Raytracing on Vulkan is almost here, bringing raytracing support to a ton more hardware. Today Khronos Group released the final spec for Raytracing on Vulkan, along side new drivers from AMD and NVIDIA.
Welcome to a brand new-ish tutorial series on GameFromScratch. Basically when I am learning or familiarizing myself with a new game engine, I implement the same basic game, a simple bowling title. This series will look at many popular game engines including Unity, Unreal, Godot, CryEngine, Xenko, Lumberyard and possibly more... implementing the same basic game with multiple scenes, a title screen, game music, physics, imported models, etc.
This series is very similar (but better named) to the earlier Bowling With... series:
Links:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2017/09/18/Bowling-With-Godot-Part-1-of-3.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2017/06/29/Bowling-with-Unity-Part-1-of-3.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2017/05/25/PlayCanvas-Engine-Revisited.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGzk9BxBEFs
Today we are checking out RPG Paper Maker, a very niche, source available game engine for Windows, Mac and Linux, used to create RPG style games. No programming ability is required and RPG paper maker contains all the tools you need to create a successful JRPG style game.
Links:
https://gamefromscratch.com/rpg-paper-maker-hands-on/
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After purchasing Algorithmic, the makers of Substance Painter and Designer, you just knew Adobe were going to do Adobe things and make Substance 3D products subscription only. Fortunately they have also continued to sell an annual, non-subscription version on Steam. Thankfully that continues with Substance 3D 2022, a version of Substance Painter & Designer that will get updates until the end of 2022, but you can continue to use them indefinitely after that, you just no longer receive updates... you know, like how software used to be sold!
Not only are they continuing to sell Substance Painter and Substance Designer on Steam, they also added Substance Stager and Substance Sampler to the mix. There is also a new private beta, Substance Modeller available right now as well. Best of all, they are all also 33% off due to Black Friday sales.
Links:
https://gamefromscratch.com/substance-2022-suite-now-on-steam/
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Welcome to another episode in the GameDev Toolbox, a look at essential tools in the lives of game developers, be they programmer, artist or sound tech.
This week we look at Sculprtis ( http://pixologic.com/sculptris/ ) a free 3D sculpting and painting application by Pixologic, the makers of ZBrush.
Other links of interest/mentioned in film:
Instant Meshes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR4KrKHqVTI&index=4&list=PLS9MbmO_ssyAfeYhd9BhNbbzlFFtAJspa
Blender Retopology Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR7R4PDcO5c
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELHeP4vhKbA
Unity have just released a new project to the asset store, along with a complete course on Unity learn. It's a First Person Shooter that's designed to be modded, encouraging users to add new enemies and levels and expand upon the levels to learn game development.
Links:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/10/29/Unity-Release-New-FPS-Template-And-Tutorial-Series.aspx
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/fps-microgame-156015?aid=1011l4rAy&utm_source=aff
Unity Learn Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qipYRdaNWZY
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bifmXHsNVU
Epic Online services are a collection of free multiplayer services for game developers using a variety of engines (Godot, Unity, Unreal, proprietary) providing features such as sign in, lobby, voice chat, achievements and more. With the released of EOS 1.15 SDK they have added PC cross play to the list, enabling Steam gamers to play games with Epic Game Store gamers and vice versa. Linux and Mac support are coming soon, with console support in the future.
Links
https://gamefromscratch.com/epic-online-services-add-pc-crossplay/
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Pixelbox is a new open source 2D game engine, with a complete set of tools, including a map editor, sprite editor, sound FX and music tracker all powered by an easy to use JavaScript API. Pixelbox would be an ideal engine for Game Jams or other small projects.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/04/14/Pixelboxjs-Game-Engine.aspx
Other Links:
New Discord Server -- https://discord.gg/R7tUVbD
Patreon Support Link -- https://patreon.com/gamefromscratch
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One of the biggest limitations of Epic Game's powerful MetaHuman digital human creation system has been removed, the ability to create your own characters. Previously you had to mix and match using existing character meshes, but now you can provide your own base mesh! In this step by step tutorial we will show you how to create and upload a character base mesh using the new UE5 plugin, and truly create your own MetaHuman avatar.
Links
https://gamefromscratch.com/make-your-own-metahuman-in-unreal-engine-5/
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A new Humble of interest to game developers, the BIG Royalty-Free Game Dev Music and SFX is a collection of 50+ soundtrack and SFX packs that can be used in your game royalty free.
Links:
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/big-royaltyfree-game-dev-music-and-sfx-software?partner=gamefromscratch
https://gamefromscratch.com/big-royalty-free-game-dev-music-and-sfx-bundle/
The above link contains an affiliate code that enables you to direct a portion of your purchase to support GFS (and thanks so much if you do!)
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