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Developer FrankenGraphics has recently updated NEXXT Studio, a tile editor that lets you work with graphics for and in the style of the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System, to version 3.1.0. This update features a few more fixes, as well as some new minor additions. Some hotkeys have been changed, and new hotkey combinations have been…
WN Conference Xiamen’24 will be held in Xiamen on November 21-22, bringing together top leaders for exclusive networking, deal-making, and the latest insights shaping the gaming landscape. Join the leaders of the gaming industry! Check out the program, which includes sessions from industry experts: The networking kickoff party is November 20. Try your luck in…
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On December 2, 2024, join game developers from around the world in the bustling capital of Thailand (Bangkok) for WN Summit Bangkok’24, an exclusive gathering for decision makers in the gaming industry. The event will be organized in partnership with Tencent Cloud, a cloud service owned by one of China’s largest tech companies. This summit…
Foundry, a software developer computer graphics software such as the NUKE family, MARI, KATANA and others, has announced the closure of Modo with the upcoming release of version 17.1. Modo is a long-running 3D modeling application that was first released in 2001 by several of the developers of LightWave 3D. This strategic decision will allow…
The DrUId framework for the open source Defold game engine has been updated to version 1.0. DrUId, as the capital letters suggest, is a user interface framework for the Defold game engine. The project is open source and released under the MIT license. It is a powerful component-based Defold UI framework that allows developers to…
Phaser Editor v4.6.0 for the HTML5 Phaser framework is now available for download. It introduces a long-awaited and powerful feature – a built-in Tilemap editor. The new Tilemap tools are directly integrated into the scene editor, allowing you to easily and efficiently merge Tilemap layers with game object layers. Watch the video and learn more…
Game developers will be interested in the new “Learn Unity Game Development 2024 Bundle” – a collection of courses on the Unity game engine from the guys from GameDev.Tv, offered at a bargain price on the Humble Bundle service. With it, you will learn how to make games, including turn-based strategies, 2D RPG, VR/XR projects,…
There is a new set on the Humble Bundle service that is of interest to game developers, the “Super Game Asset Bundle” from Leartes Studio. This package is a huge collection of over 7,000 ready-made game assets for Unreal Engine, Unity and Godot Game Engine. You can buy “Super Game Asset Bundle” profitably here.
Sonic Clean Engine (S.C.E.), a cleaned and slightly optimized source code of the game «Sonic 3 & Knuckles» for the 16-bit retro console Sega Genesis / Mega Drive, is offered for free download. This code has long been used to create projects «Hellfire Saga» and «Sonic 3 & Knuckles: Epilogue» and others. This source code…
The open source (MIT licensed) Rigodotify 1.1.0 Plugin for Blender takes a bunch of Godot/Unity-style skeletal rigs and makes them game engine compatible. Transform your 3D model before snapping it to your mesh, and your model is ready to animate for games. Bonus Rigify-based animal rigs for canine, feline, and equid bodies are included. Download…
