Facebook just recently, through a partnership with Unity, announced they are working on an online marketplace for desktop computers. An evolution of their Facebook Arcade service, it will launch with a number of casual (Facebook, iOS/Android) games, but is intended to add less casual games as time goes on, in a move seamingly targeting Steams marketplace. Although Facebook isn't a huge revenue source for game developers, they are still large enough they shouldn't be ignored. If they get app discoverability right, this could be a good development for gamedevs. The deadline to apply for beta access to the prgoram is August 31/2016. You can read more about it here: http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/08/21/Facebook-and-Unity-Team-Up-On-New-Game-Market.aspx ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_hZmB_PfSY

I love Three.js, I really do, it's an amazing 3D framework that make things like rendering, creating scenes, implementing audio, camera, shaders, physics and even VR in the browser so much easier that just using WebGL. It also provides loaders for a ton of 3D formats, a full editor, great documentation, loads of examples and more. r98 was just released and it gave me a chance to talk about one of my favourite JavaScript frameworks, so here we are! Links https://threejs.org/ https://threejs.org/examples https://threejs.org/editor/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFY3JosrS8M

First let me say, C++ is a great language. It is still the preeminent language for game development among AAA studios and there are many reasons for this. What it is not, in my opinion, is a good language for beginners to start with. This video tries to explain why. In fact, it shows why. In the following video we will actually implement the same simple starter project in three different languages, C#, C++ and Lua/Love. The example is completely contrived and is typical of the kind of project a day 0 programmer might want to accomplish. I think I accidently swore once or twice, so mild NSFW warning. Once again let me make this first clear... I am not saying NOT to learn C++, it's an invaluable skill if you want to learn game programming. I am just strongly recommending against starting with C++, for reasons this video hopefully makes obvious. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKERfdutQ6w

Today we are looking at free pixel, paint and vector graphics applications of use for game development. This is part of a larger series highlighting free game development tools. Links https://devga.me/free/2d-graphics-applications/ https://devga.me/free/ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLS9MbmO_ssyDQnbnhqTO09gZTT8YJh-2K ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTLEfSIoOtc