Today JetBrains have announced the upcoming release of Fleet, an all new IDE that attempts to give you the best of both worlds... the instant editing of a editor like Visual Studio Code, but the full IDE features and functions of Visual Studio or IntelliJ IDEA.
Google have killed off another service... it's shocking I know! The 3D model site, Poly is being killed off in just a few days. Fortunately all is not lost, poly.pizza is rising up to takes it's place. We also look at miziziziziziziziziziziziz's low polygon effort for collecting CC0 PS1 era models.
Links:
https://gamefromscratch.com/poly-pizza-a-replacement-to-google-poly/
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It's finally happened, the final version of Blender 2.8 is here! UI redesigned, EEVEE realtime renderer, new cycles features, 2D grease pencil support and so much more. The amazing open source application just got even better!
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/07/30/Blender-280-Released.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnpttqFjF-4
Want to create 3D and VR games, but using a lightweight code first framework? LÖVR is perfect for you. Heavily inspired by LOVE, using Lua and LuaJit, this is about as easy as 3D gets for coders.
Links
https://gamefromscratch.com/lovr-open-source-3d-framework/
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Another excellent Humble Bundle, especially for the artists among us. This one is the poorly named Painter: Create with Confidence bundle. The star application is Painter 2019, an excellent natural media painting application. It also includes a video editor, photo editor, Photoshop plugin and several brushes.
Link
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/painter-create-with-confidence?partner=gamefromscratch
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/09/25/Humble-Artists-Bundle-Featuring-Corel-Painter-2019.aspx
Using the above link to purchase the bundle gives you the option of supporting the channel (and thanks a ton if you do!)
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In this video we check out the Procedural Nature Pack and Good Skys assets for Unreal Engine 4. These were both made free as part of Epic Games monthly UE4 asset give aways. In this video we look at how to use the pack to create dynamic rivers, trees, vines and more
Link
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/03/01/Unreal-Engine-March-Free-Assets-Released.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN9D5H-cQIY
Ever wondered how good the Surface Pro 6 is at game development? Well, wonder no more, in this video we check out the Surface Pro 6 i5 model in common game development tasks including:
- Unity
- Blender
- Visual C++
- Godot
- Affinity Designer
While not a game development machine, and lacking a GPU, the results may surprise you.
Link to model used in the video:
https://amzn.to/2SIjaxN
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUVao7Chq3Q
In this completely random look, we check out Reflector2 from AirSquirrel.com.
It's a screen mirroring, recording and broadcasting solution that enables you to Airplay or Google Chromecast your device screen from your Android or iOS device to your PC or Mac.
Great for gamedev captures of gameplay video on device.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0CGww1eg8o
OGRE 1.12 was just released. In this video we take a quick lookat the nearly 15 year old open source rendering engine, as well as focus on what's new in the 1.12 release.
Links:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/05/02/OGRE-112-Released.aspx
(Game Engine Architecture Book Mentioned):
https://amzn.to/2Y2mbbm
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZQFHX5cq8c
It's been 3 years since the last release... the newest CryEngine release, CryEngine 5.7 LTS has to be absolutely packed to the gills with new features... right.... right......... right?
Um...
Links
https://gamefromscratch.com/cryengine-5-7-lts-released/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io12BnJ7EaQ