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In his latest collaboration with The Gnomon Workshop, Kosuke Iwasaki dives deep into the art of lighting, composition, and storytelling with a free Unreal Engine 5 tutorial using the Secrets of the Luminara Kit 3D asset set from KitBash3D. Kosuke Iwasaki is a generalist at DNEG and a UE5 expert. Check out this guide to…
Lead the bees to victory in the sweet honey filled “Honey Snap” game app that will keep you wanting to play again and again. “Honey Snap”, besides sounding like a delicious breakfast cereal, is an exciting new game developed on the open source Phaser framework by Black Moon Design. The gameplay is simple and familiar…
Heading to G-STAR in Busan this year? Make the most of your time by joining WN Connect on November 15, 2024. This year, WN Connect has partnered with Meridian Play, a gaming consultant and accelerator focused on Asian markets, for an evening of casual networking and meaningful conversations. To enhance your experience, the exclusive WN…
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The QSP text adventure/interactive literature interpreter and editor is available in version 5.9. The new version adds tuples (consisting of several other values), SCANSTR operators for parsing a string into tokens, SORTARR for sorting arrays, and CUROBJS for getting the code for adding the current list of items. They added the ability to write comments…
Not long ago, an update to version 18.1.0 of the open-source Butano game engine was released, allowing you to make 3D/2D games for the Game Boy Advance portable retro console. The new version added new functions and variables, optimized some existing ones, reduced ROM usage for color palettes, sprite tiles and sound control, added a…
The popular open-source alternative to Adobe Illustrator/Affinity Designer, Inkscape, has just been updated to version 1.4. It is a great vector graphics application available on Windows, Mac, and Linux. The toolkit has received several new functions, among which the following can be highlighted: Download from the official resource. There are also update details there.
KitBash3D has released a new commercial AAA-quality 3D graphics pack called “Japanese Neighborhoods“, part of the “Modern Cities” collection. Discover the charm of Japanese cityscapes and suburbs. The pack features mixed-use buildings, bustling shops, serene tea houses and modern hotels, each detail designed to convey the unique rhythm of Japanese life. The pack is available…
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Get ready for the international game development conference Games Gathering 2024 Kyiv this winter. Get ready to dive into fascinating lectures from industry experts, see demonstrations of the latest technologies and enjoy an incredible atmosphere, perfect for networking with fellow game developers and professionals from all over the world. Don’t delay – time is running…
The Open Dev Kit 3D/2D game builder has recently been updated. The new release is packed with features and stability improvements. The standout addition is definitely the integration with the Effekseer particle effect model (.efkefc), allowing you to create stunning particle effects. With this update, you will be able to create stunning AAA-level animations right…
The team behind Cellar Door Games has released the source code for their popular Roguelite indie hit «Rogue Legacy», which came out 10 years ago. Note that this is not an open source project, the source code is released under a non-certified OSI license, and the release does not include assets from the game. However,…
