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Script IDE - An IDE-like script editor plugin for Godot

Script IDE is a free and open-source plugin that enhances Godot's default script editor, bringing its UI and functionality more in line with a typical IDE (Integrated Development Environment), with a streamlined UI. In development since September 2023, the plugin has just received an update with the release of version 1.7.0. Fully built in GDScript, Godot's native scripting language, Script IDE is optimized for performance, ensuring a smooth, lag-free workflow.

Published: 31. Mar. 2025

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GIMP 3.0 released - A major update seven years in the making

GIMP, the widely known free and open-source image editing software, has received its next major iteration. GIMP is one of the oldest, most enduring open-source projects and has been in development since the late 90s. It has long served as an alternative to proprietary software such as Adobe Photoshop, offering a solid feature set for graphic design, photo retouching, digital painting, and image manipulation.

Published: 24. Mar. 2025

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Clip Studio Paint 4.0 launches with new 2D character rigging tool

Clip Studio Paint, a cross-platform application for character art, concept art, and illustration, has reached a major milestone with the release of version 4.0. The standout feature of this update is the new Puppet warp tool, which lets users bend and adjust their drawings using pins that act like joints. This allows for flexible transformations, making 2D artwork behave similarly to customizable 3D rigs.

Published: 17. Mar. 2025

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Defold showcases 2024 games in new showreel

Defold has released a showreel highlighting a diverse lineup of games launched in 2024, all made with the engine. The showreel serves both as a demonstration of Defold's capabilities and production readiness, as well as a source of inspiration for game developers looking to create new titles or explore which technologies to use for their next projects. The showreel features games released across multiple platforms supported by Defold, including Steam, mobile (iOS and Android), and the web. While most of these games leverage Defold's strengths in 2D development, the engine also supports 3D, a capability showcased by Punch Legend Simulator.

Published: 10. Mar. 2025

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Godot 4.4 is here - A massive update packed with features

The Godot game engine has been updated to version 4.4, representing another major release with a wide range of new features and improvements, just six months after the previous 4.3 update. This release places a strong emphasis on enhancing the overall workflow and usability of the editor while introducing an array of features across all areas of the engine. In addition to editor improvements, notable updates include major enhancements to the core of the engine, rendering, and the integration of the Jolt physics system.

Published: 4. Mar. 2025

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Foundry releases Nuke 16.0

Foundry has unveiled Nuke 16.0, marking the latest evolution of its popular node-based compositing software. Nuke offers powerful tools for 3D compositing, motion tracking, and deep image integration, making it particularly valuable for creating pre-rendered cinematic cutscenes, trailers, and high-quality visual effects for games.

Published: 3. Mar. 2025

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Stencil Debugger - A free tool for debugging stencil buffers in Unity

Stencil Debugger is a new, free, and open-source utility created by software engineer and graphics programmer Alexander Ameye, released under the MIT license. The tool enables developers to visualize the stencil buffer in Unity's Universal Render Pipeline (URP), simplifying the debugging of rendering effects that rely on it.

Published: 24. Feb. 2025

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Shader View - A Blender add-on for instant shader previews

Shader View is a new add-on developed by DivideByZero that promises to speed up shader creation workflows in Blender. It enables users to preview the output of their nodes in real-time, with previews displayed right above each node. This eliminates the need to continuously switch nodes to the material output, making for a less frustrating experience, especially when dealing with complex materials.

Published: 17. Feb. 2025

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Godot Engine's Terrain3D gets support for dynamic collision

Terrain3D is currently one of the top choices for terrain creation in Godot Engine. Released by Cory Petkovsek in July 2023, the tool has steadily expanded its feature set, making it one of the most comprehensive options available for this purpose. It is also developed as a GDExtension in C++, leveraging native code to deliver high performance.

Published: 10. Feb. 2025

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Audiokinetic Wwise now fully compatible with Godot 4.3

Wwise, developed by Audiokinetic, is a powerful audio middleware used in game development to create dynamic and rich auditory experiences. It offers advanced tools for music, sound design, integration, and real-time audio management across multiple game engines. The Wwise Godot integration has been updated to support the latest version of Wwise (2024.1.1) and Godot 4.3. This update introduces new features and significant improvements over the previous version, which was released in December 2023, designed for compatibility with Wwise 2023.1 and Godot 4.2. The latest version improves usability by introducing workflows similar to those already used by the Unity and Unreal integrations.

Published: 3. Feb. 2025

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SDL 3 - The Next Evolution of a Classic Game Development Library

SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), a software development library designed for creating high-performance video games and multimedia software, has received its first major version update since the release of SDL 2 in August 2013. For those unfamiliar, SDL provides developers with low-level access to hardware features such as audio, input devices, and graphics hardware through APIs like OpenGL, Direct3D, Metal, and Vulkan. Written in the C programming language, SDL has served as the foundation for countless games and multimedia applications since its initial release in 1998.

Published: 27. Jan. 2025

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The Global Game Jam 2025 is starting!

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is starting once again, offering yet another fun-filled game development experience! If you're not familiar with it, the GGJ is the world's largest game creation event, held at hundreds of physical and virtual sites across over 100 countries. Last year, over 35,000 participants across 796 locations in 102 countries took part. In just 48 hours, they created nearly 10,000 games, all centered around the theme "Make Me Laugh!". The 2025 edition starts today and runs until Sunday, January 26, with jam sites following their own schedules within this timeframe.

Published: 20. Jan. 2025

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SideFX's Project Grot offers free procedural tools for Unreal Engine

Project Grot is an in-house tech demo from SideFX (the creators of Houdini 3D software), unveiled in May 2024, to showcase the versatility and creativity that procedural generation can bring to game development. Along with the demo, SideFX has started releasing tutorials that explain how the Houdini tools used in the project's pipeline were created and later applied by layout artists in Unreal Engine. These tutorials offer valuable insights into how Houdini and Unreal Engine work together, and are accompanied by project files containing the resulting tools created by following the outlined steps.

Published: 13. Jan. 2025