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Game Development

Valve releases SteamVR 2.0

Valve has recently released SteamVR 2.0, a major update to its virtual reality (VR) platform. According to Valve, this is the first major step in an ongoing effort to unify the Steam ecosystem for all users, ensuring a consistent experience across devices. With this update, Steam's objective was to seamlessly integrate the latest Steam features into VR and make it easier to add future ones in a faster and more frequent way.

Published: 30. Oct. 2023

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SideFX presents a sneak peek of Houdini 20

Houdini is a popular procedural 3D software for VFX, motion graphics and game development. SideFX, the company behind the product, has recently released a sneak peek video showcasing the new tools and features in the upcoming Houdini 20. The video highlights updates to the most important aspects of the software, covering the Karma renderer, simulation tools, character rigging, and animation.

Published: 23. Oct. 2023

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Kenney releases a first-person shooter starter kit for Godot

Following the recent release of City Builder, Kenney now presents us with a new starter kit for first-person shooters (FPS). As usual, the new kit maintains a charming low-poly art style consistent with the other starter kits. The FPS Starter Kit is a basic template for a first person shooter type of game and includes features such as a character controller, weapons, the ability to switch weapons, enemies, sprites and 3D Models.

Published: 16. Oct. 2023

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QuadSpinner announces version 2.0 of the Gaea terrain design tool

Gaea is a versatile terrain design application designed for VFX, games and virtual productions. It offers features like geological shapes, advanced erosion, snow and river simulations, rock tools, and an extensive texture generation toolkit, all within an artist friendly and easy to learn package. QuadSpinner, the software studio behind the project, has recently published a comprehensive introduction to the upcoming 2.0 version, scheduled for release in late Q1 2024.

Published: 9. Oct. 2023

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Kenney releases a city builder starter kit for Godot

The well-known developer and asset creator Kenney, recently released a new starter kit for Godot. This tool facilitates the creation and customization of stylized 3D cities and joins the existing Godot starter kit named 3D Platformer. The latter was designed to streamline the development of 3D platform game projects.

Published: 2. Oct. 2023

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CloudScapes V2 for Blender has been released

CloudScapes is a photorealistic 3D volumetric cloud library designed for use with the 3D software Blender. It is compatible with both Cycles and Eevee rendering engines as well as with Blender's Asset Browser. The new version introduces 8 additional cloud categories, including aerial explosion, chimney smoke, fire, fireball, fireworks, ground explosion, polar light, and tornado. It also comes with over 180 new cloud assets. The library categorizes clouds into 18 distinct types, offering more than 390 unique variations that closely resemble real-world clouds.

Published: 25. Sep. 2023

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Maxon releases Cinema 4D 2024

Cinema 4D, the professional 3D modeling, animation, simulation and rendering software developed by Maxon has been updated. Some highlights of this new version include performance improvements, the addition of Rigid Body Simulations and brand-new features for Pyro, a simulation tool designed to easily create fire, smoke and explosions within Cinema 4D.

Published: 18. Sep. 2023

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MoGen - A new character animation tool is now in open beta

MoGen is an AI powered application that enables users to quickly create high-quality 3D character animations. Behind the project is Motorica, a Swedish company specializing in AI (Artificial Intelligence) and ML (Machine Learning) development. The company has now launched an open beta phase for MoGen, allowing users to experiment with the tool for AI-generated character animation driven by diffusion models.

Published: 11. Sep. 2023

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Ramatak Mobile Studio gets one step closer to release

Ramatak Mobile Studio, the "Godot engine for mobile game development" has received an update. This new pre-release version brings the software one step closer to its full release. The update introduces integration with two major ad networks, Admob and Meta. An abstraction API that works across both of these ad providers enables seamless transition between them without the need for project modifications. Additionally, it's possible to mix and match these different ad networks based on the specific locations within your application where the ads are placed.

Published: 4. Sep. 2023

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Epic Games introduces the Epic First Run program

Epic Games has recently launched a new program for developers by the name of Epic First Run. This is an opt-in exclusivity program that allows developers to keep 100% of the proceeds from eligible product sales during the first six months on the Epic Games Store. After this initial six-month period, participants will revert to the standard revenue split of 88% for developers and 12% for Epic Games.

Published: 28. Aug. 2023

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Mesh-Peeling: A free Unity tool for peeling meshes

Mesh-Peeling is a new tool for peeling meshes created by programmer and game developer Bünyamin Sezer. This tool enables users to peel 3D meshes of diverse sizes and shapes and was created for use with models with no thickness. According to the developer, many aspects of the project have been developed with the Unity Job System. This is a system that enables developers to write simple and safe multithreaded code so that applications can use all available CPU cores for improved performance.

Published: 21. Aug. 2023

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Population - A new crowd simulation add-on for Blender

Population is a new crowd simulator for Blender that makes it easy to populate game worlds with 48 3D photo-scanned characters divided into three categories: casual, business and sport. The add-on includes character animations featuring over 50 unique movements, all crafted using precise motion capture technology.

Published: 14. Aug. 2023