Bruno Gohier

If you work in Australian Game Audio, I want to hear from you! I've created a survey to help us understand how our game audio professionals are working, where they're working, and how sustainable this work is. Working in game audio, you often have to be a composer, sound design, and technical audio professional all in one, and despite there being a lot of multi-talented Australian audio folk in this industry, there is often a lack of job opportunities. Additionally, it is not uncommon for audio work to be outsourced, regardless of the available and more than capable talent located in our backyard. If you have 10 minutes, please fill in this survey. I'll be writing up a report once this data has been collected to help inform what steps the Australian Game Development industry need to take to create more sustainable jobs in Australia, and how to improve the game audio pipeline so that we can foster and grow amazing senior talent! Survey link: https://lnkd.in/gCEsRRKi #gameaudio #gamedev #australiangamedev #composition #sounddesign

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🎮🔊This survey for Australian Game Audio professionals is still open, so please get your responses in! And if you can give the original post a cheeky share so we can get as many diverse voices as possible, I would super appreciate it. 👾🎵 I’ve already got so much great data! Thank you to those composers, sound designers, technical implementers and all of those in between for taking the time to fill this in so far. If you (or any of your friends) are Australian Game Audio Professionals, I want to know how you work, what you do, and what you think would improve the industry. The aim is to get a comprehensive snapshot of exactly how game audio professionals are working, what disciplines they span, what opportunities exist, and to understand where and what kind of support is needed. I also want to note that if you’re an Australian and are working internationally, I still want to hear from you, and there is a question that speaks to Aussies working abroad. Additionally, people coming up, finishing studies, changing career/industry, I also want to hear from you so we know what supports need to be in place to ensure there are opportunities for new and fresh talent. There is a section of the survey that caters for this. Thank you! I can’t wait to get some more responses and share the findings with you all soon 😊

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What is the future of procedural tools in game development? What role do they have to play? Procedural tools can offer assistance in development, and our panelists discuss the future possibilities. Here is the second of the three panel discussions at GDC. Give it a watch, especially if you weren't able to make it out to GDC this year! #womeningames #femaledevs #gamedevs #unrealengine #houdini #procedural

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Did someone say Universal Controller support? 🎮🕹️ Over the past week or so I’ve been working on implementing Universal Controller support for Summit Games Studio’s ‘Cosmic Cowboy’ 🤠. It’s currently still in development but so far we’ve officially switched to the new Unity InputSystem and it’s possible to switch between a huge range of controllers (as well as KBM) at runtime. Check out the progress below and give me your thoughts 👇 Kickstarter 👉 https://lnkd.in/eeZpkK6q #gamedev #games #indie #indiegame #csharp #gamedesign #gamescommunity #gamingcommunity #startup #game #gameindustry #gaming #indiegames #gamersunite #itchio #programming

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Bifrost 2.10.0.0 is available! https://lnkd.in/eGZwJDsz From new rigging workflows, new Node Library widget to new Executor SDK and Geometry SDK (yes you can now integrate Bifrost in your app) or new USD workflows, there are a lot of new things in this release! Links to the Geometry and Executor SDKs: https://lnkd.in/eJpHzbg9 https://lnkd.in/ekPnT_8x Finally, if you are using your own USD library, you can checkout the matching bifrost-2.10.0.0 tag on https://lnkd.in/eN_svafR to build against it.

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Want to know What's New for #rigging in #UE5 for 5.4 ? Check out this overview of what we've added to Control Rig and Deformer Tools. #controlrig #animation #UnrealEngine #rigging https://lnkd.in/dEkJZMv2

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This is a short video about the static switch nodes in unreal engine materials. What are they? How do they work? And most importantly, how can we use them effectively? Discover how to use static switches effectively to optimize your materials. https://lnkd.in/dauw9VXt . #UnrealEngine #GameDevelopment #MaterialNodes #TechTalks

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At the Digital Dragons 2024, I discussed the harmony between programmers and animators within the context of creating character locomotion. The result of working on this harmony is the collaboration we have undertaken with Marek Konieczny (https://vanillaloop.com/). Our complementary skills (me - coding, Marek - animating), ability to listen to each other, genuine interest in trends in game animation and openness to experimentation make developing animation systems together a pure pleasure for me. We created a Cover System in UE5, which is already available on the Epic Marketplace. This solution is built in Blueprints to be simple and enjoyable for animators and designers. The project was designed so that programmers could quickly rewrite it in C++. It's a good foundation for developing more specialized cover systems. I'm very curious to see what else will come from our collaborations 😊 . Cover System : https://lnkd.in/gdQf5txm #gamedev #animation #skeletalanimation #unrealengine #ue5

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The Sumo Group closures really have broken me a bit, and I need to rant about the state of things. I'm sorry if it seems I'm glossing over all the closures before this one, but so many ex-students went there, so many ex-colleagues passed through there, and so my timeline is just filled with people looking for work. We keep talking and talking about the economic factors involved, Brexit and Covid and this and that ... the thing I can't stop thinking of is that in my life I've watched the world slowly pitch into a place of despondent capitalism. Art has become more about making stars and fame than helping people escape and reflect. A drive for "truth" and objectivity has resulted, paradoxically, in people putting more stock in spreadsheets and numbers than people. I can't help but feel that if you're bleating about finance and trade deals and business decisions, you're ignoring the fact that general support for artistic and creative endeavours has declined sharply and is still declining, even in the so-called "art world". Games are ultimately always going to be the first to fall in a culture war against creativity, because games are ultimately and profoundly pointless things. That's the whole majesty of the medium: they make us feel profound feelings, they help us explore our existence by being separate from reality, but to do so they MUST bring us nothing tangible in return. The truth is that our industry will probably bounce back to some degree, but it's not any financial structures or cost systems that will save game development as a medium and an art form - it's a cultural shift to recognise the importance of expressive and explorative subjective art in the world today, and the need to support creative endeavours without the pressure of financial recompense.

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About to step into the big wide world of YouTube #gameDev / #gameDesign #UnrealEngine tutorials ... any advice from anyone who does it already? Like, specifically anything I should know for optimising my actual channel or the way videos are listed?

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In the past, I've often seen PvP projects developed by teams that typically use ELO as their primary matchmaking solution.📝 This always seemed a bit as a risky choice because ELO is certainly a great system, but it was created for other purposes. 🌟First of all, good things about it (in games): — It can work and cover a couple of MM basic requirements — For games with 1vs1 PvP, with some custom adjustments, ELO can work really good But in my opinion when MM systems are going to design & development phases, it should be built based on detailed requirements from the game perspective. Otherwise it may be hard to adapt games and ELO to each other, to make it work really well. 🔖What else is important to consider when there is a task to make ELO-based MM (or similar system): — If the game is about a bigger format than 1vs1, it should be handled in some way by additional logic (e.g. based on weighted averages). — Some calibration mechanics can be useful. Because some players can be very good from the start or learn to be that way very fast. — Rating “degradation” through inactivity time could be handy. Some players may leave the game with a high rating and return to it when they forgot how to play at the same level. — Some kind of “Seasons” with rating downscaling at the start (in proportional way) may be useful. — Custom rules for onboarding of new players. For example, average rating gain at the start could be higher than zero. It will help to differentiate layers with players of different skill levels. — If the game is based not only on the skill, but on the power progression as well, it also should be handled (e.g. in the form of the gearscore, affecting the ELO rating in direct or indirect form). ⚒️At the end of design, it is helpful to ask yourself: is the final system transparent and flexible enough? Is it easy to operate? After reflection about these questions some simplification needs could appear in your head. Or some other rating systems may be taken into consideration.

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🎮Monthly External Game Dev Pulse🎮 I’m on a personal mission to broaden my awareness and gain an ongoing pulse into the landscape of External Development in the Video Games industry. Video Games is an industry that I have been employed in for nearly 20 years, with External Development covering much of this tenure. I love it, I live and breathe it, and I’ll be doing this until I’m much older and wrinklier. I care about seeing this industry continuing to thrive, and I believe that the flexibility, scalability, and diversity of expertise in External Development can be a key component in supporting the industry as the landscape begins to (hopefully) restabilize. As such, I am starting a monthly pulse survey to gain regular snapshots in time of the industry-wide vision on External Development, with an aim to provide Video Games professionals the data needed to lean on external development to create increased development stability. To help with this mission, I am asking the community to please take 5-10 minutes completing this 5-question survey. I plan to release these pulse surveys on a monthly basis, and as a thank you I will share key data and insights with this community on Linkedin. This survey is open to participation for those working in External Development in the Video Games industry as a Service Provider, Developer or Publisher. I hope that this personal initiative will help many throughout the industry, whether you are involved in external development, hoping to learn more about external development, or interested in learning more about options for industry stabilization. I hope for a large pool of diverse participants, so if you see the value in this initiative please do share this post with your network. If you have any feedback for how the most can be made of this initiative, or improve the questionnaire for future releases, please let me know your perspectives through a Linkedin message. Thank you.

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Icon Architect Studio: The Ultimate 3D to 2D Icon Converter on Unity Asset Store Unlock the full potential of your 3D models with Icon Architect Studio, a robust and intuitive Unity tool designed to seamlessly convert 3D models into stunning 2D icons. Whether you're a game developer, graphic designer, or digital artist, Icon Architect Studio provides a comprehensive suite of features to create eye-catching icons that enhance your projects and streamline your workflow. Core Features: • Versatile Editing Controls: Experience ultimate control with intuitive icon editing functionalities. Right-click and drag to rotate models, left-click and drag to move, and use the scroll wheel to zoom, offering a natural and responsive user interface. • Intuitive Preview Window: Make real-time adjustments and see immediate results in the responsive preview window, ensuring your icons look exactly as intended before final rendering. • Versatile Editing Controls: Experience ultimate control with intuitive icon editing functionalities. Right-click and drag to rotate models, left-click and drag to move, and use the scroll wheel to zoom, offering a natural and responsive user interface. • Dynamic Background Options: Craft icons that pop by utilizing customizable background colors, tints, and images. Create shapes like circular, triangular, or custom icons by filling necessary areas and leaving the rest transparent for creative flexibility. • Advanced Overlay and Border Customization: Enhance your icons with overlays that can be positioned, scaled, and aspect-ratio maintained to perfection. These overlays can also be used to create custom borders, providing additional creative control and stylistic options. • Animation and Pose Control: Position and animate your models precisely with the ability to select and apply specific keyframes from animation clips. This feature not only enhances icon dynamism but also extends the tool’s utility to creating detailed renders for wallpapers or loading screens. • Advanced Lighting Controls: Fine-tune the mood and clarity of your icons with adjustable lighting settings, including mode, angle, color, and intensity, to highlight the best features of your models. • High-Resolution Rendering: Prepare your icons for any platform with rendering capabilities ranging from 64x64 to an impressive 8k resolution, ensuring your icons are sharp and professional on all devices. • Sub-Model Management: Gain more control over your final render by enabling or disabling sub-models within a prefab, allowing for cleaner and more relevant icon outcomes. • Intuitive Preview Window: Make real-time adjustments and see immediate results in the responsive preview window, ensuring your icons look exactly as intended before final rendering. https://lnkd.in/g96p3A6k

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Copy & pasting to a ".txt" file and renaming it to ".html" instead is as technical as you need to be to create interactive simulations now. #creativeplayfullearning

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For my current scene, I had to choose between different types of wind, the Pivot Painter, Speedtree Game (.st9) or UE (.st). After several tests, the Speedtree UE (.st) seems the most interesting in terms of rendering/performance. There's still room for improvement, but the basis is there and already solid. I can't wait to work on the other planned biomes! 😀 #wip #unrealengine #speedtree #wind #vfx #ginkgo #forest #ghostoftsushima #inspired #scene #fanart

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