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Spline Mesher - A tool for generating meshes along splines in Unity

Spline Mesher is a tool designed to bend and repeat meshes along splines. It helps streamline environment creation by reducing the need to round trip with external modeling tools. The tool is developed by Staggart Creations, the developer behind other useful assets such as Stylized Water and the Underwater Rendering extension.

Published: 16. Mar. 2026

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Puck's Pixelizer - A tool for pixelating 3D models

Puck's Pixelizer is a new tool that allows users to pixelate 3D models to achieve instant PSX-inspired aesthetics. It is designed for shading and for creating a distinctive retro pixelated look on existing models and textures. The tool provides a streamlined workflow that allows users to easily pixelate textures and adjust the process with controls for dithering, brightness, exposure, blur, saturation, contrast, and color tint. All adjustments are accompanied by real-time feedback.

Published: 9. Mar. 2026

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TweenFX - A tween animation library for Godot

TweenFX is a brand-new collection of tween animations for the Godot game engine. Developed by EvilBunnyMan, the library includes 48 ready-to-use animations organized into categories that can be easily integrated into game projects. The developer states that the library enables users to quickly add “juice” to any project.

Published: 2. Mar. 2026

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Steam integration plugin released for Unreal Engine

Tool and plugin developer Plox Tools has released a Steam Integration plugin designed to simplify the integration of core Steam features into Unreal Engine game projects. The plugin supports a broad range of Steam functionality, including achievements, leaderboards, player statistics, cloud saves, and lobbies. It is designed to work out of the box, requiring only installation to enable access to Steam features.

Published: 23. Feb. 2026

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Image referencing tool PureRef receives an update long in the making

PureRef, the image referencing tool, has received its first update since the release of PureRef 2.0 in 2024. This version refines existing features and adds new functionality aimed at streamlining the creative workflow. Key improvements include tools for layout, drawing, project management, and image handling, alongside expanded language support.

Published: 16. Feb. 2026

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Epic Games launches new content extension for Unreal MetaSounds

Epic Games has released TechAudioTools Content, a free content extension designed to streamline MetaSound workflows in Unreal Engine. The extension includes a collection of editor utilities and reusable widgets that were developed and used internally at Epic Games. The toolset consists of a MetaSound Input Migrator, MetaSound Metadata Editor, and SoundGenerator.

Published: 9. Feb. 2026

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Godot 4.6 is now available

Godot 4.6 is here, marking another significant update for the engine. The release is once again the result of contributions from hundreds of developers, with nearly 400 contributors submitting more than 2,000 updates over roughly four months since the previous release. According to the development team, the stability achieved over the previous Godot 4 releases has enabled a shift into a new development phase. Godot 4.6 marks the beginning of this phase, which emphasizes polish, quality-of-life improvements, closer integration of industry standards, and continued performance optimization.

Published: 2. Feb. 2026

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Material Maker 1.5 has been released

Material Maker, a free and open-source texture creation tool that can act as an alternative to Substance Designer, has received a new update roughly three months after its previous release. The new version focuses on a range of user interface improvements, introduces additional nodes, and addresses remaining issues related to the recent transition from Godot 3 to Godot 4. Material Maker is powered by the Godot game engine, and this engine upgrade represented a significant change introduced in the previous update.

Published: 26. Jan. 2026

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The Global Game Jam 2026 is starting!

The Global Game Jam (GGJ), widely recognized as the world's largest game creation event, is almost here. The 2026 edition will take place from Monday, January 26 to Sunday, February 1. As in previous years, the event will center on a single theme, which will be revealed on Sunday, January 25.

Published: 19. Jan. 2026

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Interactor - A Unity asset for realistic character and object interactions

Interactor is a new Unity asset designed to help developers create realistic interactions between characters and objects efficiently. It was created by Negen Games, also known as razzraziel, and allows users to dynamically animate character limbs and define interactions with an unlimited number of objects, as well as other characters.

Published: 12. Jan. 2026

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Outliner Model Preview - A free object preview extension for Blender

Outliner Model Preview is a free Blender add-on that provides an animated 360-degree preview of the selected object directly within the Outliner. It is an interesting and useful tool for quickly inspecting objects from the Outliner itself, and it was created by Blender extensions developer Shuimeng. The developer has explained that the original intention was to display previews automatically when hovering over objects, but technical limitations during development prevented this from being implemented.

Published: 5. Jan. 2026

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Graph Pathfinder - A high-performance pathfinding solution for Defold

Graph Pathfinder is a high-performance pathfinding library for the Defold game engine. It is developed by Selim Anaç, a developer and designer who creates native extensions for Defold. The library is written in C++ and is based on the A* pathfinding algorithm. For those unfamiliar, the A* algorithm is used to find the shortest and most efficient route between two points. It helps characters, vehicles, and other game objects navigate around obstacles and terrain.

Published: 29. Dec. 2025