Raylib 2.0 Released -- C/C++ Game Framework Perfect For Beginners
The Raylib open source cross platform C++ game framework just turned 2. This framework is one of my favorites simply because of how easy it makes it for people to start learning game development using C or C++. Simply download the Raylib package and you have a full suite of tools needed for C++, including a preconfigured compiler, editor and tons of examples. This is the easiest way I've seen yet to get started with C++ to make games. With the 2.0 release, rejoice Linux and *Nix developers, you can now join in on the fun!
Last week, Microsoft released Visual Studio 2022, as well as C# 10, .NET 6 and F#6. In this video we take a quickly look at what is new in this long running IDE.
Links
https://gamefromscratch.com/visual-studio-2022-released/
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Affinity Designer (one of my favorite apps) and Affinity Photo version 1.9 were just released as a free update to existing users. Also they are both currently on sale 50% off.
Link:
https://gamefromscratch.com/affinity-photo-and-designer-1-9-released/
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Today we are taking a look at the long running Castle Game Engine, an engine I have been getting requests to cover for years now. This is an Object Pascal (using the Lazarus IDE and Free Pascal Compiler) based 2D/3D open source game engine.
Link:
https://gamefromscratch.com/castle-game-engine-hands-on/
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This tutorial takes another look at the PlayCanvas 3D HTML5 powered game engine. I took an earlier look at this engine here ( http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2015/04/19/A-Closer-Look-at-the-PlayCanvas-Game-Engine.aspx ), so in a look at whats changed this time I've decided instead to create a complete bowling game.
In fact you can play the game right here:
https://playcanv.as/b/GIkKOYUs/
W or Space to throw.
A or D to move left or right
B to reset the ball
R to reset everything.
Of course there is a two part text based version of this tutorial available here:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2017/05/25/PlayCanvas-Engine-Revisited.aspx
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2017/05/30/PlayCanvas-Engine-Revisited-Bowling-with-PlayCanvas-Part-Two.aspx
Patreon backers are able to download the assets used to create this demo in the Game Kits\Bowling folder or zip in the Patreon dropbox account.
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miniGDX is a new game development framework for the Kotlin programming language. It's open source and enables you to create desktop (JVM), mobile and Javascript/web games using the same Kotlin based code base.
Links:
https://gamefromscratch.com/minigdx-kotlin-game-development-framework/
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Today we are checking out the just released Mixamo Character Animation Combiner, a tool for combining multiple Miximo Animations to a character and exporting as gltf. We create a multiple animation character in seconds and export to Godot flawlessly!
Link:
https://gamefromscratch.com/mixamo-character-animation-combiner/
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BuildBox is a no code game engine that is ideal for non-programmers. Recently released with a free version, this is a hands-on review of the free edition. We look at how games are created and how logic is programmed using the engine. Hopefully this video will give you an idea if BuildBox is right for you.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/03/02/Buildbox-Review-And-Plan-Pricing-Changes.aspx
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Welcome to a Closer Look at GDevelop. GDevelop is an open source 2D game engine with full editing environment and a visual programming interface. It is available at:
http://compilgames.net/
The text link of this review is available at:
http://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2017/06/06/A-Closer-Look-At-GDevelop.aspx
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Good news for Blender fans, they now have a new Corporate Patron...
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Facebook. Yeah.
Link:
https://gamefromscratch.com/facebook-joins-blender-as-corporate-sponsor/
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