The Blender Foundation have just launched an interesting new service. Essentially they are making available a custom version of Blender with several benchmarks built in, with binaries for Windows, Linux and Mac available, each weighing in at around 1/2 a GB. You run this benchmark on your machine and you can determine how well your machine performs. What makes this service most interesting is that it is end to end open source, from the GPL client, to the data submitted being available under CC0. That means all companies and individuals should have access to the raw data from the benchmark, after being scrubbed for privacy. You can learn more about the project here: https://opendata.blender.org/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJQluteROyY

The open source MIT licensed game engine Wicked Engine is now available on Steam. This version gives you a binary version of the editor, with the ability to script game logic using the Lua programming langauge. If you want the full C++ experience, you are still best off downloading it from GitHub. This does make it incredibly easy to check this engine out on your wn PC however. Links https://gamefromscratch.com/wicked-engine-now-on-steam/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Support* : https://www.patreon.com/gamefromscratch *GameDev News* : https://gamefromscratch.com *GameDev Tutorials* : https://devga.me *Discord* : https://discord.com/invite/R7tUVbD *Twitter* : https://twitter.com/gamefromscratch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQH5H7o7CWs

Today we are looking at Cinder, an open source C++ application for providing all the multimedia functionality you need. From windowing, to networking, touch, 2D, 3D, SVG, audio, video, you name it, Cinder probably provides it. Links: https://gamefromscratch.com/cinder-open-source-c-media-toolkit/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Support* : https://www.patreon.com/gamefromscratch *GameDev News* : https://gamefromscratch.com *GameDev Tutorials* : https://devga.me *Discord* : https://discord.com/invite/R7tUVbD *Twitter* : https://twitter.com/gamefromscratch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihb3Ap_o6Pw

The Harfang 3D engine is an open source 3D game engine for Windows and Linux with a 3D editor named Studio available as well. It enables you to create 3D applications, games and VR applications using a wide variety of programming languages including C++, Lua, GO and Python. Links --------- https://gamefromscratch.com/harfang-3d-engine-hands-on/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Help Support GFS* : https://www.patreon.com/gamefromscratch *GameDev News* : https://gamefromscratch.com *GameDev Tutorials* : https://devga.me *Discord* : https://discord.com/invite/R7tUVbD *Twitter* : https://twitter.com/gamefromscratch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyfkJWXeVBM