Home› General Discussion

General Discussion

News, announcements, game discussions, etc. New members see the Information sticky.

Discussion List

Topic
Replies
Latest Post

Humble origin bundle

I think everyone knows these by now, so to keep it short: A new bundle is out, with EA games, and everything goes to charity: Dead Space 1&3/Burnout paradise/Crysis2/Mirror's edge/MOH and for paying…
10 Last
ZacD

Trion San Diego Layoffs

[url]https://twitter.com/Gnobrin/status/335467445030645760[/url] [url]https://twitter.com/Gnobrin/status/335468078659940352[/url]
31 Last
reverendK

Sacrifice Steam Sale

Was planning on playing this game with some friends recently to invoke some year 2000 nostalgia and found out that it's on steam and has been getting constant updates and support and Total Biscuit ha…
1 Last
Alphavader

Project Phoenix kickstarter

[URL="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1300298569/project-phoenix-japans-indie-rpg-feat-aaa-talent/"]www.kickstarter.com/projects/1300298569/project-phoenix-japans-indie-rpg-feat-aaa-talent/[/URL]…
27 Last
ZacD

Closed udk viewport clipping problem

0 Last
yeesha

Looking for some feedack

I normally haven't had a tough time finding work, but for some reason all I've been getting for months now has been "we love your work, but we went with someone else" type responses. I can't figure …
6 Last
Kwramm

CS:GO adding more workshop support. Knives and skins

[URL]http://blog.counter-strike.net/armsdeal/[/URL] [URL]http://blog.counter-strike.net/armsdeal/faq.php[/URL] I'm so thrilled to hear this news today. Would be awesome if they would allow guns to b…
3 Last
Spunky

History of box in games

[img]https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/1001714_4458320754377_1635930668_n.jpg[/img]
19 Last
lotet

Hair

Does anyone have any good tutorials on how to sculpt and feather hair? The help would be greatly appreciated
4 Last
RenaissanceQ

Looking for portfolio...Gears of War UI

The other day I came across a polycounter who did some of the UI stuff for Gears of War (1, 2, or 3 I don't remember.) Does anyone know who that would be? Thanks.
2 Last
Memory

Unity 3D - Timeframe?

I work as a 3d generalist (mainly modelling, texturing, animation, rendering, pp etc) in advertising and arch viz. My experience in creating for games comes only from reading these forums and watchin…
3 Last
Playdo

DoTA 2 - Skills that pay the bills

I stumbled across this a week ago, and I was pleasantly surprised by it! [url]http://www.dota2.com/[/url] So the games not even out yet (Valve are planning a large scale BETA sometime in the fall) …
130 Last
maximumsproductions

3D for games - From basics to expert?

Hey all - I've been studying 3D for about a year in my spare time and have put together a portfolio enough to get me an internship which I'm currently at now, but it's not in the game industry. Ulti…
7 Last
mobkon

What makes a game fun to play ? ? ?

Hello polycount, i searched if there is a similar topic, found none, any articles and tips from you to guarantee that a game is fun ?
17 Last
breakneck

Sketchy Job Offers

Hi, The last couple months (after finishing a large level in UDK that was presented on Polycount but under a newer Polycount account I won't include in-case these offers are legit) I have received s…
15 Last
ratatatatat

Autodesk Fusion 360

I see there is a new Autodesk program dealing with sculpting. Anyone use it yet? Is it worth my time or should I wait for bug removal?
7 Last
cptSwing

Story behind getting your 1st job

Hey guys and girls. I just landed my 1st jr.artist job (Hooray!!) And I wanted to share the story on how I got it so others who are still searching can benefit from it. Plus I think it’s a pretty i…
3 Last
poly_bob

The Real Meaning of Work for Hire

I saw this blog post on Gamasutra pertaining to contracts: [url=http://gamasutra.com/blogs/DanRogers/20130809/198011/The_Real_Meaning_of_Work_for_Hire.php]The Real Meaning of Work for Hire[/url] I d…
2 Last
CrazyMatt

Making a new, free, portfolio CMS for artists, input?

Hi. A year or so ago I sat down and started making a new portfolio site for myself and accidentally made a CMS. By now it's a fully functional portfolio/blog system with an admin backend and a few be…
0 Last
PollySong

Monitor Banding - asus ml239h

Hi guys,I'm having a huge problem with my monitor,so I was hoping that someone of you could help me out. The problem is,when I have a Gradient going on,let's say for example - the black to grey grad…
12 Last
almighty_gir

Using Gopro for textures?

Looking at buying a gopro hero 3 black edition and curious if id be able to use it to take photo's and use them in photoshop for my 3DS max models. Has anyone tried this? its obviously possible, im …
6 Last
serpent

Making pixel art in photoshop

So I've taken up making photos into pixel style art using beads. There's some really great examples out there. I'm having issues with getting the size I want the design to be. Maybe I'm just over th…
6 Last
Chase

etipuette of commissioning artist

I'm not an artist myself, just an aspiring modder, who is seeking a contract artist and willing to pay for the assets he or she produces. I hope its appropriate to join the community specifically for…
10 Last
Anarkist

PC upgrade

so, I have a pretty decent pc (im strapped for cash everyday so I make do with what I got) Im going to have a bit of spear cash soon and really want to get a graphics card (currently using on board…
9 Last
squeaklin

Cheapest/Simplest way to create a professionally presentable portfolio website?

I have no web design experience, but I could probably make my way through learning a bit of Dreamweaver if I needed to. Still, at this point I'm just looking for a fast simple way to display my portf…
18 Last
almighty_gir

M1911 Sounds for animations and Reference images

Hi guys, I have a replica M1911 and thought I'd record some sounds for use in animations. These are rough recordings and will need some editing in a preferred audio package, however I hope they are u…
1 Last
D.Carmine

Rise of the Indies Kickstarter

Some Australian folks are putting a documentary of indie games development funded via Kickstarter. While it's not the first of its kind, Rise of the Indies already has a much broader range of intervi…
3 Last
Isaiah Sherman

Making a career choice.

Thanks to everyone who commented on my other thread. Right now im feeling a bit bewildered at all manner of difficult things like soft vs hard edges, topology, baking. I've done 3D for several years…
2 Last
maximumsproductions

Teaching 3DS Max: 3 Day Live Stream

Hello everyone, my name is Graham. For a while now, I've been interested in teaching people much of what I know in 3ds max and now I've decided to make that idea become real. I've never taught anyone…
12 Last
MeshModeler

Confluence-like software for personal use?

Hey, I'm sure most people in the industry know Confluence. Perhaps some of you have written documentation with it; I do it a lot. Now, when writing my own stuff at home, I really wish I had somethin…
11 Last
repete

Please... I need some pro advice

I have the education download of 3ds max. If I port my model to Unity and try to sell it on the Unity Store I would have to buy the license right? Is there anyway around that or do I just have to dr…
18 Last
Eric Chadwick

Disney Animated

Ok, anyone interested in animation.... this looks amazing!!! [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cn0OpH9yyA"]Disney Animated - YouTube[/ame]
2 Last
JellyBee

R.I.P - Paul Steed

We are deeply saddened by the news that Paul Steed has passed away. At this time, the details of his death remain unclear. Paul leaves behind a wife and children and our heart goes out to them durin…
81 Last
OBlastradiusO

Game Math Tutorial : Data Mapping

ever wanted to map a range like [0,100] to [50,350] or even [4,17.5] to [15.5,44] ? [URL="http://dhiaeldeen.blogspot.com/2013/08/game-math-data-mapping.html"]this tutorial[/URL] that i prepared will…
2 Last
Belias

Mari 2.0 is out

[LEFT][IMG]https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/484270_10151353661238037_21221163_n.jpg[/IMG] [/LEFT] [URL]http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/articles/2013/03/14/491/mari-20-is-out-now/[/URL] So w…
48 Last
Blaizer

RTS Game - How is it?

Hello, I am 15, and I really do enjoy RTS games. I have always been interested in video games, and making them. One of my favorite RTS games is Age of Empires II, and I'm sure some other people feel …
2 Last
crimeny

Assets or environment

Hey guys Im currently working on my portfolio. If I should work on something for my portfolio what would it be, I mean props/assets or a whole environment. what do you guys think?
17 Last
razzta91

hello I'm new and stuff

[COLOR=White]Hello everyone I'm a student programmer and kind of new to modeling. Well I have played with 3d software for quite some time but never really got myself into doing some real modeling. …
5 Last
Alberto Rdrgz

Environment art and modeling in Kerbal Space Program

Thought my fellow Polycounters may be interested. It's a little unorthodox with his use of sketchup but there are some interesting techniques. [url=http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ArtyomZuev/20130731…
11 Last
Blaizer

Question regarding Concept Art etiquette

I did a search for this but I think the question was too general to really find good results. This question is regarding the etiquette when wanting to work from someone elses concept. I see a lot o…
6 Last
Anarkist

MoP's Game Name Generator

In a fit of misplaced productivity this morning, I wrote a Javascript random game name generator. It is just for fun but maybe you'll find something useful in there... [url]http://www.predictable-p…
50 Last
nightshade

Crytek sites hacked, user information possibly compromised

[url]http://www.shacknews.com/article/80498/crytek-sites-hacked-user-information-possibly-compromised[/url] doh, got this email The sites listed below are currently offline: Crytek.com Mycryengine.…
17 Last
Paradan

Blender mats

I'm working on my first ever character in blender. It's been fairly easy all till now. I have two separate objects: the body and the legs. For some odd reason I can't separate the material by obje…
2 Last
kat

Possible plagiarism in amateur mmorpg?

Hi fellow polycounters... I just came across a mmorpg game in development by just one person, but I was surprised to find in the screenshots of the supposed models from the game a character that rese…
15 Last
Torch

Edo Superstar Kickstarter anyone?

[url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1499165518/edo-superstar[/url] I'm a huge fan of Jed Henry, and they're making an awesome game based on that style. Some of the rewards for backing their pro…
2 Last
Sukotto

Industrial Design / How much creative freedom do 3D prop/environment artist have?

Hi there polycounters!!!:) I was wondering how involed in the creative process is the environment/prop artist, is him confined just to follow the concept guidelines or does he plays a major role in d…
5 Last
HatPoweredSpyCrab

PAX Prime 2013

Anyone going? It'd be fun to meet some folks. I'm going to be spending most of my time speaking with indie devs and attending talks. Not going to waste my time on the main game floor, that place CR…
0 Last
Isaiah Sherman

Halo 4

Fuck yeah! [URL]http://www.viddler.com/explore/Joystiq/videos/5885/[/URL] Here's hoping MS also keeps up the *awesome* live-action marketing for this series.
266 Last
J0NNYquid

Thank you polycount!!

Hey guys This one has been in the making for a long time but i feel that the time is appropriate since the memory is still fresh For the last few months I've been interviewing with a big game studi…
42 Last
turpedo

Need Advice

Hello, I recently joined Polycount to start a sketchbook and to get involved because I'm transferring out of a community college in a year with an AAS Information Systems degree, to pursue an a BA in…
9 Last
Count Vertsalot

Popular Tags