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EA have open sourced an amazing tool for HLSL & GLSL shader development - ShaderToHuman.

Think of it like printf() meets Dear ImGUI. A super easy and powerful tool for developing and debugging shaders!

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#gamedev #indiedev
ShaderToHuman: Shader Debugging for Mere Mortals – GameFromScratch.com
ShaderToHuman open sourced by Electronic Arts, makes debugging and developing HLSL and GLSL shaders a heck of a lot easier
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January 16, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Bevy, the Rust-powered open-source game engine just released Bevy 0.18.

Realtime raytracing and PBR improvements, new cameras, full screen materials and more.

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#gamedev #indiedev #rustlang
Bevy 0.18 Released – GameFromScratch.com
The Bevy rust powered game development framework just released Bevy 0.18 with raytracing improvements, new cameras and much more
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January 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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It's free #gamedev asset day! Epic Games are giving away 3 free #UnrealEngine assets ( including 2 #Unity3d assets and 1 universal asset usable in #GodotEngine, #Blender3d, etc). Get them before Jan 27th completely FREE.

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FAB GameDev Asset Giveaway [Jan 13th – Jan 27th] – GameFromScratch.com
It's the Epic Games Fab GameDev Asset Giveaway for January 2026 3 UE, Unity, Godot and More game ready assets free
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January 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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Haxe language creator and @shirogames.com founder Nicolas Cannasse just released Pico GPU.

It's a virtual GPU and could become the perfect introduction environment for shader development.

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Pico GPU - Virtual GPU For Learning Shaders – GameFromScratch.com
Haxe language and Shiro Games founder Nicolas Cannasse just released a new Virtual GPU Pico GPU, ideal for learning shader programming.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Today we are looking at an extremely cool project -- the Folded Paper Engine.

This project enables you to create a game entirely in Blender, then compile/run it using Godot!

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#gamedev #indiedev #GodotEngine
Folded Paper Engine - Blender to Godot – GameFromScratch.com
The Folded Paper Engine is an interesting project that enables you to author a game entirely in Blender, then build it in Godot.
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January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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The Audio Alchemy Humble Bundle from Ovani Sounds is back in ENCORE form.

An awesome collection of #gamedev ready soundtracks, SFX and game engine plugins. It's an encore meaning a 100% repeat (and thus no video)!

GFS supporting link - humblebundleinc.sjv.io/AudioAlchemy...
Audio Alchemy: A Premium Collection of Sound FX, Music, and Game Engine Plugins from Ovani Sound Encore
Download a library of royalty and subscription-free sounds for your game, film, or creative project. Pay what you want and support charity!
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January 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Looking for a free & open source alternative to Adobe After Effects or Adobe Animate for 2D animation?

Check out the excellent FRICTION, available for Windows, Mac & Linux (and spawned by ENVE).

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Friction - Free and Open Source 2D Animation Software – GameFromScratch.com
Friction is a powerful, lightweight and cross-platform open-source 2D animation package, similar to Adobe Animate or After Effects. Friction is a fork of the now abandoned ENVE project(learn more) tha...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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The Blender Game Engine LIVES!

In fact, it has come to the recently released Blender 5, with the brand new UPGBE 0.5! #Gamedev entirely inside of Blender, start to finish!

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UPBGE 0.50 Released - Blender Game Engine Lives! – GameFromScratch.com
UPBGE 0.50 is here, this fork of Blender 5 keeps the Blender Game Engine concept alive, enabling game development entirely in Blender.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Big news for game developers: SDL 3.4 is out! 🛠️

Ok... it came out the end of last week, but you know... holidays... Still an exciting release! Oh, and Happy New Year!

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SDL 3.4 Released – GameFromScratch.com
SDL, the Simple DirectMedia Layer, is a key C/C++ game framework that just released SDL 3.4 with better GPU support, joysticks and more
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January 5, 2026 at 5:38 PM
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Ending 2025 on some happy #gamedev news!

The excellent open source C# game development framework @monogame.net just got a massive donation from @concernedape.bsky.social, the creator of Stardew Valley.

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MonoGame Received Large Donation – GameFromScratch.com
MonoGame, the popular successor to Microsofts XNA gamedev framework just got a huge donation from ConcernedApe, creator of Stardew Valley
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December 31, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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The Holidays may be over, but how does one last gift sound?

It's time for the final 2025 / first 2026 Unreal Engine Fab Asset Giveaway - 3 UE Assets + 1 Unity asset included.

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#gamedev #indiedev #UnrealEngine #unity3d
Unreal Engine Asset Giveaway [Dec 30th - Jan 13th] – GameFromScratch.com
It's time for the Epic Games Unreal Engine Fab Marketplace GameDev Asset Giveaway for Dec - January 2026. Free game assets time
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December 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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As promised, here is a more in-depth look at the Mega #GameDev Assets & Tools bundle.

It's mostly for #UnrealEngine, but contains #Unity3d and #GodotEngine assets as well.

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Mega Game Dev Asset & Tools Humble Bundle – GameFromScratch.com
The Mega Game Dev Assets & Tools Humble Bundle is now live with game assets for Unreal Engine, Unity and a few for Godot Engine as well
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December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Get #UnrealEngine, #Unity and #GodotEngine assets in the Mega #GameDev Assets & Tools bundle

This link supports GFS. Tomorrow I will have a hands-on video out showcasing these assets in action! Let me know ASAP if there's a certain one you'd like demoed!

humblebundleinc.sjv.io/MegaGameDev
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December 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Unity has a new minor pricing controversy on their hands, but it's nowhere near as drastic as the runtime fee fiasco and impacts @ 0.01% of users. But those impacted... they're VERY impacted!

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#gamedev #Indiedev #Unity3d
New Unity Price Increase... Of Sorts – GameFromScratch.com
Unity have a new minor pricing controversy on their hands, but its nowhere near as drastic as the runtime fee and only impacts high earners
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December 22, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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W4 Games, the #GodotEngine commercial support company, have just killed off one of their major products, W4 Build. On the bright side, they are also open sourcing the tech behind it as part of the process.

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W4 Games Kill off W4 Build – GameFromScratch.com
Godot commercial support company W4 Games have just shut down (and open sourced) one of their key technologies, the cloud based W4 Build
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December 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Today we go hands-on with the seminal Leadwerks 3D game engine (for the first time ever on that channel?!?!), which recently released Leadwerks 5 (based on UltraEngine).

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Leadwerks 5 Game Engine Hands-On – GameFromScratch.com
Leadwerks 5 (previously Ultra Engine) is a long running commercial 3D game engine with a new Vulkan renderer, full tools and more
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December 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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With the release of #GodotEngine 4.6 Inverse Kinematics (IK) have returned to Godot in a big way!

No clue what IK or FK even are? Don't worry, we got you covered there too!

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Inverse Kinematics (IK) Return to Godot – GameFromScratch.com
With the release of Godot 4.6 Beta, a key animation feature, Inverse Kinematics (IK) have returned to the open source game engine
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December 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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New realistic 3D environment #UnrealEngine bundle from Scansmatter.

Will hopefully have a video up tomorrow in the meanwhile here's the bundle link. Using this link helps support GFS:
humblebundleinc.sjv.io/4G3GXo
#gamedev #indiedev
Ultra High Quality Unreal Engine Environment Bundle
Get a curated library of ultra high-quality environmental assets exclusively for Unreal Engine—create what you want without the big price tag.
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December 16, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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It's time for the #UnrealEngine Fab #gamedev asset giveaway. 3 Free Unreal Assets + 1 #Unity3d (and FBX/OBJ so #GodotEngine, etc). Plus, a very nice bonus item for the holidays!

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Unreal Engine Asset Giveaway [Dec 16th – Dec 30th] – GameFromScratch.com
The Unreal Engine Fab Marketplace Asset Giveaway for December 16th to December 30th 2025 is on now for UE, Unity and other engines
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December 16, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Over the years there have been some MASSIVE mistakes in the world of #gamedev.

Today we check out The Biggest Mistakes in Game Engine History! Bet you can guess #1! ;)

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Biggest Mistakes in Game Engine History – GameFromScratch.com
Over the years there have been several huge game development/game engine fails. Today we looking at the biggest gamedev fails of all time
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December 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Godot 4.6 Beta is here!

This is the feature freeze version, meaning what you see is what you get. We check out the best new #GodotEngine features in Godot 4.6 Beta1.

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Godot 4.6 Beta - Best New Features – GameFromScratch.com
Following EXTREMELY quickly after the Godot 4.6 Dev6 release, Godot 4.6 beta1 is now available. This is an important milestone in the development of Godot 4.6 as this represents the point of feature f...
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December 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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It's early XMas for Unity developers... with 2 separate Unity Asset Store redeemed bundles

The Code Monkey curated 25 for $25 Bundle and the new BAD ASS(et) Meshingun asset Humble.

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#gamedev #indiedev #Unity3d
BAD ASSet & Code Monkey 25 for 25$ Unity Bundles – GameFromScratch.com
Two very different bundles for Unity developers, the Code Monkey 25 for $25 Asset Bundle and the Humble Bad Ass(et) Meshingun Bundle
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December 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The Best of Synty Humble Bundle is back on encore, for 2 days only!

No video since I covered it the first time around. Using this link helps support GFS:
humblebundleinc.sjv.io/ravqYB

#gamedev #indiedev
The Best of Synty Game Dev Assets
Pay what you want for <<<product>>> and support a charity of your choice!
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December 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Looking to move away from Photoshop to GIMP, or just... you know, hate the GIMP UI? If so, I have the perfect project for you... PhotoGIMP!

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PhotoGIMP - Photoshopify GIMPs User Interface – GameFromScratch.com
A great many users want an alternative to Photoshop and GIMP is an obvious choice. With PhotoGIMP you can fix much of the GIMP UI
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December 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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JetBrains "new" lighter weight IDE Fleet (and clear Visual Studio Code competitor) is dead. Download by Dec 22nd before it goes away completely.

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JetBrains Fleet is Dead – GameFromScratch.com
JetBrains Fleet IDE, a competitor to Visual Studio Code, is now dead and it will go away December 22nd, so Download now if interested
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December 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM