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GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.4 Released Coming just over a half a year after the release of Godot 4.3 the Godot Foundation have just released Godot 4.4. Absolutely jam packed with new feature including several quality of life features, this may in fact be my favourite Godot Engine released yet. Highlight features of Godot 4.4 include: The post Godot 4.4 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published on: March 03, 2025 | Source:Welcome Googoo tasks you with picking out the right words and the best stickers to ensure people come to a party you’re planning. A character named Googoo is moving to town and... The post ‘Welcome Googoo’ Needs You to Design Appealing Party Invites appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: March 03, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com EA Release Command & Conquer Series Source Code EA have just released the source code for several games in the Command & Conquer series ( Command & Conquer (Tiberian Dawn), Red Alert, C&C Renegade, and C&C Generals and Zero Hour ) under the GPL v3 license. They also added Steam Workshop support to several titles in the C&C The post EA Release Command & Conquer Series...
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:Bee Flowers is a calm puzzle game where you need to build paths so that your bee friend can make their way to flowers and home. I have played a lot of... The post ‘Bee Flowers’ Arranges Puzzling Paths to Guide Bees Around appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 28, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Becoming a C# and Unity Game Developer Humble Bundle The Becoming a C# and Unity Game Developer Humble Bundle is a collection of Unity engine related video courses from Packt. The courses are redeemed as a single key on the Packt website. The bundle is organized into the following tiers: 1$ Tier How to CODE in UnityMaster C# Scripting The post Becoming a C# and Unity Game Developer Humble Bundle...
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Beehave Behavior Trees for Godot Today we are looking at BeeHave, and addon for the Godot game engine (Godot 3 and 4 versions exist) that implement behavior trees in Godot. Behavior trees are commonly used for visually representing and designing AI behavior, which often makes it easier to reuse. Beehave provides this functionality using Godot’s The post Beehave Behavior Trees for Godot appeared...
Published on: February 27, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Godot 4 Mega POLYGON Asset Humble Bundle The Godot 4 Mega POLYGON Asset Humble Bundle is now live. It is a collection of low polygon 3D assets from Animpic Studio all exported to work in the Godot 4+ game engine. The bundle is organized into tiers and whichever tier you buy you get a large zip file The post Godot 4 Mega POLYGON Asset Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published on: February 26, 2025 | Source:In Hotel Architect, you make complex calls as you run and build your own hotel so that you can make a profit and keep guests happy. Management simulators can either feel extremely... The post ‘Hotel Architect’ Gets Into the Minutiae of Hotel Management appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 26, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Fab February 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [Feb 25 – Mar 11] 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 weeks, all of the assets work in Unreal natively (plus one for Unity). If you are using a different game engine or tool The post Fab February 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [Feb 25 –...
Published on: February 25, 2025 | Source:pinboll lets you add new bumpers, rewards, and other wacky items to a game of pinball so you can sow chaos or get tons of points. The game seems like fairly ordinary... The post ‘pinboll’ Crafts Unique Pinball Tables for High Scores appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 25, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Adobe Announce Substance Suite Price Increases Adobe have just announced changes to the pricing of the Substance suite of texturing and rendering applications (Adobe acquired Substance Painter and Designer from Allegorithmic in 2019). Details of the price increases from the Adobe blog: Today we’re announcing pricing updates to both the Substance 3D Collection plan — which The post Adobe Announce...
Published on: February 24, 2025 | Source:Terry’s Other Games collects several early, inspiring, and charming works from VVVVVV and Dicey Dungeon developer Terry Cavanagh. The collection offers an array of different play experiences, from platforming to co-op puzzle-solving... The post ‘Terry’s Other Games’ is a Vital Collection of Indie Game History appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 24, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Haxe Game Engines in 2025 Today we have compiled a list of the best Haxe game engines and game development frameworks (and a few miscellaneous game development options) for game development in 2025. This is the fourth in a series of posts exploring the game engine options available for the most popular programming languages. We The post Haxe Game Engines in 2025 appeared first on...
Published on: February 22, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Microsoft MUSE – AI “Ideation” Game Engine This week Microsoft (technically Microsoft Research Game Intelligence and Teachable AI Experiences teams) announced Microsoft Muse, a generative AI model designed for AI ideation. What the heck does that mean? Well, it’s very similar to Google’s GameNGen which created a somewhat recreated version of Doom by having an AI play The post Microsoft MUSE – AI “...
Published on: February 21, 2025 | Source:Windowkill faces enemy ships as well as the available space you have to move, requiring you shoot the edges of the screen to reach your foes. You’re a fighter ship in the... The post ‘Windowkill’ Battles the Play Area as You Shoot Enemy Fighters appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 21, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Team Fortress 2 Source Code Released Today as part of the Source SDK update, Valve have released the entire source code of Team Fortress 2, both client and server side. This source code is released under a non-commercial license which enables you to create from a mod to an entire game using the source code. Details The post Team Fortress 2 Source Code Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published on: February 20, 2025 | Source:IKEELYA sees you guiding sniper shots for money and then turning your financial gains into snappy designs for your apartment. Barry is an assassin, but he’s not really in love with his... The post ‘IKEELYA’ Mixes Assassinations With Interior Design appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 20, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Godot Programming Language Options in 2025 An update on our 2020 guide to Godot game engine programming options today we look at the up to date and under active development programming language options for Godot developers. This list is composed mostly of GDExtension based projects for adding various programming language support to the Godot game engine. The post Godot Programming Language Options...
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:Magic Cats Pots is a cosy puzzle game where you need to put broken objects (each with a feline-themed design) back together. I am big into playing cosy games with my daughter,... The post ‘Magic Cats Pots’ Turns Broken Pottery Into Cosy Puzzles appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 19, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com NESFab Programming Language NESFab is a “new” programming language for a very old platform, the Nintendo Entertainment System. It provides a C-like programming language but offers closer to assembly level performance. In fact NESFab claims to be the fast compiled programming language for the NES hardware (including the 6502 processor). NESFab is an The post NESFab Programming Language appeared first...
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Trailer Tuesday sees us managing the door at a night club, deciding what to do while driving the open road, and running bunny bakeries. Afterlove EP “Step into the shoes of Rama,... The post Trailer Tuesday – Keep the Techno Critters appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 18, 2025 | Source:Kiting Cat is a block-puzzle sliding game where you push food together to make meals to serve to hungry little cats. Whenever I see a game that has a cooking element, I... The post ‘Kiting Cat’ Cooks Food by Pushing Trays the Right Way appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 17, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Unity have 3 MegaBundles Right Now The Unity Asset Store megabundles are back in a big way, with not one, but three Mega Bundles available. The Fantasy MegaBundle, the Sci-Fi MegaBundle and the Realistic MegaBundle. Thankfully the majority of assets in these bundles have not been featured in previous Unity Asset Store bundles or on Humble The post Unity have 3 MegaBundles Right Now appeared first on...
Published on: February 14, 2025 | Source:Vidiot Game continually puts you in strange situations you’ll need to navigate to survive. Will dancing for the rusty syringe save you? Something triggered my memory of this surreal, delightful Xbox Live... The post ‘Vidiot Game’ Mixes Minigames With Absurd, Bizarre Humor appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 14, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com s&dBox Game Engine by Facepunch Today we are checking out s&dBox, a new “game engine” and spiritual successor to Gary’s Mod by Facepunch (who also created the hit game Rust). While Gary’s Mod enabled gamers to create cool experiences to share and interact with, s&dbox takes it a step further, by not only having the The post s&dBox Game Engine by Facepunch appeared first on...
Published on: February 13, 2025 | Source:Darso Roads follows a driver that is ready to do whatever it takes to win, taking that sentiment in a dark direction. The story behind the game is that it’s an unreleased... The post ‘Darso Roads’ Does Discomforting Things to Come in First appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 13, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com PlayCanvas 2.5 Released PlayCanvas is a popular 2D/3D game engine with a full editing environment for creating WebGL accelerated high performance games. PlayCanvas has a proprietary online 3D editor built on top of an open-source game development framework. We have long followed the progress of the PlayCanvas engine, including this multi-part creating your The post PlayCanvas 2.5 Released appeared...
Published on: February 12, 2025 | Source:Tell Me Your Story has you solving puzzles to connect with your grandmother and hear about her travels throughout the world. Much like the game A Little to the Left, Tell Me... The post ‘Tell Me Your Story’ Connects to a Grandmother Through Puzzles appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 12, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com More Layoffs and Restructuring at Unity After several years of layoffs following their 2020 IPO that cumulated in the ousting of CEO John Riccitiello, it had seemed that Unity was finally on solid footings going forward. Under new CEO Matthew Bromberg the state of Unity seemed to be heading in the right direction. Unfortunately, as reported The post More Layoffs and Restructuring at Unity appeared...
Published on: February 11, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Fab February 2025 Free Asset Giveaway #2 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 weeks; all of the assets work in Unreal natively as well as one asset being available for the Unity game engine. If you The post Fab February 2025 Free Asset Giveaway #2 appeared first on...
Published on: February 11, 2025 | Source:Anthology Of The Killer threads a very delicate needle, managing to somehow be incredibly funny while still making you fear for your life. BB runs a zine on spooky-goings-on in her town.... The post ‘Anthology Of The Killer’ – Surreal, Hilarious Horror appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 11, 2025 | Source:Just Crow Things is a very funny, silly game that’s full of quests and weird things to do. That and you can poop on people. You know, I always thought if I... The post ‘Just Crow Things’ Lets You Become a Troublemaking Bird appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 10, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com The Gates Godot Powered 3D Web Browser The idea of linking 3D experiences together to create “cyberspace” has been with us for a very long time, a term first coined in the book Neuromancer (published in 1984). Early technologies like VRML attempted this, but were ahead of the technology of the day. The Gates is one such The post The Gates Godot Powered 3D Web Browser appeared first on...
Published on: February 08, 2025 | Source:Core Trials puts you in front of a camera and makes you duck, dive, and dodge your way around an array of creative attack patterns. I thoroughly enjoyed weaving my way through... The post ‘Core Trials’ Puts Your Physical Body Through a Bullet Hell appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Published on: February 07, 2025 | Source:GameFromScratch.com Fyrox Rust Game Engine 0.36 Release The Rust-powered Fyrox game engine just released Fyrox 0.36, their biggest release to date. Fyrox is the closest thing to a Rust powered Unity game engine you will find. This open-source rust game engine saw improvements across the board, as well as new features such as a new project manager, The post Fyrox Rust Game Engine 0.36 Release appeared first on...
Published on: February 06, 2025 | Source: