Godot have just released Godot 3.2.4 beta 4. The key new features include MP3 support, GDNative on HTML and FBX importing improvements among other fixes and changes.
JetBrains, the makers of IDEs such as IntelliJ, CLion, Resharper, Rider, PyCharm and more as well as the programming language Kotlin, have been working on a new font designed especially for programmers called JetBrains Mono. Best of all, it's free, open source and available for 130+ languages.
In this video we check out the new font, show you how to install and configure it in Visual Studio Code.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/01/17/JetBrains-Mono-A-Font-For-Programmers.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyCZ0dVlz4A
2D IK/FK bone based animation tools are becoming more and more common in the animation world, and especially for game developers. The process of Cut Out Animation, or COA, can be a huge time saver, bringing a 3D animation process to the labour intensive 2D animation world.
Links
Spine -- https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2016/04/25/An-Introduction-To-Spine-A-2D-Bone-Based-Animation-System.aspx
Creature -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uBk5NJJLlo
Dragonbonez -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjKBxgZ6zvE
Synfig -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFlv7O5w8Wc
Animate CC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZr8tOUe5Bg
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLU8HPBBwAc
PixiJS v5 has just been released, the first release in almost 2 years. We check out the WebGL based 2D rendering library in action. Now with a new API that enables you lower level access to the underlying WebGL renderer. Also hands on with Pixi Playground.
Links
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/05/01/PixiJS-v5-Released.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKCFvcSyhP8
I was shocked by just how good Vectary is, and if you try it out, I'm pretty sure you will be too. Integrated with tons of free assets, many from Google Poly, you can use it to create game levels with ease. Even in the free tier you can import and export in glTF format for use in your game engine of choice. Additionally there is a fully integrated and full featured 3D polygon modeler built in!
Link
https://www.vectary.com
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cSN3XlfOAs
GB Studio is a retro game engine for creating GameBoy style (and actual GameBoy ROMS) using a super simple drag and drop interface. The engine/editor contains all the tools you need to create game levels, sprites, music and more... oh and it's completely free for Linux, Mac and Windows.
Links
https://gamefromscratch.com/gb-studio-3/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIMT3oz773U
Pretty quick and simple Godot tip video. Today we are showing how Godot can be used from the Command line, without using the editor at all. As a bonus we also quickly look at the Godot extension in Visual Studio Code.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1hbiIp4qtE
It's finally here, Blender 2.8 beta was just released. This version of beta comes with a load of new features including the EEVEE realtime PBR engine and viewport, new gltf exporter, a massively updated UI, 2D animation support via grease pencil and a ton more.
Links
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2018/11/29/Blender-280-Beta-Released.aspx
https://code.blender.org/2018/11/blender-2-8-beta/
https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/2.80
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyCepAM7Ftc
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF6mBjz5Z6Q
Well Happy Day of the Programmer everyone... apparently thats a thing and it's today, September 23rd. To celebrate, Fanatical are giving away 3 free books... enjoy! Act quickly though, offer expires Sept 19th, 2021.
Link:
https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/international-day-of-the-programmer-bundle-giveaway?ref=gamefromscratch
The above link pays a small commission (on free ;) ) if used.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLLtQgAdHKA
acdsee Video Studio is a non-linear video editing application that includes video capture and an easy editing environment that looks very... very... very familiar to me, as you can see in the video *cough*Camtasia*cough*. If you are looking for a free and easy video tool, this could be a good choice. Just be sure to get it before July 29th.
Links:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/07/20/acdsee-Video-Studio-3-Free.aspx
GFS Discord: https://discord.com/invite/R7tUVbD
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o38zxkju_4