Unity Release Patch 5.4.2p3
Another day, another Unity game engine patch, this time patch 5.4.2p3. As is typical of Unity patches, it contains no new functionality, just the regular collection of fixes and improvements. From...
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Tiled 0.17.1 Released
Tiled, the popular open source map editor, just released version 0.17.1. If you are interested in learning more about Tiled I have a comprehensive tutorial series available here. This update is...
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SFML 2.4.1 Released
SFML, the Simple Fast Media Library, a popular open source cross platform media framework just released version 2.4.1. If you are interested in learning more about SFML check out our tutorial series...
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Amazon Lumberyard 1.6 Beta Released
Amazon Lumberyard, Amazon’s free* to use version of the CryEngine game engine, just released 1.6 beta. The dominant feature of Lumberyard 1.6 is the new Twitch Metastream functionality. Amazon...
View ArticleDefold Engine 1.2.92 Released
There has been a new release of the Defold Game Engine, this one 1.2.92. A relatively minor release, the new ability to add text to game objects is sure to come in handy for quick and easy debugging....
View ArticleSketchUp 2017 Released
SketchUp is among the easiest modeling applications available today. While used heavily in the architectural industry, several game developers have made a place for SketchUp in their art pipeline....
View ArticleUnity Release Patch 5.4.2p4
Unity have just released another patch, this one 5.4.2p4. This patch consists entirely of fixes, listed below.Fixes(845815) - Animation: Fixed an issue where Legacy animations could not be previewed....
View ArticleUnreal Engine #ue4jam Begins Today
In just a few hours the theme for the Unreal sponsored November #ue4jam is going to be announced. The game jam starts today and runs until November the 13th. Details from the announcement thread:THE...
View ArticleMaya Bonus Tools 2017 Now Available
Bonus Tools is a set of extensions for the Maya 3D application that miscellaneous new functionality in the form of a collection of plugins and scripts. They have been released annually since 2014 and...
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Defold GDC 2017 Developer Contest Announced
The Defold Engine folks just announced a developer contest with 6 grand prizes of up to 3 team members can win a trip to next years Game Developer Contest, including travel, accommodations and of...
View ArticleMicrosoft Bringing Visual Studio To Mac... Sorta
Microsoft leaked a bit of announcement ahead of their upcoming connect(); developer conference. Visual Studio is coming to Mac OS! While getting a bit long in the tooth, Visual Studio is perhaps the...
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Unreal Engine 4.14 Released
Epic have just released a new version of the Unreal game engine, 4.14. Visual Studio 15 support, a new forward shading renderer, Sequencer improvements and more fill out this release’s key features....
View ArticleStop Waiting For Godot (2.2 That Is)
First off, I apologize for the pun, I felt obligated to make it. In a nutshell, Godot 2.2 won’t be happening, so stop waiting for it. Don’t worry though, it’s for a good reason. They just posted a...
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BabylonJS Tutorial Series–Getting Started
Welcome to the getting started tutorial in the ongoing BabylonJS Tutorial Series. Today we are going to look at creating our first simple Babylon application setup and running. As always there is a...
View ArticleUnity Release Shader Translater On Github
The graphics world has pretty much gone all in on shaders as the foundation of modern graphics hardware. DirectX, OpenGL/Vulkan and Metal all take a shader-centric approach to the graphics pipeline....
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Construct 2 Release r240
Construct 2, a popular “code-less” HTML5 based game engine, just released the beta release r240. As this is a beta release, you know the story… expect warts, don’t use for production, etc. The...
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Corona SDK Release 2016.2992 Now Available
Corona Labs just released a new update for their cross platform Lua powered game engine Corona, version 2016.2992. This release contains several fixes and improvements across all facets of the SDK....
View ArticleGodot Engine 2.1.1 Released
You may recall that earlier this week it was announced that Godot would be skipping the 2.2 release to focus instead of getting Godot 3.0 out to the market faster. This doesn’t mean they wont still...
View ArticleDefold Engine 1.2.93 Released
A new version of the cross platform 2D game engine Defold has been released, this one version 1.2.93. The primary new functionality in this release provides greater control over Spine based...
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GameMaker 2 Pre-Orders Now Get Instant Access to the Beta
Earlier this month Yoyo games announced a limited number of slots to their closed beta for the upcoming GameMaker 2 game engine. I will admit that slots fill up almost immediately, as they did when...
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