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C++ and C# have dominated as #gamedev programming languages for many years.
There are a large number of "new" game friendly modern system level programming languages. So let's check them out!
https://gamefromscratch.com/modern-game-programming-languages/
Gate, the awesome new GDScript superset programming language for #GodotEngine just got a massive 1.1 (and 1.1.1) patch adding unions, tuples, typed callables + more and fixing some of my biggest pain points.
Drop the GitHub a star if you like it - https://github.com/Blade67/GATE
The awesome FREE* and open source 3D Substance-like texturing app ArmorPaint just hit a massive milestone - ArmorPaint 1.0!
*It's free if you build it yourself, and in the video we walk step by step through the build process too.
https://gamefromscratch.com/armorpaint-1-0-released/
#gamedev #indiedev
Godot 4.8 Dev5 was just released and it comes with a much sought after feature -
Texture Streaming!
...and a couple other new things too.
Theres a very interesting new #Blender3d character bundle on Humble. Im thinking about covering for Monday morning. Any interest in a video?
GFS supporting link - https://humblebundleinc.sjv.io/R0oJWg
#gamedev
Today we are checking out a very interesting to #gamedev project for the #GodotEngine.
It's Gate - a high level GDScript superset that adds a TON of functionality to Godot scripting.
Think TypeScript -> JavaScript and you've got Gate.
https://gamefromscratch.com/gate-an-improved-gdscript/
Unigine have just released Unigine 2.22 which continues to address one of Unigine's traditional weaknesses - Animation tools. They also confirmed the existence of (but didn't release) console support.
https://gamefromscratch.com/unigine-2-22-released/
Launched in 2025, Gotcha Gotcha Game's new #GodotEngine powered Action Game Maker was an intriguing new game engine...
...it also kinda sucked.
Now, with the 2.0 beta... that's changing in a big way!
https://gamefromscratch.com/action-game-maker-massive-2-0-beta/
Today we check out VOID - An awesome new .NET/C# #gamedev framework.
If you like XNA or MonoGame, you will feed immediately at home in the... VOID. Ok, I'll see myself out.
https://gamefromscratch.com/void-net-2d-game-development-framework/
Today we are checking out the Prowl Game Engine.
This awesome "new-ish" C# game engine includes both a Unity-like editor and a massive underlying and completely modular set of #gamedev frameworks, all under the MIT license.
Breaking up with Adobe keeps getting easier and easer!
Now Lightroom, After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator and more all have new FREE competitors!
https://gamefromscratch.com/leaving-adobe-keeps-getting-easier/
Well... here's an interesting one...
It's Pyrite64.
What's Pyrite 64? Basically its a Unity like game engine... for the Nintendo 64! It's a shockingly robust and awesome game engine.
https://gamefromscratch.com/pyrite64-the-unity-like-nintendo-64-game-engine/
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
https://gamefromscratch.com/slay-the-spire-2-dev-mega-crit-sponsor-godot/
The awesome, free, cross-platform Defold game engine has made a major transition... into full glorious 3D!
https://gamefromscratch.com/defold-is-now-a-full-3d-game-engine/
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.
https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-popularity-in-2026/ #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.
https://gamefromscratch.com/godot-4-7-dev3-and-dev4-released/
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.
Earlier this week Blender announced Anthropic AI was joining as a corporate patron.
To say this was divisive would be putting it mildly. A result of the fallout Blender CEO announced changes to the donation & AI policy going forward.
https://gamefromscratch.com/blender-x-anthropic-the-fallout/
#blender3d #gamedev
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!
https://gamefromscratch.com/project-falcon-free-3d-kitbash-app-from-autodesk/
After more than 7 years in development, the Rust powered 2D/3D game engine with a Unity-like editor - Fyrox - hit a major milestone... the release of Fyrox 1.0.0!
https://gamefromscratch.com/after-7-years-of-development-fyrox-1-0-is-here/
Shadertoy has long been a massively important resource for #gamedev. It is THE place for shader development...
It's also a bit long in the tooth and slow to develop... Enter FragCoord by @XorDev. Basically Shadertoy 2.0.
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/
Today we check out an extension for #GodotEngine that really should be built-in, DebugDraw 3D. It makes visualization inside Godot stupidly easy.
