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Factorio: Space Age
Hello, long time no see! Today we are going to talk about the expansion which is called Factorio: Space Age.
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The most popular blog posts about games & graphics on Hacker News. 99 posts.
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Chrome ships WebGPU
The Chrome team ships WebGPU, which allows high-performance 3D graphics and data-parallel computation on the web.
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Paving the Road to Vulkan on Asahi Linux
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
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Show HN: Filmbox, physically accurate film emulation, now on Linux and Windows
Accurately transform digital cinema footage to exhibit the grain, halation, and soul of motion picture film. Plugin for DaVinci Resolve, Baselight, Livegrade Frontier, Colorfront, Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Final Cut Pro.
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OpenGL 3.1 on Asahi Linux
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon
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Godot 4.1
Four months after the release of Godot 4.0, we are excited to bring you Godot 4.1 — an update with a focus on stability, performance, and polish.
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New study reveals most classic video games are unavailable
New study reveals most classic video games are completely unavailable
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Unity plan pricing and packaging updates
After deep consultation with our community, customers, and partners, we’ve made the decision to cancel the Runtime Fee, effective immediately.
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Godot 4.0 Released
It's official. Today marks the beginning of a new era for Godot. After 3+ years of breaking and rebuilding from the ground up, we're thrilled to say: Welcome to the start of Godot 4!
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Alt-F4 #65 – Factorio visualizer in Unreal Engine 5
Today we’ve got a very fun project to talk about: The FUE5 project, explained in this article by Hurricane. It’s Factorio, but 3D! Dreams do come true sometimes. It’s not quite a game, but more of a stunning re-imagining of its visuals. There’s lots of technical details on how this was achieved, so let’s jump in. What…
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Northlight technology in Alan Wake 2
Showcasing new Northlight technology in Alan Wake 2
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Meta releases Intermediate Graphics Library
Deploying and developing royalty-free open standards for 3D graphics, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Parallel Computing, Neural Networks, and Vision Processing
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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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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 on Steam Indefinitely Postponed
It is with much disappointment that we have to announce that the Dolphin on Steam release has been indefinitely postponed. We were notified by Valve that Nintendo has issued a DMCA against Dolphin's Steam page, and have removed Dolphin from Steam until the matter is settled. We are currently investigating…
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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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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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Fundamental Math for Game Developers
Let's review the most important math topics used by game devs, reflect about math education, and discuss techniques that can be used to improve the way we learn new math topics.
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Valve bans 40k Dota 2 accounts using honeypot patch
Today, we permanently banned over 40,000 accounts that were using third-party software to cheat in Dota over the last few weeks. This software was able to access information used internally by the Dota client that wasn't visible during normal gameplay, giving the cheater an unfair advantage. While fixing the…
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Wizards of the Coast Releases SRD Under Creative Commons License (CC-BY-4.0)
Over the past few weeks you, the community, have made your voices heard. And we’ve listened. OGL 1.0a will remain untouched AND the entire SRD 5.1...
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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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EVE Online: Add-in for MS Excel
The Microsoft Excel add-in is here!
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High-Speed AI Drone Overtakes World-Champion Drone Racers
Remember when IBM’s Deep Blue won against Gary Kasparov at chess in 1996, or Google’s AlphaGo crushed the top champion Lee Sedol at Go, a much more complex game, in 2016? These competitions where machines prevailed over human champions are key milestones in the history of artificial intelligence. Now a group of…
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Godot for AA/AAA game development – What's missing?
Godot 4.0 is coming out soon. It includes major improvements all across the board in both features, performance and usability. Still, one of the biggest questions the community has is: How does it compare with mainstream commercial offerings?