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The open source C based cross platform game library/framework raylib just released version 4. This is the first major update since the 3.7 release in April, raylib 4 is a major update and should be considered a LTS or Long Term Stable release. One of the great things about raylib […]
For developers working with Android targets, but prefer not to work with Java or that would rather work in Visual Studio have reason to rejoice. The Android team have just released the Android Game Development Kit, a collection of extensions, libraries and tools to make developing Android Games easier, especially
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Ultra App Kit was first released in April earlier this year and it provided a light weight C++ framework for creating GUI applications, specifically game development tools. There was one massive problem with that release… it was Windows only. With the release of Ultra App Kit 1.1, Linux and MacOS
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In C++ the standard libraries have basically no media related functionality and the mature C++ SDK Cinder steps in to fill that gap. If there is an input, audio or visual based functionality you need in your C++ application, there is a very good chance it is in the Cinder
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Ultra App Kit was just released by the creator of the Leadwerks game engine. Ultra App Kit is a C++ based SDK for creating GUI applications for high performance game development tools. Similar in scope to Dear ImGui, the major difference is that UAK is a retained mode framework. This
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The Flax game engine was first launched the end of 2020 and today we have the first major follow-up release, Flax Engine 1.1. Flax is a source available cross platform 3D game engine with a great deal of potential. Details of the Flax Engine 1.1 release from their blog: We’ve
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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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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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Checked C is a research project from Microsoft research that attempts to make the C programming language safer for developers. Checked C is implemented as a Clang compiler for Windows and Linux. It provides a series of extensions to the C programming language that make it safer to use pointers
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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