Epic Games have just announced massive layoffs across the company, approximately 16% of the workforce or 800+ workers. They additionally announced they will be divesting of recent acquisitions Bandcamp and parts of Super Awesome. The Unreal Engine team and game engine development should be mostly unimpacted by the layoffs.
The Unreal Engine 5 for Game Development book bundle is back (even though its mostly video tutorials).
https://www.humblebundle.com/books/unreal-game-development-packt-encore-books?partner=gamefromscratch
https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-5-for-game-development-humble-bundle-returns/
The above links contain a code that pay GFS a small commission if used (and thanks if you do!)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSYL9sLSfYc
Today we are revisitng the Dust3D modelling application, recipiant of a Epic MegaGrant award. It makes it easy to model, rig and texture 3D models using a unique workflow.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/07/13/Dust3D-Modeling-Application.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytN8t4guuM
Hands on with the successor to AppGameKit, AppGameKit Studio. Currently in Beta, this new game engine adds a complete IDE and world editing environment on top of the battle tested AppGameKit framework. Debugging, Code Editing, Physics, Tilemaps and more are integrated into a single application. Currently in beta for Mac and Windows with a Linux version coming soon.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/04/17/AppGameKit-Studio-Beta.aspx
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2015/07/12/A-Closer-Look-At-AppGameKit-2.aspx
Get AppGameKit for 30% Off using this exclusive link:
https://www.thegamecreators.com/?rc=ntrx5e30i7fa
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yogbpJKac0Q
Plask is a new (currently free) service for creating 3D animated models from a rigged character and a simple video of the animation. It is very similar to DeepMotion Animate3D and Radical in functionality and it will be interesting to see which tool comes out on top. If you lack animating abilities or the ability to do motion capture, this could be a good starting point for you to create 3D animations.
Links:
https://gamefromscratch.com/plask-create-3d-animations-using-video/
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Google have just announced new policies coming into effect for Android developers that want to publish to the Google Play store. Tiered over multiple dates, there are new requirements, including 64bit support, that must be reached to be published to the store. This video discusses those changes.
https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2017/12/improving-app-security-and-performance.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvnnMp606IQ
So, yeah. I was blackmailed, and YouTube was exploited and it resulted in my channel being temporarily taken down. YouTube wont do anything about it, so I need to spread the word to protect other creators!
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2020/05/26/I-Was-Blackmailed-Any-YouTuber-Could-Be-Next.aspx
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxBaOKvTtC8
The ongoing Unity tire fire continues to burn, while Unity are silent about their awful new changes. The fallout continues to widen with more and more studios condemning Unity's actions. A group however, have taken it much further and are hitting Unity where it hurts... their wallet. We also talk about AppLovin and their response to being targeted in this scheme.
Links:
https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-developers-fight-back/
https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-announce-new-pricing-and-plan-changes/
https://gamefromscratch.com/developers-react-to-unity-pricing-change/
https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-price-change-fallout-keeps-getting-worse/
https://gamefromscratch.com/introduction-to-godot-for-unity-developers/
https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-alternatives-in-2023/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnT3EkreWuQ
Blender 2.80 is one step closer to reality. Today Blender have released the first (and hopefully only) release candidate of Blender 2.80. EEVEE, Cycles, new UI, Grease Pencil... so many exciting new features are coming to Blender.
Link:
https://www.gamefromscratch.com/post/2019/07/11/Blender-280-Release-Candidate.aspx
EDIT:. Seems RC ran into a snag and was delayed, which explained why the links didn't work correctly. According to Blender official feed, it should be any hour now.
https://twitter.com/blender_org/status/1149372318747103232?s=19
Fortunately everything else mentioned in the video is still valid.
EDIT2: Release Candidate is live now. If no bugs found, final release should be a week from now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTpXBINIiE
Looking to pick up a few professional VSTs and hundreds of sound packs cheap? The Music Producer 2 bundle might be perfect for you. Just be warned, this bundle is very similar to one that ran in March 2020.
Link:
https://www.humblebundle.com/software/music-producer-2-software?partner=gamefromscratch
https://gamefromscratch.com/humble-music-producer-2-bundle/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmjIevSf9-U