Microsoft Game Dev

SLICE 2025 was Seattle Indies inaugural games industry event in downtown Seattle, held just before PAX West earlier this year. Filled with knowledgeable guest speakers and attended by developers of all sizes, it was a great opportunity to learn and grow among game dev peers! Many of the talks from the event are now available up on Seattle Indies' YouTube channel. In today's feature, Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) talks with Seattle Indies Vice President Ty Taylor 🔜 SLICE about motivation, the creative process, and the unique pressures that come following a smash hit like Stardew Valley. https://msft.it/6047tDrSH

Optimizing for mobile games can be complicated, but Simplygon has tools to help you streamline the process! 🛠️Read more about automating your asset optimization in our latest blog: https://msft.it/6048sCLsO

Got your hands on an ROG Xbox Ally or ROG Xbox Ally X yet? Planning on developing for handheld? 🔖 Don't forget to bookmark our Handheld Development hub, your one-stop shop for tips, tricks, and resources for your next project: https://msft.it/6047sfFjL

Need some #indiedev content to watch this weekend? Seattle Indies has highlights and full recordings of this year's inaugural SLICE 2025 event going up now! Subscribe to hear from experienced developers from across the industry and learn what SLICE is all about: https://msft.it/6046sF2Sj

Simplygon can use Unreal Engine's Nav Mesh for visibility culling. This is an useful way to remove triangles never visible from the player's point of view. Let us look at how to use us it when creating standins. https://lnkd.in/gkPN46P8

Want to stay on top of all the latest news and tools with Microsoft Game Development? 👀 Take a look at our new Tools & Services Hub! Inside you'll find all the latest information for handheld development, GDK and PlayFab updates, news from our middleware partners, and more: https://msft.it/6042sFV7E

Tidying up our main page description. It's always important to revisit your descriptions from time to time to make sure there's nothing new you've left out! Have you reviewed your game company's profile page lately? 🤔 What changes have you made?

Optimization can be time-consuming, but is well worth the effort with the right tools! With these four fundamental tools, Simplygon can help you build an automated character optimization pipeline in no time: - Automatically generate LOD models with the triangle reducer - Give your artists control with vertex weights - Reduce skinning influences with bone reduction - Save draw cells with material merging Find all the information on how to work these tools into your optimization pipeline on our blog: https://msft.it/6043svPmd