Free cross-platform game engine Defold is now on Steam
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).
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Free and open source modern level editor LDtk has a huge new release
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
YoYo Games expand their Linux support in GameMaker Studio 2 to the Raspberry Pi
The Raspberry Pi sure is a versatile device and thanks to GameMaker Studio 2 from YoYo Games, it might even end up as more of a gaming unit with newly added support for exported games.
Godot Engine hires another developer, this time for physics fun
Through 2020 it seems the free and open source game engine Godot Engine has gone from strength to strength, and they've managed to hire another developer.
Unity acquires the open source MLAPI networking library
Unity Technologies who work on the Unity game engine have announced that they have acquired the networking library MLAPI, along with the creator joining Unity.
Unreal Engine 4.26 rolls out with lots of Linux improvements, drops OpenGL for Vulkan
Epic Games have rolled out the latest major upgrade to Unreal Engine 4 while work continues on Unreal Engine 5.
Free and open source modern level editor 'LDtk' now ready for more users
Level Designer Toolkit (LDtk), which was originally known as 'LEd' has a huge new release out and the developer mentioned it's now ready for production.
UNIGINE Engine 2.13 is an impressive upgrade for this rising game engine
UNIGINE might not be a name you hear often when it comes to games but it is an impressive game engine, one that supports Linux fully and it continues advancing in major ways.
Need to plan something out? Check out the slick MasterPlan
Something for game developers, and anyone wanting to plan things using a slick app: enter MasterPlan.
Modern open source level editor 'LEd' has a new release with the first Linux build
Announced and highlighted back here in September, LEd is a modern open source level editor from the previous development lead on Dead Cells.
Godot 3.2.4 has a first beta with 2D batching for GLES3
Despite the small version bump, Godot 3.2.4 will be quite big release for game developers wanting to squeeze out some more performance.
Unity Technologies announce 'Open Projects', building games in Unity that are open source
This is brilliant! Unity Technologies creators of the Unity game engine, which is ridiculously popular with indie developers, have started a series of open source game development projects.
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- Supply chain issues are making the Steam Deck OLED go out of stock
- POSTAL 2 Redux announced, a full remake of the unhinged classic
- Steam adds accessibility features to store pages and filters for searching
- Proton Experimental gets fixes for Warframe, Enshrouded, Crysis 2 Remastered, OpenVR and more
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