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Evgeny Dyabin from the Cascadeur team discussed the logic behind their autoposing feature implemented using standard deep learning methods.

The team of CG Spectrum, an Online Animation, VFX, Concept Art and Game Design School, shared an insight into their Game Programming Diploma course and gave 6 tips to get into game programming.

The team of CG Spectrum, an Online Animation, VFX, Concept Art and Game Design School, shared an insight into their Game Design Diploma course and discussed 7 essential steps of designing a video game.

Jonathan Holmes from the Quixel team shared a detailed breakdown of his recent environment Pine Flatwoods discussing the workflow in Quixel Mixer and SpeedTree as well as export and material & lighting setup in UE4.

Dan McCabe shared a breakdown of his project G-Shock Watch made 100% in Substance Designer.

As the recruitment processes in GameDev have been changing along with the whole industry, game studios and artists seeking for job opportunities started to face a number of pressing problems. New 80 Level RFP service has been designed to rectify those issues and make the recruitment more efficient. 

Andras Ketzer, the creator of a toolkit for stylized smoke and fire in Unreal Editor called FluidNinja, shared his studies on how to add 3D depth to 2D fluid simulations with Ray Marching and Parallax Occlusion Mapping.

Simon Verstraete shared a breakdown of a City Builder that works based on the mouse clicks in the viewport of Houdini. The written materials require basic Houdini knowledge. 

Denis Shergin, CEO at UNIGINE, talked about the improvements and new features they've added to UNIGINE Engine including the new terrain system, multi-channel rendering system upgrade, and a free version of the software UNIGINE 2 Community Edition.