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People often ask, since you can get Unity or Unreal Engine for free(*), why would you choose to use the Godot engine instead?
This video answers that question, looking in-depth at half a dozen reasons why you might want to choose to use the Godot game engine. We also then look at a half a dozen different reasons why you might NOT choose the Godot engine!
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/11/26/Why-choose-the-Godot-Game-Engine-over-Unity-or-Unreal-Engine.aspx
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Filament is a PBR (Physically Based Rendering) cross platform real time rendering engine for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android. Developed inside Google, Filament is used in Android Studio as well as in Sceneform.
Even if you aren't in the market for a real time renderer, be sure to check out the documentation. It's nothing short of amazing and is an excellent primer on graphics development. At the very least, it's packed with pretty pictures!
Links:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2018/08/04/Filament-Open-Source-PBR-Renderer-Released.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqXkPVQrfyQ
The Polygon Game Dev Assets by Animpic Humble Bundle is a collection of 4K+ 3D models, in Unreal Engine and Unity formats. Get tons of lowpoly 3d models in a ton of different genres.
Links:
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/polygon-game-dev-assets-animpic-software?partner=gamefromscratch
https://gamefromscratch.com/polygon-game-dev-assets-by-animpic-humble-bundle/
Timeline:
0:00 Intro
0:10 Medieval Pack in Unreal Engine Demo
0:47 Bundle Tier Overview
3:45 Wild West Pack
4:45 Household Appliance Pack
5:20 Fantasy Camp Pack
5:55 City Megapolis Pack
6:42 Medieval City Pack
7:03 Farm Pack
7:28 Forest Village Pack
7:48 Houses Pack
8:08 Survival Tool Pack
8:36 Weapons Pack
9:28 New York Pack
9:55 Town City Pack
10:47 Conclusion
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There was an interesting and VERY information packed tweet from Tim Sweeney about the future and focus of Unreal Engine 6. This is the first bit of information we have on the details of Unreal Engine 6, what to expect and roughly when to expect it.
Links
https://gamefromscratch.com/first-unreal-engine-6-details-from-tim-sweeney/
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Steam is one of the most important markets for game developers, especially unplublished indie developers. That importance is a double edged sword as we get flooded with asset flips, low quality and controversy. Yesterday Steam formally announced their policy.
https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/1666776116200553082
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgINWtdUnOI
Audiate is a new voice over tool from TechSmith, that makes it brutally simple to record and edit voice overs or game dialog, as well as automatically creating a script from your voice over.
Link:
https://techsmith.z6rjha.net/Xxyv4b
https://gamefromscratch.com/techsmith-audiate-review/
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Bloom3D is a brand new 3d modelling application (modeling? Modelling? Modeller? Modeler?) that strips the 3D process down to it's bare essence... In doing so, it create a little tool/toy that is a heck of a lot of fun to play with.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlLvUdGI5_8
This week in gamedev is a quick recap of news and events from the world of game development for the week ending October 31/2016.
Story Link:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/10/31/This-Week-In-GameDev-Oct-312016.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zov64QX950k
I've always loved raytracing and it's simply staggering just how far we've come. Today we are looking at the just released LightTracer browser based client side raytracer. Check it out, it's completely free.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ01nne5Q50