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A Stackoverflow for artists! If you're a web developer then you'll be familiar with websites such as Stackoverflow which offer user upvoted resolutions to questions, as upvoted by its users. However what if we were to create Sta…	14 Last	CreativeSheep Dec 2017
Vancouver - Global Game Jam - January 26-28, 2018 Greetings fellow mortals,If you didn't know about this game jam happening next month, well, now you do. It's $50 a ticket, and 48 hours to make a game. I'll be signing up and going with some friends,…	0 Last	Ashervisalis Dec 2017
EA Shut's Down Visceral Games https://www.ea.com/news/an-update-on-the-visceral-star-wars-projectOur Visceral studio has been developing an action-adventure title set in the Star Wars universe. In its current form, it was shaping…	79 Last	Ryusaki Dec 2017
Possible PC meetup in Korea? Heya all! So I know the community is pretty NA / Europe oriented, but I was wondering if anyone here bases oneself in Korea. I still have 6 more months of military service to crunch through, and…	4 Last	Doodlok Dec 2017
Go to GDC for Free: GDC Conference Associate program 2018 application https://www.calounge.com/CALogin.php (only open to people who are allowed to work in the US) (There is the International Associates program for those not eligible for the CAs)The GDC CA p…	8 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Dec 2017
My account was deleted. I didn't read good the rules of the Riot Art Contest and I made a mistake. There is a way I can fix it?	1 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2017
Looking for Square Enix motto Hello. I have weird question. I am looking for Square Enix motto. I tried to google it in many diffrent ways but still I got nothing.I am not sure if this was motto of the comapny or some Business Di…	4 Last	drizs Dec 2017
Autodesk re-structuring and slashing 1,200 jobs Max is dying!Seriously though, I thought this statement from the new CEO is very interesting:“Right now we are in the bottom of our transition to subscription,” he said, where revenue will decline an…	44 Last	Colecoisdead Dec 2017
Houdini 16.5 Sneak Peak A preview of some of the amazing new tools in Houdini 16.5 such as motion path editing, crowd banking, partial rag dolls, polyreduce, uvlayout, rounded edge rendering, narrow band flip simulations, o…	21 Last	Odow Dec 2017
Black Friday Deal: NVidia is selling their GTX 1080 for 699$... https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1080-ti/If people are in need to upgrade right now...it might be the time? Anyone who has it and can comment on it's performan…	3 Last	m4dcow Dec 2017
[GDC 2018] Looking for Roomies Anyone have an available room slot or interested in getting a hotel room for the whole week of GDC?	8 Last	Isaiah Sherman Dec 2017
Looking For A Good MMO Mouse Hello everyone. I love hotkeys, but I always put them on the left side of my keyboard. Primarily because I don't want to keep moving my hand off the mouse and reorienting myself. It's seconds that ad…	7 Last	Jarran Dec 2017
Discord Group for 3D Character Art Hi guys,I am proud to present that I created a server for a good interaction between 3d character artists. The intention is to help artists improve their skills, and maybe get good friendships as wel…	3 Last	mika1234 Dec 2017
Flash Games Not Working on Mobile Hi All. I have my website and Gamers are complaining that they are not able to open the flash file on mobile. Please, any developer can advise me what to do?	2 Last	sacboi Dec 2017
Should I get the summit passes for GDC? So I'm going to be attending GDC for the first time this year and was wondering about the different levels of the passes. So far I'm looking at getting the Expo Plus Pass in order to attend the entir…	4 Last	Brian "Panda" Choi Nov 2017
Where are you guys from? (여기 한국사람 없나용) Just curious :) How did you guys come across this place?(그냥 집에서 혼자 지브러쉬 끄적이고 있는 캐나다에 살고 있는 학생이랍니당.. )	20 Last	Kraftwerk Nov 2017
Create a forum section for us Film and Vfx Artist Some of us focus on film and advert CG .Live action integration and CG ,would be great if polycount open those doors for us to meetup .	23 Last	maverickhornet Nov 2017
Has anyone attended Junction in Helsinki or going to Slush? Hi everyone~I just attended the Junction Hackathon for the first time in Helsinki and participated in the GameJam, has anyone else attended maybe? If so how was it? And is anyone going…	0 Last	maiu Nov 2017
What games do you play? What games do you play? (Rpg, MMORPG, racing)And why? Thank you in advance! :)	21 Last	Markmars Nov 2017
Black Friday Deal List Every year I try to gather together all the Black Friday deals that are relevant to game developers. Obviously being only Thursday, the list is very much a work in progress, but already contain…	9 Last	EarthQuake Nov 2017
Polycount Toronto Meetup! Nov 24. Hello everyone!The time has come for another Toronto meetup! It has been quiet a while since the last one.When - Nov 24 2017 anytime after 7pm.Where - http://ScotlandYardPub.ca/ - 56 T…	7 Last	brandoom Nov 2017
Free video game idea. A pirates vs giant sea monsters simulator.With online co-op.	14 Last	EarthQuake Nov 2017
Polycount Meet Tokyo - round 2? What's up everyone?!It has been a while since we haven't done a meet in Tokyo! Would you guys be up for one on the last week of November maybe on the 24th or 25th?Nothing fancy, just food, drinks in …	14 Last	RyoClick Nov 2017
A good round of applause for Arc System Works You may not be a fan of DRagon Ball or even anime but let's give these guys some props for their work here.As you probably know, these are the guys behind the Guilty Gear and Blaz Blue titles. …	6 Last	Joao Sapiro Nov 2017
NCSoft, "Project TL" Trailer and Cinematic Gameplay - Unreal Engine 4 - New PC MMORPG I had to share this just for the shear amount of crazy stuff it has going on within one trailer/game play cinematic. https://youtu.be/ATnegnw0SyQ?t=60	4 Last	thomasp Nov 2017
Does anyone know the Artist who made this concept? Heyo!I've been working on a new project based off of a concept found in the Art of Darksiders 2 artbook on page 137. All artists credited under Concept Art is Nicholas Southam, Ted Beargeon, Ric…	4 Last	Alchemical Nov 2017
Blade Runner 2049 ( SPOILERS ! ) Not gaming related.Just saw this in the cinema, I was a big fan of the first one and loved this one. Have you seen it? What did you think?I thought the cinematography in this film was outstanding, wo…	41 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2017
Forum section for UI Artist? Hey peeps - I'm getting more into UI design and animation and I've been wanting to share some of my work for feedback, etc. But I've yet to find a place for that. Is there a suitable section for post…	4 Last	ljsketch Nov 2017
Question about sci-fi concept art Hey guys. Since childhood, i like sci-fi and all that related to it - robots, space ships, futuristic cars, and so on. That's why I became a hard surface modeler. I learned to model everything I like…	4 Last	LaurentiuN Nov 2017
Modo 11.2 Release https://www.foundry.com/products/modo/new-releasesSome nice improvements overall. I'm running a trial at work for it atm.Couldn't get the boolean->select from previous operation->intersection t…	1 Last	Deforges Nov 2017
Contest Topic deleted... Hello,I created a topic in the Sound Design section for Riot Contest on 09_11_2017. I edited it (as rules says that it has to be updated), and now it has been deleted, without explanation.Can you put…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2017
new to game development I'm new to game development and want to make a small open world game.i have a great story and a awesome concept but i'm stuck on how to go about making my game. I have Ue4 and Unity but i cant seem t…	4 Last	PixelMasher Nov 2017
Stranger Things, season 2 (spoilers) Any fans of the show on here? Just finished binging season 2 and, just like season 1, it was amazing. I have some gripes with it, just like I do with most shows, but that doesn't take away from just …	11 Last	Ashervisalis Nov 2017
London Unreal Engine Meetup HiJust plugging the London Unreal Engine Meetup on Thu Nov 16, there is still some spaces left. LINK - https://www.meetup.com/London-Unreal-Engine-Meetup/events/244320649/ ABOUT -…	3 Last	Axi5 Nov 2017
Closed How should I convince my Aunt to undergo surgical operation My Mom's sister was told by her doctor to undergo a surgical procedure to determine if the lump on her breast is cancerous or not. Her laboratories suggest some clinical impression of malignancy and …	5 Last	Eric Chadwick Nov 2017
Why do you think Doom 1 is more intimidating than Doom 4 ? even though the graphics in doom 4 is much higher in quality than doom 1Doom 4 graphicsDoom 1 Graphicsplaying Doom 1 (at least for me) is more intimidating than playing Doom 4these are the reasons th…	14 Last	Amsterdam Hilton Hotel Nov 2017
Blizzcon and them cinematics Guys been watching blizzcon, i'm sure y'all have seen these cinematis, but i MAN i wanted to share so i could talk with ya'll about em. These guys kicked it out of the park againOverwatch cinematicht…	16 Last	aryarie Nov 2017
Artstation and tits WTF? I just went on Artstation to get some inspiration and to see what's new, and the front page is riddled with tits, asses and chicks in suggestive poses with little to no clothes. My question is -…	234 Last	Twinflower Nov 2017
ESRB attempting to kill Indie retail games? Thought this was interesting: twitter.com/LimitedRunGames/status/925447909725917184Seems the ESRB changed its pricing policies recently and as a result smaller run retail indie games have become less…	14 Last	PolyHertz Nov 2017
Good Graphics Tablets/Digitizers out there? Hey everyone!For the past 1-2 years I've had severe issues (Nightmares) with my Intuos 4. My partner also has an Intuos 4 and both of them cause loads of issues, like ink splatter, sudden lack of pen…	12 Last	bounchfx Nov 2017
United Kingdom games tax relief until 2023 Video games tax relief - Prolongation for the United Kingdom until 2023http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/case_details.cfm?proc_code=3_SA_48362This is great news for UK based stud…	0 Last	littleclaude Nov 2017
The last of Us 2 Pretty excited for this. Didnt see another thread of this so I just decided to post it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9jutQj85q0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF1EQAtaZEoSome concept art : http://…	17 Last	sacboi Nov 2017
Meltdown Berlin. Any artist in Germaniaaaa, Berlin who's going to the Meltdown today? Game Creators hangout today? would be nice to meet some new faces and learn a lot =)	0 Last	wirrexx Nov 2017
DOES FLYING SIMULATORS HELP YOU BECOME A PILOT? I Wanted to raise the question if the flight or air traffic simulators help improve aviation knowledge and could it benefit you in becoming a pilot?for example, there's this game I've discovered call…	9 Last	Easton Oct 2017
Vegas trip. Ideas? Work is sending me to Las Vegas for a four-day conference. I'll have a rental car. I'm not interested in gambling. Any tips on things to do or see?	18 Last	sprunghunt Oct 2017
HI resolution face textures resource Guys, Ive been looking for this store that sells high resolution face textures. I was wondering if y'all had any resources like that? My skin texturing game is not very good and I wanted to use some …	6 Last	thomasp Oct 2017
Scott Eaton's Bodies In Motion For anyone interested in Scott Eaton's content, he just released some new content, the Bodies in Motion project. Sounds like he has 50% off for today and tomorrow. https://www.bodiesinmotion.pho…	7 Last	littleclaude Oct 2017
Creating a new office space So I'm moving and this time I will have my own small office space, and I'm looking to make it a bit special and nice.been looking through pictures etc, but can't seem to find a good keyword for actua…	53 Last	thomasp Oct 2017
Superuseful deep article about tile Environments Really deep dive in the production with using substance painter, ZBrush, blender, world machine, unreal engine 4 and geoglyph.https://80.lv/articles/technical-challenges-of-game-enviro…	6 Last	Eric Chadwick Oct 2017
Meet 3Ds Max Dev team in Montreal https://area.autodesk.com/blogs/the-3ds-max-blog/inside-the-factory"As the 3ds Max team, we strive to involve customers in shaping our products in many different ways, from interviews, usability test…	0 Last	CompanionCube Oct 2017