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#General #Development #Mobile Development #Cloud & DevOps #Cybersecurity & Privacy #AI & Data Science #Hardware & Gadgets #Design & UXUnreal 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.
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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...
Fab June 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [June 03 β June 17]
GameFromScratch.com Fab June 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [June 03 β 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 β June 17]...
βThe Midnight Walkβ 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 βThe Midnight Walkβ Escapes Clay Horrors With a Cute/Creepy Pal appeared first on 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...
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.
βlineoffβ 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 βlineoffβ Hops Around to Grab Dust From a Running Machine appeared first on 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. Hereβs 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...
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...
βIs This Yours?β 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 βIs This Yours?β Finds Odd Missing Items for Impatient Animals appeared first on 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 yesterdayβs 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...
Murder Engine β C# ECS 2D Game Engine
GameFromScratch.com Murder Engine β 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 β C# ECS 2D Game Engine appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Godot 3D Audio β Audio Occlusion
GameFromScratch.com Godot 3D Audio β 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 β Audio Occlusion appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
βGratisβ Sees You Selling Magically Monstrous Wares
Gratis sees you twisting what people want when they come to your shop, selling them unsettling horrors under the guise of helping them. Youβve set up shop in a new town. Iβm... The post βGratisβ Sees You Selling Magically Monstrous Wares appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Range Engine β Blender Game Engine
GameFromScratch.com Range Engine β Blender Game Engine All the way back in Blender 2.79 the Blender Foundation made the decision to remove the integrated game engine. Several projects continue adding game engine support to Blender and the one that most adhered to the original BGE vision is the Range Engine (we first looked at in 2022). Since The post Range Engine β Blender Game Engine appeared first on...
βLittle Chef 2β Lets You Get Creative With Physics-Based Cooking
Little Chef 2 is a cozy, wholesome cooking game where you can drop things into a pot and cook up some strange creations. This game is the sequel to Little Chef, a... The post βLittle Chef 2β Lets You Get Creative With Physics-Based Cooking appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Bevy ECS in Godot Engine
GameFromScratch.com Bevy ECS in Godot Engine The Bevy game engine is an open-source data driven ECS based game engine using the Rust programming language that lacks an editor. The Godot game engine is the most popular open-source project with a robust set of tools and an integrated editor. So what happens if you add Rust and The post Bevy ECS in Godot Engine appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
βSeafrogβ is Full of Wild Critters and Fun Undersea Skateboarding
Seafrog is a colorful skateboarding action game where you are exploring ships and discovering strange monsters as youβre heading home. It is a 2.5D platformer where you can ride a skateboard around... The post βSeafrogβ is Full of Wild Critters and Fun Undersea Skateboarding appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Fab May 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [May 20 β June 3]
GameFromScratch.com Fab May 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [May 20 β June 3] Every other Tuesday we get anUnreal EngineFab marketplace giveaway, and this Tuesday is no exception (well, except the fact Iβm reporting this late and itβs actually Wednesday, sorry about thatβ¦). You can get three free game development assets during the next two week for Unreal (with two of the assets The post Fab May 2025 Free Asset Giveaway [May...
βIf Letters Had Pantsβ Enhances Word Finders With Powerful Jeans
If Letters Had Pants, Would They Wear Them Like This? makes clever use of enhancing pants as you pick out words in the dirt. This game has a lot going on beneath... The post βIf Letters Had Pantsβ Enhances Word Finders With Powerful Jeans appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Microsoft Open-Source Visual Studio Code AI
GameFromScratch.com Microsoft Open-Source Visual Studio Code AI Microsoft have just made a major announcement that will shake the business model of popular AI based code editors Cursor and Windsurf. Both of these companies are built around forks of Visual Studio Code that build AI tooling βinto the bonesβ. Microsoft have just announced they are open sourcing GitHub The post Microsoft Open-Source Visual Studio Code AI...
Ebitengine β Go Language Powered 2D Game Engine
GameFromScratch.com Ebitengine β Go Language Powered 2D Game Engine Today we are checking out the Go language powered game engine Ebitengine. In our recent rundown of game engines by programming language series I often received requests to cover the Go programming language. Truth of the matter is, outside of language bindings, there are very few Go-powered game engines, certainly The post Ebitengine β Go Language...
βRobo Catcher Zeroβ Collects Cute Mechanical Critters
Robo Catcher Zero takes players to a district filled with broken machines and hidden robot buddies for you to locate and awaken. Finderβs been tasked with wrangling up friendly robots that have... The post βRobo Catcher Zeroβ Collects Cute Mechanical Critters appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Unreal Engine 5.6 Preview Released
GameFromScratch.com Unreal Engine 5.6 Preview Released A few weeks ahead of the State of Unreal at Unreal Fest 2025 Epic Games have released a new version of Unreal Engine, Unreal Engine 5.6 Preview. This release finally adds MetaHuman integration, a host of animation improvements, an updated UI, performance improvements and more. Sadly the much anticipated new The post Unreal Engine 5.6 Preview Released appeared first...
βDeck of Hauntsβ Plays Cards to Create Terrors in a Creepy Manor
Deck of Haunts sees you expanding the horrifying influence of a haunted house, playing cards to frighten your victims. Reminding me more than a little bit of Ghost Master (a game where... The post βDeck of Hauntsβ Plays Cards to Create Terrors in a Creepy Manor appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Level Up 5K World Building Assets Humble Bundle
GameFromScratch.com Level Up 5K World Building Assets Humble Bundle The Level Up 5K World Building GameDev Assets Humble Bundle is a collection of game ready 3D environmental assets for world building. Most of the assets are for Unreal Engine with a few Unity assets. That said, using the guides below you can export to other game engines, such as The post Level Up 5K World Building Assets Humble Bundle appeared first on...
Unity 6.2 Beta Released
GameFromScratch.com Unity 6.2 Beta Released Coming approximately one month after the final release of Unity 6.1, Unity have just released Unity 6.2 Beta. This new beta doesnβt add a ton of new functionality, with the highlight features being the new LOD import system and World Space UI for UI toolkit. The biggest change by far The post Unity 6.2 Beta Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
βMeadgardβ β Cooperatively Managing a Viking Tavern
Meadgard has you fighting to gather ingredents during the day and running your own Viking inn during the evening, keeping everyone happy. Chaotic cooking games are a dime a dozen, but this... The post βMeadgardβ β Cooperatively Managing a Viking Tavern appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Godot Engine 4.5 Dev4 Released
GameFromScratch.com Godot Engine 4.5 Dev4 Released Today we have the fourth dev release of the Godot 4.5 cycle, following hot on the heels ofGodot 4.5 dev1 released in March, the Godot 4.5 dev2 released earlier in April and the Dev3 release the end of April. These releases add new features and improvements to the Godot engine The post Godot Engine 4.5 Dev4 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
βArchaeOSβ Finds Personal Meaning in Strange Objects
ArchaeOS presents you with a handful of artifacts and some tarot cards you can use to interpret them in whatever manner you wish. As a digital pilgrim, youβve been given the incredible... The post βArchaeOSβ Finds Personal Meaning in Strange Objects appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Code::Blocks C/C++ IDE 25.03 Released
GameFromScratch.com Code::Blocks C/C++ IDE 25.03 Released Code::Blocks is an open source (GPL v3 licensed) cross-platform (Windows, Linux and MacOS) C, C++ and Fortran IDE. You could be forgiven for thinking the project was dead as the last binary release was in 2020! Thankfully this is not the case as a little over a month back Code::Blocks The post Code::Blocks C/C++ IDE 25.03 Released appeared first on...
βToem 2β Helps People Through Photographic Puzzles
Toem 2 is all about helping people using your camera and photography skills, doing so by finding the little details within your world. It is a brilliant little game where you play... The post βToem 2β Helps People Through Photographic Puzzles appeared first on Indie Games Plus.
Godot 4 Course & Ultimate World Building Assets Humble Bundle
GameFromScratch.com Godot 4 Course & Ultimate World Building Assets Humble Bundle There are two new Humble Bundles of interest to game developers, the Learn to Make Games in Godot 4 2025 by GameDevTV and the Ultimate World Building Assets Bundle. The first bundle is a collection of courses by the excellent folks at GameDev.TV while the latter is a collection of The post Godot 4 Course & Ultimate World Building...
The Hazel Engine Will Soon Be Free
GameFromScratch.com The Hazel Engine Will Soon Be Free The Hazel Game Engine is a 3D game engine written in C++ and scripted in C# developed by popular game development channel The Cherno. The Hazel Game Engine is described accordingly: Until now, the only way to access the Hazel Engine was by being a $10USD+ a month supporter on The post The Hazel Engine Will Soon Be Free appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
The Beef Programming Language
GameFromScratch.com The Beef Programming Language We first talked about the Beef Programming Language back in 2020 and it presented an exciting opportunity for game developers, offering high level language features of the C# programming language, but without the garbage collector that can be problematic for games. In addition to an open source programming language, it The post The Beef Programming Language appeared...