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Online shooter Off the Grid from Gunzilla Games has entered early access on the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox (but not Steam). Off the Grid features the director of District 9, a logo from Corey Schmitz, and a virtual Motherland, complete with NFT and blockchain integration (which is why it’s not on Steam)….
MasterMind has created and released a simple Blender 4.2.0+ add-on for exporting game-ready 3D assets into components that Defold Engine can understand. The add-on can be installed from within Blender itself (no need to download and manually install from outside Details available: https://forum.defold.com/t/clean-game-asset-exporter-blender-add-on/78085
Developer Ben Coffman has done a great job using Phaser to create a truly new blend of game genres in Spellstrife, and we wish him all the best with his release. This Plants vs. Zombies-style roguelike takes about an hour to complete each playthrough – choose your upgrades carefully as you climb the spell tower…
WinglessPenny64 is selling a tileset for $1, made for people who are making a Game Boy/Game Boy Color style game but can’t draw. It’s also for GB Studio developers, but other game developers can use it in other engines/builders. This set includes a monochrome version and a color version with transparency. It can be used…
The browser-based game builder Rosebud AI has left the closed beta testing stage. With this simple and clear tool, anyone can register and try to create their own games based on the HTML5 Phaser framework, so they can run in a browser window and on mobile devices.
Kags has made and presented a special exporter of tile maps from the 2D editor Aseprite for the open game engine Defold Engine. With its help you can use data from .aseprite files repacked into .tilesource in your games. Details and download option – https://forum.defold.com/t/if-you-use-aseprite-try-this-one-click-exporter/77892
This week, a new version of the open source HTML5 framework Phaser was released. This release allows for a seamless upgrade for any project using v3.85.x, and the developers strongly encourage you to do so if you have projects based on it. The latest version of Phaser includes important GPU memory fixes. The way render…
The open source and completely free 3D game engine O3DE (Open 3D Engine), formerly known as Lumberyard, which is a fork of CryEngine sponsored by Amazon and several other big companies, has recently been updated. This update can be considered a huge step forward in making O3DE accessible to the masses. The developers are trying…
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1stone Games’ platform game “Unmasked: An Inner Journey” now has a release date: On October 30, 2024, players can delve into the picturesque, emotional subconscious. Additionally, a free demo version of the game will be available on Steam during Next Fest in October. Don’t miss the chance to test this exciting adventure in advance https://store.steampowered.com/app/2726050/Unmasked_An_Inner_Journey/.
Version 2.20.1 of the Phaser CE open source framework has been released – this is a Community Edition variant that is no longer maintained by Phaser Studio and is instead looked after by the community. This version includes the following changes:Convases used for device capability and input testing are now created with willReadFrequently: true.Fixed a…
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