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July 2026 GameDev Deals Round-Up
GameFromScratch.com July 2026 GameDev Deals Round-Up There are so many amazing deals, sales and bundles for game developers I have decided to gather them all together in one place on a monthly basis like we do with�free gamedev assets. Here are the active game development deals and bundles for July 2026: Unity Asset Store Unity Asset The post July 2026 GameDev Deals Round-Up appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreMaterial 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: Sep 04, 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: Sep 04, 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: Sep 04, 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: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreThe decision wasn't a pivot. It was a forced bet.
Listen to the full conversation with Thimas Lehr
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read More25 people became 3. Nobody got laid off.
Drop the �win-win� framing. Sunrise Village had hit a ceiling. Lehr was upfront that the revenue numbers in the original piece, sourced from SensorTower, undercounted reality since they miss direct-to-consumer and browser revenue. But the actual number doesn't change the structural problem: a 25-person team on a game that had plateaued for years, with no path back to growth.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreThe actual unlock was a logging exercise.
The options on the table were 1) a skeleton crew, 2) outsourcing, or 3) AI. Lehr killed the first two fast. A skeleton crew without tooling just slow-bleeds a game to death; you can't produce enough content to retain players, so you're choosing a slower version of the same outcome. Space Ape sold us the �Lean Live Ops� narrative back in 2018. That story didn�t last the test of time.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreThey stuck with GPT-4o for a year and a half deliberately
Outsourcing brought management overhead and a loss of ownership that InnoGames wasn't willing to trade for. AI was the only option that didn't involve managing the decline.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreSkill erosion is real, and Lehr didn't dodge it
Key takeaway #1: If you�re sitting on a plateaued title, the AI question only gets interesting once you've ruled out the boring alternatives. Most studios never get that far. They jump straight to the AI pitch deck without doing the elimination work first.
Published: Sep 04, 2026 | Read MoreAnnounce Your Launch (coming soon)
Gameseek allows indie devs to make a "Grand Announcement".
Public Announcement Feature
Bring a massive wave of traffic to your site.
When you announce your site publicly on Gameseek:
- Your game is featured at the very top of the homepage.
- A notification is sent to our active user base.
- You get a "Featured Today" badge for your own site.
- It creates a dedicated thread for user feedback and reviews.