Look to create control schemes? PadCrafter is a simple and free tool for creating game controller UI layouts, that can easily be shared via simple URL. No signup required. This comes from the same guy that created the GameUIDatabase.
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Adobe have just announced the acquisition of Allegorithmic, that makers of Substance Painter and Designer. In this video we will look at the details of that deal and look at how it will effect existing subscribers.
Links:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/01/23/Adobe-Acquires-Allegorithmic.aspx
https://www.allegorithmic.com/blog/allegorithmic-joining-adobe-family
https://theblog.adobe.com/adobe-acquires-allegorithmic-substance-3d-gaming/
https://forum.allegorithmic.com/index.php/topic,27494.0.html
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Unity 2019.3 was finally released and finally a ton of previously preview features are now ready for prime time such as the URP and HDRP programmable pipelines, Shadergraph, new 2D tools and terrain tools and more
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/01/28/Unity-20193-Released.aspx
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AMD have released a new Hydra renderer (and other tools) that brings the ability to render and interact with USD (Universal Scene Description) files directly inside Blender using their USD Hydra render.
... it aint perfect, but it is interesting.
Links:
https://gamefromscratch.com/amd-release-usd-hydra-renderer-for-blender/
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Today we are checking out Qodot, a free open source addon for Godot, that enables you to use Quake BSP style CSG created maps directly in the Godot game engine.
Link
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/12/20/Qodot-Quake-Maps-For-Godot.aspx
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GameTextures.com is a great resource for, um... game textures. Just a few days back they announced that all 3K+ of their textures now has full preconfigured Cycles support for Blender.
In this video we will look at how you can use a GameTextures preconfigured texture in your Blender Cycles project.
Links
https://beta.gametextures.com/
https://medium.com/gametextures/introducing-the-largest-library-of-blender-ready-materials-ever-created-9f886ff2d362
https://github.com/BlendingJake/NodeIO
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https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/the-game-creators-bundle?ref=gamefromscratch
https://gamefromscratch.com/the-game-creators-bundle-on-fanatical/
Right now on Fanatical you can get 3 game engines from The Game Creators extremely cheap. Get GameGuru + AppGameKit + AppGameKit Studio + a ton of DLC. Using the link above gives GFS a small commission (and thanks).
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At the GDC 2020 Developer conference, Google announced Crytek are adding Android support to CryEngine. Most interestingly if you check the beta signup page, iOS support is also shown. They even showcased the Neon Noir raytracing demo on an Android device.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/03/23/CryEngine-Getting-Mobile-Support.aspx
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A.I is coming for all our jobs, including mine. Today though, I put ChatGPT to the test. We ask it about a dozen game development questions, I give my guess on what it should answer, then compare it with the actual results it gives.
Is Chat GPT the future home for all knowledge game development, do Google and Stack Overflow need to be afraid (YES!), Do I (no, not yet) or is it all just a fad? (Nope, but there's a lot of room for improvement).
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