There are a collection of deals of relevance to game developers right now, so I decided to bring them all together into a single video. We have a Unity Asset Store sale on models and environments 30% off, as well as a first time code for 10% off your purchase. Then we have the Steam Lunar New Year sale, and finally a pair of somewhat relevant but also off topic Humble Bundles. Unity Asset Store Sale: https://assetstore.unity.com/?aid=1011l4rAy&on_sale=true&orderBy=1&utm_source=aff Unity First Time User Only 10% Off Code (Valid til Jan30th): 10OFF2020 Humble Artificial Intelligence Book Bundle by MIT Press: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/artificial-intelligence-mit-press-books?partner=gamefromscratch Humble Data Science & Machine Learning Courses Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/software/data-science-and-machine-learning-software?partner=gamefromscratch The above links contain affiliate codes that help support GFS if you use them, and thanks a ton if you do! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLGO_ww3vpo

The "Completely Random Look" is basically just I discovered and found interesting from a game developer persepctive and decided to share. I dont pretend to be a master, so you certainly cant consider it a tutorial and I havent used it long enough to discover if it's truly great or awful. Today I am looking at 123D Design and at least inititally, ITS AWESOME. 123D is a CSG modeller from Autodesk, meaning you model using solid shapes instead of polygons. What it also is, completely by accident, is an amazingly useful modeller for game developers creating non-organic models and possibly an incredibly useful level editing tool. Keep in mind however you will still need a product like Max, Maya or Blender to texture your models and it doesn't do organics ( like people ) very well. Anyways... check it out. Oh yeah... and it's available free for non-commercial use, or just 10$ a month for commercial with a huge database of models available. Bargain of the century here... http://www.123dapp.com/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTPLFKU5s6E

With the recent release of Unreal Engine 5.1, you can finally run UE5 on Apple Silicon. Unfortunately to do so you have to build it from source code which is a pain and takes up a ton of space. No worries though, for I've done it for you! I also compared running on a 2021 M1 MacBook Pro Ultra 24 GPU laptop to a 2022 Zephyrus G16 with a 12 Gen Intel CPU and a 3070TI. Links https://gamefromscratch.com/running-unreal-engine-5-1-on-apple-m1-m2-hardware/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Support GFS on Patreon* : https://www.patreon.com/gamefromscratch *GameDev News* : https://gamefromscratch.com *GameDev Tutorials* : https://devga.me *Join us On Discord* : https://discord.com/invite/R7tUVbD *Twitter* : https://twitter.com/gamefromscratch ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timeline: 0:00 Unreal Engine 5.1 on Apple M1 Overview 0:28 Building Unreal Engine From Code on MacOS 1:21 Epic Game Launcher Project Issues 1:53 Creating an Intel/Rosetta Project 3:24 Demo Level Performance Testing on Intel/Rosetta 4:45 Building Lightmaps 5:25 Nanite on Mac in Unreal Engine 5.1 is No Bueno 6:35 Creating the same project in Unreal Engine 5.1 for M1/M2 Apple Silicon 7:44 Demo Level Performance Testing on M1/M2 Apple Silicon 9:05 Light Map Building Doesn't Work 11:41 The Same Level on a PC (Asus M16 with 12th Gen Intel + 3070Ti) 12:46 Conclusion and Summary ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aWIyvfxA3Y

By changing one simple setting and restarting Unreal Engine 5 you will see literally double (or better!) framerate in the UE editor. In this video we should you how. The level used in this video is available in the following bundle: https://www.humblebundle.com/software/unreal-military-game-assets-software?partner=gamefromscratch Step by Step Text Guide: https://gamefromscratch.com/doubling-unreal-engine-performance-on-m1-m2-mac/ The above link contains a code that enables you to direct a portion of your purchase to support GFS (and thanks so much if you do!) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x4i93fQfHk