AppGameKit Engine Source Released -- (*But not open sourced!!!)
So yeah, the title here is a bit confusing... when people thing released source code, they naturally think open source. That's not what's happened here... this is more of a limited release. You can access the source code now of the tier 2 layer of AppGameKit (that is... the C++ stuff), but TheGameCreators reserve all the rights. Be sure to read the license before continuing!
So Blender Code Quest is winding down, and one of the most recent additions to Blender is one of the few features I think everyone will love. The new Quick Favorites menu.
Basically any menu items or button in Blender can now be bound to the quick fav menu and invoked used the Q key.
Of course this is demostrated using the nightly builds of Blender 2.8 available here:
https://builder.blender.org/download
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Today we are revisiting Neobarok, a powerful, cross platform and completely free modeling and sculpting application with a completely unique user interface and workflow.
Link:
https://gamefromscratch.com/neobarok-2-hands-on/
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A recap of recent activity in the world of game development. Linked stories:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/01/08/QICI-Engine-105-HTML5-Game-Engine-Released.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/01/07/Tiled-Level-Editor-0150-Released.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/01/07/The-SuperPowers-Game-Engine-is-now-Open-Source.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/01/06/Oculus-Rift-Pre-Orders-Start-Today.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/01/05/LibGDX-18-Released.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/01/04/PlayCanvas-Add-Spine-Support-Via-Free-Plugin.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/01/09/How-the-HTC-Vive-could-win-the-VR-War-tomorrow.aspx
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Adobe have just acquired the 3D graphics Medium application/team from Oculus. A key component of their future 3D content creation strategy, specifically VR.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/12/06/Adobe-Acquire-Oculus-Medium.aspx
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You know the monthly Unreal Engine asset giveaways we report on here every month? Well have you ever wanted to pick those assets yourself? That's exactly what is happening now, the GameFromScratch community get's to decide the assets for an upcoming UE Asset monthly giveaway! Post your choices in the comments below and on the GFS Discord server in the Unreal Asset channel.
In other Unreal Engine news, they are running the Better Light than Never UE5 Lumen challenge, with a chance to win cash and other prizes. And on the topic of the Unreal Engine marketplace... there is a massive sale of 10,000+ assets up to 70% off.
Links:
https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-asset-giveaway-we-decide-the-assets/
Vote on the GFS Discord: https://discord.com/invite/R7tUVbD
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This is another game engine in the lines of RPGMaker, SMILE Game Builder, RPG in a Box, except specialized towards turn based tactical RPG games like Final Fantasy Tactics.
It is available for download on Steam now, and there is a fairly full featured (minus JavaScript and exporting) demo available to try.
Links:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2018/08/22/SRPG-Studio-Now-Available-On-Steam.aspx
https://store.steampowered.com/app/857320/SRPG_Studio/
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Today Google released Flutter 2, a massive upgrade to their cross platform visual application development toolset. The big new feature with Flutter are Web apps are now production ready, while Desktop (Linux, Windows and Mac) are in beta. This means in theory you can now write your app once and run it on several different platforms unchanged... never heard that one before right? ;)
Link:
https://gamefromscratch.com/flutter-2-release-adds-desktop-and-web-support/
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Epic Games have just announed a new program aimed at film, animation, tv and game industry professionals to encourage the use of Unreal Engine for Virtual Production. There are a very limited number of slots, but if you are accepted, you will receive $10,000 and a 30 day intensive Unreal Engine course taught remotely by Epic employees and industry experts.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/07/21/Unreal-Fellowship-Launched.aspx
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Unity are celebrating the 10th anniversary of the asset store with the Unity Asset Store Mega Bundle X sale. It's basically a Humble Bundle but on the Unity Asset store.
Links:
https://assetstore.unity.com/?aid=1011l4rAy&on_sale=true&utm_source=aff
https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-mega-bundle-x-10th-anniversary-sale-on-now/
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