GDC 2015: a major news digest. March, 3rd
The second day of the GDC conference was a nervous wait. Valve, Unity, Amazon and Nvidia shared the news and talked about upcoming releases. Read in our digest that interesting things happened on March 3 in San Francisco.
- Unity released a new version of the engine - Unity 5.0 . At a press conference, company representatives spoke in detail about the technical capabilities of the new product . You can read about the Unity Special Event in this blog.
- Kristi Marks gave some tips to help mobile developers create narrative game design.
- Erin Robinson shared the secrets of developing the game Gravity Ghost , talking about the difficulties that the creators had during the development of level design.
- Skybound Entertainment announced that they are already developing a game based on the film Air, directed by Chris Cantamess, and produced by Robert Kirkman, who worked with The Walking Dead.
- Ethan Volker talked about how the developers of the game Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor solved the problems associated with the plot and design.
- Studio Flying Mollusk presented the project Nevermind: the player will have to go into the minds of people who have repressed memories of terrible events.
- Professor Ann DeMarle in her report “A Narrative Game's Success Addressing Gender-based Violence” talked about how playing football can teach tolerance and help clarify the concept of gender equality.
- Creative Director of Hinterland Studios talked about how their game The Long Dark almost lost in the wilds of early access.
- Developer No Man's Sky told about the huge world of this game. He shared a secret: there is a robot in the game that only developers see. The task of this robot is to fly in all game worlds (there are a lot of them) and shoot short videos.
- Minority Media talked about the game Time Machine for Oculus Rift: in it the player will look into the fascinating world of dinosaurs.
- Developers Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide introduced a new teaser game:
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- Ubisoft is developing a new game, its target audience will be people who have a rare disease - amblyopia. Dig Rush actually looks very cute, you can play it in ordinary 3D glasses. Previously, amblyopia was treated by wearing a bandage on one eye, but the game can become a new medicine and help many people solve their problem.
- Sony called the approximate release date of their VR Headset Project Morpheus. The device will be released in the first half of 2016. Read the review of journalists who managed to test the device, here.
- Pavel Mitsekhovsky, the main screenwriter of the game This War of Mine, spoke about the emotional impact on the players and how hard it was to write a story about survival during the war.
- Rob Morgan, narrative designer of Wonderbook: Book of Spells and Gunner VR games, shared his thoughts on how a thoughtful story can make the game feel even more realistic.
- Anthony Pecorella told about the genre of "Idle games" (games in which the player performs the minimum number of actions) and why this genre has become popular.
- Nvidia at GDC announced a lot of interesting things. For example, a new, more powerful version of Shield: now the device can play and shoot video in 4K resolution at 60fps. In addition, Nvidia has already agreed to cooperate with a number of eminent publishers. For example, it is already known that on this device it will be possible to play Doom 3 and Crysis 3. Also in May, Nvidia will launch the GRID streaming service, which will allow players to stream games in HD quality.
- Valve, as expected, did not announce any half-life. Nevertheless, they showed Source 2, Steam Link, Steam Lighthouse , talked about Steam Machines, which will be released in November of this year and will cost about $ 400.
Steam Link provides the ability to stream all the content of the Steam service throughout the apartment. This device costs $ 50, and if together with a gamepad, then $ 100, and will also be released in November.
The Sours 2 engine, free for all developers, will work with Vulkan (we will learn more about this today).
Another Valve announced Lighthouse - a new VR-system that will be used with the HTC Vive. Lighthouse can also be integrated into many devices, including phones, televisions, headsets.
- Amanda Lange from Microsoft shared interesting statistics about which scenarios, “good” or “bad”, users often play in games.
Sony announced that Project Morpheus will work with the PlayStation 4.
Mozilla announced Web VR Oculus Rex. The company also introduced WebGL 2.
London Heist is a game that will demonstrate the potential of Project Morpheus.
Xbox talked about new ID @ Xbox games.
Trailers
Horror OXENFREE:
A little gameplay of the third "Witcher":
Hyperdrive Massacre:
And a little conference atmosphere:
We remind you that the GameStop portal organized a live stream with the developers, where you can watch interesting gaming news and listen to representatives of gaming companies.
And on March 4th, you can listen to a live stream of retention and engagement on mobile devices.
- Unity released a new version of the engine - Unity 5.0 . At a press conference, company representatives spoke in detail about the technical capabilities of the new product . You can read about the Unity Special Event in this blog.
- Kristi Marks gave some tips to help mobile developers create narrative game design.
- Erin Robinson shared the secrets of developing the game Gravity Ghost , talking about the difficulties that the creators had during the development of level design.
- Skybound Entertainment announced that they are already developing a game based on the film Air, directed by Chris Cantamess, and produced by Robert Kirkman, who worked with The Walking Dead.
- Ethan Volker talked about how the developers of the game Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor solved the problems associated with the plot and design.
- Studio Flying Mollusk presented the project Nevermind: the player will have to go into the minds of people who have repressed memories of terrible events.
- Professor Ann DeMarle in her report “A Narrative Game's Success Addressing Gender-based Violence” talked about how playing football can teach tolerance and help clarify the concept of gender equality.
- Creative Director of Hinterland Studios talked about how their game The Long Dark almost lost in the wilds of early access.
- Developer No Man's Sky told about the huge world of this game. He shared a secret: there is a robot in the game that only developers see. The task of this robot is to fly in all game worlds (there are a lot of them) and shoot short videos.
- Minority Media talked about the game Time Machine for Oculus Rift: in it the player will look into the fascinating world of dinosaurs.
- Developers Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide introduced a new teaser game:
')
- Ubisoft is developing a new game, its target audience will be people who have a rare disease - amblyopia. Dig Rush actually looks very cute, you can play it in ordinary 3D glasses. Previously, amblyopia was treated by wearing a bandage on one eye, but the game can become a new medicine and help many people solve their problem.
- Sony called the approximate release date of their VR Headset Project Morpheus. The device will be released in the first half of 2016. Read the review of journalists who managed to test the device, here.
- Pavel Mitsekhovsky, the main screenwriter of the game This War of Mine, spoke about the emotional impact on the players and how hard it was to write a story about survival during the war.
- Rob Morgan, narrative designer of Wonderbook: Book of Spells and Gunner VR games, shared his thoughts on how a thoughtful story can make the game feel even more realistic.
- Anthony Pecorella told about the genre of "Idle games" (games in which the player performs the minimum number of actions) and why this genre has become popular.
- Nvidia at GDC announced a lot of interesting things. For example, a new, more powerful version of Shield: now the device can play and shoot video in 4K resolution at 60fps. In addition, Nvidia has already agreed to cooperate with a number of eminent publishers. For example, it is already known that on this device it will be possible to play Doom 3 and Crysis 3. Also in May, Nvidia will launch the GRID streaming service, which will allow players to stream games in HD quality.
- Valve, as expected, did not announce any half-life. Nevertheless, they showed Source 2, Steam Link, Steam Lighthouse , talked about Steam Machines, which will be released in November of this year and will cost about $ 400.
Steam Link provides the ability to stream all the content of the Steam service throughout the apartment. This device costs $ 50, and if together with a gamepad, then $ 100, and will also be released in November.
The Sours 2 engine, free for all developers, will work with Vulkan (we will learn more about this today).
Another Valve announced Lighthouse - a new VR-system that will be used with the HTC Vive. Lighthouse can also be integrated into many devices, including phones, televisions, headsets.
- Amanda Lange from Microsoft shared interesting statistics about which scenarios, “good” or “bad”, users often play in games.
Sony announced that Project Morpheus will work with the PlayStation 4.
Mozilla announced Web VR Oculus Rex. The company also introduced WebGL 2.
London Heist is a game that will demonstrate the potential of Project Morpheus.
Xbox talked about new ID @ Xbox games.
Trailers
Horror OXENFREE:
A little gameplay of the third "Witcher":
Hyperdrive Massacre:
And a little conference atmosphere:
We remind you that the GameStop portal organized a live stream with the developers, where you can watch interesting gaming news and listen to representatives of gaming companies.
And on March 4th, you can listen to a live stream of retention and engagement on mobile devices.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/252195/
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