Torque2D, the open source 2D game engine created initially by Garage Games, just released an updated library for Torque2D.  This update adds several new features including: Ability to set which SceneWindow acts as a listener simplified playSound function and managing software Doppler effect (from above changed) audio debug mode (setDebugOn()) AudioDescription for defining sound […]

  Just last week AMD released AMDOVX, their implementation of the Khrono Group’s OpenVX computer vision standard.  Today NVidia has followed suit with VisionWorks.  OpenVX is intended to enable developers to create computer vision application (think Kinect) that work on the devices GPU. From the VisionWorks homepage: NVIDIA VisionWorks toolkit is a software development package […]

  It’s not very often I am surprised by the existence of a previously unknown to me 3D application, as I tend to pay attention to these things.  It’s even rarer that such an application is free, as I am a huge fan of free tools.  It’s almost a blue moon scenario when its TWO […]

  Faceware Technologies, a provider of “markerless” facial motion capture solutions used in games such as NBA2K16 and Destiny, just released new versions of their software, including a free PLE (Personal Learning Edition) version.  That is a term that I though went away with Maya PLE, I’m somewhat surprised to see it again.  In addition […]

  A new version of the popular open source Tiled Map Editor was released today, Tiled 0.15.2.  Unless you happen to be Portuguese or Turkish (who received new translations in this update), there isn’t really a ton new in this release:   This small patch release ships with added Turkish translation and an updated Brazilian […]

  The venerable RPGMaker just released version 1.1 of RPGMaker MV.  RPGMaker is a game engine specifically designed for creation roleplaying games, specifically JRPGs.  To go along with the release they are also offering RPGMaker at a 30% discount on Steam.   Features of this new release include: Fixed Issues—————————————- Fixed Paste Last Bug in […]

  Today FMod had a pair of announcements.  If you’ve never heard of it, FMod is probably the preeminent make of audio middleware for game development. The first announcement was the release of FMod Studio 1.08, an audio creation tool compatible with many major game engines.  The new version adds PlayStation VR support, new asset […]

  MaxPlay is an upcoming game engine that is focused on cloud based collaboration.  So far they have been running mostly in stealth mode with very little information available.  Today they announced several of the partnered technologies that will be integrated into the engine.  Those technologies include EMotion FX (an animation engine),  FMOD (advanced audio), […]

  It’s been a while since the Blender 2.76 was released, but Blender 2.77 is getting closer with today’s release of Blender 2.77 RC2.  This released doesn’t pack a ton of new features but what’s in there is certainly useful.  You can read the full release notes here. Major features of this release include: Blenders […]

  Another Unity patch has been released, this one is Unity Patch 5.3.3p2.  It contains the following new features, as per the release notes: Improvements Android: Audio – Don’t select OpenSL output if the native device params are too bad for fast path (fixes audio issues on buggy devices). Android: Buildpipe – Updated SDK tools […]