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Raylib is an awesome free and open source game development framework written using the C programming language. One of the biggest strengths of Raylib beyond it’s ease of use, excellent examples and multiple language bindings is its ability to run on a variety of different platforms with zero external dependencies.
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Blockbench is an incredibly easy to use 3D modelling application we checked out earlier this year that has a major release coming soon. Currently available in Beta 3, Blockbench 5 is a major update including a new user interface design, improved animation tools, new modelling tools and more. Blockbench is
The Spartan Game Engine is a free, cross platform C++ game engine we first looked back in 2021. Since then the game engine has continued to be involved and improved. The project started as a one man effort to create a game engine that he used to get a job
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The popular 3D game engine PlayCanvas has just been fully open sourced. The backend game engine powering PlayCanvas has always been open sourced, as has the UI framework, but the game editor has always been closed and proprietary. This has just changed with today’s announcement: Key Links PlayCanvas Open-Source Announcement
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There is a new free and open source tool, growing the list of applications developed using the Godot game engine, called either Godot Pixel Studio or Godot Pixel Renderer. This application enables you to take animated 3D models and render them to a sequence of sprite animations, with a ton
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Microsoft have just made a major announcement that will shake the business model of popular AI based code editors Cursor and Windsurf. Both of these companies are built around forks of Visual Studio Code that build AI tooling “into the bones”. Microsoft have just announced they are open sourcing GitHub
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Today we are looking at Overload, a C++ powered open-source game engine with a Lua scripting interface for game logic. Overload started life over 6 years ago as a graduate project and has since turned into a growing open-source game engine. It has a shocking number of features including a
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EA have just released the source code for several games in the Command & Conquer series ( Command & Conquer (Tiberian Dawn), Red Alert, C&C Renegade, and C&C Generals and Zero Hour ) under the GPL v3 license. They also added Steam Workshop support to several titles in the C&C
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The open source vector graphics application Inkscape just released Inkscape 1.4 beta. Inkscape is available for Windows, Mac and Windows. Highlight features of the 1.4 release include: Key Links Inkscape Homepage Inkscape 1.4 Beta Download Inkscape 1.4 Release Notes Splashscreen Contest You can learn more about the new features in
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The source code for the 1999 Interplay/Outrage Entertainment game Descent 3 was just open sourced on GitHub under the MIT license. The person responsible for opening the project made the following statement on Reddit /r/gamedev: I was one of the developers for Descent 3 back in the late 90’s/early 2000’s.
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