GameFromScratch

GameFromScratch, 5 days ago to gamedev

Remember when Unity self destructed with the whole run-time fee and all their competitors dunked on them?

Well... it's Adobe's turn.

Affinity have announced a 50% off Flash sale on their Adobe-alternative software Affinity.
https://gamefromscratch.com/affinity-products-50-off-in-flash-sale/

#gamedev #indiedev #adobe

GameFromScratch, 5 days ago to random

Remember the tire fire Adobe lit with their updated Terms of Service? Well after the backlash, Adobe have issued a response (but no changes...). Did it make it better, or worse?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIzId9QFdcc

GameFromScratch, 5 days ago to godot

Godot Tile Maps are dead, long live TileMapLayer.

In the upcoming #GodotEngine 4.3 (currently in beta), the TileMap class has been deprecated and replaced with the streamline TileMapLayer node. We look at how to use it and what's changed.
https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-tilemap-replaced-with-tilelayers/

#gamedev

GameFromScratch, 7 days ago to gamedev

The May update for Visual Studio Code just dropped. Let's check out the new features (and a few new bugs) in Visual Studio Code 1.90.
https://gamefromscratch.com/visual-studio-code-may-1-90-update-released/

#gamedev #indiedev #programming

GameFromScratch, 7 days ago to gamedev

The excellent 2D game engine Ct.js has recently gotten an awesome new feature... CatNip, a new visual programming system.
This makes Ct.js an excellent choice for beginning #gamedev.
https://gamefromscratch.com/ct-js-game-engine-gets-new-catnip-visual-scripting-language/

GameFromScratch, 9 days ago to unrealengine

It's that time of the month for #UnrealEngine developers. It's time for Free Stuff!

The Unreal June 2024 giveaway is here, get 5 free assets.
https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-june-2024-asset-giveaway/

#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 9 days ago to gamedev

Today we check out the 001 Game Creator game engine, as well as it's Visual Novel and Point & Click Adventure DLC.

They are all available for just $15 on Humble right now... is the 001 Game Creator engine any good in 2024?
https://gamefromscratch.com/001-game-creator-humble-bundle-2
#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 13 days ago to opensource

Today we check out Helix Editor

It's a very NeoVim like #opensource terminal based code editor written entirely in #rustlang. It comes out of the box configured for coding with syntax and language server support.
https://gamefromscratch.com/helix-code-editor/

#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 14 days ago to random

You can now easily move assets from the Unity game engine to Unigine (@Unigine) in just seconds thanks to the new Unity Importer.

In many ways Unigine is the most Unity-like engine out there.
https://gamefromscratch.com/export-from-unity-to-unigine-in-seconds/

GameFromScratch, 16 days ago to gamedev

What game engine should I start with?

A good question since... you don't know what you don't know.

Obvious answers are #unity3d, #unrealengine or #GodotEngine.

IMHO there are better choices for beginners.
https://gamefromscratch.com/choosing-your-first-game-engine/

#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 18 days ago to gamedev

Visual Studio 17.10 was released this week with several new features and one that should have been there since the very beginning.
https://gamefromscratch.com/visual-studio-17-10-released/
#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 19 days ago to gamedev

The Rust Powered open source Fyrox 2D/3D game engine just gots some huge updates in the 0.34 release.

Hot reload, GTLF, multiple scripts per object and much more. Impressive release.
https://gamefromscratch.com/fyrox-0-34-rust-powered-game-engine/

#gamedev #indiedev #rustlang

GameFromScratch, 20 days ago to gamedev

Today we check out Reblium, a very MetaHumans-esque Character Creator application that just recently reached open beta.
https://gamefromscratch.com/reblium-unreal-engine-power-3d-character-creator/

#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 22 days ago to gamedev

Today we check out 25 game engines in 25 minutes!

It's basically 25 #gamedev shorts... smashed together!

The criteria is

• 3D
• world editor (of some sort)

Let me know if you'd like to see a similar treatment for 2D engines.
https://gamefromscratch.com/25-game-engines-in-25-minutes/

#indiedev

GameFromScratch, 23 days ago to gamedev

New gamedev Humble Bundle!

The Low Poly #GameDev Bundle is a large collection of low-poly 3D assets from Eldamar Studios and Animpic Studio. Usable in #UnrealEngine, #Unity3d, #GodotEngine and more.
Low Poly Game Dev Humble Bundle – GameFromScratch.com

GameFromScratch, 27 days ago to gamedev

GameMaker just released their 2024 development roadmap and DAMN there are some big changes coming

• JavaScript support
• Prefab system
• Plugin system
• New UI
• New Runtime
  .... and maybe, just maybe C# support!

Wow.
https://gamefromscratch.com/gamemaker-in-2024/

#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 28 days ago to godot

Default lighting in the #GodotEngine can be... sub-optimal and extremely confusing, especially to new developers.

Thankfully there exists a simple add-on that makes realistic lighting in Godot a one click process.
https://gamefromscratch.com/instant-realistic-lighting-in-godot/

#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 29 days ago to gamedev

The fallout from the Unity run-time fee disaster continues, as Unity CREATE head Marc Whitten has resigned.

Is everyone responsible for the run-time fee now gone or leaving at this point?

https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-create-head-marc-whitten-resigning/

#gamedev #unity3d

GameFromScratch, 30 days ago to godot

It's Visual Studio Code... but more organized

We recently looked at using an addon for #GodotEngine to keep track of all your TODO/HACK/FIXME code debt, today we do the same with Visual Studio Code.

So... keep running up that debt!
https://gamefromscratch.com/visual-studio-code-todo-management/

#gamedev #indiedev

GameFromScratch, 30 days ago to gamedev

There is a new Humble of interest to #gamedev. The Epic Environments Mega Bundle is a huge collection of assets (2350+) for #UnrealEngine and #Unity3d, although as you will see in the video, exporting to #GodotEngine is easy enough.

https://gamefromscratch.com/epic-environments-mega-humble-bundle/