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Esoterica Game Engine
GameFromScratch.com Esoterica Game Engine The Esoterica game engine isn’t for everyone… it says it right there in the name: It is a C++ based based free and open source game engine by Steam employee Bobby Anguelov with a renderer by Kirill Bazhenov, both game developers with several shipped titles under their belts. The intended The post Esoterica Game Engine appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreCNA � It�s C++ XNA
GameFromScratch.com CNA – It’s C++ XNA XNA is still one of the most popular indie game development frameworks years after being abandoned by Microsoft. The popular C# gamedev project has been kept alive by the MonoGame and FNA frameworks, which are still being used to create popular indie games. Now there is a new XNA based The post CNA – It’s C++ XNA appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreSedulous Engine Powered by Beef
GameFromScratch.com Sedulous Engine Powered by Beef A very long time ago we first discovered the Beef Programming language (and recently revisited) an excellent new game programming focus programming language – a hybrid of C# and C++ created by a veteran game developer. There are several 2D libraries, bindings and frameworks for Beef, but very few in The post Sedulous Engine Powered by Beef appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreDoriax Game Engine Hands-On
GameFromScratch.com Doriax Game Engine Hands-On The Doriax Game engine is a shockingly robust 2D/3D game engine available for Windows, Mac and Linux. The entire project is open source under the MIT license. The project was previously known as the Supernova engine. Why Choose the Doriax Engine? Key Engine Features: Key Links Doriax Engine Homepage Doriax The post Doriax Game Engine Hands-On appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreAugust 2026 FREE GameDev Asset Round-Up
GameFromScratch.com August 2026 FREE GameDev Asset Round-Up It�s time for the August Epic Games bi-monthly asset giveaway on the Fab marketplace, with 3 free assets from July 28th – August 11th. Once �purchased� the assets are yours free to keep forever. This giveaway contains 3 Unreal Engine assets as well as one asset the works in Unity. The post August 2026 FREE GameDev Asset Round-Up appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreGodotHub � Awesome New Launcher for Godot
GameFromScratch.com GodotHub – Awesome New Launcher for Godot GodotHub is a free and open source, cross platform (with binaries for Windows, Mac and Linux) hub or launcher for the Godot game engine which is already feature rich and extremely polished. Using the (completely optional!) GodotHub you can download and manage Godot installs, create and manage Godot projects and The post GodotHub – Awesome New Launcher for Godot appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreUnity Getting Real-Time Global Illumination
GameFromScratch.com Unity Getting Real-Time Global Illumination Real-time Global Illumination, a more accurate lighting model that captures secondary bounces of surfaces instead of just the direct effect of lights in the scene, is available in Unreal Engine in the form of Lumen and in the Godot game engine in the form of SDFGI. Unity however currently does The post Unity Getting Real-Time Global Illumination appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreUnity 7 is Back
GameFromScratch.com Unity 7 is Back In September of 2024 at the Unite developer conference, Unity announced that Unity Next (Unity 7 basically) was in development. It was going to be a clean break from existing Unity, standardized around a single pipeline and powered by CoreCLR. Then at Unite the following year Unity 7 was killed The post Unity 7 is Back appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreUnity CLI + Unity Pipeline = Game Changers
GameFromScratch.com Unity CLI + Unity Pipeline = Game Changers At their developer conference Unity Unite/2026 Seoul Unity just released a brand new and extremely powerful new product. Unity CLI, a new command line interface for the entire Unity ecosystem (editor, hub, cloud, analytics, etc). On top of the new CLI they also released the new Unity Pipeline, which you The post Unity CLI + Unity Pipeline = Game Changers appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreAutoRemesher � Free & Open Source Retopology Tool
GameFromScratch.com AutoRemesher – Free & Open Source Retopology Tool The creator of the one of a kind Dust3D 3D modelling application has just released a new free & open source tool for 3D modelling – AutoRemesher. This app for Windows, Mac and Linux enables you to quickly retopologize 3D models, converting them from triangle soup to smooth edge loop The post AutoRemesher – Free & Open Source Retopology Tool appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreAnnounce Your Launch (coming soon)
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Public Announcement Feature
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- It creates a dedicated thread for user feedback and reviews.