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New Cyberpunk: Edgerunners trailer.. I have still NO idea what's going on in this show but it looks kinda cool!

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners | Official Trailer (Studio Trigger Version) | Netflix

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Well ok then! Wasn't expecting much out of the Andor series. But the trailer certainly leaves a mark.. an impressive production for sure. If the actual show holds up?.... Disney already has a long history of messing up with only a few glimmers of hope here and there... Only time will tell.

Andor | Teaser Trailer


** Update: So watched the first episode.. not sure I'll watch the rest. Perhaps only for the visuals. The show didn't feel like Star Wars at all. No characters or plotlines to really care about. It wasn't bad.. just dull.. with sorta nice production design. Oh I guess it's back to waiting for Mando Season 3.
Kiddo's comment was: "Is this even Star Wars?!". Hit it perfectly.

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IDSU: EPISODE 24: Brætspil, design og forretning med Asger Granerud
https://www.idsu.dk/podcast/episode-24

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DK Alpha release by Lasse Honnens & art by Flemming Schmidt.
Penguin with a Pumpgun

Inspecting the files It seems to be developed in Monogame (With it's XNA history). Haha.. actually first I thought it was an XNA project. XNA was discontinued by Mircosoft in 2013. But the Mac and Linux versions indicated something else was up.
So it turned out to be Monogame. Not something we see often in DK.
Free open source multiplatform framework here
https://www.monogame.net/

Just gave it a spin.. it starts out brutally hard and nothing is explained. So be prepared for a few tries before completing the first level. A bit of onboarding the player a smoother difficulty curve would be recommended for future versions.
There are also numerous other issues.. so keep that in mind, it's still very early days for this project.

Penguin with a Pumpgun ALPHA DEMO


Penguin with a Pumpgun ALPHA DEMO on itch.io (Windows, Mac, Linux)
https://lassehonnens.itch.io/penguin-wi ... alpha-demo

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Free August assets has dropped on the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

Neat stuff.. among the assets is the Open World RPG Toolkit,

https://www.unrealengine.com/marketplac ... s?tag=4910

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Szrot from (DK) Kontraktor Entertainment Bureau. (Kontraktor ApS) now has a Steam page!
Developed by a half danish two man team.

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So we made another game at work! Now there is a gameplay overview trailer and an official release date the 1st of September for Gerda: A Flame in Winter.

Gerda: A Flame in Winter – Gameplay Overview Trailer


Gerda on Nintendo Switch
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products ... er-switch/

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Oh and see you on friday!

At Spilbar 50! I'm giving a "talk" (Solodev Developer).. not really a talk per se. But something different.
Never really done something like this before so let's see how it goes. It was fun to make!

** All the tickets are gone now. Even the extra ones that was released a bit later.

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Another critical look at Roblox.

Roblox: The Most Evil Business In The World



Sort of a rep and continuation of People Makes Game look at the Roblox that was making the rounds last year.

Investigation: How Roblox Is Exploiting Young Game Developers


Roblox Pressured Us to Delete Our Video. So We Dug Deeper

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Gameyard Aarhus #2

Det er igen blevet tid til en omgang Gameyard Aarhus – et netværksarrangement for spilbranchen med fagligt indhold og god plads til uformel snak om spil over en øl og et stykke pizza.
https://www.visiondenmark.dk/events/gameyard-aarhus/

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Hahaha... sooo Excel is apparantly now an Esport!

Excel Esports: ALL-STAR BATTLE


Also back in 2009 at the demo party Breakpoint there was an Excel demo.. Demo scene rocks!

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Hi from Spilbar 50! (Unrelated)

3D Realms/Slipgate Ironworks (DK)

Announces their Tempest Rising RTS


Looks awesome!
I did think it was their other large project being announced. But clearly not. This is 3 years work and a 100 devs on it so far.
And has VERY clear Command & Conquer/Red Alert influence.

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@Code Poster lige dit indlæg her

Det Grønne GameJam

Fredag d. 30.sep kl 17:00 til Søndag d. 2 oktober kl 14:00 er der "Det Grønne GameJam", et nyt GameJam med fokus på de yngre "grønne" spiludviklere (omkring 13-25 år). Vi har tidligere lavet events som "DM i spiludvikling" og "DMSPILJAM" og nu prøver vi et nyt koncept af

Læs mere her >>
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5194

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Godot 3.5 is out (I'm just behind.. it's been out for 10 days.. I've been vacation busy)


Grab it here
https://godotengine.org/download/windows


Godot 4 is now (still) in Alpha.. on release 14 currently, so use with care.
https://godotengine.org/article/dev-sna ... 0-alpha-14

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Another release from Heimdal Games and another round of the satirical Slette Mette game.

This time it's Slette Mette Strikes Back in endless jumper form.
(Expect ads on every death.. and no you can't cheat and turn off the internet connection)

Released on iOS
https://apps.apple.com/dk/app/slette-me ... 38785?l=da
Android
https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... trikesBack



More on
https://heimdalgames.org/slette-mette-s ... GG072HuCSk

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The Inside Gaming - The MIT Press Books bundle has launched on Humble.

3 of the books are authored by @JesperJuul

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/insi ... ress-books

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Incredible work in reality capture. The NeRF approach is already nearly antiquated.

They call this approach View Synthesis.

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Nordic Party 2022 at Gamescom
Wednesday 8/24 8PM, Biergarten Alteburg @ Köln, Germany

Signup here:
https://nordic.party/

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Crazy power move from the Swedish Embacer Group

Embracer goes on spending spree: buys Lord of the Rings IP rights, Tripwire Interactive, and more
https://www.pcgamer.com/embracer-goes-o ... -and-more/

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GMTK How to combine genres

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DK project Dead Pets Unleased has a Kickstarter.

The Kickstarer video presents it self well and the goal is set 'relativly' low (222,970DKK). I guess in theory the goal should not be too difficult to reach, there is plenty of time and much can happen. Reaching the goal is not something that will make a massive difference on the game and is probably more of a PR move. Ofcause a bit of extra money for projects is always nice.

Gave the demo a spin... I don't know. The art and music is well fitting and gives the project a personality. The gameplay and writing didn't really do anything for me, I was a bit bored honestly, but give it a spin and judge for yourself.





Slight update. At time of writing the pledge size seems to have decreased dramatically, 4'ish days in. So it seems some harder legwork will be required to bring it to the goal.


If you are missing a band simulator game.. I can recommend Rock Star Ate My Hamster from 1988. Fire up the Amiga emulator!

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How "Bad" Balance Can Be A Good Thing


Why Do We Love Hostile Worlds?

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Looks bad ass! And it's free!

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Quite interesting to use AI to fill out the missing pieces of photogrammetry scans.