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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · 4d

My optimization for mobile games guest article is up.

The main takeaway is that if your monetization comes from microtransactions or gacha mechanics, then asset creation cost correlates directly to profit.

Reducing the cost of optimization == 💰

developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · 12d

Anyone else visiting #MIGS25 next month? First time going there, what can I expect?

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · 12d

New #gamedev optimization blog is out. In it I have a look at billboards and where they fit.

Spoiler: Those can be very useful for the kind of assets where both triangle reduction and remeshing fails. Often quite loosely connected assets.

Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · 12d

Billboard clouds can be a lifesaver for #gamedev assets where neither reduction nor remeshing works. In this blog we will have a look at how to fine tune the optimization settings for them.

simplygon.com/posts/a2ea9a...

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · 18d

LOD5
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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · 19d

New tutorial out! Today we look at visibility culling in #unrealengine

Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · 19d

Simplygon can use #UnrealEngine '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.

youtu.be/SjXuVgWEPGg

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Visibility culling using Nav Mesh in Unreal Engine

YouTube video by Simplygon

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · 26d

Today I've written about cross impostors. It is a little bit of an older optimization technique.

What perhaps is more interesting in the #gamedev blog is that we delve into how to work with the scene graphs; cloning and moving nodes around.

simplygon.com/posts/1b1eb3...

How to create a cross billboard impostor

In this blog post, we’ll demonstrate how to use impostor from single view, along with some scene graph manipulation—specifically copying and rotating—to create a cross billboard. A cross billboard con...

simplygon.com

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Sep 25

Finally Volume II, so hype!

Stygian Bought is always on my travel #metal music list.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrz7...

STYGIAN BOUGH - Volume II (Official Teaser)

YouTube video by Profound Lore Records

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Sep 22

Today I am writing for Microsoft's #gamedev blog. Topic is automated character optimization and which #techart tools that are useful to have in your pipeline.

🔨Triangle reduction
🪛Vertex Weights
⛏️Bone reduction
🖌️Material merging

developer.microsoft.com/en-us/games/...

The Four Fundamental Simplygon Tools for Automated Character Optimization

From triangle reduction to material merging, learn more about building an automated character optimization pipeline.

developer.microsoft.com

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Sep 9

New Simplygon tutorial dropped.

#gamedev

Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · Sep 8

To optimize geometry and draw calls distant objects can be optimized into simple billboards.

Let us look at how to use impostor from single view in #unity3d.

youtube.com/watch?v=9Vul...

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Optimize models to simple quad impostor in Unity

YouTube video by Simplygon

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today I pushed out a blog on vegetation optimization. Here we look at how to combine billboards and triangle reduction to create a LOD chain in #Unity3d.

simplygon.com/posts/04a899...

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Aug 25

In the #cyberpunk future, parents will have to explain to their kid that kid's best friend Mr. Teddy Bear is not dead, just that AWS is down.

futurism.com/experts-horr...

Experts Horrified by AI-Powered Toys for Children

New AI-enabled toys promise to be more interactive than ever, but there's growing concerns that they may stunt childhood development.

futurism.com

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Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · Aug 18

#gamedev optimization tip:
By reserving a small part in the original texture our remeshed proxy model can reuse the same texture.

Let us show you how!

simplygon.com/posts/453ceb...

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Aug 15

When you think about it, prompt injection attacks are like cognito hazards for #LLMs

Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · May 13

New #gamedev blog dropped. In it we take a look at welding and geometry importance in Simplygon. This settings can improve extremely low poly asset optimizations.

simplygon.com/posts/b6ed75...

Geometry Importance and Welding for low poly optimization

In this blog we'll look at some settings that can help out when optimizing models to really low poly count. We'll look at geometry importance and weld distance.

simplygon.com

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · May 6

In two weeks I'll drop by #NordicGame. Anyone want to meet up and drink tea and nerd out about game optimization?

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · May 6

I love this art style!

Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Apr 30

#Unity focused Simplygon blog post: This one addresses the quite common issues developers face when using assets from lots of different sources. It a common thing that the assets have a wide range of poly count, some over tessellated.

simplygon.com/posts/6e848b...

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Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · Apr 16

Our owl friends at Owlchemy Labs has just released a new dimension for Dimensional Double Shift - Hexas!

Serve demonically good food and service big rigs at Gas N’ Grill!

Thank you for using Simplygon technology to optimize the #virtualreality experience!

www.meta.com/en-gb/experi...

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Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · Apr 14

Kit bashed assets can require lots of draw calls to render, costing performance. A solution is to merge all materials into one. Let us show you how to do it in #Maya with the Simplygon plugin.

simplygon.com/posts/700178...

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Apr 9

Another #videogame shipped with Simplygon tech!

Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · Apr 9

A big congratulations to our sister studio, @compulsiongames.bsky.social, on the launch of South of Midnight!

In the lead-up to release, we at Simplygon had the privilege of collaborating closely with the team to help ensure a smooth #videogame experience.

compulsiongames.com/games/south-...

Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Apr 4

#vargålder was amazing to see live.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oyr...

#metalhead #blackmetal

Vargålder - När Skuggvärlden Kallar @ Östgöta Slakt 25.03.29

YouTube video by MusicLive

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Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · Apr 3

Ubisoft’s development team has successfully launched Assassin’s Creed Shadows—huge congratulations on reaching this milestone!

We’re proud that Simplygon technology played a role in optimizing the richly detailed world of Feudal Japan.

store.ubisoft.com/eu/assassins...

#videogames #gamedev

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Mar 31

Part II of my look at automating #Unity optimization is out. In this we look at SkeletalMeshRenderers; how to automatically generate LODGroups for your character prefabs.

#gamedev #madewithunity

Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · Mar 31

In todays Simplygon blog we will cover how to automate optimization of character prefabs in #Unity. We will use both reduction and material merging to address both triangle count and draw calls.

simplygon.com/posts/7942ba...

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Mar 28

This blog is for all #unity developers out there. In it I showcase how to construct a script that handles automatic generation of LOD levels and connecting these to a LODGroup!

#gamedev #madewithunity

Simplygon Studios @simplygon.com · Mar 18

In today's #gamedev blog we will look at how to automate optimization of #Unity prefabs. We share optimization settings between different prefabs. This allows us to easily fine tune performance and quality and rebuild all LODs.

simplygon.com/posts/94de6b...

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Jesper Tingvall @jespertingvall.bsky.social · Mar 15

see you there!

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