Unity Release Patch 5.6.2p3
Even with the release of the newly branded Unity 2017 series, the previous 5.6.x branch is still being maintained. Today Unity released patch 5.6.2p3. Other than some changes to logos to match new...
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AppGameKit 2017.07.19 Released
AppGameKit 2017.07.19 update was just released. AppGameKit is a beginner/indie focused game engine supporting C++ that can target several different platforms. We covered AppGameKit 2 a couple years...
View ArticleHaxeFlixel 4.3.0 Released
HaxeFlixel 4.3.0 was just released. HaxeFlixel is a Haxe port of the popular Flixel 2D game engine. If you are interested in learning more about HaxeFlixel we have a complete audio and text tutorial...
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CryTek Release CryEngine 5.4 Preview
Available on Github, Crytek have released a preview version of the upcoming CryEngine 5.4 game engine. Obviously being a preview you should expect some bugs and glitches and should probably wait on...
View ArticleDefold Engine 1.2.109
The Defold Lua powered game engine version 1.2.109 has just been released. The Defold engine is a Lua powered mobile focused cross platform 2D game engine developed by King. If you are interested in...
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Godot 3.0 Alpha 1 Released–GFS Hands On Video
Today Godot just released the first downloadable version of the upcoming Godot 3.0 game engine. This is an alpha level release, so while mostly feature complete do expect to encounter several bugs....
View ArticleMonoUE–Mono For Unreal Engine
MonoUE is now available, bringing Mono runtime support to Unreal Engine 4.16 game engine. This enables you to use C# and F# as development languages for Unreal powered titles. Right now you need to...
View ArticleOpenFL 6.0 Released
OpenFL 6.0 has just been released. OpenFL is a Haxe based game/media framework that provides a Flash like API. We did a brief tutorial series here on GameFromScratch when OpenFL was known as NME if...
View ArticleUnreal Engine 4.17 Released
Epic have just released a new version of the Unreal game engine, bringing it to version 4.17. This release adds several new features including Sequencer improvements, a new beta compositing plugin...
View ArticleUnity Announce Removal Of UnityScript
All the way back to Unity 1.0, the Unity game engine has supported a version of JavaScript called UnityScript. Today on the Unity blog, Unity have announced that they will no longer be supporting...
View ArticleLumberyard Game Engine Now On Github
Lumberyard, Amazon’s version of the venerable CryEngine, is now available in source code form on Github. This does not however mean that the Lumberyard game engine is now open source, it still has a...
View ArticleUnity Release Critical Security Patch
On August 13th a critical Remote Code Execution flaw was discovered in the Unity editor, opening users of the Unity editor up to external threat. Today they have released a security patch for several...
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Wave Engine 2.4.0 Released
Wave Engine 2.4.0 “WhiteShark” was just released. This cross platform C# powered 3D game engine was previously covered in the Closer Look game engine series if you are interested in learning more....
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Urho3D 1.7 Released
Somewhat belatedly announced (by me), Urho 3D 1.7 was released last week. Urho is an open source 3D game engine available here. I covered a previous version of the Urho game engine as part of the...
View ArticleUnity And Unreal Engine Add Support for Google’s ARCore SDK
Today both Unity and Unreal Engine announced support for Google’s ARCore SDK, Android’s answer to Apple’s recently released ARKit. So what are ARCore (and ARKit)? These are SDKs making it easier to...
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3ds Max 2018.2 Update Released
One of the nice features of moving to an annual subscription model is continuous updates throughout the year. Autodesk have released their second update for Autodesk 3ds Max 2018. Spline tools have...
View ArticleGameMaker Studio For Mac Released
In beta for some time now, YoyoGames have finally released GameMaker Studio for Mac OS. GameMaker Studio is a popular 2D game engine which is now available on Windows, Ubuntu and MacOS starting at...
View ArticleGodot 2.1.4 Released
Even with the Godot 3.0 release on the horizon, they still managed to release an update to the 2.x branch, 2.1.4. Referred to as a maintenance release, it’s actually remarkably full of new features...
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NVIDIA Nsight Visual Studio Edition 5.4 Released
NVIDIA have released version 5.4 of Nsight for Visual Studio. Nsight is a GPU profiling tool for developing and debugging GPU apps that use CUDA C++, OpenCL, DirectCompute, Direct3D, Vulkan, OpenGL,...
View ArticleDefold Engine 1.2.112 Released
Defold Engine 1.2.112 has just been released. A relatively minor update, probably the biggest feature of this release is removal of dependencies on a graphics subsystem allowing the engine to run in...
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