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Luxe Game Engine Released

GameFromScratch.com Luxe Game Engine Released Luxe is a cross platform game engine that was recently made available in public preview. The engine is released under a rather unique โ€œpay what you should if you canโ€ pricing model. It is both an API for game development as well as a full editing environment available for Windows, The post Luxe Game Engine Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 25, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜What The Fishโ€™ Tries to Work Despite Fun, Haunted Distractions

What The Fish needs you to compose scam emails and not get all caught up in that delightful fishing game thatโ€™s on your desktop. Youโ€™re the new outreach coordinator (although I could... The post โ€˜What The Fishโ€™ Tries to Work Despite Fun, Haunted Distractions appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 24, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Godot Asset Store Launched

GameFromScratch.com Godot Asset Store Launched One of the major โ€œmissingโ€ features of the Godot Game Engine is a commercial asset store to compete with the likes of the Unity Asset Store or Epic Gameโ€™s Fab market. Over the weekend, Emilio Coppola, the executive director of the Godot Foundation just stealth launched the Asset Store with The post Godot Asset Store Launched appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜Break Like a Babyโ€™ Helps Co-Op Infants Trash the House

Break Like a Baby sees you and a friend becoming a pair of destructive tots trying to wreck the house before the babysitter catches you. 8pm bedtime? Not likely. Canโ€™t enforce bedtime... The post โ€˜Break Like a Babyโ€™ Helps Co-Op Infants Trash the House appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 23, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Godot 4.5 Beta Released

GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.5 Beta Released The Wait For Godot got one step closer with the release of Godot 4.5 Beta. After several Dev releases (Dev1, Dev2, Dev3, Dev4 and Dev5) the Beta release adds new features and should be the end of the new features. What we see in Godot 4.5 Beta should be more The post Godot 4.5 Beta Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 21, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Mega Mix Unity Asset Store Humble Bundle

GameFromScratch.com Mega Mix Unity Asset Store Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to Unity developers, the Mega Mix Unity Asset Store Pack. This bundle contains a collection of gamedev assets that are redeemed on the Unity Asset store. As with most Humble Bundles it is organized into tiers: 1$ Tier Low Poly Trees โ€“ The post Mega Mix Unity Asset Store Humble Bundle appeared first on...

Published on: June 20, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

O3DE 25.05 Released

GameFromScratch.com O3DE 25.05 Released Coming over a half a year since the 24.09 release, O3DE have just released O3DE 25.05. O3DE resulted from the open sourcing of Amazon Lumberyard game engine, which itself was a fork of CryEngine. While this release doesnโ€™t add a ton of shiny new features, it does greatly improve the The post O3DE 25.05 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 19, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Fab June 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [June 17 โ€“ July 1]

GameFromScratch.com Fab June 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [June 17 โ€“ July 1] Every other Tuesday we get anUnreal EngineFab marketplace giveaway, and this Tuesday is no exception. You can get three free game development assets during the next two week for Unreal including one that works directly with the Unity game engine. If you are using a different game engine or tool, The post Fab June 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [June 17...

Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜Dogman95โ€™ Slams Players With Silly Dungeon Delve Delights

Dogman95 is a ridiculous five to ten-minute dungeon crawler that packs almost every second with gags and jokes. The brave Dogmen have been sent into the labyrinth for as long as Dogmen... The post โ€˜Dogman95โ€™ Slams Players With Silly Dungeon Delve Delights appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 17, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Godot Powered Action Game Maker Released

GameFromScratch.com Godot Powered Action Game Maker Released Gotcha Gotcha Games have just released a brand new, Godot game engine powered game engine today, Action Game Maker. Like their popular series of RPG Maker engines, Action Game Maker attempt to take the Godot game engine and make it more accessible to a wider audience. Action Game Maker is The post Godot Powered Action Game Maker Released appeared first on...

Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜Grotesqueresqueโ€™ Offers Varied Pixel Art Horror Tales

Grotesqueresque is an anthology of horror tales filled with sickening pixel art monstrosities and jarring moments of terror. Ten different stories of gut-churning horror await in this compelling collection of scary experiences.... The post โ€˜Grotesqueresqueโ€™ Offers Varied Pixel Art Horror Tales appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 16, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Two Unreal & Unity Asset Bundles

GameFromScratch.com Two Unreal & Unity Asset Bundles There are a pair of asset bundles for game developers on Gumroad from Leartes, the Summertime Unreal Engine Assets Bundle and the Summertime Unity Assets Bundle. Make sure you use code S60 at checkout to drop the price from $99 to $39! As you can see from the video below The post Two Unreal & Unity Asset Bundles appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 14, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

What Happened to CryEngine?ย 

GameFromScratch.com What Happened to CryEngine? CryEngine, for a time, stood as one of the most exciting game engines available, consistently pushing the boundaries of what was graphically possible on PC hardware. Titles like the originalCrysiswere often cited as benchmarks, demanding top-tier systems to truly shine, yet delivering stunning visuals that even today hold up remarkably The post What Happened to CryEngine?...

Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜Cattle Crisisโ€™ Scrambles Between Shots to Collect Powerful Cows

Cattle Crisis sees aliens making off with our precious cows, so youโ€™ll need to gun those ships down to rescue our beloved bovine buddies. The game only features a single level, but... The post โ€˜Cattle Crisisโ€™ Scrambles Between Shots to Collect Powerful Cows appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 12, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Learn GameDev with Unity, Unreal, GameMaker, Blender and C# Humble Bundle

GameFromScratch.com Learn GameDev with Unity, Unreal, GameMaker, Blender and C# Humble Bundle The Learn GameDev with Unity, Godot, Unreal, GameMaker, Blender and C# Humble Bundle from Zenva is now available. Each game engine comes with 5 or more courses covering all aspects of game development. This bundle joins the No-Code No-Problem Develop bundle and the Big Bang Unreal Unity and Godot bundle The post Learn GameDev...

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜Color Limโ€™ Changes Your Hue to Solve Platforming Puzzles

Color Lim is a puzzle platformer where you need to use your slimy color-switching ability to solve puzzles and save a small village. This is a fantastic, smooth puzzle platform that has... The post โ€˜Color Limโ€™ Changes Your Hue to Solve Platforming Puzzles appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 11, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Godot Debug Draw 3D Add-On

GameFromScratch.com Godot Debug Draw 3D Add-On Today we are looking at Debug Draw 3D, a must have extension for Godot developers. Itโ€™s implemented in C++ using GDExtensions and is usable with C# and GDScript. It enables developers to quickly and easily draw lines, shapes and text on screen, making debug (thus the name) visualization a breeze. The post Godot Debug Draw 3D Add-On appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜Balls, Dice & Stickersโ€™ Creates Carefully Planned Mayhem

Balls, Dice & Stickers asks you to launch a ball at some dice that trigger a ton of ridiculous effects each time you hit them. I am not sure what I did... The post โ€˜Balls, Dice & Stickersโ€™ Creates Carefully Planned Mayhem appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 10, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Blender 4.5 Beta Arrives with Vulkan Support

GameFromScratch.com Blender 4.5 Beta Arrives with Vulkan Support The Blender Foundation have just shipped Blender 4.5 with a long awaited feature โ€“ Vulkan rendering support! This is not enabled by default and requires a restart but once enabled it should provide a significant performance boost for most users. It is not enable by default for a good reason The post Blender 4.5 Beta Arrives with Vulkan Support appeared...

Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜Akaku Forestโ€™ Uses a Fiery Torch to Creatively Make Platforms

Akaku Forest is a puzzle platformer inspired by Hawaiian mythology where you need to use your weapon as a platform. This is a unique-feeling platformer where you play as Aki Maku, the... The post โ€˜Akaku Forestโ€™ Uses a Fiery Torch to Creatively Make Platforms appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 09, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Who Could Buy Unity?

GameFromScratch.com Who Could Buy Unity? Earlier this week 80.lv ran the incredibly misleading (some could say click-baity) article Analyst Suggests Apple Might be Considering Buying Unity After Legal Defeat to Epic Games. Might is doing some heavy lifting there as there is no actual evidence that Apple or any other company are currently looking to The post Who Could Buy Unity? appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 07, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Godot 4.5 Dev5 Released

GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.5 Dev5 Released We have a new Dev release of the open-source Godot Game Engine, Godot 4.5 Dev5. This release is theoretically going to be the last dev release as we move on to a beta schedule and more or less represents the final new features we can expect to see in Godot The post Godot 4.5 Dev5 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 05, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Unreal Engine 5.6 Released

GameFromScratch.com Unreal Engine 5.6 Released Announced yesterday at the State of Unreal Unreal Engine has now been released. Released in preview back in the middle of May UE 5.6 adds a ton of new features to the popular game engine, with the highlight of this release being MetaHumans being integrated directly into the engine. In The post Unreal Engine 5.6 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 04, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

The State of Unreal 2025

GameFromScratch.com The State of Unreal 2025 Epic Games State of Unreal 2025 is currently underway in Florida and the keynote has just concluded. There was game footage from several upcoming games including perhaps the highest profile upcoming Unreal Engine 5 release, the Witcher 4. Of the most interest to game developers however are the following announcements: The post The State of Unreal 2025 appeared first on...

Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Fab June 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [June 03 โ€“ June 17]

GameFromScratch.com Fab June 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [June 03 โ€“ June 17] Every other Tuesday we get anUnreal EngineFab marketplace giveaway, and this Tuesday is no exception. You can get three free game development assets during the next two week for Unreal as well as one that works with the Unity game engine. If you are using a different game engine or The post Fab June 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [June 03 โ€“ June 17]...

Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜The Midnight Walkโ€™ Escapes Clay Horrors With a Cute/Creepy Pal

The Midnight Walk finds you in a gloomy world where fire is your friend (mostly) but a living lantern is an even greater buddy (always). You are The Burnt One, and you... The post โ€˜The Midnight Walkโ€™ Escapes Clay Horrors With a Cute/Creepy Pal appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 03, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Big Bang Unreal & Unity (and Godot) Asset Humble Bundle

GameFromScratch.com Big Bang Unreal & Unity (and Godot) Asset Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Big Bang Unreal & Unity (and Godot) Asset Humble Bundle. This massive bundle contains a ton of 3D environments, props, SFX and characters for Unreal, Unity and a few for Godot as well. You can also transfer assets The post Big Bang Unreal & Unity (and Godot) Asset...

Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Nomad Sculpt Now on Windows and MacOS

GameFromScratch.com Nomad Sculpt Now on Windows and MacOS Nomad Sculpt is a powerful and easy to use 3D sculpting application we first looked at all the way back in 2020. One of the major downsides of Nomad Sculpt however is that it was only available for Mobile devices, specifically Android and iOS devices. That is now changing with The post Nomad Sculpt Now on Windows and MacOS appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜lineoffโ€™ Hops Around to Grab Dust From a Running Machine

lineoff sends you deep into a very dangerous machine filled with moving saw blades so you can clean all the dust out of it. I am not sure this job would pass... The post โ€˜lineoffโ€™ Hops Around to Grab Dust From a Running Machine appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: June 02, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

Cozy Games Free & Open-Source Godot Add-Ons

GameFromScratch.com Cozy Games Free & Open-Source Godot Add-Ons The folks over at Cozy Cube Games have provided aGitHub repository that offers a fantastic collection of tools to enhance your Godot game development workflow. Hereโ€™s a look at 14 of the add-ons you can find there, all of which are available under the MIT open-source license and implemented using The post Cozy Games Free & Open-Source Godot Add-Ons...

Published on: May 31, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Top Code Editors & IDEs in 2025

GameFromScratch.com Top Code Editors & IDEs in 2025 The following is a round-up of popular and still in development tools for game programmers, specifically code editors, terminal based editors, IDEs and modern AI assisted tools. If you are looking for a new editor hopefully you will find it here. We go into slightly more depth with each tool The post Top Code Editors & IDEs in 2025 appeared first on...

Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

โ€˜Is This Yours?โ€™ Finds Odd Missing Items for Impatient Animals

In Is This Yours?, you find yourself helping people who lost things by going through four bins and finding their missing items. The game itself is extremely simple, with the first world... The post โ€˜Is This Yours?โ€™ Finds Odd Missing Items for Impatient Animals appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

Published on: May 29, 2025 | Source: Indie Games Plus favicon Indie Games Plus

The Extreme Add-Ons Bundle for Blender and ZBrush

GameFromScratch.com The Extreme Add-Ons Bundle for Blender and ZBrush There is another game artists focused Humble Bundle, joining yesterdayโ€™s 3D Artists Tools & Brushes Bundle, this one is the Flipped Normals Extreme Add-Ons Bundle for Blender & ZBrush. This is a collection of add-ons for both Blender and Brush. It is important to note the following: Free lifetime updates The post The Extreme Add-Ons Bundle...

Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Murder Engine โ€“ C# ECS 2D Game Engine

GameFromScratch.com Murder Engine โ€“ C# ECS 2D Game Engine The Murder Engine is a C# powered, open-source, 2D game engine built on top of FNA (and thus XNA) built around ECS or the Entity Component System. The Murder engine is described succinctly as: This is the source for Murder Engine, a pixel art ECS game engine built on top The post Murder Engine โ€“ C# ECS 2D Game Engine appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: May 27, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch

Godot 3D Audio โ€“ Audio Occlusion

GameFromScratch.com Godot 3D Audio โ€“ Audio Occlusion Audio is such an important component of any game and 3D audio in 3D games adds massively to immersion. Today we are going to look at two different Godot add-ons that add Audio Occlusion capabilities to the Godot game engine. The first solution is VASTLY easier to use; the aptly The post Godot 3D Audio โ€“ Audio Occlusion appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: GameFromScratch favicon GameFromScratch