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GameFromScratch.com SDL 3 – Hits Stable ABI Release SDL, or the Simple DirectMedia Layer is one of the most popular game development frameworks, used to make hundreds of successful games (such as Angry Birds) as well as powering dozens of Valve/Source games. SDL 3 is on the horizon with a major milestone being recently hit, a stable ABI […] The post SDL 3 – Hits Stable ABI Release appeared first on GameFromScratch.com....
Caves of Qud offers incredible depth no matter where you look in its vast world, constantly rewarding your curiosity and care. You find yourself plopped into a hostile world as you start... The post ‘Caves of Qud’ Explores a Staggeringly Vast, Interconnected World appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com A Sneak Peek At Godot 4.4 Back in September, shortly after the release of Godot 4.3, we took a first look at Godot 4.4. Since then there have been several new features added to the upcoming Godot release in the form of Dev3, Dev4 and Dev5 releases. In the video below we take a look at […] The post A Sneak Peek At Godot 4.4 appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
now what? is a short game about a planet and how destructive people can be even when they can’t really fix the damage they do. Some games feel like little interactive toys... The post ‘now what?’ Explores the Destruction of a Beautiful Place appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Ovani Sound Black Friday Audio Bundle We mentioned the Ovani Sound Black Friday 2024 Audio Assets Bundle in our earlier Black Friday 2024 coverage (many of the sales are still ongoing) but we feel this bundle deserves a post/video of its own. It’s a collection of 40 completely new (not featured in previous bundles or sales) […] The post Ovani Sound Black Friday Audio Bundle appeared first on...
GameFromScratch.com Fab December 2024 Asset Giveaway It is the first Tuesday of the month and that means its time for another Unreal Engine Fab marketplace giveaway. You can get three free game development assets that can work with multiple engines and they are yours to keep free forever if “purchased” before the third Tuesday (Dec 17th). […] The post Fab December 2024 Asset Giveaway appeared first on...
Trailer Tuesday gives heroes a hard time, finds hidden stuff during peaceful demonstrations, and makes poor sailing decisions this week. BAN: The Prologue of GUCHA GUCHA “Players will experience the “guchagucha” terror... The post Trailer Tuesday – Hideous Velvet Boy Paradise appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Rust Powered Bevy Game Engine Release 0.15 Almost 5 months after the previous release the open-source Rust powered cross-platform 2D/3D data driven game engine/framework Bevy just released Bevy 0.15. Key features of this release include: Key Links Bevy Homepage Bevy 0.15 Release Notes GitHub Repository Bevy Discord You can learn more about the Bevy 0.15 release in […] The post Rust Powered Bevy Game...
ANTONBLAST fills every moment with cartoonish antics and compelling movement as you hurtle through its ridiculous platforming stages. Satan is jealous of Anton’s gorgeous crimson skin tone, and so he has all... The post ‘ANTONBLAST’ – Endlessly Chaotic and Energetic Platforming appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Get 18,000 Quixel MegaScans Assets Free… Again This news may certainly feel like deja vu since back in October Epic Games launched the Fab Marketplace replacing the Unreal Engine Marketplace, SketchFab store and Quixel Megascans with one unified store front. As part of the announcement they also made the Quixel MegaScans library free on Fab after a […] The post Get 18,000 Quixel MegaScans Assets...
Club Soko is an entry into the recent Crazy Web Game Jam 2024 that gives Sokoban a few modern twists and a cool nightclub theme. Sokoban has been around for ages. Since... The post ‘Club Soko’ is All About Sokoban Sliding Around a Dance Floor appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Black Friday 2024 For Game Developers Every year we round up all the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales for game developers and 2024 is no exception. The follow are the best deals we located for game development software, tools and assets. Assets Unity Asset Store Unity have 850+ assets on sale 50% off, as […] The post Black Friday 2024 For Game Developers appeared first on...
GameFromScratch.com The “Godot Virus” GodLoader Security research firm Checkpoint Research just released a terrifying article about a new undetectable malware loader spread using the Godot game engine called GodLoader. While technically true, it is nowhere near as scary as it initially sounds. What is perhaps the most interesting takeaway is that existing anti-virus software do […] The post The “Godot Virus” GodLoader...
Great God Grove gives you a gun that can suck up what people say and then blast those words into other conversations to clear up problems. The gods periodically get together to... The post ‘Great God Grove’ Borrows Words to Fix Godly Misunderstandings appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Toymaker: Threads of Joy is a management game where you are running a little toy shop where you create plushies for the customer. These toys are primarily plushies created using patterns, stuffing,... The post ‘Toymaker: Threads of Joy’ Crafts Perfect Plushies appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com RavEngine C++ Game Engine RavEngine is an open-source cross platform C++ 23 based 3D game engine for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, iOS and more. It is considered an early alpha and should not be used in a production capacity. It is based heavily around the Entity Component System (ECS) design and has a robust […] The post RavEngine C++ Game Engine appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Trailer Tuesday puts conspiracy podcast fans in danger, helps cats survive retrieving homework, and messes with dice to stem corruption. Late Homework | 遅れた宿題 “Highschool student Haneko has forgotten her class assignments... The post Trailer Tuesday – Beyond Dark Homework appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com The Future of Fab Fab, Epic Games new universal game development asset marketplace launched last month and it’s safe to say the launch wasn’t 100% smooth. Fab was intended to replace the Unreal Engine marketplace, SketchFab store as well as Quixel Megascans. They already announced that Quixel Megascans return as well as the re-enabling […] The post The Future of Fab appeared first on...
Painted Peril follows a magical squirrel as they mix paint colors to defeat living rock monsters in a procedurally generated cave system. The power of color can brighten up a world, but... The post ‘Painted Peril’ Uses Clever Color Mixing to Fight Rock Monsters appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com godot-rust – Rust GDExtension for Godot godot-rust is a GDExtension (also available as a GDNative implementation for Godot 3.x) that brings the Rust programming language to the open source Godot game engine. We first looked at godot-rust two years ago and are revisiting it because godot-rust 0.2 was just released. godot-rust is described as: Key Links […] The post godot-rust – Rust GDExtension for...
GameFromScratch.com Quixel Megascans is Back Exactly one month ago to this day Epic Games official launched Fab it’s new universal game asset marketplace merging the Unreal Engine marketplace, Sketchfab Store and Quixel Megascans. At the same time, they turned off the Quixel website and Quixel Bridge applications. The big problem here is, a number of […] The post Quixel Megascans is Back appeared first on...
Dungeon Clawler needs you to get some lucky pulls from a sword- and shield-filled claw machine if you’re to survive its dungeons. As someone who rarely has any luck at playing claw... The post ‘Dungeon Clawler’ Fights With Items Pulled From a Claw Machine appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Khronos Group Launch Slang Shader Language The Khronos Group, the consortium managing such important projects as OpenGL, WebGPU, OpenAL and Vulkan just announced a major new imitative, the Slang shader language. Khronos Group just made the following tweet: Details from the press release: Beaverton, OR – November 21, 2024– The Khronos Group, an open consortium of […] The post Khronos Group Launch...
Mirage Feathers sends players hurtling straight towards fast-moving spaceships, oncoming missiles, and overwhelming gunfire. Notari is looking for a missing friend, and anything that gets in her way is getting blasted to... The post ‘Mirage Feathers’ Offers Dizzying, Relentless Aerial Shootouts appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com The Ultimate Unreal Engine Sci-Fi Asset Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, The Ultimate Unreal Engine Sci-Fi Asset Bundle (even though it contains 20+ assets for Unity game engine as well and could easily be exported to Godot, Blender or elsewhere, guides below). The assets are redeemed on the Fab asset […] The post The Ultimate Unreal Engine Sci-Fi Asset Bundle...
Fantasy Zoo allows players to gather monsters, ghosts, giants, and other mythical creatures into a zoo to dazzle the public. There have been lots of zoo and amusement park games within the... The post ‘Fantasy Zoo’ Creates Zoos Filled With Mythological Creatures appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Blender 4.3 Released The Blender Foundation just released Blender 4.3. This release is loaded with nice new features, the five best of which (IMHO) are: Of course this just scratches the surface of new features in Blender 4.3. You can read more details in the release notes. Key Links Blender 4.3 Release Notes […] The post Blender 4.3 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Here’s some news from the Indie Live Expo (who we are media partners with). The INDIE Live Expo has revealed its line-up of for its Winter 2024 show, which will take place... The post INDIE Live Expo Winter 2024 is Coming, Award Nominees and Stream Time Revealed appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Fab November 2024 Asset Giveaway #2 The Unreal Engine monthly giveaways are now bi-monthly giveaways, the second one on the third Tuesday each month. However, the number of assets given away will be lower and each giveaway will only be “free” for two weeks. If purchased during the free period, the assets are yours to keep […] The post Fab November 2024 Asset Giveaway #2 appeared first on...
Trailer Tuesday lets us live the lives of flies with big apetites, weirdly-violent llamas, and stars that are in a huge hurry this week. RunMan: Race Around the World “Dash, jump, and... The post Trailer Tuesday – The Hungry Pineapple Paradox appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Raylib 5.5 Released Coming one year after the Raylib 5 release, the Raylib 5.5 release is jam packed with new features including the Raylib Project Creator we discussed earlier. Features of the Raylib 5.5 release: Key Links Raylib Homepage RayLib Github Raylib 5.5 Release Notes Raylib Discord Server You can learn more about […] The post Raylib 5.5 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Dating Killmulator explores a more lighthearted side to homicide as you find yourself falling for a potential killer. There are dating simulators out there for basically everything. You can find games allowing... The post ‘Dating Killmulator’ Lets You Fall in Love with a Murderer appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com Xogot – Godot on iPad Xogot is a new project from Miguel de Icaza (the creator of Mono among other projects) building upon his work on bringing Swift to the Godot game engine. Xogot is now available for testing via TestFlight and it’s a VERY good implementation of the Godot game engine on iPad devices, […] The post Xogot – Godot on iPad appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Tootum tasks players with navigating a deadly world through the use of a magic platforming sword and a convenient dash. Precision Platformer and Metroidvania are two genres that mesh together incredibly well,... The post ‘Tootum’ Uses Swords & Dashes to Overcome Hard Platforming appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
GameFromScratch.com The Award Winning Assets Bundle for Unity There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, specifically Unity developers, the Award Winning Assets Bundle – The Crown Collection. This bundle is a collection of up to 27 Unity Assets from Infinity PBR and Nature Manufacture that are redeemed on the Unity Asset Store. It is […] The post The Award Winning Assets Bundle for Unity appeared...