GDC 2020 Postponed
Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19), with elevated fears of infection and quarantine, several exhibitors including Unity, Epic Games, Microsoft and Amazon all announced that they would not be...
View ArticleShaderED–Open Source Shader Editor
Today we are looking at ShaderED, an open source MIT licensed cross platform GLSL and HLSL shader editor. We previously covered ShaderED back in July and a fair bit has changed since that release....
View ArticleBuildbox Review And Plan Pricing Changes
Buildbox is a “no code” 2D/3D game engine for Windows and Mac, capable of targeting those platforms plus Steam and mobile. Nearing the end of 2019 Buildbox announced a free edition with the release of...
View ArticleUnreal Engine March 2020 Giveaway
Every month Epic Games give away several free items from the Unreal Engine marketplace and this month is no exception. There are 5 items that are yours free forever, so long as you “purchase” them...
View ArticleHumble Learn To Code Bundle
Humble are running the Humble Learn To Code bundle. It’s a collection of courses on Zenva aimed at teaching viewers how to code with a very game development oriented focus. It may sound familiar as...
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Exporting From Unreal Engine Tutorial
This quick tutorial will walk you through the process of exporting 3D models and more importantly textures from the Unreal game engine for use in other engines or in content creation tools such as...
View ArticleUnity Acquire ArtEngine Maker Artomatix
Today Unity have announced they have acquired Artomatix, the Dublin based company behind ArtEngine, an AI powered material creation software.Details from the Unity blog:At Unity, we have talented...
View ArticleThe Future Of Blender
With the massive recent releases of Blender 2.8x it is time to start looking towards the future and that is exactly what the Blender Foundation have been done. With a pair of posts to their developer...
View ArticleFanatical Build Your Own Zenva Courses And Wiley Linux Books Bundles
Fanatical are running a pair of new deals of interest to game developers. The first one is a straight forward collection of ebooks from Wiley Press on the subject of Linux, both programming and...
View ArticleEpic Games Acquire Cubic Motion
Today Epic Games have announced the acquisition of Cubic Motion, a real-time facial animation capture company. Cubic Motion’s technology has been used by several of the most successful games of the...
View ArticleBlender 2.82a Released
Fast on the heels of the Blender 2.82 release, comes a minor but appreciated stability release, Blender 2.82a. This release fixes 20+ bugs, including:Fix T74003: Autocomplete bug with...
View ArticleUnity Mega Bundle
Unity are currently running a Mega Bundle over on their asset store. Organized into 3 tiers $49.99, $79.99 and $99.99 and representing savings up to 90%. The Bundle runs until the end of March 2020....
View ArticleVirtual GDC 2020 Schedule Revealed
Sadly due to Corona Virus/ COVID-19 concerns, this years GDC 2020 had to be postponed and most likely cancelled. Fortunately however, not everything is lost! The GDC have announced they will be...
View ArticleHumble Coding Starter Kit
With many people looking for a way to pass the next few weeks, this Humble Bundle might come at the perfect time. The Coding Starter Kit by No Starch Press Bundle is a collection of eBooks from No...
View ArticleVulkan Raytracing Launched
Today at not-GDC, Khronos Group announced the release of Vulkan Ray Tracing, with initial support via beta drivers to NVidia cards.Details from the Vulkan announcement:Vulkan Ray Tracing consists of a...
View ArticleUnity 2020.1 Beta Released
In continuing not-GDC news, Unity have just released Unity 2020.1 beta. This beta continues the trend of moving more and more functionality into packages, including new code performance and analysis...
View ArticleUnity Learn Premium For Free
With so many people stuck at home due to the quarantines around the COVID-19 virus, Unity technologies have released Unity Learn Premium for free to developers for the next few months. Unity Learn...
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Kenney.NL 10 Year Anniversary Giveaway
Kenney.nl assets are pretty much synonymous with indie game development. Starting today, March 20th, 2020, for the next 24 hour until 7PM EST the collection of assets are available for free on Itch.io...
View ArticleDirectX 12 Ultimate
At not-GDC this year, DirectX 12 Ultimate was announced. DirectX 12 Ultimate is a new baseline version of Direct X for new Xbox consoles and PC’s, to make development as easy as possible. In addition...
View ArticleNVIDIA Texture Tools
NVIDIA just released a new version of their free Texture Tools. Texture Tools is a handy tool for compressing textures, generating MIP, normal and cube maps and more. It also includes a Photoshop...
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