Hi, my name is Will and I thought I would start a thread where polycounters, game artists and other creatives can swap their portfolio websites, social media contacts and grow their networks. If you follow me I will follow you back we can share & network. These are mine: ART by Will Maccabe [Concept Art & Game Art]…
http://kotaku.com/gaming/going-down-south/game-devs-get-incentives-to-move-to-texas-267686.php The Texas game development finance provisos http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/11/the-texas-game-development-finance-provisos/
I am thinking of making a model of a gun for a game for my job search demo reel. When I look at some of the highly rated works on ArtStation, it looks like they use several 4k textures on one gun, or excessive polygon counts for a game model. Certainly, if I use a lot of 4K textures and a high polygon count, the quality…
Hi everyone, I've been learning modelling for about half a year now, but I am still confused about workflow for game-ready hard surface modelling. I have seen different workflows like: 1) Perfect quad (low-poly) -> SubD (high-poly) -> bake (game-ready) 2) Boolean, quad, etc. (block-out) -> fixing & SubD / dynamesh /…
Hi guys! It's been a while and I'd love to share one of the 40 game characters I did for an upcoming adventure puzzle at NineZyme. There are more shots, WIPs and video turnarounds on my Artstation (link) I was responsible for the design, 2D concept and 3D modeling of this character from start to finish: She is about 20K…
Here is my little brain fart/saopbox... How Digital distribution can kill the brick in mortar stores like gamestop with out killing game devs. The key is resale. Take a systems like steam where you can buy games digitally, and allow people to sell their game back at percentage of the rate that the game is going for at that…
Microsoft has announced that they are making a contest in which student game devs are to create games based around issues dealing with Global Warming. Basically, student game makers use XNA to make games about this huge issue, then the top 3 get all their schooling paid for and the winners get an internship with MS Game…
Finally sharing my latest personal project. An environment for use in a real time game engine, rendered in Unreal 4. https://www.artstation.com/artwork/18a9lK Everything was created by myself, apart from some of the decals and textures that were sourced from the internet/other projects. MidJorney was used to generate the…
Who we are: Hi, my name is Dawson. I'm a professional developer for a major US tech company. Outside of work, I'm a writer and occasional game developer. I'm working with a friend who is a developer at a different major US tech company and a talented musician. What I'm building: a cute mobile 2d game where you run a cafe…
The Video Game Voters Network is a place for American gamers to organize and defend against threats to video games by registering to vote and letting Congress know how important this issue is to the community. Without a critical mass of adult video game players who are registered to vote and willing to stand firmly behind…