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Major leadership changes at Unity.

Co-Founder... out.
IronSource... out.
Zynga... in.

https://gamefromscratch.com/major-leadership-changes-at-unity/

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@Xanatos To be fair, it's not Zynga on the board... it's not like Zynga or T2 will have any influence.

It's someone FROM Zynga.

So it's more about attitude, experiences and mindset than any level of tangible or overt control.

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It's time for free assets from Epic Games ... not just for this month, but also , , and more!

Also, a new 3D asset pack from Kenney, a Unity publisher giveaway and more! All FREE

https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-feb-giveaway-unity-giveaway-more/

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Toyota - Yes, that Toyota, have just announced they are creating a new "console-grade" open source cross platform game engine - Fluorite, powered but Flutter.

https://gamefromscratch.com/toyota-create-new-game-engine-fluorite/

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The Epic Game Store... and more specifically the Epic Games Launcher SUUUCCCCKKKKS!

Not just a little, it's literally one of the worst apps installed on my PC.

Thankfully Epic know this, agree and are finally fixing it!
https://gamefromscratch.com/epic-are-finally-fixing-the-awful-epic-game-launcher/

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Today we check out EZ-Tree

It's a free and open source procedural tree generator that is shocking powerful. Easily create 3D trees for , , , and more in just a few clicks.

https://gamefromscratch.com/ez-tree-free-procedural-tree-generation-software/

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The Flash era is finally over... Adobe have just announced that Adobe Animate is dead.

Adobe Animate is still used in a ton of game & animation studios, so no doubt this news isn't going to make Adobe many friends...

https://gamefromscratch.com/adobe-kill-off-adobe-animate/

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Want to learn in 2026? Check out this new course bundle by @ZenvaTweets. Contains mostly new to Humble courses, learn to dev 2D Action RPGs, Tower Defense games and more.
https://gamefromscratch.com/learn-godot-in-2026-humble-course-bundle/

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Popular free & open-source code/text editor Notepad++ has been hacked!

Highly recommended you update to the newest release! Don't worry, it's not a virus, just having Notepad++ installed isn't enough.

https://gamefromscratch.com/notepad-hacked/

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As promised here is our closer look at the contents of the HUGE Battle Hardened Game Asset Humble Bundle for & by Hivemind.

https://gamefromscratch.com/battle-hardened-game-asset-hivemind-humble-bundle/

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There is a HUGE new Humble for and .

It's from Hivemind, redeemed on both Fab and Unity Asset Store and contains highly modular and customizable environments.

Hands-on video tomorrow.

Direct bundle link supporting GFS - https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/HivemindBundle

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Blender just got a massive new backer -- Netflix.

Specifically Netflix Animation Studio has joined the Blender Development Foundation at the highest support tier

https://gamefromscratch.com/netflix-join-blender-development-fund/

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3 in 1 news -

  • The State of Fab in 2025 released - is Fab Good Now?
  • 3 New Game Asset Humble Bundles released
  • Free (and ) Game Asset Giveaway!

https://gamefromscratch.com/new-bundles-fab-giveaway-the-state-of-fab/

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Rejoice fans.... Godot 4.6 has been released!

https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-6-released/

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A "spicy" secret $800M partnership between Google and Epic Games has just been revealed.

https://gamefromscratch.com/secret-800m-google-x-epic-games-partnership/

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What high level programming comfort of languages like C#, C++ and Rust, but the low level predictability, performance and portability of C?

If you answered yes... check out Zen C.

https://gamefromscratch.com/zen-c-a-better-c-programming-language/

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This is Yūgen's Terrain Authoring Toolkit.

A new open-source add-on for creating 3D Terrain for Pixel Art or retro style games. It's incredibly easy to use and pretty feature complete.

https://gamefromscratch.com/yugens-terrain-authoring-toolkit-for-godot/

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One of my favorite applications just updated!

Material Maker 1.5 has been released... it's the best free alternative to Substance Designer! Easily create procedural textures for , and !

https://gamefromscratch.com/material-maker-1-5-released/

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The future of the Hazel Engine and The Cherno YouTube channel both got a bit bleaker with today's announcement.

https://gamefromscratch.com/rip-hazel-engine/

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Mixcraft 10.6 is finally available on Humble!

Mixcraft is (IMHO) the easiest to learn Windows-based DAW. We go hands-on with this idiot-proof DAW... in the hands of perhaps the biggest audio idiot you could find... me! ;)

https://gamefromscratch.com/mixcraft-10-6-humble-audio-bundle/

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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!

https://gamefromscratch.com/shadertohuman-shader-debugging-for-mere-mortals/

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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.

https://gamefromscratch.com/bevy-0-18-released/

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It's free asset day! Epic Games are giving away 3 free assets ( including 2 assets and 1 universal asset usable in , , etc). Get them before Jan 27th completely FREE.

https://gamefromscratch.com/fab-gamedev-asset-giveaway-jan-13th-jan-27th/

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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.

https://gamefromscratch.com/pico-gpu-virtual-gpu-for-learning-shaders/

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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!

https://gamefromscratch.com/folded-paper-engine-blender-to-godot/

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The Audio Alchemy Humble Bundle from Ovani Sounds is back in ENCORE form.

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

GFS supporting link - https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/AudioAlchemyEncore

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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).

https://gamefromscratch.com/friction-free-and-open-source-2d-animation-software/

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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! entirely inside of Blender, start to finish!

https://gamefromscratch.com/upbge-0-50-released-blender-game-engine-lives/

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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!

https://gamefromscratch.com/sdl-3-4-released/

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Ending 2025 on some happy news!

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

https://gamefromscratch.com/monogame-received-large-donation/

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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.

https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-asset-giveaway-dec-30th-jan-13th/

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Get , and assets in the Mega 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!

https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/MegaGameDev

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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!

https://gamefromscratch.com/new-unity-price-increase-of-sorts/

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W4 Games, the 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.

https://gamefromscratch.com/w4-games-kill-off-w4-build/

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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).

https://gamefromscratch.com/leadwerks-5-game-engine-hands-on/

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With the release of 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!

https://gamefromscratch.com/inverse-kinematics-ik-return-to-godot/

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It's time for the Fab asset giveaway. 3 Free Unreal Assets + 1 (and FBX/OBJ so , etc). Plus, a very nice bonus item for the holidays!

https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-asset-giveaway-dec-16th-dec-30th/

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Over the years there have been some MASSIVE mistakes in the world of .

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

https://gamefromscratch.com/biggest-mistakes-in-game-engine-history/

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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 features in Godot 4.6 Beta1.

https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-6-beta-best-new-features/

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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.

https://gamefromscratch.com/bad-asset-code-monkey-25-for-25-unity-bundles/

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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!

https://gamefromscratch.com/photogimp-photoshopify-gimps-user-interface/

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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.

https://gamefromscratch.com/jetbrains-fleet-is-dead/

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The wait for Godot 4.6 is almost over. have recently released Godot 4.6 Dev5 and Dev6, the final Dev releases as we enter Godot 4.6 Beta (and feature freeze).

This means, feature-wise, what you see is what you get!

https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-6-dev5-and-dev6-released/

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Humble are RERUNING a learning bundle by @GameDevTV. It's available for 2 days only. So, if you're looking to learn Godot this could be a great pickup. No video since this is an encore/repeat!

Affiliate Link - https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/LearnGodot2025Encore

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Unity have just released Unity 6.3.

This is a LTS release (AKA, the one you should use if starting a new project) and it's got some great new features, especially for 2D/2.5D !

https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-6-3-released/

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The free cross platform beginner friendly game engine GDevelop just released GDevelop 5.6.

The 5.6 release has a massive new feature... full 3D support, including a full 3D level editor!

https://gamefromscratch.com/gdevelop-5-6-now-a-fully-3d-game-engine/

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Overshadowed by the partnership between Epic Games and Unity, at Unite 2025 there was another major revelation... or lack thereof I suppose.

Unity 7... is dead. As a dodo. Gone.

https://gamefromscratch.com/unity-7-is-dead/

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Its time for the Fab asset giveaway for December 2025! Includes an asset usable in , , etc.

Get them free by Dec 16th and they are yours free forever!
https://gamefromscratch.com/unreal-engine-asset-giveaway-dec-2nd-dec-16th/