An indie dev worried about being seen as a ripoff after discovering a game similar to the one they were making, but then the original dev responded: 'Don't be discourag…

Responding to the thread, Firebelley urged Sbibble not to give up on his project. "I would say don't be discouraged. There's ...
Cartoon Brew

Five Indie Animated Features, Five Very Different Paths: Welcome To Cartoon Brew’s Awards Season Rogue Roundtable

Directors of 'Endless Cookie,' 'Black Butterflies,' 'Boys Go to Jupiter,' 'Dog of God,' and 'Slide' discuss their 2025 indie ...
XCOM 2 Game Guide

Terminator 2D: NO FATE. Games of December 2025. We end the year with two Japanese gems and an old-school platformer

We were supposed to embark on this nostalgic journey in November, but ultimately, we will play Terminator 2D: NO FATE in December. What is it? It's an action platformer game that's gonna follow the ...
Artnet

A New Video Platform Is Changing How Artists Make Money Online

This autumn, a new video platform launched that promises creators—from artists and filmmakers to musicians and other creatives—greater control and better earnings on their content. Eschewing ads, ...
CBS News

Zohran Mamdani wants to make universal child care a reality in NYC. Here's a look at the costs, and the savings.

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani won his way into City Hall on a campaign that promised to make the city more affordable for working class residents. Part of those policies involve something ...
PlayStation LifeStyle

Highly Anticipated PS5, PS4 Platformer Delayed Again, New Release Date Announced

Developer Bitmap Bureau and publisher Reef Entertainment recently announced that their highly anticipated arcade-style action platformer, Terminator 2D: No Fate, has been delayed. Reef Entertainment ...
The Verge

Sora now lets you pay extra to make more AI videos

More monetization is on the way, including cuts to free AI video allowances. More monetization is on the way, including cuts to free AI video allowances. is a London-based reporter at The Verge ...
Pocket Gamer.Biz

Character platform ego AI raises $6.7m to make in-game characters more human-like

The platform blends small language models and reinforcement learning to create human-like behaviour. Backers include Patron, Y Combinator, Accel, Boost VC, and angels from Coinbase, DeepMind, and ...
Fast Company

How to make sense of Meta’s growing AI-powered advertising machine

The hyperbolic reaction is understandable—maybe even justified. With 3.43 billion unique active users across its platforms around the world, and an advertising machine that brought in $47.5 billion in ...
IEEE

3D Scene Reconstruction via 2D LiDAR and Platform Inclination of a Hexapod Robot

Abstract: The paper presents the development of a 3D scanning system for the surrounding space based on the use of a 2D LiDAR mounted on a hexapod robot platform. The aim of the study is to create an ...
AOL

Every 2D Mario Platformer, Ranked

Super Mario’s 40 year history is a testament to all the different ways you can make a little guy run from left to right across a screen. Nintendo’s line of 2D Mario platformers has gone through three ...