GDevelop, a very beginner friendly cross platform free game engine, just released GDevelop 5.6. This release is a major development for the game engine as it adds one massive new feature… 3D support! While GDevelop added 3D support back in 2023 it was very rudimentary and more importantly, it was difficult to use. With the release of GDevelop 5.6 it now ships with a full 3D level editor as well as tons of 3D assets, behaviors and more.
Details of the announcement from the GDevelop blog:
The GDevelop core team and contributors is thrilled to announce GDevelop 5.6. It comes with the most requested feature we’ve ever worked on: a complete real-time, 3D editor.
You can now see, explore and manipulate your 3D scenes exactly as they’ll appear in the final game, right inside the editor.
You can now try the 3D editor directly in GDevelop
The 3D editor is available as part of its open beta phase. It makes GDevelop now fully ready to help you build ambitious 3D games and experiences.
This is possible thanks to all the existing GDevelop 3D features: performant, battle-tested 3D physics (based on Jolt Physics), support for shadows, 3D models with animations and crossfade support, save state, 3D particle emitters, skyboxes but also a lot of ready-to-use behaviors: 3D characters, 3D cars, third person cameras and many more.
Let’s dive into how this 3D editor works and the future improvements we’re planning!
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GDevelop is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, as well as the web and mobile versions (Apple here and Android here). You can learn more about the new 3D support in GDevelop 5.6 and see it in action in the video below.