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Flax game engine 1.1 is out with Linux Editor support

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2021

Another promising game engine with lots of big features is Flax, available free with the source available (but not Open Source) has a huge new release out with improvements to their Linux support.

Arrow is a new open source app for developing text adventures and game narratives

By Liam Dawe, 22 Mar 2021

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Are you designing a game narrative or want to make some sort of text adventure? Even if it's just prototyping or storyboarding the free and open source app Arrow can help.

plus-x is a simple tool to help developers on Windows set Linux permissions for games

By Liam Dawe, 5 Mar 2021

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Here's a small and very useful sounding application from game developer Cheeseness. It's called plus-x and the aim is to allow developers on Windows to set the correct permissions on Linux executables.

Open source mixed reality library StereoKit adds Linux support

By Liam Dawe, 2 Mar 2021

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The XR (VR/AR) space continues to evolve and one of the promising projects there is called StereoKit, an open source mixed reality library and a new release is out now adding in Linux support.

KenShape is a new tool to get easy 3D models from 2D pixel-art by Kenney

By Liam Dawe, 24 Feb 2021

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Want a quick way to make 3D models? Here's your fresh tip of the day for prototyping, game development or anything else - check out the new KenShape application from Kenney.

Defold game engine planning Linux improvements through 2021

By Liam Dawe, 12 Feb 2021

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Defold, a free game engine with the source code available under a reasonable open license has released a roadmap for 2021 and it's sounding pretty good.

An interview with Decemberborn Interactive for their game Cathedral

By Liam Dawe, 11 Feb 2021

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Here's another developer interview for you! This time we chatted with Decemberborn Interactive about their game Cathedral.

FOSS game engine GDevelop gets early support for tile-based maps

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

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Getting increasingly more useful and powerful, the open source game engine GDevelop has another new version up with the first iteration of support for tile-based maps.

Collabora talk enhancing apitrace with gltrim to get replayable cut traces

By Liam Dawe, 2 Feb 2021

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Developers working across different areas of Linux are always looking for ways to squeeze a bit more performance, and it seems Collabora came up with a new way to performance test with upgrades to apitrace.

The Machinery game engine adds Linux support in Preview

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2021

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The Machinery, an upcoming game engine from people who previously worked on the likes of Stingray, Bitsquid, and Diesel engines released a new build with the first Preview of Linux support.

Free cross-platform game engine Defold is now on Steam

By Liam Dawe, 29 Jan 2021

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Looking to make games? Defold is a pretty great option that has wonderful cross-platform support and it's free too, available under a pretty open license (but not open source).

Free and open source modern level editor LDtk has a huge new release

By Liam Dawe, 25 Jan 2021

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LDtk (prev called LEd) is an in-development free and open source level editor, one that's modern and designed to be as user-friendly as possible designed by a former dev on Dead Cells.

YoYo Games developer of GameMaker Studio sold for $10M (updated)

By Liam Dawe, 20 Jan 2021

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Game Maker and later GameMaker Studio is a very popular game engine with indie developers and YoYo Games just recently sold it off and it appears they did so at a loss. Update: Opera confirmed as the new owner.

Is opening up your source code worth it? Terry Cavanagh thinks it was for VVVVVV

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2021

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A lot of game developer still worry about being more open with their code but it seems Terry Cavanagh (VVVVVV, Super Hexagon, Dicey Dungeons) believes it was worth it.

NES-style free chiptune music maker FamiStudio has a new release up

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jan 2021

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Free, open source and a lot of fun to get mixing, FamiStudio is a wonderful application for making some retro tunes and there's a new release available.

Epic Games has acquired RAD Game Tools so they now own Bink video and more

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2021

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Epic Games latest acquisition is RAD Game Tools, one a great many game developers will be familiar with.

Godot Engine had a very productive 2020, lots coming to this FOSS game engine in 2021

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2021

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Godot Engine is probably the most promising free and open source game engine around, and they clearly had a very productive 2020 with big plans for 2021.

FNA dev and porter Ethan Lee stops future macOS ports, Linux to be their focus

By Liam Dawe, 4 Jan 2021

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Ethan Lee, the developer responsible for the XNA reimplementation FNA along with around 50 game ports to Linux and macOS has announced the sunsetting of future macOS ports with a big update to a bunch of existing games.

SDL 2.0.14 is out with support for PS5 DualSense and Xbox Series X controllers

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2020

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SDL 2 is the magnificent bit of cross-platform development open source tech that gives developers access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware.

FOSS game engine written in Rust 'Bevy' has a new release up

By Liam Dawe, 22 Dec 2020

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As another promising free and open source game engine written in Rust, Bevy continues maturing and there's a brand new release up for you to try out with lots of advancements.

Category: Game Dev