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We just announced the Valve prizes In addition to the licensing going out to the winners for those badass tools, Valve is flying the Top winning team to their studio and paying for the accommodations. I love, LOVE that we can do stuf…	10 Last	EmAr Apr 2013
Dissertation Help Hey all, so I will be starting my dissertation in September but before then we need to have our ideas preferably all nailed down and decided on, I'm almost there I just need a bit more refining I thi…	2 Last	Ben_Roberts Apr 2013
38 Studios Website? So, [url]http://38studios.com/[/url] just came back online, with updates from today. The tags are being updated as well. "Relaunch"? This all seems strange. Thoughts?	15 Last	X-One Apr 2013
Make Games on the iPad - GamePress Hey guys, I would like to show you an iPad app we're working on called GamePress. You can see a video of it in action below: UPDATE New Video [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZUNhviJLr8"]Gam…	11 Last	VPrime Apr 2013
Do you rage quit? Interesting article on Kotaku (and that can't be said too often); [url]http://kotaku.com/winners-always-quit-and-quitters-always-win-if-its-in-464785415[/url] Do you rage quit? Online or offline? …	48 Last	LRoy Apr 2013
Hats Off: Lucasarts is gone [URL="http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/03/disney-closes-lucasarts/"]http://www.joystiq.com/2013/04/03/disney-closes-lucasarts/[/URL] In Christ's name, I hope those laid-off land on their feet decentl…	99 Last	reaperchris13 Apr 2013
Getting an iMac for 3D rendering. Suggestions? Hey friends! I'm thinking of buying an iMac mainly for 3Drendering, but I'm not sure if it will be able to serve my needs. I do some work in Maya. It's not that heavy at the moment, but I suppose I'…	25 Last	Justin Meisse Apr 2013
Lay off saga continues with it's latest casualty, Disney. [URL]http://m.deadline.com/2013/04/disney-layoffs/[/URL] At this point we won't have an industry..	3 Last	fmnoor Apr 2013
Behance as a Portfolio Hi guys, recently I started using [URL="http://www.behance.net/sheckee"]Behance[/URL][URL="http://www.polycount.com/forum/www.behance.net/sheckee"] [/URL]as my portfolio as I just haven't had the tim…	8 Last	sheckee Apr 2013
HighMoon Studio Layoffs Although I don't work there as of a couple months ago, I wanted to bring attention to the recent layoffs at Highmoon Studios (Activision). I owe alot of the stuff I've learned to some of the artists…	50 Last	TrevorJ Apr 2013
Photon: affordable 3D scanner Cool tech, altho limited to 7.5" (diameter) x 9.75" (height) objects. [url]http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/photon-3d-scanner[/url] Will retail for 399$.	0 Last	Psyk0 Apr 2013
Which Wacom? I currently own a Wacom Intuos 3 widescreen: [img]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/314N4B614BL._SL500_AA300_.jpg[/img] Which suits me just fine. Work have decided to stump up the green to get…	27 Last	Juanma_n_Arya Apr 2013
Looking for a Level Designer to talk to! I'm interested in becoming a Level Designer. I've been for some time now and right now I am in college. What I'm looking for is help with an assignment in an elective I'm taking called Student Succes…	6 Last	reaperchris13 Apr 2013
Closed Change of direction for me! Hey everyone, I just wanted to let you all know, over the past year I've recieved a tonne of mail regarding my questionable choices in art. Many have suggested I shouldnt waste my time with tits and…	149 Last	Geezus Apr 2013
Immersion Research Hello Ladies & Gents, Edited// Rewrote, redesigned and redone. Sorry gents too many hours awake, too much caffeinated blood to realize that people can't read minds... I know these have popped up a…	6 Last	Lazerus Reborn Apr 2013
Real world environment art inspiration. I often come across interesting photos of places/buildings from around the world while on stumble and the like. I'm not an environment artist, but I thought I'd share what I find, and you guys can t…	50 Last	fearian Apr 2013
The WarZ Anyone playing? bought the game awhile back been poppin in here an there to see the updates pretty fun! never did play DayZ due to how janky it looked. generally i kill anyone i don't know due to t…	36 Last	Ace-Angel Apr 2013
Torchlight 2 [url]http://kotaku.com/5604215/torchlight-ii-coming-spring-2011[/url]	171 Last	moose Apr 2013
Camelot Unchained Kickstarter Hey, If there are some old Daoc fans there, maybe that could interest you =) A tri factions oriented mmo, with a lot of promises as always... will see :poly142: [URL]http://www.kickstarter.com/proje…	2 Last	iniside Apr 2013
Registrars and hosting - what do you use/recommend? Hey guys, So the registrar I am using right now is ceasing business and I need to transfer my domains and what not. I was wondering what you guys are using and what you would recommend. cheers, F…	22 Last	Andreas Apr 2013
The Croods First trailer for Chris Sanders' follow up to How to Train your Dragon is up. Despite having a terrible name (although arguably not as terrible as How to Train Your Dragon) it's looking like it might…	17 Last	R3D Apr 2013
April Fools - What have you found on the net? Here are just a couple of april fools things I've seen so far! Post em, ladies! Play dough 3d printer [url]https://www.thinkgeek.com/product/f487/?pfm=AprilFools_homepage_Featured_5_f487[/url] Devi…	30 Last	xvampire Apr 2013
Happy 15th Birthday Polycount! I haven't seen a thread about this yet today (please show me if there is lol) but I just wanted to say Happy Birthday Polycount! :D Such a great community and full of inspiring people!	10 Last	Skamberin Apr 2013
Happy Birthday Polycount (aka Q2PmP) I wanted to surface and wish Polycount (the original Q2PmP) a very happy 15th Birthday.. As April 1st comes each year I always think back on the fun times on the site.. the reviews, amazing artwor…	0 Last	Hunter Apr 2013
Portfolio for Internship Hei, everyone! How are you? :) I'm fairly new at 3D modeling and I'm trying to land an internship somewhere so that i can learn more stuff quicker. But since I don't know what the demands of the indu…	1 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Apr 2013
SHORT NOTICE: Toronto Polycount Meet-up THIS Saturday [IMG]http://www.scotlandyard.ca/css/images/headers/2.jpg[/IMG] I am thinking the Scotland Yard again. Saturday, March 30th. 730PM. Polycount turnes FIFTEEN on April 1st, which is a Monday, so we'r…	16 Last	haiddasalami Apr 2013
cannot post images Hi, I cannot post images in polycount forums, i am using the insert image option and pasting the dropbox image link. But the image is not showing up in my post, please help. …	7 Last	Noxas Mar 2013
Vector Textures? I see this topic periodically come up, and I've done some google searches but I've never really seen a satisfying response. From what I've read, raster-based images take up more memory but can be di…	17 Last	Fuiosg Mar 2013
monkey island question Hello mates, long time no see, i'm cooking a nice mobile game and will post it when finished. once i finish (flashback on snes) i want to play escape from monkey island all games which one to start…	12 Last	Belias Mar 2013
Crytek coming to Austin, TX This is good, maybe some of the artists recently unemployed can find work here [URL="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/pressreleases/185581/Crytek_Arrives_in_America_with_New_Studio_in_AustinTexas.php"]…	70 Last	PredatorGSR Mar 2013
Let the Right One In Has anyone seen this yet? I saw it tonight, and I have to say, it was quite awesome. [url]http://www.lettherightoneinmovie.com/[/url] [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/[/url]	47 Last	Lamont Mar 2013
FCAT: A new tool for measuring GPU performance. I found this article that shows some interesting data that indicates multi-GPU setups aren't that advantageous. I'll let you make up your minds though: [URL]http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/03/a-…	2 Last	Overlord Mar 2013
Selling my copy of ZBrush I'm asking $500 for it. Getting married next month and need some extra cash for the time being. Such a bummer, but it'll give me an excuse to spurge on the 64-bit version whenever that comes out. PM…	2 Last	iGor Mar 2013
Motivation and Frustration with Progressing Hello, I am a senior graduating from school this May. I seem to not enjoy much of anything game related now a days. I keep wanting to dig myself in to a good project with some sort of modeling. B…	191 Last	Crispy4004 Mar 2013
Polycount Birthday Party - Austin, Texas As you might know, our birthday is on April 1st, this coming Monday. We'll be a stout 15 years old. So we're going have a party. A couple of them actually. One in Toronto, cause Adam is there. The …	4 Last	rolfness Mar 2013
Kickstarter - Sandboxr - 3d Printing Service and Market! Well I see they are at GDC and sounds like they are getting some interest from publishers. But if you guys already didn't know, they want to offer a online 3d Printing service where not only can you…	0 Last	oXYnary Mar 2013
Wisconsin Game Developers Summit Hello All! My name is Travis and I would like to tell you about the Wisconsin Game Developers Summit, an event that I believe many on this forum would be interested in. The Wisconsin Game Develope…	2 Last	WGDSummit Mar 2013
Spending your time outside of work Having now worked in the games industry for a year and a half it recently occurred to me how much "free time" I spend actually doing what I do at work, making art basically. For some reason I have fe…	19 Last	PixelMasher Mar 2013
CES 2013: Lenovo releases wacom/touch screen monitor (Cintiq-like) I thought this is big enough news to share...since usually Wacom has avoided having their digitizers put in monitors that were not cintiqs. [IMG]http://i49.tinypic.com/2hgz3tx.jpg[/IMG] Basically w…	22 Last	OakleyMark Mar 2013
Fox Engine: The Core of MGS: Ground Zeroes I haven't seen anyone post this yet, and should definitely be shared. This is a great presentation of the tech processes behind the Fox Engine. Their presentations begin about 15 mins or so in (it's…	25 Last	dtschultz Mar 2013
What defines the next generation? So a bunch of friends and i were wondering.. What are the new big fancy techs/techniques that will define the next generation of games? In the past we saw the rise of normal maps, SSS attempts, DoF,…	59 Last	chris89 Mar 2013
Dealing with an artist blcok So after 11 consecutive weeks of sculpting a character per week to push myself, I've run into a wall. I knew I hit that creative wall when this past weekend I couldn't sculpt a face to save my life …	11 Last	Ace-Angel Mar 2013
Thanks for the party times! Just wanted to say that I had an awesome time at the Lefty O' Dools party. It was super awesome meeting all you talented dudes and dudettes in person! Here's to another awesome year of art!	0 Last	anglorum Mar 2013
Fan art and working from others´ concepts Hello. There´s something I´d love to get some information from people working in the industry, building portfolios and everybody who knows about this topic. It´s about fan art and replicas of exist…	3 Last	C86G Mar 2013
How not to promote your game Lesson 1-∞ dont do this: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm5N4yjWFWs"]Payday The Heist - Interview at Overkill Studios by Sophie Angner & Nina Strauss (Top Model Sweden) - YouTube[/…	123 Last	gsokol Mar 2013
AUTODESK M&E 2014 product launches Some of this has already hit the forums, but if you want to know more then go to the link below. There are videos from the product managers based on FAQs, but there's also a live event later today an…	8 Last	Ace-Angel Mar 2013
Infinite Crisis - DC comics Moba game announced Figured I'd throw this up here. We announced our game on Monday. Enjoy :) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVOiChsBPlo"]Infinite Crisis Announcement Trailer - YouTube[/ame] There's a beta sig…	7 Last	Andreas Mar 2013
Thread of Inspiration! I searched for the life of me to find a thread about inspiration, but couldn't find anything! Kittens could die for this! I wanted to kick start things and share some of my daily bookmarks and sourc…	5 Last	slipsius Mar 2013
Olympus Has Fallen - Movie Anyone else see this? I thought it was fantastic. Easily the best action movie in years. So good! There have been lots of comparisons to Die Hard, and honestly, I see why. It has humour, and fantasti…	2 Last	slipsius Mar 2013
Delayed art test. Heya , just wat to rant a bit. So around a month ago i was promised an art test from somehow big game studio. But due to me being on oversea, they say im not gonna make it to when the test are going…	6 Last	binopittan Mar 2013