#dev kits

[askagamedev]

Somebody asked for trivia and/or pictures of dev kits, so I thought I would reblog this. I don't currently have a dev kit assigned by my current employer, so I reblogged my old post from a few years back with photos I took of my dev kits at my former office along with my stuffed baneling plush.

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Some random dev kit trivia:

Dev kits can’t play retail games at all.

Dev kits have much bigger system specs because we have to be able to run debug builds. Debug builds are much less optimized because of all the debug information that’s kept in memory.

Dev kit software can do a lot of things like simulate online and/or disc latency, handle remote network connections, record game screenshots/video and controller inputs, and profile resource usage.

Current gen dev kits require you to provide Sony/Microsoft with a whitelisted IP address. They won’t work if you aren’t connecting to the dev network without a recognized IP address. This has caused a lot of problems due to everyone working from home. Before the PS4 gen, this wasn’t the case - we could take our dev kits home if we wanted (and the company let us).

There’s the beefy (and expensive) dev kit, and then there’s the less beefy (and cheaper) test kit. Dev kits have more features and better hardware.

There’s a separate developer’s version of PSN and Xbox Live networks. This is so we can do things like test network stuff, locale, achievements, etc. without them going live

Most of the time, the company is very careful about dev kits because they cost a lot. I’ve had dev kits chained to my desk before.

When we had family events at the office like Halloween trick-or-treating, we had to cover up all of our (still under NDA) dev kits so children and family members could not see them.

The Xbone’s Developer Mode Activation does not actually turn your Xbone into a dev kit. It still has the retail hardware specs and it doesn’t have all of the features or access to the special dev network.

Last gen dev kits are a lot cheaper than the newest ones. You can probably get a PS4 or Xbone dev kit for under $2000 now.

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[wistfulvulpine]

it's not fair, I don't wanna have to wake up from this daydream (you're my daydream)

song: Misty Memory (Day version) - Arknights OST

[arcadebroke]

SEGA SATURN Sophia Development Systems

[systemst91]

https://www.retroreversing.com/official-playStation-devkit

[teadrunktailor]

So... 2024.

- Barney C.

- Learned some Blender basics

- Went back to Seattle and ECCC

- conceived and oversaw installation of massive new interactive exhibit at work

- conceived, designed, and produced massive temporary centennial display at work

- scored a Marriott room first try for D*Con 2025

- interviewed for and got senior curatorial position at work

- lost one of the horses to a terrible bout of colic

- lived in a cabin on an island for three days

- lost my new (very cool) boss five days ago in a climbing accident (still processing that one)

- met some of THE coolest possible people at D*Con this year

- half-assed a Blue Shift!Barney cosplay

- printed and built a whole-ass AR2

- rescued a very fresh calf that had spent the night in the ditch outside the barbwire fence

- acquired a resin printer and learned how to print 3D stuff in resin

- learned basic electronics for cosplay bullshit

- Barney's Civil Protection helmet

- got marginally better at running

- took lots of naps with the cats

- climbed one (1) mountain with @veradune

Here's to 2025!

[celestial-games]

Not sure why I started butterflies with the Nymphalidae which easily have the most complex wing patterns when I could have started with the sulphurs or blues and had a much easier time lol. But they are really satisfying to make and I hope you're enjoying them!

[otternalremnant]

Ah yes, the Sega Saturn Desk.

[heelhausen]

Action speaks louder than words And I'm a man of great experience I know you got another man But I can love you better than him

kris "crash" matthews makes his friday night smackdown debut

[penvisions]

dev makes a mood board gift ♡

Fic Title: Yearling by @justagalwhowrites

Pairing: Jackson! Joel Miller x F! Reader

Summary: After years of surviving in the wilds of Wyoming after the cordyceps outbreak, you find yourself in Jackson. It's a town filled with friendly faces and the kind of world you hardly remember, let alone can connect with or understand. But one man - Joel Miller, another loner, like you - makes you think that trying to find your place in society again might be worth it.

so so so in love with the worlds created by the lovely mind of kit, she's so talented and her love for each and every fic she makes shines through her words and craft of x reader characters. she was one of the first writers i ever read from this time last year and she remains such a bright spot in the fandom. much love and endless thanks for her!!

[tavs-kin-korner]

nEUTRAL FASHION KIT WITH WARM COLORS AND JEWELRY FOR dEV dIMMADOME (fAIRLY oDDPARENTS: a nEW wISH)!! }:D

hOPE YOU ENJOY! sORRY FOR THE WAIT, i'VE BEEN WITHOUT INTERNET, hOPE THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR, tHOUGH! }:)

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[Neutral fashion kit with warm colors and jewelry for Dev Dimmadome (Fairly Oddparents: A New Wish)!!]

[Hope you enjoy! Sorry for the wait, I've been without internet. Hope this is what you were looking for, though!]

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[tomscholes]

another - tiny tiny love letter to the overgrown paths of late spring - I can't wait to be with you again <3 (using a digital kit made from watercolor sketches)

[endys]

Character designs for Kit and the Lady in White (from my game about a gothic sad boi and the entity he's locked up with)

[noireservoir]

Dumbass palette is finally complete

[babayanska]

the girls and their buddies

[seventh-district]

so uh. that 2.2 Special Program, huh

[iron-bullogna]

have someone arguing with me on FB that Krem isn't trans because he never says so jfc these are the types of people that need it explicitly shoved down their throat that a character is trans before they believe it because dear fucking maker