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August 2023 Round up

With the discussions over the use of AI in game development raging on, Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen, Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries took it on himself to see what all the fuss really is about. He's exploring AI-assisted game development and is documenting his findings along the way. His sparetime, solo project became a public AI research project. Read on to find out what he thinks of AI in game development. This and many other interesting stories from many other interesting game devs.

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Jussi Kemppainen is exploring AI-assisted game development with Echoes of Somewhere

Jussi-Petteri Kemppainen, Lead VFX Artist at Mainframe Industries and founder of Dinosaurs Are Better, spends his spare time developing a game titled Echoes of Somewhere. With this free, experimental 2.5D point-and-click adventure game anthology series he’s exploring AI-assisted game development. His preliminary conclusion? “It is 100% the future, but it is not what people think it is.”

MOST WANTED

Playground fights led to the sister’s power house Blind Bend Studio

Teninke Camara recalls, “Growing up, I remember watching children throw things at my sister Gnoumagbee in the playground. Seeing that was hard and I always found myself in the middle of a fight beside her. They did not understand that persons with albinism are not diseased but rather are living with a rare skin condition.”

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A Void Hope by Elden Pixels lacks violence “We’re proud of that”

Gorilla Softworks’ debut The Ancients aims for prehistoric realism

RUNNING A STUDIO

Solo dev Graham Reid: “Being part of a like-minded community is really important”

While based in New York, solo dev Graham Reid maintains a strong connection to his birthplace, Jamaica. He envisions a future where local talent doesn’t need to venture abroad to enter the industry. “At the moment, the scene is very small, but myself and a few other people are hard at work trying to grow the community.”

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David Olamide’s joyous journey that led to an internship in his own company

Solo dev Chris Arvanitis: “Total control can be a double edged sword”

FUTURE TECH

Finding the right people for your studio by running effective tech interviews

Interviewing is one of the most important aspects of any developer’s job. Your employer and colleagues decided to put their trust in your ability to identify their next hire. Taking into account not only their technical skills and knowledge, but also their soft skills, their eagerness to help and to learn, and their fit within the existing organisation.

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Solo dev Josh Salley (HALbot Studios) “I believe in keeping a good work life balance”

Out Now • Pat Naoum of the handpainted The Master’s Pupil: “Creativity is a tool”

DATA & INTELLIGENCE

Newzoo expects the global games market to grow by 2.6% in 2023

According to Newzoo’s latest Global Games Market Report the global games market will generate $187.7 billion in 2023, representing +2.6% year-on-year growth. Mobile accounts for the highest share of revenues, but a challenging privacy landscape will somewhat limit growth until 2026. Console shows 2023’s biggest revenue growth.

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