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Yard Sale Watch Iphone app I know that this is not game related but wanted to post this here any way. I have a Free Iphone app out called Yard Sale Watch. This app is to encourage users that see a yard sale to report it and…	1 Last	snake85027 Oct 2014
Looking for a rig Tester As the title says I am looking for a rig tester .You dont have to do anything specific other than just test the rigs to tell me if they have any major issues in doing animations .Also I am putting up…	0 Last	fusedgore Oct 2014
Vanishing of Ethan Carter Just stumbled upon this. Game looks really impressive as far as art goes, and they have some interesting tech. [url]http://www.theastronauts.com/2014/03/visual-revolution-vanishing-ethan-carter/[/u…	58 Last	juniez Oct 2014
Maquettes as concepts I'm sure everyone has seen the maquettes Joel Emslie did for titanfall. I think this is an amazing approach, and I would really love to try my hand at doing that too. There isn't a lot of information…	9 Last	seth. Sep 2014
Does a mouse really matter? My mouse isn't working so I am returning it. So I was wondering if a costly mouse is really worth it. Does a gaming mouse make any sense? Is there any benefit from getting a gaming mouse? How does th…	35 Last	ZacD Sep 2014
dos games in windows 7 64 bit? from what I have been reading it seems that's its next to impossible to do this. I have a bunch of old games i would like to replay any one have any ideas? I tried to install win xp on my laptop, but…	9 Last	Ruz Sep 2014
How to do basic 3D animation? Nothing too hard. I'm just in the mood to animate something 3D and make it look like Looney Tunes. Sort of like the Crash Bandicoot games on the PS1. Software I have: 3DS Max & Unreal Engine 4. [I…	14 Last	JordanN Sep 2014
Modo 3rd party plug-in: Flipper by cadjunkie [CENTER][vv]107467963[/vv] [LEFT] [/LEFT] [/CENTER]	1 Last	ahtiandr Sep 2014
Destiny So, apparently some concept art was [B][URL="http://imgur.com/a/LG4I5"]Leaked[/URL][/B]. I don't know much about the game other than it's supposedly going to be an mmo and will be released for the cu…	320 Last	almighty_gir Sep 2014
Invisible art [url]http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2014/09/23/new-york-artist-creates-art-that-is-invisible/[/url] Paul Rooney, Lana's agent, believes she might be the greatest artist alive working today: "When…	28 Last	pior Sep 2014
Leadership in the Games Industry Hey everyone, I'm a 3d artist and student at the Guildhall at SMU in Plano, TX. Throughout the program's curriculum, we make several games, each getting progressively more complex. I was lucky enou…	11 Last	glottis8 Sep 2014
Blizzard Cancels Titan [url]http://www.kitguru.net/gaming/matthew-wilson/blizzard-officially-cancels-mmo-titan-after-seven-years-in-development/[/url]	74 Last	praetus Sep 2014
EGX London meetup, Sept 27 [I][IMG]http://classicgamingchampionships.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/edxlondon.jpg[/IMG] [/I] [I][URL]http://www.egxlondon.net/[/URL] Ohhhhh yeah[/I] it's that time of year again! It's probably…	70 Last	JohnnyRaptor Sep 2014
Learning how to teach children art I'm wondering if anyone know a good resource on this topic? The idea of teaching kids have crossed my mind many times in the past but I never consider it seriously. Now, this makes me feel old but my…	5 Last	Steve Schulze Sep 2014
19 years just occurred to me that I have been doing 3d for 19 years now, jeez I surprised that I am not pig sick of it. I even did 2d work for 7 years before that. I mean, I spent about 4 years working 12 to …	23 Last	oglu Sep 2014
Have you had an eccentric client before? Just came from a meeting with my client and "their client". I'm hired as the concept guy. Don't want to detail what happened but it felt like I was dealing with Scientologists (but they're not, jus…	19 Last	Blond Sep 2014
Portfolio Dev Discussion: Quality vs. Quantity It's been said to me and others on Polycount that 2-3 good pieces are better in the portfolio than 10 moderately decent pieces. I believe that. Now another issue I've faced recently is simply the qua…	15 Last	RexM Sep 2014
Any tips/tutorial for composing a complex scene So yeah I'm looking to make an illustration of a pretty complex scene,a bunch of guys(10+) charging in battle from the edges towards the center of the image, but I'm having a hard time trying to comp…	6 Last	JordanN Sep 2014
when do use modular art I did know where to put this. Here it goes I was just wondering where to use modular peaces I have pretty strong idea about it but im not sure. I would use modular peaces in interior only I would us…	5 Last	gsokol Sep 2014
The Polycount Store Hello! It is with great pleasure that I can finally show you guys what we've been working on for the past couple of months here at Polycount: [URL="http://polycount.spreadshirt.com/"][B][IMG]ht…	297 Last	Tits Sep 2014
What do "IE" and "ID" stand for? Hello I was recommended taking IE or ID as art school majors. I'm not very familiar with program abbreviations though. Already found out ID is Industrial Design, but how about IE? Anyone's willing…	6 Last	skyline5gtr Sep 2014
VR Sculpting [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnqFdSa5p7w"]Sculpting in Virtual Reality - Oculus Rift DK2 + Razer Hydra - YouTube[/ame]	18 Last	RexM Sep 2014
SSD's rock so hard Just upgraded from a 1TB 7200rpm platter to a 1TB SSD. HOLY F'IN MOTHER. So fast! Finally, I can work at the speed of thought. Why did I wait so long?? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/4G1M888.gif[/IMG]	50 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2014
Quick Anatomical Question: Head size and Head count Ok here is where iam at: a Normal Average man 7,5 Heads tall, Ideal is 8, Fashion is 8,5 Heroic is 9. I really can't find information on the size of the head to calculate the round about body size of…	3 Last	JacqueChoi Sep 2014
Albion Online Been looking around for some new MMO's to check out, wondered if anyone's seen this? [url]https://albiononline.com/[/url] Apparently pegged for release in 2015 but there is alpha testing going on …	7 Last	Kel-Shaded Sep 2014
% Environment vs. Character Artists For the games that you have worked on, what percentage or artists were environment/prop specialists in relation to the number of character artists on the team? Effects/Vehicle/Weapon/etc. artists sh…	38 Last	ispaure Sep 2014
OI m8, bday innit [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/499159/4lee.jpg[/img]	10 Last	Dave Jr Sep 2014
Animated Short: The Brothers Brimm The Digital Animation & Visual Effects School just celebrated the 50th graduating class last night and have just released the latest student short film titled The Brothers Brimm. We are excited about…	0 Last	WilliamVaughan Sep 2014
Would you ever sell out? [IMG]http://i3.minus.com/i8zXI7NNHr68S.jpg[/IMG] If you're entering the game industry, I imagine there are many out there, like me, who actually want to make their own games at some point of your li…	27 Last	Blaizer Sep 2014
Looking for info about Sega Saturn game Me and my father would always play this game together and I cant remember it for the life of me. It was for the Sega Saturn, you would be flying a ship and had to land in a Mother Ship of sorts and t…	4 Last	DireWolf Sep 2014
Gotham (TV series) Here's the trailer for those who haven't seen: [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d1zpt6k5OI"]Official Extended Trailer \| GOTHAM \| FOX BROADCASTING - YouTube[/ame] So, the first episode of Gotham…	14 Last	GarageBay9 Sep 2014
Help me name my game!!! Hey everyone! We have been working on a game for about 1.5 years, and we are about to show it to press and open a closed beta of it! We are really excited for this, but unfortunately we still don't …	23 Last	Isaiah Sherman Sep 2014
Downloading textures for Portfolio Dev: What is acceptable? What is acceptable for portfolio pieces when it comes to using textures/materials you didn't make? There are textures/materials that you can buy, there are some available for free and some are sittin…	10 Last	gsokol Sep 2014
Nvidia GTX 900-series So the GTX 970 and 980 has been released. [img]http://www.guru3d.com/index.php?ct=articles&action=file&id=12474[/img] [B]GTX 970 & 980 Reference REVIEW:[/B] [url]http://www.guru3d.com/articles_page…	55 Last	RobeOmega Sep 2014
Creating and Learning together as a team. Hey guys, I was thinking about starting a group of people who will learn and create together, helping each other in any project. We can do combined projects and teach each other new stuff about Sculp…	1 Last	PyrZern Sep 2014
CGHub is history. Share your inspiration folders! Everybody's ticked off that CGHub unexpectedly shut down, so let's share dumps of our inspiration folders! There are plenty of great hosting services out there, such as Dropbox, Rapidshare, Mega, etc…	29 Last	Luke_Starkie Sep 2014
Need experienced advice on what art path to take. This question is about 3 weeks in the making because i wanted to try and make the best decision based on my irregular particularities and preferences. I'd really like to do environment art and also d…	11 Last	Thane- Sep 2014
postpro on game models hi there i am a Belgian digital arts and entertainment student and i'm now in my final year. For the moment i am getting my portfolio ready to start looking for an internship but recently i had a dis…	7 Last	Jonas Ronnegard Sep 2014
Google Play's new address policy I heard some indie devs discussing this recently, basically by Sept 30th you must display your physical mailing address on your app page, no P.O. Boxes allowed. This is going to be a disaster. [url…	5 Last	Two Listen Sep 2014
Best Mini-Map Systems? What are the best mini-map systems you all have come across in games? Specifically ones that are always on a small portion of your screen, and have to account for Z (overlapping/layered level-but no…	6 Last	Stinger88 Sep 2014
Resident Evil Remaster Trailer Resident Evil Remaster Trailer [url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x252k47_resident-evil-remaster-trailer_videogames[/url] :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:	7 Last	joarwho Sep 2014
Game Art for Gamers Article Series - Looking for Input Hey guys I meant to do this earlier but I'm doing a little weekly side project to both help myself as an artist and also teach other people too. I'm starting a article series called Game Art for Gam…	7 Last	Amdirant Sep 2014
Voxelcount? New trends in gaming and real-time raytracing [quote] Jon and his team have created a very fast, true voxel engine with ray-tracing from the ground up. [/quote] Full Article: [url]http://www.mmorpg.com/showFeature.cfm/feature/8959/Garrett-Ful…	3 Last	iniside Sep 2014
Closing problem of zbrush 4r5 Hi Everyone there Please , help me for the my case instead of choice 4r6 . It comes suddenly on working :( my system is xp 86x, 3gb ram , 1,80ghz cpu dual core.	7 Last	fenceab Sep 2014
Web hosting Anyone familiar with these guys...[URL]http://www.2mhost.com[/URL]? Was let down by a company last year so really need recommendations.	9 Last	ZacD Sep 2014
Unity Pro Free (For future playstation developers) [url]http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/09/17/great-news-for-playstation-developers/[/url]	10 Last	Richard Kain Sep 2014
Artists/Animators turned Indie Game Designers - Who am I missing? Hi, I'm trying to gather a list of game developers that were Artists/Animators (on the creative side without much coding knowledge) and decided to go independent and make their own videgame, learnin…	15 Last	slipsius Sep 2014
Oculus Rift - virtual reality headset for video games [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1523379957/oculus-rift-step-into-the-game[/url] $300 for the kit, its integrated with unity and UDK, low latency, high field of view, sounds like it could be…	149 Last	MikeF Sep 2014
Deep Down One of the best looking games of the PS4 announcement, It almost looks like the UE4 demo, graphics wise. And it oozes Skyrim + Dark Souls [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9UmHm9HA3c"]Deep Down …	36 Last	HitmonInfinity Sep 2014
Why is Polycount so dark and green? Most of forums I visit frequently are all bright and easy for the eyes. It's sometimes hard on my eyes to go from dark polycount page to somewhere else, especially at night when my lights turned off.…	28 Last	ZacD Sep 2014