Game Development News, Tutorials and More
Included in the currently running Humble Game Creator Bundle, today we go hands-on with Pixelmash, a pixel art graphics application for Windows and Mac OS. Pixelmash is described as:A New, Easier Way To Make Pixel Art and Animated Sprites Pixelmash is a new kind of pixel art and animation tool that makes quick work of […]
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Today we are checking out FamiStudio, a lighter weight alternative to programs like FamiTracker, that make it easy to create 8bit style musical scores. Features of FamiStudio include:Modern DAW-style UI with sequencer and piano roll, no hexadecimal anywhere Instrument & Envelope edition NSF import Full Undo/Redo support Copy & Paste support Note drag & drop […]
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Dust3D is an open source 3D modeling application we first looked at back in April of 2018. Since that time Dust has improved a great deal, including winning a Epic MegaGrant award. Dust3D is available for Windows, Mac and Linux and is open source on GitHub under the MIT open source library. Key features of […]
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Sprytile is a free tile map editor that runs entirely inside Blender, similar in functionality to the recently covered Crocotile 3D. Over the weekend, Sprytile for the most current Blender 2.8x versions was just released. Details from the Sprytile Itch.io page:Sorry for the long long long delay, but finally the official release of Sprytile for […]
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Allegorithmic (now Adobe) are well known for their excellent Substance Designer and Painter texturing tools have recently released a major update for Alchemist, their Quixel Mixer competitor. The biggest new feature to Alchemist is the AI driven Image to Material, an image importing option along side the existing B2M functionality. From the release notes, Image […]
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There have been a lot of changes at Quixel since being acquired by Epic Games in late 2019, almost all for the better for developers. Quixel Mixer 2020.1.2 is another example of that, with the texture generation tool getting a huge number of completely free smart materials, along side a new installer and resource manager.Details […]
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Today we are looking at the game engine/framework combo WebGLStudio, an entirely browser based game engine with a complete visual editor. Key features of WebGLStudio include:A full 3D graphics engine (LiteScene.js) that supports multiple lights, shadowmaps, realtime reflections, custom materials, postFX, skinning, animation, and much more. An easily extended, component-based system for controlling the rendering […]
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PICO-8 is perhaps the most popular of the fantasy consoles and if you are extremely quick, you can pick it up as part of the Itch.io Racial Justice bundle along with a ton of other development tools and indie games. PICO-8 is described as:PICO-8 is a fantasy console for making, sharing and playing tiny games […]
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DragonRuby is a game development framework powered by the Ruby programming language. It is lightweight and crossplatform with an easy to learn API. It is regularly $47USD, however it is currently included in the Bundle For Racial Justice currently running on Itch.io, along with hundreds of games for just $5.Key features of DragonRuby include:Dirt simple […]
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Pixologic have just released a new free version of their ZBrush sculpting application, ZBrushCore Mini. Details of the software from the homepage:ZBrushCoreMini is all about sculpting. Start with a simple sphere or a stone block, then use a select group of the most popular digital sculpting brushes from ZBrush to add or remove material and […]
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