I honestly say that keeping up with the latest tech like UE4 and such is good for the port/resume, showing you can adapt. It will not make your art insta-good, though there are aspects that can enhance its quality if taken advantage of. If its one of your first pieces, why jump backwards? Like said 1000+ times already…
And upgrades are basically what the UE4 licensing model is. You pay $20 once, you get the full engine and every feature it has at the present time, and if you want to upgrade to a newer version of the engine, then you pay $20 again for the latest build. There is no reason whatsoever why you need to stay subscribed every…
a few are higher for faking blend trees [20:43:51] James Nicholas Benson: the run walk jog and all transitions are 120 [20:43:56] James Nicholas Benson: but yeah its 30fps for almost everything [20:44:05] James Nicholas Benson: i actualyl talk about that a lot in my gdc talk [20:44:08] James Nicholas Benson: which will go…
Hi Michael, thank you for your honest feedback. I understand your concerns regarding the use of AI-generated content, and I appreciate you taking the time to bring this up. The cover image was intended as a placeholder while I focus on developing the app. However, I completely understand how using AI art for promotional…
So Tim Sweeney basically said no big new rendering or graphics features. Merging UE5 and UEFN. No more Blueprints. UE6 early access late 2027, full release 12-18 months later. But there's a new version control system called Lore. https://www.unrealengine.com/news/the-road-to-ue-6 Really nothing interesting for game artists.
NEED HELP WITH YOUR TRAILER VIDEO? Here's one that I created the music for (and edited as well.) The developer sent me video clips of game-play and I put it together using Davinci Resolve. You can check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179990/Agromatic/ If you need help with your trailer, just let me know!…
Large transfer of wealth from taxpayers to big tech, tax breaks and incentives on AI data centers. We are headed for another (3rd? 4th? Like school shootings in America, I lose track of these after awhile) recession https://www.cnbc.com/2025/06/20/tax-breaks-for-tech-giants-data-centers-mean-less-income-for-states.html…
First and foremost, judging and elimination doesn't start until the contest is over. One week after everyone from every forum hits their submit finals button, the elimination will begin. However, I don't agree with cutting everything down to 50 on the first pass. There will be other forums entering so raising the first…
Ubisoft hemorrhaging again, for like the 5th time in a row https://kotaku.com/ubisoft-closing-two-studios-and-cutting-up-to-380-staff-as-tough-restructuring-continues-2000704940 Xbox planned layoffs https://kotaku.com/xbox-reportedly-major-layoffs-next-month-2000705023