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Closed [Dev Diary] MechKnight Chronicles - Dinosaur Games	0 Last	skankerzero Nov 2012
Polycount's banners not loading? Hey guys I don't know if I'm the only one having this problem but I don't have any adblockers on or anything and none of my banners load or even give me the option to click them to go back to the mai…	4 Last	joeriv Nov 2012
Need help for Final Year Project Hi my name is Alex, I'm a 3rd year games design student at Staffordshire University currently undertaking my FYP. I am investigating the current industry techniques and software used to create 3D cha…	0 Last	Rookexe Nov 2012
The3DStudio Poor Customer Service done	44 Last	Tracy Nov 2012
CockBlocker Good day My fellow green tooth's, I wanted to show u a game my colleagues are working on. like it! share it! enjoy it! :) [IMG]http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/539553_199634946834697_111…	23 Last	Snader Nov 2012
Does my diploma count as a "degree" Hey guys, i know there so much threads about degree. But i want to ask about this. I know how much art degree coast, wanted to go, but i am not going to pay thousands of money. Let's say i want som…	19 Last	Kwramm Nov 2012
Eat3d Sale - 35% off everything Just passin along the info. Good till monday the 20th. 35% off everything, including bundles. [url]http://eat3d.com/blog/eat-3d/thanksgiving-sale-35-our-biggest-sale-ever[/url]	1 Last	samcole Nov 2012
Closed Death of THQ? Saw this article and it has saddened me, THQ has produced many great titles and I just really hope THQ somehow survives. Do you think THQ has a chance still? [url]http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article…	112 Last	Geezus Nov 2012
Layoffs at Traveller's Tales Heard rumors that everyone has been laid off at TT :(, commiserations and i hope you find work fast.	12 Last	chrisradsby Nov 2012
which engine to use I'm sure this has been asked several times but I am wondering about which game engine to use. I have started using Unity, simply because as I was looking for game engines and tutorials I ran across m…	21 Last	Riptyde Nov 2012
16 Gigapixel Machu Pichu I came across this in my youtube subscription feed (well, the video that linked to it, "Smarter Every Day" user: destinws2) [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfLH5_RWZH4"]Highest Resolution Machu…	3 Last	Will Faucher Nov 2012
mass effect 3 a little bird tells me its going to come out on Origin first.. a couple of questions... will it be coming out on steam too? and wasnt 3 meant to use the save games of 2 to continue the story with t…	43 Last	rolfness Nov 2012
Another computer build thread Hey guys, I've been getting advice from an IT guy as well as the forums over at NCIX on building my computer. I don't know anything about hardware (okay, maybe I know one or two things). But I just d…	42 Last	Kwramm Nov 2012
Terrain/landscapes: Erosion filters, or tons of handplaced rocks? So in my quest to make a high quality, game-ready landscape, and after getting rather well acquainted with World Machine, I'm a bit conflicted. When designing a [I]playable [/I]environment, and bein…	1 Last	sprunghunt Nov 2012
Majestic-12 Released (Polycount Discount Code) [URL="http://www.Exisinteractive.com/Majestic12"][IMG]http://www.exisinteractive.com/mj12/postHeader.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Hi all, we've finally released Majestic-12 for PC; and it's only $9.99. We've al…	15 Last	PeterK Nov 2012
FORCED a new fast paced cooperative arena game Hi Polycount, The last year and a half I have been living and working together with a small indie team on our very first game FORCED. We are in the middle of our Kickstarter campaign in order to ac…	0 Last	asjo07 Nov 2012
Dig London Hey, I know there are a bunch of Digital Extremes people here, as well as quite a few people around Ontario so I figured I'd ask. Anyone from polycount attending DIG this year? We'll be there and h…	0 Last	VPrime Nov 2012
Closed Lobby - Reinventing How You Socialize Lobby - A Social Experiment It seems that in today's world communication with those around us has become ever more simple and "dime a dozen" social networks have appeared everywhere. Yet all of thes…	2 Last	adam Nov 2012
College to study a graduate in 3d modeling and sculpting Hello, I know there is no specific answer to this question, but in your opinion, what are the best colleges to study a graduate that can give me professional quality in modeling and sculpting (best t…	1 Last	Kwramm Nov 2012
Environment Artist Question/Should I stay in a course Hello everyone, I am 19 and live in Canada. I have a passion to be a environment artist and i am currently in an animation course in Mohawk college. However in this course it seems to be a waste of…	7 Last	Duncan Levings Nov 2012
Meathead- Introducting My Self Heya, Guys and Girls I am a 22 year old Uni Student and full time worker as a CNC Lazer Operator I play with very powerful lazers that cut metal :) I am also studying Game Development and architec…	0 Last	meathead Nov 2012
Epic Games website hacked? I was going to download the November UDK beta and got google's dangerous website warning. Anybody know what's up?	7 Last	Steen Nov 2012
Game Dev North Meetup 8 December 2012 HI all, I recently found out about a networking even happening in Liverpool called Game Dev North and I thought I would share it to all the Polycounters XD This event is on [FONT="]Sa…	0 Last	crestas69 Nov 2012
007 - Skyfall (movie) Havent seen a thread on this yet. Nothing in the search. Anyone else super excited about this one? International Trailer - [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgr2syY_OU4"]NEW SKYFALL INTERNATION…	38 Last	binopittan Nov 2012
Lynda.com vs Creative Edge While not exclusively 3D(they do offer 3D training) based training, I've received the choice of getting a month free subscription to one of these, due to my purchase of CS5. And I was hoping to gai…	1 Last	gavinfla Nov 2012
Why is the game industry model broken? Hey guys, Why are SO many studios closing and or having huge layoffs? If you look at how many who have been laid off in the past year in the game industry, the numbers are quite staggering. Why is th…	97 Last	Snacuum Nov 2012
Source 2! [url]http://beefjack.com/news/gabe-newell-confirms-source-engine-2-and-half-life-3-development/[/url] Hope it's true and the tools are updated as well, as we all know there could be an improvement i…	22 Last	reverendK Nov 2012
non college education. I was thinking of going to dave school in Florida after my time in the USAF because its short and there is no prerequisite courses to be accepted. Except its close to family and it would be distrac…	0 Last	Rockley Bonner Nov 2012
non college schools. I was thinking of going to dave school in Florida after my time in the USAF because its short and there is no prerequisite courses to be accepted. Except its close to family and it would be distracti…	0 Last	Rockley Bonner Nov 2012
Calling all game developers Hey guys, I have a question for all you experience game developers. If you aren’t an actual game dev but would like to post, go for it. Without further ado. Me and about 6 other people have…	7 Last	Fwap Nov 2012
Closed Nation Rodera Recruitment	0 Last	Bruno1969 Nov 2012
World War Z trailer Being a huge fan of original book, I'm all excited about this movie, even though it seems they've changed the way they'll show main events. It's probably no longer a series of interviews taken after …	55 Last	cptSwing Nov 2012
La Mulana! Holy Shit.. This Game.. Guys.. This Game. So I heard about the original version of this game on Retronauts a long time ago. If you aren't familiar.. The game's upbringing is sort of like Cave Story,…	4 Last	ErichWK Nov 2012
Cant Stop Analyzing.. Hey Folks, A little offtopic thing that bothers me, a couple time.. I Dont know why, but i cant stop analyzing - everything.. Walking arround the street, woundering how many Tris the buildings woul…	26 Last	vreza Nov 2012
The Goon - Kickstarter Project (Blur Studio) Not video game related, but TOTALLY worth sharing, IMO :) [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker[/url] I want this to happen so bad. -R	28 Last	Renaud Galand Nov 2012
Killer Portfolio or Portfolio Killer? (PDF) [URL="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B7CAK9GG-aMtQTJ2cVVMbWNrNDg"]Here's the PDF[/URL] of "Killer Portfolio or Portfolio Killer" a doc handed out at GDC 2011. I hope it helps y'all :). "What is it…	2 Last	d1ver Nov 2012
Does companies support health insurence Hey there, i would like to ask something about what benefits from VFX/game studios. As you know, every person going to have some health problem sooner or later in his/her life. I got heart problem…	11 Last	VelvetElvis Nov 2012
Tutorial For You Hi. I have some time to spare, I've been in industry for some time and I always wanted to share some ideas and for that reason I want to make some video tutorials. I'm looking for society needs so …	12 Last	DrunkShaman Nov 2012
PROJECT AFTERMATH - A vis dev blog Hi Guys, I didn't know which forum to slap this in, pimping and previews or GD but what the hell, I'll just dump it in both :) (admins please delete as appropriate) This is a blog that myself and a…	2 Last	divi Nov 2012
Darksouls : Prepare to Die Edition The user and all related content has been deleted.	68 Last	teaandcigarettes Nov 2012
downloadable environments Hi guys...this is going to be a odd ball question. I'm looking for a site that has environments that I could download, that are either license-free, or for a small fee, and re-texture to practice my …	7 Last	samcole Nov 2012
What are you guys riding this year? (Snow) At the end of last year, I began my freestyle journey. LOVE it! This year I plan to start dropping some small tricks into the knowledge bank. My stick of choice is the libtech- Banana with 390Boss b…	17 Last	StephenVyas Nov 2012
Working In Amsterdam Hi everyone, I have just been offered a job in Amsterdam as a junior character artist, and I am wondering if 32,000 euros a year,is a good wage for a University graduate? Be great if people could giv…	16 Last	erroldynamic Nov 2012
Vray or Mental ray, for photo realistic characters Hey guys, first of all, this is not going to be vs thread, just i want a option which one to choose, for rendering. For both Vray and Mental ray, i can't find some tutorials about it. every tutorial …	36 Last	maze Nov 2012
Need 000-538 exam urgently I need 000-538 exam urgently for preparing my IBM 000-538 exam, if some one has, please contact me, will appreciate.	0 Last	benson Nov 2012
Silicon Knights - Boned again [url]http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/11/09/silicon-knights-ordered-to-destroy-unsold-unreal-engine-3-games?abthid=509d54a160b1d4a47800025f[/url] This studio... what is going on with them? Constant b…	4 Last	JasonLavoie Nov 2012
Hello to all Hello Everyone, I am Deanna. How you are all?	2 Last	Rockley Bonner Nov 2012
What to wear for a job interview in video game field? Hello. I been curious on what you should wear to an interview if your trying to get a job as a 3d artist? Parents, relatives, been telling me suit, tie etc.. Few others in the game field been …	73 Last	JamesWild Nov 2012
Steam on Linux beta signup is live! don't think i need to add much more then the title. if you want to beta test Steam on Linux now is the time... [URL]http://www.valvesoftware.com/linuxsurvey.php[/URL]	23 Last	Jedi Nov 2012
detailed zbrush mesh to game engine(unity3d) Hi, I am kinda new to CG.I sculpted a detailed box in zbrush.Now the polygon count is really high.So I used decimination master to reduce them.Even now my model is too dense for game engine.Now what …	11 Last	gamenoob Nov 2012