Matthijs Dierckx

Suddenly my game has menus! Liking the art deco elements, and the screen space post processing which is creating this cool night effect for free (at the end of the video).
What do you think? (Still very much WIP of course...)

#GameDev #IndieDev #GameDesign #Unity #RPG #JRPG #UI #GameDevelopment

Presented today at INDIGO, the 2024 Games Monitor reveals steady growth in the Dutch games industry—even as the global sector faces serious challenges. Revenue rose to a record €763M, with more active studios and increasing use of generative AI.

Full report: dutchgamesassociation.nl/games-monitor/

Gambling companies are not part of this report in any way. So it is impossible to draw any conclusions from it in that area.

5. Most interviewees were adement: 'Use isn't optional anymore, it's a matter of survival'
6. Strong opinions across the board: only 1% had 'no opinion' on GenAI, while 23% actively oppose its use in game dev

2. Applied/serious game studios show 3x higher adoption rates vs entertainment studios (we propose some reasons in the full report, link in comments)
3. Heavy use in concept phase, not for production assets
4. Music & audio seem surprisingly resilient to genAI (for now)

We researched the adoption of generative AI in the Dutch games industry (as part of the Games Monitor). 6 results I find striking:

1. Adoption in games industry is actually slower than cross-industry average

#GenAI #AI #GenerativeAI #GameDev

"Story in the Sky: The Kasten Conspiracy" - working title for my solo narrative game project. Curious to hear your thoughts on that name. Plus: looking forward to @indigo-showcase.bsky.social! I'll be hosting 3 talks, including the @godotengine.org session by @adriaan.games & Franz LaZerte. #gamedev

No problem, of course

(We also had it removed from the PlayStation Store. Still looking for a new console publisher... ;) )

We asked the publisher to pull it when it turned out the port wasn't what we expected it to be --and the publisher didn't want to fund updates. This has been the case since quite quickly after launch.

Fijn artikel.
Heerlijk hoe Sandfall goed aanvoelt welke woorden in het Frans te laten, van 'Gommage' tot 'P. de M.'!

Found some time to work on my game.
#screenshotsaturday #indiegame #madewithunity #gamedev

That. And space tourism isn't helping either.

YouTube video by Raw Fury Post Trauma I Main Theme

😱 Holy cow, the main theme of @rawfury.bsky.social's Post Trauma is the best I've heard in years!
#gamemusic #gameaudio #indiegame
(Also, this game *did* get buried by Oblivion's remaster)

Have to say, the Unity 6 SRP batcher delivers. Makes it much easier to create a dense city.
#wip #indiegame #gamedev #videogame #fantasygame #narrative

Yeah, that badge-thingy is strange. Never quite get the conditions. Same for full controller support. You have everything in order, but then proving you have seems to be more complicated. At least, last time we tried.

Wow...

Is there a place we can follow this game? Looks really interesting.

This looks so very interesting. Any idea why it didn't get more attention?

Als de een de ander schoffeert, heet dat geen ‘ruziën‘. Veel nieuwsmedia laten ons weer danig in de steek.
Net als met het woord ‘polarisatie’: als één groep radicaliseert en de ander niet, dan is dat geen polarisatie.
Ik zou willen dat journalisten hun woorden zorgvuldiger kozen.

It's rather frustrating indeed, since everybody would benefit from manual curation on Steam. Have an editorial board, make that 30% work for everone!

Are we financing our own downfall?
It sure seems like it.
Most (semi) government agencies in Europe pay Microsoft. Microsoft pays Trump. Trump is trying to cripple Europe.

We should seriously start to consider European alternatives to Windows, Teams and Office.

Played it on launch. From start to finish. (On a PC.) Thought it had so many great ideas, narratively speaking, well executed. Found myself really surprised no-one was talking about those aspects of the game. It has been there, right from the start.

Found the source: bsky.app/profile/zezv...

a picture of a man giving a fabulous new giant wooden horse to a group of people in a walled city. A very cool trojan horse! The meme is written over, labelled as: "VN devs" giving "gamers" a cool new "videogame". But actually, the cool new "videogame" is just a "whole ass novel but only one line at a time" in disguise! Perhaps gamers will learn to love novels.

i'm doing my part

Winners will be announced in April during the award show hosted by Buma Music in Motion.

🎶 This is so cool! The 9th edition of the BUMA Music in Media Awards will feature a new category: GAME MUSIC! Honoured to be part of the jury alongside the Netherlands' most accomplished game composer @jorisdemanmusic.bsky.social, Ubisoft's Leon Winkler, and TikTok's @jannespijkervet.bsky.social.

The Netherlands' largest game event for developers continues in 2025 - Dutch Games Association Rotterdam (NL) – January 31, 2025 – The most important event for game developers in the Netherlands, INDIGO, will continue in 2025 as a 2-day event and will take place in Rotterdam! INDIGO has been th...

We are thrilled to share that INDIGO will continue in 2025 as a 2-day event and will take place in Rotterdam! The continuation of INDIGO is made possible by the DGA, Gemeente Rotterdam, and Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds.

Please read the full press release here: dutchgamesassociation.nl/2025/01/31/t...

If you (meaning Dutch game companies) haven't received an invite to the survey, please mail contact@dutchgamesassociation.nl!