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STALKER 2 Trailer (2020) Xbox Series X HD


4K 60FPS — Official Xbox Games Showcase — Full Show [ENGLISH]

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Obsidian has announced Avowed. Which is supposedly very close to The Elder Scrolls formula. So that's cool!!!

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Unity 2020.1 is now available


https://blogs.unity3d.com/2020/07/23/un ... available/

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Voxel Plugin FREE for UE.. sexy stuff!


https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplac ... lugin-free

Unreal Engine 4.26 New Features/Details!

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DK project - Dumb As Wizards from Randrom Dragon Games just launched on Steam and is out of Early Access.

Magical madness for 1-4 players on the couch and online. Whale on your frenemies with crazy spells in a shrinking arena and be the last dummy standing! Embrace the chaos in this fun-for-all wizard brawler. You're a wizard, Dummy!

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DK release. Horror Game AKAI NOROI released today on Steam.
Developed by Aza Game Studio. A Danish guy with an international team.

AKAI NOROI is a Asian / Japanese horror folklore inspired journey based upon it's own unique story. Explore the abandoned sleeping quarters, delve into the residents past. Investigate an ancient curse, establish the truth about the mysterious disappearance of all the previous residents.

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Just a quick game recommendation. Finally got around to play Darq (and do a rare completion of a game). Great stuff!
There are some weak bits here and there. It's not a perfect game by far. But absolutely an enjoyable puzzler.
Actually, the best part designed part of the game is the free DLC. The Tower. Looking forward to the next DLC.

Another good thing is the length... it's short! So that's a good thing for me. So I don't have to feel bad about not completing some behemoth game. Perhaps not for everybody.

Also props to (DK) Bjørn from Cujo Sound on the audio work! Great job!

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Character Creator 3.3


Blender 2.91 is now in alpha
https://builder.blender.org/download/

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A quick drop of some upcoming and a few released neato looking games













CASTLE IN THE DARKNESS 2 ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER
https://labsworks.tumblr.com/

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Tons of old school Nintendo leaks of projects in various stages of development. The videos might disappear.
Nintendo is probably not super happy about the leaks.

According to
https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/nint ... cenes-data

The leaked assets was:
Full development repository for Ensata official DS emulator
Full development repository for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
Full personal development repository by a Diamond and Pearl dev
Full development repository for NetCard ([canceled] GBA peripheral)
Full development repository for Game Boy Advance BIOS
Full development repository for Game Boy Color Boot ROM
Full master ROM database for Famicom and NES including ROM
Master ROM of, (maybe source code') Super Maria RPG
Full development repository Wii Shop Channel server-side source code?
"WallPaperPasswordMaker" source code
Random test program source code
Many tape backups
Several Super Mario World 2 prototypes

Source code to:
Star Fox
Star Fox 2
[The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX]
Wild Trax
Yoshi's Island
Mario Kart
F-Zero
[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past]
Super Mario All-Stars (including [Super Mario World]?)
Wii [Virtual Console] Game Boy Emulator



Also earlier this year there was a fully functional PC version of Super Mario 64 out and about in the wild.
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/new ... -released/

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The Best Games from GMTK Game Jam 2020

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Physics+AI based animation software Cascadeur is in free open beta. Results looks very cool!



More here
https://cascadeur.com

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EmberGen 0.5.5.0 GPU Particle Teaser


EmberGen 0.5.5.0 Release Stream: GPU Particles & More!


More at
https://jangafx.com/software/embergen/

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DK project in the works: Rytmos. A music based puzzle game.
From Floppy Club

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New DK project: That Alchemist Game from some of our former basment buddies Glow Light Games.



Currently Youtube is being a bunch of (more than usual) cunts and has blocked a lot of content from Denmark over a dispute with KODA. I'm pretty sure the music in this case doesn't have anything to do with the affairs at all?!

So I recommend finding and copy paste the url
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMs6qpPg5MQ

into a free proxy website like
https://www.croxyproxy.com/
To watch the first footage of the game. Much has happend since last time I saw it! Go Jonas and Jonas!

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As usual stuff is happening in AI. Impressive stuff! Perhaps some creative minds out there can find a good use for it in a game setting.

OpenAI GPT-3


More on
https://openai.com/

On Github
https://github.com/openai/gpt-3

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Nice little 3D ASCII rendering shader for Unity



Free on GitHub
https://github.com/StefanJo3107/ASCII-R ... r-in-Unity

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Renegade-X is an online shooter fan-made Command & Conquer - Tiberian Sun like project. I think it has been in development for ages. It's built on Unreal Engine 3. So the age shows a bit.
But it looks pretty cool! I tried to get it running a little while back. But no luck. So I haven't been able to verify if it is actually something worthwhile. :/
I hope they get something more solid up and running in the future. Might be good?!



More here
https://renegade-x.com/

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Affinity Photo - v. 1.8.4
So finally with version 1.8.4 I can finally give my personal full recommendation of Affinity Photo
They finally fixed (removed) the Windows Ink implementation! Which means.. drumroll PROPER WACOM support! Yay!

Did I ever mention I hate Windows Ink with all my black and darkened heart.

I got the software on sale in version 1.8.3 at 50% off for 200 DKK for the PC version a few months ago. So it was kind of an impulse purchase. And I have just gotten around to using it properly for doing the cards and layout for my board game (side-project for my side-project).

And the verdict is that it's probably the best cheap alternative Photoshop-like software out there in this day and age. Perhaps not perfect. But steadily improving. It's a really sleek software with pretty much any feature would would expect at this price range. That even surpasses PS in some areas and not in others.

For my 200 DKK once on sale.. it was an ABSOLUTE steal!
So if you don't like the notion of putting down the money for Adobe tax to get the real-Photoshop-deal. It is currently sitting at 449,- DKK and it's still a sweet deal in comparison. They also bumped the price a bit. Hope it goes on sale sooner or later again.

Give the free trial a shot!
https://affinity.serif.com/



Obviously there are also some super great and super free open source alternatives out there. Not forgetting.

Krita (Photoshop like keyboard layout option.. helps a lot!)
https://krita.org/en/

Gimp (Has improved a lot over the years!)
https://www.gimp.org/

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Rocket 3F is totally new to me! A very simple but effective poly modeling tool. Free and stuffs.

Making a mental note to give it a go when there is time. Just for fun. Looks to have a very short learning curve. Great for beginners to 3D.



More on
https://www.rocket3f.com/

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Coding Adventure: Procedural Moons and Planets

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So over my summer vacation I finally did it!! I got around to do an update on the Danish game developer company list. Which I have been neglecting for quite some years.
It's not completely done yet. But it's in a state that is ready for public consumption.
I have added columns for social media accounts as well. And direct links to CVR and proff.
Also it should be WAY MORE useful in it's sorting. Grouping and color coded companies in regions and sorting for the biggest fish on top in terms of estimated employee numbers from CVR mostly.

This update was a ton of work! And I plan to be more up to date with the list in the future. It's a bit easier now.

Let me know if you have a company missing on the list. Or have a relevant update you want displayed.

Sadly the graveyard had also grown immensely over the years. But that's nature of business.

Huge 2020 update!
Danish Game Developers / Danske Spiludviklere



Danish Game Developers / Danske Spiludviklere

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Something is cooking at 3DRealms! Realms Deep 2020 has been announced. Some sort of online games festival for retro FPS games.
And some new titles in the works will be revealed.

From their Discord:

@everyone We will feature games like Core Decay, Hell Hunt, Hellbound, Hedon, Nightmare Reaper, Prodeus, The Adventures of Square, SCP: Blackout, Limitless Hunger, Warfork, Dread X Collection, Retchid, HROT, Fallen Angels, Hellscreen, Paradox Vector, Brutal Fate and many more. Listen to Quake broadcaster Jehar, cover a Retro-Shooter celebrity Deathmatch in Kingpin: Life of Crime, while Kino Fabino memes the show.
 
Viewers can donate to Child’s Play during each stream. Those who want something physical to remember Realms Deep 2020 can purchase exclusive merchandise available during the show with all proceeds will go directly to Child’s Play. It will be available through the official Realms Deep website.

Watch the trailer for Realms Deep here:

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So this is basically Post Modern Jukebox.. but with game tunes! Nice! Love it!

Still Alive - Frank Sinatra Big Band Swing Version (The 8-Bit Big Band)

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All the latest HITMAN 1,2 and upcoming 3 is coming to PSVR