Wednesday, June 30, 2021

New stories by Architonic

New stories by Architonic


Architonic Story: Kvadrat Shade | News | Architonic

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:00 PM PDT

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More 3M, less CO2 | News | Architonic

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:00 PM PDT

The building industry finds itself under increasing pressure today to reduce its carbon footprint because, with construction and operational emissions of buildings contributing to approximately 40 % of greenhouse gases produced, it holds – and architects in particular – great power for helping to safeguard the future of the planet. To aid this process, policymakers are bringing in new schemes to provide direction and improve accountability; for example, the European Green Deal recently announced the Renovation Wave Strategy to improve the energy performance of existing buildings, preventing unnecessary demolition and encouraging more passive forms of energy saving. To meet the demands of these new schemes, it will become common practice to measure carbon contributions on every project – from embodied to operational emissions. Well-known sustainable certification standards such as BREEAM, HQE or LEED are leading the way for measuring the emissions of buildings. When it comes to products… continue

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Don't Miss: Designing unsettling 'hidden horror' in Layers of Fear

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:41 PM PDT

Rafal Basaj, producer at Bloober Team, talked with us about Layers of Fear, and his studio's brand of personal, unsettling horror game design. ...

SNKRX: anatomy of a sleeper hit

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:37 PM PDT

It†™s time for a deeper dive into the sleeper success of SNKRX, the "arcade shooter roguelite where you control a snake of heroes that automatically attack nearby enemies." ...

Get a job: Aardman Animations is hiring a Technical Animator for games

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:34 PM PDT

Aardman Animations looking for a Technical Animator to join us at the beginning of an exciting new project. ...

Developers express ire over PlayStation's promotional policies

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:03 PM PDT

A number of smaller developers are sharing details today about seemingly unfavorable conditions selling games on the PlayStation store. ...

Blog: 12 basic principles of interactive character behavior

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 10:11 AM PDT

Developers and players agree that innovation in character AI has largely come to a halt. This blog series is about finding a way forward, so let's start by taking a look at the concept of 'behavior.' ...

Game writer Sam Maggs is your host for the 2021 Game Developers Choice Awards

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 09:08 AM PDT

Bestselling game, TV, and comics writer Sam Maggs is your host for the 2021 Game Developers Choice Awards. ...

Room 8 Group opens Montreal studio to offer external support to more developers

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 08:54 AM PDT

Room 8 Group has opened a new studio in Canada to provide creative, development, and management services to development partners working on free-to-play mobile titles and console games. ...

Former Riot Games devs band together to establish new studio Amihan Entertainment

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 07:14 AM PDT

A group of former Riot Games developers have established a new studio called Amihan Entertainment. ...

Blog: When is it time to rewrite your code?

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 05:01 AM PDT

A working system is a valuable asset. It works. It lets you test new ideas cheaply. Don†™t take that for granted. ...

Funcom acquires majority stake in Metal: Hellsinger developer The Outsiders

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 04:54 AM PDT

Conan Exiles developer Funcom has acquired a majority stake in Swedish game studio The Outsiders for an undisclosed fee. ...

Xbox boss talks mergers and acquisitions, says telling studios not to sell is 'short-sighted'

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 04:24 AM PDT

"If a team actually takes the risk of starting a new company, starting a new studio, building that over years, building value in that. To say they shouldn†™t sell, I think, is just short-sighted." ...

Vela Games raises $17.3 million to create debut co-op title codenamed 'Project-V'

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:33 AM PDT

Vela Games, the Dublin-based studio established in 2018 by a group of former Riot and EA developers, has raised $17.3 million in Series A funding to build out its debut title. ...

PUBG owner Krafton buys interactive content production company Thingsflow

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 02:53 AM PDT

South Korean video game company Krafton has acquired Thingsflow Inc, the interactive production company behind chat-based content platform Hellobot. ...

Konami and The Medium dev Bloober Team partner to create new games

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 02:04 AM PDT

Konami Digital Entertainment has signed a strategic partnership with The Medium developer Bloober Team to create games based on existing and new properties. ...

Playing with expectation to create tension in Local Space Survey Corps, LLC's Vessels

Posted: 30 Jun 2021 01:28 AM PDT

Vessels is a game of ever-shifting identities and pretending to be who you need to be to stay alive, doing anything you can to get out of being dumped into space. ...

Stir-fried beef noodles

Item: Stir-fried beef noodles, 乾炒牛河 Date: February 14, 2024 Location: 國强粥粉麵, G...