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Topic	Replies	Latest Post
Last day for Awards nominations! Vote Here!And send nudes, errr cat gifs.	1 Last	Ashervisalis Jan 2019
Extended! 2018 Greentooth Awards Nominations Extended nominations! We need your feedback.What was the best looking game of 2018?Which dev studio was the most awesome, sought-after place to work??Who in the Polycount community was really awesome…	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2019
Bandersnatch (Netflix) Any other old farts on here might be interested in Bandersnatch on Netflix.It's a branching narrative (like the Steve Jackson books) in live action video and features a game designer in the mid eight…	5 Last	Francois_K Jan 2019
HAPPY NEW YEAR POLYCOUNT! (2019) Happy New Years Polycounters. I wish the best for all you for 2019!Luck, Success and Glory to all of your projects! Let's have a good one!	4 Last	garcellano Jan 2019
Congratulate everyone on 3D-ecember 2018 ! I wish you creativity and success in your work! Congratulate everyone on 3D-ecember 2018 ! I wish you creativity and success in your work!	1 Last	Ruz Dec 2018
Where did Chivlary post-mortem gone? Recently here was a topic about early developement of Chivlary game. But the topic seems to desappear, or I just can't find it?	4 Last	sacboi Dec 2018
First game ever played? Hello guys! Today i ran across one of the first games i played and had alot of emotions coming back to me.... It was Krush kill 'N Destroy... Lol i loved those mutant scorpion-tanks, i just built tho…	87 Last	pming Dec 2018
Workflow - Manual vs Preset I built a new computer two weeks ago after my old one failed in mid-2016, it was all good until I realized that I'm a bit lost without my old custom shelfs, render presets, material presets…	3 Last	throttlekitty Dec 2018
Your take on Battlefield's V History Revisionism Issue I've never looked at video games for accurate depictions of history/reality or else, I would have probably not enjoyed the Ass Creeds franchise but what EA/Dice did to their latest Battlefield title …	68 Last	sacboi Dec 2018
Beginner("Bad")_Medium_Good_3D Hi all,So after looking for inspirational 3D via google image search. I often find images where i instantly see the difference between bad to good 3D models.Part of me know why some look better then …	9 Last	Alex_J Dec 2018
Blender's new Grease Pencil features are making me thrilled!! As some of you probably already know, Blender 2.8 is finally approaching it's final stage of developement and iterations. The BETA officially got released last week and people can already grab on and…	9 Last	renocrade Dec 2018
Can u give a specific name of this thing. heat vent ?	6 Last	reshuter Dec 2018
Makersplace Emails Hey all, just wanted to know if anyone else is getting these emails from Makersplace? It comes with an "exclusive" code for joining the site and essentially it looks as if their trying to make a bloc…	0 Last	zachagreg Nov 2018
Choosing gift for 3D artist Hello artists! I am trying to find a gift for my friend, who is a digital (and traditional) artist that is now learning 3D animation. He is mostly interested in drawing animations. Budget $250.&…	22 Last	sacboi Nov 2018
Promethean AI announcement trailer https://youtu.be/N5O-PDad2TsSeems pretty damn cool to me. What are your thoughts?	12 Last	Kwramm Nov 2018
Can't login with Twitter anymore Hello,For some reason, I can't log in to my main account anymore with Twitter. As soon as I authorize Polycount to my Twitter, a new page loads and after 1 or 2 seconds it sends me back to the p…	4 Last	Bramski Nov 2018
ART WAR 3 Hey all, ART WAR is back!!Join this year's biggest character art competition with over $18,000 in epic prizes 🏆 Check out all the details and enter here, GLHF! http://artwar3.comTheme: Heroes&nb…	0 Last	Bluefley Nov 2018
Stan Lee dead at the age of 95 I just read the news that Stan Lee left us today at the age of 95: https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/12/stan-lee-dead-at-95He was the best and his cameos were always funny in every Marvel mov…	5 Last	HardDeckow23 Nov 2018
The Shapeways Dota 2 Contest Winners Announcement! We are very pleased to be able to finally announce the winners of the Shapeways Dota 2 Contest!Winner of the Sculpture Section: Bilal Majeed KhanEntry Name: URSA VS RIKI sculpture Link to S…	5 Last	lockey25 Nov 2018
Oculus Quest Anyone excited to develop for Oculus Quest? I tried the Superhot game on it and it was amazing. I was able to walk around without wires tethered to me and the tracking was great! As for pipeline…	6 Last	serriffe Nov 2018
ZBrush license for sell [EU residents only] Hello guys! I want to sell my ZBrush license because I don't use it already for long time. It's fully legitimate BUT OFFER IS VALID ONLY FOR EU RESIDENTS. Pixologic help desk will take from me licens…	3 Last	AsicsoN Nov 2018
Turn based games suggestions.. I haven't played games in a long time so I am wondering if anyone here can suggest some good turn based rpgs preferably can play offline (no online gaming) for android or Pc.Also has anyone tried&nbs…	25 Last	throttlekitty Nov 2018
Tandent Lightbrush Do somebody know what happened with [url]http://www.fxguide.com/featured/tandent-lightbrush-engineering-an-image/[/url] It was a cool soft , although pretty slow and crashy from what I saw with dem…	4 Last	Kwramm Nov 2018
Forum Notifications Is it somehow possible to keep notifications BUT deactivate notification for one certain topic?I posted once in the What are you working on? 2018,and since than i always get notifications for it…	5 Last	goekbenjamin Nov 2018
-- Toronto Polycount Meetup! -- Hey everyone!Its been a while since we've done this, but we're planning a Polycount meetup for next Friday the 14th!We are going to meet at our usual spot, The Scottland Yard at 7:00pm, but feel…	9 Last	TCarneiro Oct 2018
Poll Whats your IQ score...? Hello, have your ever taken an IQ test? At least some internet longer one that might have looked like it might have some information and value in it?What score did you got?Only "Graphic people" need …	139 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018
Shadow of the Tomb Raider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuemrb_ur2w	38 Last	Obscura Oct 2018
Capcom Shuts Down Vancouver Studio Resulting In Over 150 Layoffs A shame. Hopefully, most of the artists will succesfully relocate themselves in no time. And by the article, it seems a variety of artists are looking their way into another studios.There's a va…	13 Last	sacboi Oct 2018
Favorite Minimal Art (indie) games? I've been researching various indie games with notable minimalist art styles, but it's usually either 2d side scroller-ish (Limbo, Monument Valley) or 3d but feel lacking in the art department (…	8 Last	Ruflse Oct 2018
Poll Programming Sub-Forum? Should we add a new sub-forum in the Technical Forums section?We are generally hesitant to add new forum sections, as they tend to dilute discussion, and they require more moderation overhead. But ma…	34 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018
Character personality in first person games Hello polycounters!, I have opened this thread in order to talk about how the animation and the UI in a video game affects the way we perceive the personality of the character we are playi…	17 Last	Neox Oct 2018
Closed Screen Screenshotting App Can anyone recommend an app that'll take a screen shot at set intervals? Ideally something that can be locked to 3dsmax too so I don't end up with screenshots of me being distracted by Youtube inbetw…	11 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2018
Houdini 17 Preview Video Exciting times!https://vimeo.com/291934239 Curious how these optimizations and tools will impact character, FX, and games workflows.	15 Last	Aabel Oct 2018
Nintendo "Style" Rachet and clank "Style" what is it? Hey guys and gals,I'm wanting to start on my portfolio for environment/ prop/ level design. I can see what I want in my head... but I'm trying to figure out if this style has a name to it. I'd like t…	10 Last	CreativeSheep Oct 2018
Twitch Revenue should be shared with Game Devs? I was thinking about something that seemed unfair to me and i was wondering what you guys think about it. Do you think streamers/twitch should pay game developers for making a living off of playing t…	24 Last	notman Oct 2018
Help with my account please, my thread just disappeared- The title is self-explanatory...I tried to post a thread a few days ago asking for help with a Zbrush problem and after editing it, a message of "your message will be published if we aprove it" (or s…	2 Last	Duendornio Oct 2018
Welcome Me Hello everyone newbie and new to joining forums too.Is there a possibility to ask questions here?	9 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Oct 2018
October art challenges! #Inktober2018 and #Blocktober are things... is anyone doing a #Proptober other than Liam Pickford?Who's participating in any of the above? Looking for inspiration to keep me going and folks to …	2 Last	Ged Oct 2018
Vancouver meetup? Hello people of Polycount! I'll be returning to Vancouver this September to finally return to school, and I was wondering if there's any polycounter who lives in Vancouver and would like to casually …	10 Last	garcellano Oct 2018
Telltale Game Studio's Closure. The Walking Dead studio Telltale Games is shutting its doors – reportTelltale Games is closing its doors, according to reports.Reports today state The Walking Dead developer Telltale Games is shuttin…	34 Last	fdfxd2 Oct 2018
Polycounter, Kris Lee needs help from you, Hey ya'll,Good friend to the Polycount community and to many who've learned and grown here has been seriously injured, and could use all the medical expense help he can get at this time. And an…	3 Last	jStins Sep 2018
Can anyone explain how the Artstation contests work? i saw Artstation have a new contest, and I thought I would like to try entering this one.I dont do 2d stuff only 3d stuff, and I assume for the first month its only 2d submissions then after th…	20 Last	zachagreg Sep 2018
3D Scanning Technology shows it's potential The future is coming along great boys.https://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/a47vMep_460svvp9.webmThere was also this video feature that was shown months ago about actually scanning live action MOIVIN…	22 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2018
Abosg - Industry Giants 2018 - DFW - Sept 22nd That's right Ron Clements - Writer, Director and Animator from Moana, Aladdin, Treasure Planet and The Princess and the frog will be at this years Industry Giants.Get you EARLY BIRD Tickets while the…	5 Last	ABOSG Sep 2018
Ignore This	26 Last	Ashervisalis Sep 2018
CGMood 3D Challenge - The Autumn Colors Dear Polycount users,In collaboration with V-Ray Chaos Group, FStormRender, Corona Renderer, RebusFarm and Centro Stile Milano Architetti, we are happy to announce our f…	0 Last	MassimoG Sep 2018
Animated Feature Film entirely done with Blender ..and rendered using Blender's Cycles.Looks great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf3ALGKgpGUIt's a mid-budget Chinese production supported and hosted by Netlfix.Some info on the Rigging here:h…	1 Last	sacboi Sep 2018
V&A GAMES EXHIBITION - LONDON, from the 8th Sep 2018 V&A GAMES EXHIBITION - LONDONVideogames: Design/Play/Disrupt*LINK to V&A* Opening on Saturday, 8 September 2018 Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt Explore the design and culture of contempor…	1 Last	littleclaude Sep 2018
Username? Is it possible to have my username changed to my real name? Thank you.	2 Last	Greg DAlessandro Sep 2018
Poll Image embedding troubles? Some people are reporting difficulties with adding images to their posts.https://polycount.com/discussion/comment/2649251/#Comment_2649251We're working with the Vanilla Forums developers to find a fi…	21 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2018