MonoGame plan to create a non-profit foundation to support development https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/monogame-plan-to-create-a-non-profit-foundation-to-support-development/

#GameDev #MonoGame

Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/terraria-developer-re-logic-donates-100k-to-godot-engine-and-fna/

#Unity #GodotEngine #FNA #Terraria #GameDev

Unity Considers Tentative Changes To Controversial Policies https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-considers-tentative-changes-to-controversial-policies/

#Unity #GameDev

Unity apologises for the new runtime fee, say they will make changes https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-apologises-for-the-new-runtime-fee-say-they-will-make-changes/

#Unity #GameDev

Don't miss that Humble also have an Unreal Engine bundle too: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/game-programming-with-c-unreal-packt-books?partner=gamingonlinux (partner link)

#GameDev #UnrealEngine #Unity

Go learn some Godot Engine with Humble Bundle, great timing! https://www.humblebundle.com/software/everything-you-need-to-know-about-godot-4-encore-software?partner=gamingonlinux (partner link)

#Godot #Unity #GameDev

Unity attempt to clarify new install fees as developers revolt https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-attempt-to-clarify-new-install-fees-as-developers-revolt/

#Unity #GameDev

Here's some alternatives to the Unity game engine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/heres-some-alternatives-to-the-unity-game-engine/

#GameDev #Unity #Gaming

Unity introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs - article updated based on responses from Unity (it's not looking great) https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-introduces-new-fees-for-game-devs-based-on-revenue-and-game-installs/

#Unity #GameDev

Huh, so Unity has reached the killing-the-golden-goose point of their enshittification: https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/unity-to-start-charging-fee-pegged-to-game-installs

20c per install doesn't sound like much to PC users, but that's potentially enough to nuke mobile gaming entirely. Which they know, because they also run the stats system mobile devs use to calculate ARPU/ARPPU.

Unreal taking a small cut of revenue works fine. That's based on you know, money you made.

Unity charging based on "Installs" might actually cost you money in mobile space. Or if you do a PS+ freebie. Or GamePass. Or especially an EpicStore freebie. They know what they're doing, and it's fucking evil.

EDIT: it's listed under monthly? This might be a monthly fee? Unclear.

#GameDev #Unity3D

Unity introducing new fee attached to game installs

Unity's new "Runtime Fee" will kick in after developers cross specific revenue and install thresholds.

^{Bryant Francis (Game Developer)}

Planning on moving from #Unity to #godotengine? Last year I wrote a guide "From Unity to Godot: Game Objects and Components in Godot?"

#GameDev

https://alfredbaudisch.com/blog/gamedev/from-unity-to-godot-where-are-my-game-objects-and-components/

From Unity to Godot: Game Objects and Components in Godot?

Learn how to contextualize Unity's concepts of Game Objects, Components and Prefabs in Godot with Nodes, Scenes, Node Trees and Scene Trees.

^{alfredbaudisch (Alfred Reinold Baudisch)}

A couple free & open-source Engines and game frameworks you can use today as alternatives. Feel free to comment with more.

Godot - https://godotengine.org
Defold - https://defold.com/
FNA - https://fna-xna.github.io/
SDL - https://www.libsdl.org/
SFML - https://www.sfml-dev.org/
Adventure Studio - https://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/
bgfx - https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx
armory3d - https://armory3d.org/
ogre3d - https://www.ogre3d.org/
Renpy - https://www.renpy.org/

#gamedev

Godot Engine - Free and open source 2D and 3D game engine

Godot provides a huge set of common tools, so you can just focus on making your game without reinventing the wheel.

^{Godot Engine}

The open source Godot Engine has a new Godot Development Fund https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/the-open-source-godot-engine-has-a-new-godot-development-fund/

#GodotEngine #Godot #GameDev

Unity introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-introduces-new-fees-for-game-devs-based-on-revenue-and-game-installs/

#Unity #GameDev

Lil' clip showing a lot of stuff!

Making a game is so long and I keep getting distracted by playing it lmao ;o;

Fight mechanics and animations are next!

#indiedev #pixelart #gamedev

Game porter Ethan Lee offers services to maintain old games for developers https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/game-porter-ethan-lee-offers-services-to-maintain-old-games-for-developers/

#Gaming #GameDev #IndieGames

Mike from Gamefromscratch has published a video covering the Liblast project.

Yes - THAT Gamefromscratch.

https://youtu.be/2y6mnmytrBY

- unfa

#Gamefromscratch #Gamedev #IndieGame #IndieDev #Liblast

LIBLAST - Godot 4 'Unreal Tournament' Like Open Source Game Project

Liblast (Libre + Blast) is an interesting open source project for creating a Team Fortress like game using the Godot game engine, as well as all FOSS game cr...

^YouTube

New blog post: Ten years of Capture the Flag

https://blog.rubenwardy.com/2023/08/16/minetest-ctf-is-10/

#Minetest #gamedev

Ten years of Capture The Flag

CTF is a PvP game made using Minetest. This article covers the history of CTF, the lessons I learned, and the changes I made along the way.

^{rubenwardy (blog.rubenwardy.com)}

Hey, I'm Kae (they/them)!

I'm a solo dev that works in Gamemaker, Aseprite and FLStudio. Working away at Project Harvest, a murder mystery adventure game. I love horror, monsters and dark tunes~ 🎵

#Introduction #Gamedev #Indiedev #PixelArt #GameMaker

The summer #FediverseJam has ended! Thank you everyone who participated. Ill be running these semiannually and we should get more and more people each time

You can check out the entries here: https://itch.io/jam/summer-fediverse-jam/entries

And you can post your game over on the playmygame community on programming.dev if you want to get some more players

Ill be doing a stream monday at around 7pm ET playing the games that have been submitted if you want to stop by to chat with me in realtime

#gamedev #gamejam

Submissions to Summer Fediverse Jam

^itch.io

Don't forget, Kenney Jam is happening this weekend! 📣 The 7th annual event where you're challenged to create a game using only Kenney game assets.

Join here: https://jam.kenney.nl/

#gamedev #gamejam

[Now Released] Here have a little preview of The Sun Gem

an upcoming choose your own adventure game I'm working on for the #Commodore64 as part of a game jam

Some things I learned when making this:

1. It's better to make smaller games, as my last game was a more complex one that I couldn't finish
2. Developing for a retro computer is easier when you don't use a game engine (luckily I don't really like working with game engines anyways)

Edit: I released the game! Check it out here!

#GameDev #RetroGames #Commodore @gamedev@lemmy.blahaj.zone @gamedev@programming.dev

So, since JoinMastodon.org has decided to change the way servers are listed on their website — showing preference for large servers who do not have a manual review process to join —>

May I ask that you Boost this post so people can find us at https://mstdn.games ?

We’re an all-inclusive #gaming community and our Local feed is amazing — absolutely the go-to place for all things #Games. Our Mods are top tier.

#VideoGames #TTRPG #Streamer #DnD #GameDev #Twitch #LGBTQ #LGBT

Mastodon Games

We are a gaming-focused space on Mastodon. We welcome everyone who enjoys any type of gaming - it doesn't just need to be video games. Let's build a diverse and inclusive community together!

^{Mastodon hosted on mstdn.games}

If you're not aware of the Black Game Developer Fund (I wasn't!), hey, now you are. This is rad! https://blackgamedevfund.com/apply/

Yo #GameDev folks, maybe spread this one out a bit? I know very little about the fund itself / I can't vouch for it or anything, but more options to choose from is better than less when it comes to funding.

“87% of games released before 2010 are no longer commercially available – and it’s a huge loss for the art form”

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/jul/12/pushing-buttons-playing-old-video-games

It’s a good reason to open source your games once their commercial long tail had expired.

#gamedev #indiedev #opensource

Pushing Buttons: Why it’s getting harder to play your old favourite games

In this week’s newsletter: A new report says 87% of games released before 2010 are no longer commercially available – and it’s a huge loss for the art form

^{Simon Parkin (The Guardian)}

Apparently, there's a Fediverse game jam coming up in a month!

If you ever wanted a reason to work together with some of the cool artists/composers/devs that you've met on the fediverse, this could be a good excuse!

https://itch.io/jam/summer-fediverse-jam

#FediverseJam #indiedev #pixelart #gamedev #godotengine #gamejam

Summer Fediverse Jam

A game jam from 2023-07-14 to 2023-07-30 hosted by Ategon. Welcome! Welcome to the summer fediverse jam! This is a nine day game jam over the course of two weekends + a set of weekdays where you need to make a...

^itch.io

If anyone is interested I've started up a Godot community on lemmy for those who are migrating from reddit!

Feel free to join and show off your stuff as people start moving over to it 😀, weve got a showoff thread where you can showcase your current work or you can make a separate post for it

https://programming.dev/c/godot

(You can see the posts from right here on mastodon as well, just search for the url above in the search bar (with https:// in front of it))

#godotengine #godot #gamedev #lemmy

I'm wondering, if more people play the Erra: Exordium on Steam Deck, will it affect the time game verified?

EARLY ACCESS https://store.steampowered.com/app/1224030/

#gamedev #indiedev #gaming #pixelart​ #indiegame #GamingNews #gamingcommunity #indiegames #gamedevelopment #steam #steamdeck