable icons on your smartphones, computer games, or really even most common technologies these days so wouldn't it be nice to know how to create them in Unity? I'll show you! #unity #madeinunity #madewithunity #softwareengineering #gamedevelopment #csharp #ui #programming

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🥁🥁🥁 So excited to reveal our second #AppleVisionPro Round Table topic! Native (#Swift) vs. #Unity: The Developer's Dilemma 🤔 If you are a developer, designer or decision maker who would like to understand which pathway makes more sense for your next #AVP app/game, don't miss this free event!: https://lnkd.in/ejWHx8AC Comment below ⏬ which one is your preferred pathway and let's see if the experts will manage to change your decision by the end of this round-table! 😅

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Immersive Actions, or Role-play (RP) Actions, are a cornerstone when crafting within the immersive design paradigm. These are not mere game mechanics; they’re gateways that allow players to fully step into the roles of their characters, transforming every interaction within the game into a meaningful and realistic experience... https://lnkd.in/gf4WUsuF #NFT #blockchain #blockchaingaming #gamedev #gamedesign #web3

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Bethesda Austin Joins the Union Wave: "OneBGS" Secures Recognition. Big news for game developers and labor rights! Bethesda Game Studios Austin has officially become the first Microsoft-owned studio to fully unionize. This "wall-to-wall" union, called OneBGSUSA, represents a significant step forward for worker representation in the gaming industry. 🤔 What Does "Wall-to-Wall" Mean? 👍 OneBGSUSA encompasses a broad range of development talent, including artists, engineers, programmers, and designers. This signifies a collective effort across various disciplines within the studio. 🟢 Unionization Efforts Gain Momentum 👍 The union's formation comes after 241 developers demonstrated their support through signed authorization cards or an online portal. This follows the successful unionization of Bethesda Games Studios Montreal in June, along with roughly 300 Zenimax (Bethesda's parent company) quality assurance workers. 📝 Microsoft Recognizes the Union 👍 Importantly, Microsoft has formally recognized the newly formed union. This paves the way for collective bargaining negotiations, allowing BGS developers to have a stronger voice in shaping their working conditions and future within the company. ✌️ A Significant Step for Worker Rights 👍 The formation of OneBGSUSA demonstrates a growing trend of worker activism in the games industry. It sets a strong precedent for developers seeking to secure better working conditions and fair treatment. (source: https://lnkd.in/epBF5tw3)

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Steve Lejeune of Evil Empire uses a Stream Deck for game capture to quickly and efficiently punch in debug options literally with the press of a button! He showed me how in this video collab which will make you want to talk to your programmers and get a Stream Deck (or similar competing device) #gamecapture #gametrailers #gametrailer #gamemarketing

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🎮 Game Creators, Listen Up! 🚀 Did you know that Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) is revolutionizing user-generated content in gaming? Here's the kicker: UEFN allows creators to use Unreal Engine 5's Nanite technology within Fortnite. This means you can now create environments with billions of polygons, achieving film-quality visuals in a multiplayer game setting! Imagine the possibilities: • Ultra-detailed landscapes • Intricate architectural designs • Lifelike character models All running smoothly in real-time, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in user-created Fortnite experiences. This is not just a step, but a giant leap for creator-driven content in gaming. The line between AAA game development and user-generated content is blurring, and it's exciting! What do you think this means for the future of game development and player creativity? Share your thoughts below! 👇 https://lnkd.in/dYwvuAAT #GameDevelopment #Fortnite #UnrealEngine5 #UEFN #CreatorEconomy

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Game studios are filing for bankruptcy and game devs are losing their precious jobs almost every other day. Here is a list of all the studios affected since the closure of Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and Alpha Dog Games with their numbers of devs impacted. Lightforge Games: 35~ CI Games: 30~ Mighty Kingdom: 25~ Studio Wildcard: 6 Gameloft Romania (Cluj): 136 Phoenix Labs: 125~ Singularity 6: 36 Hatchery Games: 13 Fall Damage: 50~ (Bankrupt) *Stats from Obsidian The worst part is all of the gaming devs are being advised “not to take things personally” as businesses are going through restructuring. Why the hell shouldn’t they? How can we remotely imagine the hardships that they and their families are going through? I am not here to give hollow advice, I am here to share resources that will help anyone who was impacted recently in the games industry. First💎 A 100% scholarship on our $11,000 Full Stack game dev program - https://lnkd.in/gNKBWtjf Re-skill and revise your game dev knowledge with our advanced C++, OOPs, Unity, and Data Structure modules. Not only that you get exclusive 1-1 mentorship from top game programmers who will help you build a strong base. Second💎 Layoff Support Kit 2.0 - https://lnkd.in/gCCXW_Wp My team and I have spent tireless hours finding top resources for game dev across the internet so you don’t need to waste your time finding them. The resource contains top programming boot camps and game dev teaching creators, almost every major game engine compiled together in one place, free game assets to help you build games, podcasts, and so much more. Third💎 Our Discord Community of over 10K game devs - https://lnkd.in/gH-wZe2G Here, all we ever talk about is game development and its marvels, support aspiring game devs to build stronger portfolios, and solve each other's game dev doubts. If you are a professional game dev help young talent crack their way into the games industry. Also requesting Kelly Bender, Alexander Rehm, Caitlin Cooke, Jordan Mazer, Ruty Rutenberg, Hailey Rojas, Kevin F., Kat Craig, Lord Amir Satvat, Willem Delventhal, Ali Farha, Matt Barney, Ash C., and Matt Hearnden to help this reach all the folks who need this and can make use of this greatly. Sending all my power and prayers to everyone going through these tough times ♾️ WAGMI 💪

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I have released part 1 of my new True Top-Down 2D #gamedev tutorial series for #godotengine 4.

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