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Following the release of Godot 4.4, you will be pleased with the Godot XR update. A key part of this update is the addition of the MetaToolkit extension, applicable to W4 Games. This GDExtension plugin exposes the capabilities of the Meta Platform SDK and provides other platform tools to simplify and speed up XR development…
Power up your Unreal Engine 5 projects with this list of must-have plugins. From streamlined workflows to stunning visual enhancements, discover the best tools to streamline and enhance your creative process in this plugin roundup. 1. Cargo Using ready-made 3D assets, you can create a rich environment in Unreal Engine 5 for your fantasy, sci-fi,…
After 7 different Dev releases, including Dev7 with the addition of Jolt Physics, Godot 4.4 Beta 1 has been released. This release adds a few more new features on top of the previous feature-heavy releases and represents the last major additions to the 4.4 branch. Everything else from here until the release candidate should just…
The Company Falco Software Inc. offers the source code of the game “Falco Sky Balance” for free download and use. The game was developed using their Falco Engine. It is a simple 3D game where you guide a ball from the start to the finish along a winding route. A direct link to the archive…
Turánszki János updated and recently posted version 0.71.624 of the Wicked Engine 3D game engine. The new version features texture streaming improvements, improved ray tracing in shadows, improved underwater effects when the camera is partially underwater, and added Lua functions: IsThisEditor(), ReturnToEditor(), IsThisDebugBuild(). HDR calibration value has been added, and various minor fixes and optimizations…
godot-rust is a GDExtension extension (also available as a GDNative implementation for Godot 3.x) that brings the Rust programming language to the open source Godot game engine. Rust is a good alternative to GDScript with various tradeoffs for users. While GDScript allows for fast prototyping and short feedback loops, larger-scale games can benefit from a…
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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.
