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Rootex is an open source C++ based game engine. Rootex is available under the MIT open source license on GitHub. The engine is Windows only, using DirectX 11, and is implemented as an Entity Component System. Scripting is done using the Lua programming language, and is described in the online […]
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Tilengine is a C99 based open source game engine/framework for creating retro or classic style games, such as those from the SNES or Genesis era. We first covered Tilengine way back in 2017 then again in 2018 when it was open sourced. In the 2 1/2 years since we lasted
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Today we are going to check out the FlacoEngine, a free full featured C# powered 3D game engine for Windows platforms. While it is not open source, it is actively developed and completely free to use. You can download the Falco engine here. Features: 3D EDITOR Falco Engine comes with
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The Esenthel Engine is a C++ powered quasi-open source game engine that is now free. We first covered the Esenthel back in 2017 when it was a commercial game engine and there have been several changes since. Another big change, announced over on GameDev.net, is support for Nintendo Switch development.
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KenShape is a brand new tool that makes it extremely easy to create 3D objects from simply drawing 2D pixels. It is from Kenney.nl, the person behind thousands of free game development assets, as well as the excellent Asset Forge 3D model creation tool. KenShape features include: Generate 3D models
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Audiate is a new product from Techsmith, the creators of the Camtasia screen recording and video editing software (and weapon of choice of GameFromScratch for tutorial videos). Audiate aims to make recording dialog about as simple as possible, enabling you to automatically create a script as you record dialog, then
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The Spartan Game Engine is an open source C++ based 3D game engine created by Panos Karabelas. Panos is a professional game developer working on rendering technology Codemasters. The Spartan engine is his personal playground for experimenting with game engine and rendering technology. The code is well architected and incredibly
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Shadow is a cloud gaming service specifically aimed at gamers, that is also ideal for game developers. If you are lucky enough to live close to one of the supported regions (links below) with a suitable internet connection, Shadow is perhaps one of the cheapest ways to get access to
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The Korge Engine is an open sourced cross platform 2D/3D game engine written using the Kotlin programming language. The Korge Engine is available under the Apache 2.0 open source license on GitHub. The Korge engine should not be confused with the excellent Unity 2D game engine Corgi, that we covered
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Go hands-on with our review of PowerIK for Unreal Engine, a full body IK solver that was recently made free forever by Epic Games.
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