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HaxePunk 4.0 Released
HaxePunk 4.0 has just been released and is available here. HaxePunk is a popular 2D framework, starting life as a port of the popular FlashPunk library. It is capable of making games for several...
View ArticleUnity Release Free 2D Game Kit
Today Unity have released a very high quality and full featured 2D Game Kit, available here. The kit is a combination of 2D platformer game with multiple levels, a loading screen etc. It has been...
View ArticleirrKlang 1.6 Released
irrKlang 1.6 was released earlier today. irrKlang is a cross platform C++ powered sound library with C#/.NET bindings available. It is able to play 2D and 3D audio on multiple platforms and able to...
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Phaser 3 Released
After almost two years in development and a few months of Beta, Phaser 3 is finally available. Phaser is an open source HTML5 game framework with a massive community behind it. We did a full Phaser...
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Kotlin Native 0.6 Released
Kotlin is a new open source language being developed by JetBrains, the folks behind such IDEs was IntelliJ, WebStorm, CLion and tools like ReSharper. Version 0.6 of Kotlin Native was just released...
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Unity Acquire ProBuilder–Release Tools For Free
Unity have acquired another developer from their asset store, this time ProBuilder. Like previous acquisitions, they turned around and made the tool available for all developers for free! The full...
View ArticleGideros 2018.2 Released
A new version of Gideros, 2018.2.1 was just released. Gideros is an open source, free cross platform Lua powered 2D game engine capable of targeting Android, iOS, MacOSX, Windows Phone, Windows and...
View ArticleCreature 2D Animation Tool Adds Real-time Morph Target Support
Creature, a 2D animation system from Kestrel Moon Studios, just added real-time morph target support for game engines such as Unreal Engine and Unity.Real-time Morph Targets allow you to create a set...
View ArticleDefold Engine 1.2.122 Released
Today there was a new release of the Defold engine, the cross platform mobile focused 2D game engine from King. If you are interested in learning more about the Defold engine, be sure to check out our...
View ArticleAllegro 5.2.4 Released
Allegro is a venerable open source cross platform C++ game programming library with a fond place in my heart. In fact I just recently released a Allegro Tutorial series as a bit of a trip down memory...
View ArticleVulkan Comes to iOS and MacOS
Once upon a time there was OpenGL and it was… ok I guess. That’s actually incredibly unfair, OpenGL was a game changer, allowing applications to use a great deal more of the underlying video hardware...
View ArticleKotlin 1.2.30 Released
Kotlin 1.2.30 has been released. Kotlin is a new JVM powered programming language from JetBrains, the makers of popular development tools such as Intellij IDEA, WebStorm and CLion IDEs. While...
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SDL 2.0.8 Released
Version 2.0.8 of the popular open source 2D framework SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) was released today. This long running framework has been used in several cross platform commercial games and...
View ArticleShaderToy 0.9.9 Released
Everyone’s favourite GLSL shader website ShaderToy just got closer to full release with the release of version 0.9.9. ShaderToy is a great online repository of GLSL shaders, see them in action in your...
View ArticleXamarin Release UrhoSharp 1.8
Xamarin just announced the release of UrhoSharp 1.8. UrhoSharp is a set of C# bindings of the Urho3D open source game engine, an engine I reviewed a couple of years back as part of the Closer Look...
View ArticlePhaser 3.2.0 Released
Hot on the heels of last months Phaser 3 release, Phaser 3.2.0 has just been released. Considering the short period that has elapsed, there are actually a fair number of new features, bug fixes and...
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Kongregate Announce Developer Centric Platform “Kartridge”
Kongregate is a popular online game portal, launched way back in 2006. It appears they have decided to take a run at online game stores such as Steam and GoG by taking a developer centric approach....
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RenderDoc 1.0 Released
RenderDoc is a graphics debugger that was first launched over 4 years ago. Today they reached the massive 1.0 milestone! RenderDoc is open source under the MIT license, available for Windows, Linux...
View ArticleTiled 1.1.3 Released
Tiled, the open source map editor, just released version 1.1.3. Beyond some new translations, this released is primarily composed of bug fixes. If you are interested in learning more about Tiled, be...
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Vulkan 1.1/SPIR-V 1.3 Specifications Released
The Khronos Group have just released the Vulkan 1.1 and SPIR-V 1.3 specifications. Vulkan is a low level cross platform graphics API, the successor to OpenGL offering easier driver development and...
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