A team of Electronic Arts engineers walk through how they developed Swish, a first-of-its-kind cloth simulation tool used to create “Madden NFL 21”.
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Cyberspaces and Braindances in ‘Cyberpunk 2077’
Members of the CD PROJEKT RED team share the inspiration behind the design of cyberspaces, insight into the development of braindances, and what they hope players and developers alike take away from “Cyberpunk 2077.”
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 43 – Mastering Game Design
SIGGRAPH 2021 Games Focus Area Chair Carlos Gonzalez-Ochoa sits down with Tanya X. Short, of Kitfox Games, and Rodney Reece, of Respawn Entertainment, to talk “the door problem” and other principles of game design.
‘Be That Champion’: A Game Developer’s Uplifting Advice for the Next Generation of Women in Tech
In this Women’s History Month feature, get to know Dr. Evie Powell: her contributions to the gaming industry and the best advice she has for women new to the industry.
Developing ‘Davigo’: Balancing Gameplay in Asymmetrical VR
The developers behind “Davigo,” an asymmetrical VR game, discuss their SIGGRAPH 2020 presentation and dig into the game mechanics.
2020: A Year in Stories
Once again, the ACM SIGGRAPH Blog editors reflect on a year of stories with a roundup of 2020’s “most read” news from the site.
‘Manifold Garden’ Takes Control With a GPU Rendering Pipeline
Arthur Brussee discusses his SIGGRAPH 2020 Talk on the graphics development in indie game “Manifold Garden” and its use of a custom GPU rendering pipeline.
COVID and the Need for Immersion
Jon Peddie Research shares how COVID-19 is making the case for gaming, and why ray tracing and object-based sound are critical components.
Creating the Killer Content in ‘Mortal Kombat 11’
The team behind “Mortal Kombat 11” discusses how they developed the high fidelity cached simulations and other groundbreaking gaming elements.
SIGGRAPH Spotlight: Episode 30 – Tim Sweeney and the Metaverse
Image Credit: Epic Games For the first time, SIGGRAPH Spotlight presents a live, in-session recording from the annual conference in North America. Tune in to hear Tim Sweeney (founder and CEO, Epic Games) during his SIGGRAPH 2019 Talk, “THRIVE: Foundational Principles...
SIGGRAPH 2019 Exclusive: Experience the Sistine Chapel in VR
Created exclusively for SIGGRAPH 2019, “Il Divino: Michelangelo’s Sistine Ceiling in VR” presents games technology as a form of art while giving viewers the chance to explore the Sistine Chapel up close.
How Ubisoft Re-created Notre Dame for ‘Assassin’s Creed Unity’
Originally published on Ubiblog in 2014, we’ve resurrected an interview with Caroline Miousse in which she recaps how the team re-created Paris’ Notre Dame.