O3DE, the Open 3D Game Engine, has taken another major step forward with the 26.05 release. gamefromscratch.com/o3de-26-05-r... #gamedev #indiedev #opensource

Check out the Usagi game engine. It's a new stupidly easy to learn Lua powered 2D game engine, that's free and open source, for Windows, Mac and Linux. gamefromscratch.com/usagi-2d-gam... #gamedev #indiedev

The Blender Foundation have just launched the Blender Roadmap. Combined with Blender Labs, it gives us a great insight into the near future of #Blender3d gamefromscratch.com/blender-road... #gamedev #indiedev

MubLoop is an awesome, powerful, easy and FREE audio tool for game developers. You can create seamless loops, as well as easily clip and cut clips down. It is also constantly getting new features... gamefromscratch.com/mubloop-awes... #gamedev #indiedev

Over the weekend we got some Unreal Engine 6 details from the most unlikely of sources... the Rocket League Paris Majors. UE6 is being used in active development already. gamefromscratch.com/rocket-leagu... #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine

A day many #GodotEngine developers have been waiting for as arrived... The Godot Asset Store is here. Well at least, it will be when Godot 4.7 releases. (currently in beta3) gamefromscratch.com/the-godot-as... #gamedev #indiedev

PixiEditor is an AMAZING free & open source 2D graphics application (painting, vector graphics, animation & pixel art) for Windows, Mac and Linux. The new PixiEditor 2.1 release is... AMAZING++. Check this one out! gamefromscratch.com/pixieditor-2... #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart

Flax Engine, what I think of as Indie Unreal, just released Flax 1.12 adding DDGI, jiggle physics, web via WebGPU, improved graph programming and much more. If you're looking for a feature rich C++/C# powered game engine, check out Flax. gamefromscratch.com/flax-engine-... #gamedev #indiedev

It's time for the May #Gamedev FREE asset round-up #2. 3x free #UnrealEngine assets, as well as 1 for #Unity3d. Speaking of Unity, the Unity free Publisher giveaways have returned... and more. gamefromscratch.com/may-2026-fre...

There are an INSANE number of #gamedev bundles for #Unreal, #Unity3d, #GodotEngine and more running right now! So many that I covered them all together in one video. gamefromscratch.com/an-insane-nu...

The Immense Engine is coming soon... It's the "European Game Engine"... does that even make sense? There's plenty of European game engines... Oh yeah, and another key engine feature(but I don't want to attract the bots!) gamefromscratch.com/immense-engi... #gamedev #indiedev

The Anvil Level Design Tool is an awesome free & open source add-on for Blender that adds TrenchBroom like level editing tools to Blender! gamefromscratch.com/anvil-level-... #gamedev #indiedev #Blender3D

Unreal Engine 5.8 preview is here! Note the "preview" part... don't use this in production! UE 5.8 has some great new PCG & animation features, but the all new terrain system has to be the star here. gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engin... #gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine

Project Falcon is an awesome new FREE 3D modeling application enabling incredibly easy hard surface model creation via Kitbashing. Created by... Autodesk! And yes, results can be used in #Blender3d and elsewhere! gamefromscratch.com/project-falc... #gamedev #indiedev

The awesome, free, cross-platform Defold game engine has made a major transition... into full glorious 3D! gamefromscratch.com/defold-is-no... #gamedev #indiedev

Perhaps the most niche #gamedev Asset Humble Bundle ever... the Ultimate Farming RPG Bundle. If you're creating a pixel art farming game, this one has your name all over it. Otherwise, not so much. GFS Supporting Link - humblebundleinc.sjv.io/FarmingGameD...

The #GodotEngine recently released a report on popularity growth over the last few years... downloads, social media, jams & more. We then take it one step deeper and look at Godot vs #UnrealEngine, #Unity3d and #GameMaker on Steam in 2026. gamefromscratch.com/godot-popula... #gamedev #indiedev

Unity launched Unity AI beta this week. Will AI haters hate this release? Yes Will AI fans love this release? Probably Will AI slop games become more common? Certainly We go hands-on with #Unity3d AI beta. gamefromscratch.com/unity-ai-bet... #gamedev #indiedev

It's time for the May FREE #gamedev asset round-up! We have 3 limited time free assets on Fab, a now free Unity add-on, new input prompts from Kenney and more! gamefromscratch.com/may-2026-gam... #UnrealEngine #GodotEngine #Unity3d

Earlier this week Blender announced Anthropic AI was joining as a corporate patron. To say this was divisive would be putting it mildly. As a result of the fallout Blender CEO announced changes to the donation & AI policy going forward. gamefromscratch.com/blender-x-an... #blender3d #gamedev

Gaussian Splats are all the rage in the computer graphics world... but can they be used in #GameDev level design? This awesome FPS project (source available too!) seems to say... yes, yes they can! It'll even run on a phone! gamefromscratch.com/gaussian-spl...

S&Box launched earlier this week. It's a spiritual successor to Gary's Mod, as well as a full blown C# game engine powered by Valve's Source 2. The launch was not... flawless... gamefromscratch.com/troubles-in-... #gamedev #indiedev

GameMaker have just outlined what we can expect from the game engine in 2026 and beyond... C#, TypeScript, 3D, CLI Tools, source code and more gamefromscratch.com/gamemaker-wh... #gamedev #indiedev

There is a new #gamedev Humble Bundle of interest to #UnrealEngine and #Unity3d game developers - with 60+ 3D asset packs available from Hivemind. Will hopefully cover in video tomorrow, in the meanwhile this link helps support GFS if used (and thanks!) humblebundleinc.sjv.io/UltimateUnre...

In news that is SURE to be controversy free... Blender now have a new corporate Patron! ...Anthropic AI. Yep, that Anthropic. gamefromscratch.com/blenders-new... #gamedev #indiedev #Blender3d

The s&box from @fcpnchstds.bsky.social launched today... Is it a new killer game engine, an UEFN or Roblox competitor, or just a shiny new toy? Yes. Yes, it is. gamefromscratch.com/sbox-game-en... #gamedev #indiedev

Rejoice awaiters of Godot, as the wait is almost over... For #GodotEngine 4.7 that is, as Godot 4.7 Beta was just released. This release is now feature frozen. gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-7-be... #gamedev #indiedev

The upcoming #GodotEngine 4.7 release has a major new feature... HDR or High Dynamic Range output support on Windows, Mac and Linux/BSD. We look at what this means and how to enable/use it. gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-7-ge... #gamedev #indiedev

The awesome free & open source #GodotEngine powered Substance Designer alternative Material Maker just (ok... not just, I'm pretty slow here... sorry) released Material Maker 1.6! gamefromscratch.com/material-mak... #gamedev #indiedev

RayLib 6 was released! RayLib is perhaps the easiest way to start #gamedev using C or C++ (or a ton of other languages...). It's also stupidly modular, free & open source and incredibly easy to learn. Oh, and 6.0 just made it even better. gamefromscratch.com/raylib-6-rel... #indiedev

Not one, not two, but THREE new #gamedev asset bundles. Best of all, they're separate bundles for #GodotEngine, #UnrealEngine and #Unity3d. Always like seeing more Godot focused bundles show up! gamefromscratch.com/new-3d-asset...

I mentioned earlier this week in the April Free #GameDev roundup that the DragonRuby game engine would be free later this week... It's now free. Limited time only though! gamefromscratch.com/april-2026-g...

Breaking up with Adobe keeps getting easier and easer! Now Lightroom, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and more all have new FREE competitors! gamefromscratch.com/leaving-adob... #gamedev #indiedev

Time for the 2nd free April #Gamedev Asset round-up Get 3 new FREE #UnrealEngine assets on the Fab marketplace, an update free asset from @kenney.nl and get the DragonRuby game engine... you guessed it, FREE! (soon!) gamefromscratch.com/april-2026-g...

There is a new #GodotEngine course Humble Bundle. Somewhat rarely it has many intermediate level courses including creating fighting games and rogue likes. Any interest in a full video? GFS supporting link - humblebundleinc.sjv.io/qWAR1N #gamedev #indiedev

Gaussian Splats are all the rage in CG these days, but what about in #GameDev Today we look at using Gaussian Splats in #GodotEngine... Godossian Splats if you will! gamefromscratch.com/gaussian-spl...

Adobe After Effects now has two major FREE competitors! Canva have made Cavalry Pro completely free, while Maxon made Autograph free for individuals! gamefromscratch.com/canva-cavalr... #gamedev #indiedev

Chaos released V-Ray for Blender Community. This is a version of their popular 3D rendering software that integrates directly into Blender (basically a Cycles replacement) and it's completely free... with some (IMHO) reasonable limitations gamefromscratch.com/v-ray-for-bl... #blender3d #gamedev

Phaser, the free and open source 2D game development framework for JavaScript/TypeScript just hit a major milestone - the release of Phaser 4, the biggest release yet. gamefromscratch.com/phaser-4-rel... #gamedev #indiedev

Rejoice Godotvians... the wait for Godot 4.7 is almost over. Today we take a sneak peak at the new features that arrived in #GodotEngine 4.7 Dev3 & Dev4 such as viewport Vertex Snapping, UX improvements and more. gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-7-de... #gamedev #indiedev

There is a new MASSIVE #gamedev characters Humble Bundle redeemed on Fab from Bugrimov Maksim with up to 77 3D character & animation packs (mostly Sci-Fi and Fantasy) for #UnrealEngine and often #Unity3d. GFS supporting bundle link - humblebundleinc.sjv.io/CharactersBu...

Big week for #GodotEngine - Two top 10 selling smash hits on the Steam store - Slay the Spire 2 developer Mega Crit increase their sponsorship for another year at the Platinum tier gamefromscratch.com/slay-the-spi... #gamedev #indiedev

Cascadeur, the powerful animation software for Windows, Mac and Linux just released Cascadeur 2026.1. Adds an all new Filament powered renderer, #UnrealEngine LiveLink, powerful new animation tools and much more! gamefromscratch.com/cascadeur-20... #gamedev #indiedev

Today we are checking out the Kaiju Game Engine. It's a Go powered, open source, 2D/3D game engine with a full editor (written in Kaiju!). It's also got an epic name and logo! ;) gamefromscratch.com/kaiju-2d-3d-... #gamedev #indiedev #golang

It's time for the April 2026 FREE #gamedev asset round-up! We have 3 free Fab assets, a Synty giveaway, a GameDevTV giveaway, a Unity Asset Store giveaway and more! gamefromscratch.com/april-2026-g... #UnrealEngine #GodotEngine #Unity3d #Blender3d

Two major announcements for S&box, Facepunch's Gary's Mod successor and future UEFN/Roblox competitor... - a release date - new stand alone Steam publishing capabilities making it more of a traditional game engine gamefromscratch.com/major-sbox-g... #gamedev #indiedev

I've not played physical MtG in ages ( Ice Age actually ). I have played Magic video games off and on over the years, but I don't really follow it anymore. It just got to be so... much? But seeing this... this really feels like a Jumped the Shark moment!

The rumour of the week in #gamedev circles... Disney wants to buy Epic Games. First off, its just that - a rumour, nothing more. That said, there are a LOT of reasons why Disney would want to buy #EpicGames, #UnrealEngine & #Fortnite. gamefromscratch.com/disney-buyin...

A new Humble of interest to #gamedev just launched minutes ago. It's the Unity Asset Store 15 bundle, containing up to 39 #Unity3d assets for just $15! Want a dedicated video? GFS supporting link - humblebundleinc.sjv.io/Unity15

Unigine just released Unigine 2.21. It's loaded with features in one area #gamedev have been screaming about for years... animation tools! It also has new pricing tiers which are... well... they're a choice I suppose. gamefromscratch.com/unigine-2-21...