GameFromScratch.com GeoGen – Procedural Terrain and Planet Generator Today we are checking out GeoGen, an application for generating terrain/landscapes as well as planets procedurally, from JangaFX, the creators of EmberGen and the free Game Texture Viewer. GeoGen is currently still in alpha (although it is available for sale) and graph based workflow for creating landscapes and planets. GeoGen […] The post GeoGen – Procedural Terrain and Planet Generator appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com Descent 3 Source Code Released The source code for the 1999 Interplay/Outrage Entertainment game Descent 3 was just open sourced on GitHub under the MIT license. The person responsible for opening the project made the following statement on Reddit /r/gamedev: I was one of the developers for Descent 3 back in the late 90’s/early 2000’s. […] The post Descent 3 Source Code Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com Krotos SFX & Plugins for Sound Design Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Krotos SFX & Plugins for Sound Design bundle. The primary aspect of this bundle is a HUGE collection of sound effects in WAV format, although it also contains a pair of VST audio plug-ins as well as a […] The post Krotos SFX & Plugins for Sound Design Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com Smash Indie Hit Sequel Slay the Spire 2 Made with Godot The sequel to the smash hit indie deck building game Slay the Spire was just announced at the Triple-I showcase. The reason why this is relevant to game developers is MegaCrit are one of the many developers that spoke out after the Unity runtime pricing change releasing the following statement: […] The post Smash Indie Hit Sequel Slay the Spire 2 Made with Godot appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com GameMaker Gets a New Code Editor In the just released GameMaker Beta 2024.400 a major new feature is the addition of Code Editor 2.0. By default you will need to enable the code editor by going to File->Preferences (or Ctrl + Shift + P), then locating the Code Editor 2 selection and enabling the feature: New […] The post GameMaker Gets a New Code Editor appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com CG Cookie Blender Humble Bundle There is a new Humble Bundle of interest to game developers, the Blender Core Skills: The Ultimate Blender Basics bundle. This is a collaboration with the Blender instructors at CG Cookie and is a single tier bundle containing downloadable video courses covering a wide variety of Blender topics. 15$ Tier […] The post CG Cookie Blender Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com Visual Studio Code March Update There has been another impressive update to Visual Studio Code. The March 2024 release adds several impressive new features, including: Apply custom editor labels – Distinguish between editors with same file names.Locked scrolling – Compare editors side-by-side with synchronized scrolling.Extension update improvements – Restart extensions without reload & update extensions […] The post Visual Studio Code March Update appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com Daz3D Launch Daz AI Studio What do you get when you cross Daz3D characters with Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion generative AI? A tire fire mostly… a tire fire known as AI Studio. Judging from the reactions to their announcement video on YouTube, the community isn’t exactly embracing this product with open arms. Details of Daz […] The post Daz3D Launch Daz AI Studio appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.x 3D Tutorial: Lighting, Shadows and Global Illumination This is a casual, slightly unstructured tutorial covering the task of lighting in the Godot 4.x (Godot 4.2 specifically in this example) game engine. We cover topics including lighting and shadows, world environment, emissive textures, global illumination and more. The tutorial is video only and uses assets from the GameMasters […] The post Godot 4.x 3D Tutorial: Lighting, Shadows and Global Illumination appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more

GameFromScratch.com Flax Engine 1.8 Released The Flax 3D game engine just released Flax Engine 1.8. This release adds several new features including .NET 8/ C#12 support, a new integrated UI building tool and much more. Details of the Flax Engine 1.8 release from the Flax blog: We’re happy to release Flax 1.8! It brings lots of great […] The post Flax Engine 1.8 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com ..read more