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Unity CEO John Riccitiello is leaving 'effective immediately' https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/unity-ceo-john-riccitiello-is-leaving-effective-immediately/
Unity CEO John Riccitiello is leaving 'effective immediately'
Unity has announced that President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors - John Riccitiello, is leaving "effective immediately".Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
also turn sound on for some atmosphere 🔊
#reposegame #gamedev #indiedev #pixelart #1bit #dungeoncrawler #gamemaker
Today we have the Executive Director of the @godotengine foundation Emilio Coppola on the show to talk about the state of Godot, where things like the asset store are going and of course the Unity drama #Gaming #Gamedev #godot #godotengine
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXc4mjrt5ks
#188 Godot Foundation Executive Director | Emilio Coppola
Recently Godot started receiving a lot more attention thanks to the Unity drama and today we have Emilio Coppola the Executive Director of the Godot foundati...YouTube
Puny Human closing after a client 'refused previously agreed-upon payments' https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/10/puny-human-closing-after-a-client-refused-previously-agreed-upon-payments/
Puny Human closing after a client 'refused previously agreed-upon payments'
Some more sad industry news here as developer Puny Human put out a press release noting that they're closing up, citing an unnamed client that refused to pay them.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
I released my Narrat Jam 2 game yesterday ✨ I made a lazy post about it at 2am but I was sleepy and it wasn't great, so here's more info.
🍂 A walk through the forest 🍂
Playable on 
This is a game where you walk through a forest, looking at pictures and identifying plants.
It is not at all a game about random ramblings of my brain 
It's meant to be a chill reflective experience that hopefully will fill your brain with thoughts.
Game link: https://lianana.itch.io/forest-walk
Submitted for the Narrat Jam 2: https://itch.io/jam/narrat-jam-2/rate/2184947
#NarratJam #Narrat #gamedev #photography #game #indie #webdev #
A walk through the forest by Liana
Walk through the forest with me, discover flowers and identify them.itch.io
Best of Synty Game Dev Assets Remix
We’ve teamed up with Synty Studios for our newest bundle. Get 3D low poly art game development assets for Unity and Unreal. Pay what you want & support charity!Humble Bundle
Godot Engine hits over 50K euros per month in funding https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/godot-engine-hits-over-50k-euros-per-month-in-funding/
#Godot #GameDev #GodotEngine #FOSS
Godot Engine hits over 50K euros per month in funding
One of the big winners of the Unity debacle is the free and open source Godot Engine, which has seen its funding soar to a much more impressive level as Unity basically gave them free advertising.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Unity nuked their Terms of Service on GitHub as 'views were so low' https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-nuked-their-terms-of-service-on-github-as-views-were-so-low/
Unity nuked their Terms of Service on GitHub as 'views were so low'
The current saga of Unity is not quite over yet, as they're still trying to clean up developer concerns after the botched announcement of the Runtime Fee.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Unity announced big changes following the hated Runtime Fee https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-announced-big-changes-following-the-hated-runtime-fee/
Unity announced big changes following the hated Runtime Fee
After the absolute disaster that was their original Runtime Fee announcement, Unity have no put up another apology and announced what the new plan is going forward.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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/
MonoGame plan to create a non-profit foundation to support development
The fallout from the big Unity mess continues, with the MonoGame team jumping in to present a new plan for the future of this open-source and cross-platform framework for game developers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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
Terraria dev Re-Logic donates $100K to Godot Engine and FNA, plus ongoing funding
Taking a firm stand against what Unity have been doing, Terraria developer Re-Logic announced today they've begun funding Godot Engine and FNA with a big donation and ongoing funding.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Unity Considers Tentative Changes To Controversial Policies https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/unity-considers-tentative-changes-to-controversial-policies/
Unity Considers Tentative Changes To Controversial Policies
In the ongoing saga of changes with Unity's revenue model, Unity seem set to make some changes but not a full reversal so here's the latest.Smellbringer (GamingOnLinux)
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 apologises for the new runtime fee, say they will make changes
After leaving developers furious for nearly a whole week after the recent announcement of making developers pay for game installs, Unity put up a fresh statement.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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)
Humble Tech Book Bundle: Game Programming with C++ & Unreal by Packt
We’ve teamed up with Packt for our newest bundle. Get books on coding with C++, Unreal Engine, and Blueprints. Pay what you want & support Room to Read!Humble Bundle
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)
Everything you need to know about Godot 4 Bundle
We’ve teamed up with Zenva Academy for a bundle of courses to teach you to make and develop games with Godot. Pay what you want & support Girls Who Code!Humble Bundle
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 attempt to clarify new install fees as developers revolt
The saga with the Unity game engine continues, after their completely botched announcement of a new fee system game developers will need to pay.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Here's some alternatives to the Unity game engine https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/heres-some-alternatives-to-the-unity-game-engine/
Here's some alternatives to the Unity game engine
In the wake of Unity setting everything on fire with their new revenue model for developers, here's a reminder on what other game engines and tech is out there for developers to look into.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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 introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs
Unity Technologies have announced an overhaul to their fees for game developers, which now includes tracking game installs and revenue.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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.
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?"
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/
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/
The open source Godot Engine has a new Godot Development Fund
The same day that Unity confused all their developers with a new pay per user install revenue model, the team behind the open source Godot Engine just announced their new Godot Development Fund.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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 introduces new fees for game devs based on revenue and game installs
Unity Technologies have announced an overhaul to their fees for game developers, which now includes tracking game installs and revenue.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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/
Game porter Ethan Lee offers services to maintain old games for developers
Ethan Lee, otherwise known as flibitijibibo (really rolls off the tongue huh), who created FNA and has ported a ton of games to Linux, macOS and more has announced a new game maintenance service for developers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mike from Gamefromscratch has published a video covering the Liblast project.
Yes - THAT Gamefromscratch.
- 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/
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)
Fantasy and Sci Fi essentials for Unity
This treasure trove of sci-fi and fantasy assets will bring your Unity game project to the next level! Pay what you want and support Alzheimer's Research UK!Humble Bundle
#gamedev #indiegame
Solo Indie Game Dev Essentials Bundle
This comprehensive curriculum of online courses from GameDev.tv will help you jumpstart your solo indie dev ambitions! Your purchase supports One Tree Planted.Humble Bundle
Learn to make no-code games with GDevelop and Fanatical
Want to make games but don't know how to code? The free and open source GDevelop is a great cross-platform tool with an events-driven system.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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
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/
Kenney Jam 2023
A game jam from 2023-07-21 to 2023-07-29 hosted by Kenney. Description Create a game using only game assets made by Kenney . You can use, edit, and remix them however you like (see the rules below) . A theme i...itch.io
[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:
- It's better to make smaller games, as my last game was a more complex one that I couldn't finish
- 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
Summer Slow Jams 2023: Narrative
A game jam from 2023-07-11 to 2023-07-25 hosted by Portland Indie Game Squad. Let's make Narrative games! The Creative Theme is "Doomsday" Join us in our Opening Event on July 10th in person and Closing Showcase Stream at twitch...itch.io
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
Godot Engine has a new funding platform and they're calling for help
With Godot Engine moving over to being supported by the Godot Foundation directly, they've begun pushing for people to support their efforts via their new funding platform inspired by Blender.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)