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SDL is expanding gamepad support with 8Bitdo SN30 Pro, Google Stadia and more
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) the awesome cross-platform development library used by Valve, Feral Interactive, Unity, MonoGame, FNA, DOSBox and so many more is expanding.
Category: Toolkit
Need an easy way to manage a Linux game server? LinuxGSM is great and recently passed 100 supported titles
A project that perhaps isn't as well known as it should be: LinuxGSM makes managing Linux game servers easy and they recently hit a fun milestone.
GGPO, a rollback networking SDK for peer-to-peer games has gone open source
Oh how I do love to see more projects go open source! GGPO, a rollback networking SDK for peer-to-peer games that's designed to help hide network latency in fast-paced games that requires precise inputs is now on GitHub.
alTrace, a new open source debugging tool for apps and games that use OpenAL
Ryan "Icculus" Gordon has released a new open source tool today named alTrace, to help developers of games and software using OpenAL.
wsPublish, an open source Steam Workshop Interop Library released
How about a little open source news to get your Monday flowing? Game porter Ethan Lee recently announced the release of wsPublish, an open source Steam Workshop Interop Library with a little history.
SDL 2.0.10 released, testing a more regular release cycle
If you're a game developer, you've likely heard of SDL 2 and plenty of you are probably already using it. In fact, SDL 2 helps power a huge amount of Linux games and a new release is out now.
Procedural Music Generator, a clever Unity tool developed on Linux that might save you some time
Here's one that's not something I usually cover: Procedural Music Generator is a tool for use with Unity, that allows anyone to make some interesting tunes for their games.
DragonRuby Game Toolkit, a cross-platform way to make games with Ruby
Now for something a little different! Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, a name known for many Linux ports and SDL2 teamed up with indie developer Amir Rajan to create a new cross-platform toolkit.
SDL2 has pulled in support for the Wii U/Switch USB GameCube controller adapter
SDL2, the cross-platform development library has now merged in support for the Wii U/Switch USB GameCube controller adapter.
Basemark GPU is a new benchmark tool that supports Linux and many different APIs
A few days ago, Basemark officially announced and have now released Basemark GPU, their latest benchmarking tool and it has Linux support.
RAD Game Tools 'Telemetry', a performance visualization system adds Linux support
Good news here for some game developers, as RAD Game Tools 'Telemetry', a performance visualizer has just added support for Linux.
SC Controller driver and UI for the Steam Controller has a fresh update
The incredibly useful SC Controller tool has a fresh update out that sees the return of AppImage support, a few new bits and some bug fixes.
Need art for your games? Asset Forge and public domain Kenney assets may help
While 'asset flips' are becoming a common occurrence, pre-made art assets are still a valuable resource when used correctly. Asset Forge and Kenney assets might be quite useful!
SDL 2.0.6 released, introduces Vulkan support
The cross-platform development library has seen the release of its latest version. Quite a few exciting changes this time around, including support for Vulkan and more types of gamepads.
SDL 2.0.6 with support for Vulkan and more gamepads enters pre-release
SDL 2.0.6, the next version bump of the popular cross-platform development library has entered the pre-release stage. It looks to be a great release too!
The next version of SDL will have Vulkan support locked in
Good news for developers, as SDL 2.0.6 now has support for Vulkan firmly locked into place for the next release.
Steam Audio comes to Unreal Engine 4
Steam Audio, the new feature-filled audio solution from Valve is now supported directly in Unreal Engine 4 Valve just announced.
Game engine 'Construct 3' is now in open beta, check out my example game
Construct 3 is a game engine that requires little to no programming knowledge as it relies on stringing events together from objects. It's clever and it works really well.
AMD have announced 'Anvil', an MIT-licensed wrapper library for Vulkan
AMD are continuing their open source push with 'Anvil' a new MIT-licenses wrapper library for Vulkan. It's aim is to reduce the time developers spend to get a working Vulkan application.
RPG Maker MV now has a Linux version and a Linux game export option
We saw signs of RPG Maker MV coming to Linux early last year, but now it's official. RPG Maker MV now has a Linux version and it can export Linux games.
- Zork I, Zork II and Zork III are now officially open source
- Valve put up a new Steam Linux Runtime 4.0 with a move towards 64-bit
- VKD3D-Proton 3.0 brings FSR4 support, shader backend rewrite, lots of bug fixes and performance upgrades
- Playnite may get a Linux version during 2026 as the creator plans a move to Linux
- Steamworks SDK adds support for Linux Arm and Android, and it seems we know the first Android game on Steam
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