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Material Maker 1.7 Released
GameFromScratch.com Material Maker 1.7 Released Material Maker, the free and open source Godot Engine powered procedural material making software, just released Material Maker 1.7. Along side the new features of this release, it is also the first time that Material Maker has been made available on Steam. Key Features of the Material Maker 1.7 release: The post Material Maker 1.7 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreBlender 5.2 LTS Released
GameFromScratch.com Blender 5.2 LTS Released The Blender Foundation have just released Blender 5.2 LTS. The LTS stands for Long Term Support, meaning that if you are starting a new Blender project, this is the version they recommend you use as it will continue to see updates for 2 years. Highlights of the Blender 5.2 release The post Blender 5.2 LTS Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreJuly 2026 FREE GameDev Asset Round-Up Part Deux
GameFromScratch.com July 2026 FREE GameDev Asset Round-Up Part Deux It�s time for the July Epic Games bi-monthly asset giveaway on the Fab marketplace, with 3 free assets from July 14th – July 28th. Once �purchased� the assets are yours free to keep forever. This giveaway contains 3 Unreal Engine assets as well as 1 asset for Unity (and generic The post July 2026 FREE GameDev Asset Round-Up Part Deux appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreJolt Physics 5.6 Released
GameFromScratch.com Jolt Physics 5.6 Released Just one week after Box3D physics was released, the popular free & open source cross platform Jolt physics engine released Jolt Physics 5.6. This powerful physics engine is already being used by tons of open source game engines, including Godot and GDevelop as well as being used for commercial AAA The post Jolt Physics 5.6 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreTypeScript 7 Released � 10X Faster
GameFromScratch.com TypeScript 7 Released – 10X Faster TypeScript 7 has just been released and it claims to have a 8-12X improvement in performance. How did they accomplish this kind of jump in performance? By ironically enough moving from TypeScript to Go and creating a native version of the TypeScript compiler, tsc. So what does a 10X improvement The post TypeScript 7 Released – 10X Faster appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreCarbon Game Engine Open Sourced
GameFromScratch.com Carbon Game Engine Open Sourced The Carbon Game Engine Framework has been open sourced by Fenris Creations (previously known as CCP Games). The Carbon engine powers the incredibly popular long running MMO Eve Online (and Eve Frontier). The majority of the source code has been released under the MIT license, while the remaining portions are The post Carbon Game Engine Open Sourced appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreMicrosoft Fire idTech Team at id Software
GameFromScratch.com Microsoft Fire idTech Team at id Software id Software are without a doubt one of the most important game developers in the first person genre history. The technology empowering their games, idTech powers a shocking number of games and even game engines ( we ranked it 4th in our Most Important Game Engines of all Time ranking). The post Microsoft Fire idTech Team at id Software appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreGodot 4.8 Dev1 Released
GameFromScratch.com Godot 4.8 Dev1 Released Last month Godot 4.7 was released meaning that it was only a matter of time before Godot 4.8 development began. Godot have just released the first development release with the release of Godot 4.8 Dev1. These releases are obviously not meant for production use, but give us insight into the The post Godot 4.8 Dev1 Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreBox2D enters the 3rd Dimension � Box3D Released
GameFromScratch.com Box2D enters the 3rd Dimension – Box3D Released Erin Catto, creator of the popular Box2D physics engine has just moved into the 3rd dimension with the release of Box3D. The new physics engine is already being used to power the physics in the recently released S&Box game engine. This free and open source C-based physics engine brings a The post Box2D enters the 3rd Dimension – Box3D Released appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreGodot Say No To AI
GameFromScratch.com Godot Say No To AI The rise of LLMs have made it easier than ever for non-technical people to generate or change source code. While this sounds wonderful it also generates a huge problem for open source projects – a flood of pull requests. For large open source projects like Godot, the managing of these The post Godot Say No To AI appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Jul 17, 2026 | Read MoreAnnounce Your Launch (coming soon)
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Public Announcement Feature
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When you announce your site publicly on Gameseek:
- Your game is featured at the very top of the homepage.
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- It creates a dedicated thread for user feedback and reviews.