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Nintendo Network shutdown – The beginning of the end
Information regarding Nintendo's rollout of the Nintendo Network shutdown
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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 99 posts.
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WebGPU now available for testing in Safari Technology Preview
WebGPU is a new standards-compliant API that enables high-performance 3D graphics and general-purpose computations on the Web.
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VideoPoet A large language model for zero-shot video generation
A Large Language Model for Zero-Shot Video Generation. VideoPoet demonstrates simple modeling method that can convert any autoregressive language model into a high quality video generator.
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Vulkan video extensions for accelerated H.264 and H.265 encode
In April 2021, the Vulkan® Working Group at Khronos® released a set of provisional extensions, collectively referred to as ‘Vulkan Video’ which provide seamless encoding and decoding of video streams using a variety of video coding standards. The December 2022 release of Vulkan 1.3.238 saw the finalization of the…
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Godot: A Collaboration with Google and the Forge
We are excited to announce that we have partnered with Google and The Forge to bring some helpful performance optimizations to our Vulkan mobile backend.
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Compressing Gaussian Splats
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Eclipse: The Demo that Sold 3D to Nintendo
How a 17-year-old in the UK set the course for Nintendo's future.
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Animate Anyone: Image-to-video synthesis for character animation
Animate Anyone: Consistent and Controllable Image-to-Video Synthesis for Character Animation
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Dolphin Emulator Progress Report: August, September, and October 2023
This past October, Dolphin turned 20 years old since its initial release to the public as an experimental GameCube emulator. It's been a long ride, with twists and turns. I don't know if anyone back in 2003 expected Dolphin not only to still be under active development 20 years later, but to also support the…
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Making games in Go for absolute beginners
Want to rekindle your passion for coding? Learn how to create video games from scratch using Go and Ebitengine. We break down core concepts like game loops, sprites, and collisions that we've applied in multiple projects. In just one evening, you'll build a simple Asteroids clone and reignite your love for programming.
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How do I become a graphics programmer?
It is often difficult to know where to start when taking your first in the world of graphics. This guide is here to help with a discussion of first steps and a list of useful websites.
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GameMaker to be free for non-commercial purposes and have one-time fee license
We're updating GameMaker’s pricing and adding more free options. Plus free asset bundles for everyone!
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Emu Video and Emu Edit, our latest generative AI research milestones
Today, we’re announcing new research into controlled image editing based solely on text instructions and a method for text-to-video generation based on diffusion models.
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Google's advanced music generation model and two new AI experiments
Announcing our most advanced music generation model and two new AI experiments, designed to open a new playground for creativity
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Dungeon KeeperFX 1.0
All original Dungeon Keeper code has been rewritten, establishing KeeperFX as a true open-source standalone game. Ownership of the original game is still and will always be required for copyright reasons. When installing KeeperFX 1.0, perform a fresh installation without overwriting any previous versions. Saved games…
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Implementing Mario's Stack Blur 15 times in C++ (with tests and benchmarks)
Implementing Mario Klingemann's Stack Blur algorithm in C++ 15 ways, with tests and benchmarks, to build fast CPU drop shadows for JUCE.
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Northlight technology in Alan Wake 2
Showcasing new Northlight technology in Alan Wake 2
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Bevy 0.12
Thanks to 185 contributors, 567 pull requests, community reviewers, and our generous sponsors, we're happy to announce the Bevy 0.12 release on crates…
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MAME 0.260
Some long-anticipated updates landed in October, making MAME 0.260 a very exciting release! Firstly, there are some general updates to MAME itself. After a few false starts, MAME now supports bgfx video output with Wayland on Linux. As requested by users, you can finally use delta CHD files for clone systems and…
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How the creator of Alone in the Dark came back to games
Official news about Playdate, the yellow handheld video game system with a crank.
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Friday Factorio Facts #381 – Space Platforms
Hello, Several FFFs ago we have shown you what a Space platform can look like (FFF-373), today we would like to explain how they work in a bit more detail.
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Krita 5.2
Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone.
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Simulation Islands
Island management is a fundamental low level feature of physics engines and can have a big impact on solver design and performance. This was one of the first problems I decided to work on for Box2D version 3 (v3). Since I began working on v3 I’ve been comparing several algorithms for island management. My goal has…
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