The Unreal Engine asset giveaway for November 2021 is here... we've got 5 free for the month and 1 more added to the permanently free collection. Time to get your digital hoarder on!
A recap of the news and events in the world of game development for the week ending Dec 7/2016.
Link to stories:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/12/07/This-Week-In-GameDev-Dec72016.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwvv0M86wJc
It's Unreal Christmas in August. Another round of free Unreal Engine marketplace assets is here! Just be sure to get them before September to keep em forever...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_yVld_5NoM
Asset Inventory is a game changing asset for Unity currently featured in the Power Tools MegaBundle and frankly I think it's my new favourite Unity add-on. Basically it allows you to utilize all the stuff you've bought, without having to import it into your project. Search for and then import single import an asset (audio, model, texture, prefab etc.) and Asset Inventory takes care of pulling it the file and all it's dependencies for you. This makes it so much easier to manage your digital hoard and greatly shrinks the size of your active project. This is one of those Unity addons that should simply be built in to the engine itself, it's that useful.
Links:
https://assetstore.unity.com/mega-bundles/power-up-tools?aid=1011l4rAy
https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-power-up-tools-megabundle/
Unity 3D Nature Assets Humble Bundle:
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/naturemanufacture-asset-bundle-software?partner=gamefromscratch
https://gamefromscratch.com/nature-manufacture-asset-bundle-on-humble/
The above links contain affiliate codes that pay GFS a small commission if used (and thanks so much if you do!)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkWOqI4985k
ArmorPaint is an open source PBR workflow based texturing package built on top of the Armory3D game engine (and thus Blender). In this video we go hands-on with ArmorPaint, to help you decide if ArmorPaint is a good fit for you. Is it a viable alternative to Substance Painter at a fraction of the cost? We will see.
If you want to build ArmorPaint yourself be sure to check out our guide available here:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/01/10/Building-ArmorPaint-From-Source.aspx
ArmorPaint 0.7 News Here:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/01/11/ArmorPaint-07-Released.aspx
Armory3D Engine Tutorial Available Here:
https://devga.me/tutorials/armory3d/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqHl-q45UbU
It's the first Tuesday of the month and Unreal Engine developers know what that means... free stuff! It's another Unreal Engine Marketplace giveaway, this time for June 2023. This month we have 5 "free for the month" assets, with no additions to the permanently free collection. These assets are yours to keep forever, so long as you "buy" them (for free) before the first Tuesday of July.
*Links*
https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-free-assets-for-june-2023/
*Export From Unreal Engine to Unity, Godot or Blender*
https://gamefromscratch.com/exporting-from-unreal-engine-to-godot-unity-or-blender/
*Unreal Engine to Unity in One Click*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6zLAxOuZbk
*Unreal Engine 5.2 Release Details*
https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-5-2-released/
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The open source C# powered game engine Xenko just released version 3.1. The biggest factor in this release is full and proper NuGet support, including modularizing the engine such that the Graphics or Math libraries can be used in other projects, or you can optionally use other components in the engine only if you need them.
Links
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2018/12/24/Xenko-31-Beta-Released.aspx
https://xenko.com/blog/release-xenko-3-1-0-beta/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dWELSNkzUE
It's that time of year again, Steam's summer sale is on, time to open the wallets and stock up on programs we will probably never load again! As always, I take a look at the key sales of interest to game developers, art tools, game engines, etc. I maintain a list of items and links to more info if available here:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2018/06/21/Steam-2018-Summer-Sale-For-Game-Developers.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChtN2YVfPyE
There is another Unity Mega Bundle running right now. This one is a bit smaller than the last, but it's also half the price, with the biggest tier of the bundle being $20. You can save up to 95% off assets, scripts, sounds, models, animations, etc from the Unity Asset Store in this bundle.
Links:
https://assetstore.unity.com/mega-bundles/prototype-your-project?aid=1011l4rAy&utm_source=aff
https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-mega-bundle-2/
The above link contains an affiliate code that pays GFS a small commission if used (and thanks if you do)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26oepCcqeV0
Looking to learn how to use Blender, even the newest Blender 4 version with Geometry Nodes? This Humble Bundle of courses and Blender assets from GameDevTV might be perfect for you.
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https://www.humblebundle.com/software/learn-to-create-game-art-in-blender-bundle-2023-software?partner=gamefromscratch
https://gamefromscratch.com/learn-to-create-game-art-in-blender-with-gamedevtv-bundle/
The above links contain a code that enables you to direct a portion of your purchase to support GFS (and thanks so much if you do!)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_JXd1DYUVc