SDL adds expanded support for the new Steam Controller without Steam gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/sdl-…
#SteamController #SDL #OpenSource #GameDev
A future release of SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) will come with improved support for Valve's new Steam Controller to run without Steam needed.Liam Squires-Hand (GamingOnLinux)
Unity AI out in Open Beta to give developers the fabled "make game" button gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/unit…
AI, AI, AI - now in your game engine too! Unity has rolled out Unity AI in Open Beta that will apparently help games be created faster.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
GameMaker is launching GMRT, a new modern runtime with source access gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/game…
The popular game engine GameMaker continues advancing, with a new GMRT runtime that will give developers source access and much more.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Lazy Kickers is coming this summer on Steam! Incremental football micro-manager! Grow balls, shoot goals, get coins and dominate the league charts!
Click the magic button on Steam and make sure to tell all your friends about it!
I made the engine from scratch in C/C++ (yes, both) and it works smoothly with tons of stuff on screen even on the slowest PCs!
store.steampowered.com/app/461…
#indiedev #gamedev #incremental #idler
Lazy kickers is a tiny soccer incremental where you grow balls from plants and shoot goals for coins. Start small and climb the leaderboards, unlocking more upgrades to score millions and plunge the playing field into total chaos.store.steampowered.com
Valve make steps to improve Steam Deck Verification, giving developers more performance data gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/valv…
#SteamDeck #GameDev #SteamOS #Linux
Valve revealed an update for game developers on Steam, giving some access to more data on how their games perform on the Linux-powered (SteamOS) Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer) ban AI / LLM code contributions gamingonlinux.com/2026/04/sdl-…
#OpenSource #AI #GenAI #LLM #SDL #GameDev
SDL (Simple DirectMedia Layer), the incredibly popular cross-platform development library, has formally banned all AI code contributions.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
AMD FSR SDK 2.2 released with FSR Upscaling 4.1 and FSR Ray Regeneration 1.1 gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/amd-…
#AMD #FSR #PCGaming #Gaming #GameDev
AMD FSR Upscaling 4.1 and AMD FSR Ray Regeneration 1.1 are now available as part of the AMD FSR SDK 2.2 release today for game developers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Unity announce expanded supported for Steam, Native Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine gamingonlinux.com/2026/03/unit…
#Unity #Linux #Steam #GameDev #SteamOS
For GDC 2026, Unity revealed expanded official support is coming for Steam. This includes Native Linux, Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Buckshot Roulette dev becomes a major Godot Engine donor gamingonlinux.com/2026/02/buck…
#Godot #GodotEngine #Gaming #OpenSource #GameDev
The Godot team announced that Mike Klubnika, the developer of Buckshot Roulette and s.p.l.i.t, has become a major funding donor for the open source game engine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Still hard at work on content for the Steam page 😅
Spent this week working on code mechanics and making cats for the demo. Almost done with the models, just 2.5 left to go
Can't show the full cast yet, but here are two fluffy freelancers based on concepts by a follower. They are working hard.. or at least pretending to, just like real cats 🐱💻
#GameDev #IndieDev #IndieGame #CozyGames #PuzzleGame #Unity3D #CatsOfMastodon #SoloDev #Blender3D #MastoArt #Steam #LowPoly #Cute #Wholesome #CatGame
The judgment on this face... 
Bit by bit, I'm adding new cats and variations to my cozy puzzle game. More coming soon! ✨
#IndieDev #GameDev #CozyGames #PuzzleGame #IndieGame #MadeWithUnity #Cats #Wholesome #SoloDev #CatGame #Casual #Unity #Steam #Cute #Chill #CatsOfMastodon #LowPoly #3DArt #GamedevMastodon
Netflix Animation Studios are now funding Blender development gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/netf…
#OpenSource #Netflix #Blender #GameDev
Blender, the free and open source 3D creation software has pulled in another major supporter, with Netflix now funding future development.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The free and open source Godot Engine 4.6 is out now with major upgrades gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-…
#Godot #GodotEngine #Gaming #OpenSource #GameDev
Game developers should take a look at the brand new Godot Engine 4.6 release, bringing a big refresh to the popular cross-platform open source game engine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Hello #Mastodon! 👋 This is my #Introduction here.
I'm a solo dev making my first #Cozy game for Steam called #Catomino.
Honestly, I’m kinda obsessed with how these cats jiggle 🐈✨
🧵 Follow for devlogs and cute cats!
#IndieDev #GameDev #PuzzleGame #Cats #MadeWithUnity #SoloDev #CozyGame #3DArt #Ukraine
Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025 with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/over…
#Steam #Gaming #PCGaming #GameDev
Showing just how insane it is to be a game developer right now, we've hit an all-time high for game releases on Steam in 2025 and not many get seen.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Ready for the Steam Frame, Khronos Group announced a new OpenXR "Best Practices Validation Layer" gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/read…
#OpenXR #SteamFrame #VR #VirtualReality #GameDev #Gaming
The Khronos Group, the stewards of various open protocols like OpenGL, Vulkan, OpenXR and more just revealed a new tool for XR (VR / AR) developers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Sentry gets improved crash reporting for games running via Proton / Wine on SteamOS / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/sent…
#Sentry #SteamOS #Linux #GameDev #Wine #Proton
Sentry is a toolkit for game devs to monitor errors, performance and more and now it should work a lot better on Linux / SteamOS with Wine / Proton.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The Godot Engine 2025 showreel is out gamingonlinux.com/2025/11/the-…
#Godot #GodotEngine #Gaming #OpenSource #GameDev
Showing off a bunch of what's capable with the free and open source game engine Godot, the 2025 showreel has been released.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Krafton (PUBG, Subnautica, inZOI) becoming an "AI-First" company gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/kraf…
#Krafton #AI #AIGen #GameDev #Gaming #PCGaming
Krafton, the publisher of the likes of: PUBG, Subnautica, inZOI and Dinkum, have just put out a press release talking about a major investment into AI.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Gaijin Entertainment announced EdenSpark, an open source "AI-assisted" platform for making games gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/gaij…
#GaijinEntertainment #GameDev #FOSS #OpenSource #AI
EdenSpark seemed like a pretty exciting announcement for game developers and the open source community, until you read about the AI generation involved.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Unity devs are scrambling to update their games due to a recent security issue gamingonlinux.com/2025/10/unit…
#Unity #GameDev #Gaming #PCGaming
The Unity team recently revealed a security issue in their game engine, with lots of developers scrambling to update their games.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Godot 4.5 released with lots of big new features gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/godo…
Godot Engine 4.5 has been officially released further enhancing this free and open source cross-platform game engine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Always been fascinated by sky islands, wish there was a nice way to make them in
@godotengine , sprinkle some
@kenney stuff, some extra meshes with the same textures and a few more and a nice sky, a little scrolling shader and voilà.
Anyone want to learn Godot? New Humble Bundle humblebundleinc.sjv.io/c/57729… (partner link)
Learn Godot in 2025 with our latest Software Bundle of courses from Zenva—pay what you want & support NPower with your purchase!Humble Bundle
AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4) now available for all developers with FidelityFX SDK 2.0 gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/amd-…
AMD have finally released FidelityFX SDK 2.0, which includes support for FidelityFX Super Resolution 4 (FSR 4), so now all developers can use it.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Help more get noticed with the Game Devs of Color Support Bundle on itch.io gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/help…
#Gaming #GameDev #GDoC #GameBundle
Containing over 100 items, the Game Devs of Color Support Bundle is now live on itch.io.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
JetBrains now a Platinum sponsor of Godot Engine gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/jetb…
#GodotEngine #Godot #GameDev #OpenSource
Godot Foundation announced that JetBrains have become a Platinum sponsor of Godot Engine development, helping push this cross-platform open source game engine.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Free and open source 2D graphics editor PixiEditor 2.0 out now with Linux support gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/free…
#PixiEditor #OpenSource #GameDev #Art #Linux
PixiEditor is a free and open source fully-featured 2D graphics editor, now better than ever with the 2.0 release out that brings Linux support.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
New development update video!
I'm working on networking.
Big brain energy needed. I've read and studied a lot about networking in FPS games throughout the years, but my own implementations so far have been rather unimpressive.
You think I can knock it out of he park this time around? I've been doing Liblast for 5 years now, this is the 4th from-the-ground-up iteration of the project. I hop I've learned my lesson by now...
- unfa
Vulkan API developers try to address some developer frustrations with a new extension gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/vulk…
#Vulkan #GameDev #Linux #OpenSource
Vulkan has been out for around 9 years now, and The Khronos Group continue tweaking it for developers to remove frustrations.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Godot 4.5 beta 1 brings Wayland improvements, shader baking, rendering improvements gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/godo…
#Godot #GameDev #OpenSource #GameEngine
Godot 4.5 is going to be an excellent release of the free, open source and cross-platform game engine with a first Beta needing testing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ACTION GAME MAKER confirm plans for Linux support for the editor and game exports gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/acti…
#ACTIONGAMEMAKER #GameDev #Godot
ACTION GAME MAKER is the brand new release from Gotcha Gotcha Games, who are known for the RPG Maker series and it's good news for Linux fans.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Khronos Group announce the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension gamingonlinux.com/2025/06/khro…
Another expansion of the Vulkan graphics API has arrived with the Vulkan Video Decode VP9 Extension.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
ACTION GAME MAKER devs exploring Linux support for the editor and exports gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/acti…
#GameDev #Godot #ACTIONGAMEMAKER
ACTION GAME MAKER, the upcoming game making toolkit from Gotcha Gotcha Games (RPG Maker series) are exploring Linux support now.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Valve give Steam developer and publisher pages a little extra visibility gamingonlinux.com/2025/05/valv…
#Steam #Gaming #GameDev #PCGaming
Valve have done a couple of small but useful tweaks to developer and publisher homepages, resulting in hopefully a little more visibility.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Working on a lot of bug fixes for Project DogWalk at this point.
Currently waiting for access to the Steam page :3
Also wondering what I could be posting about. Now there's finally time to do more writing and making-of material!
There's a new Godot Engine game dev bundle that may be worth grabbing: humblebundleinc.sjv.io/c/57729… (partner linky)
Kickstart your game dev career with these online courses on Godot 4! Make games in 2D & 3D and help support charity with your purchase.Humble Bundle
Ever since Godot 4.0 pre-alpha the reflection probes are sometimes causing flashes when baking their internal cubemaps.
Years later this is still a problem I don;'t know how to solve.
Maybe somebody has found a way to tackle this?
forum.godotengine.org/t/how-to…
- unfa
Godot Version Godot 4 pre-alpha - Godot 4.4.2 stable. Question This is a pretty old issue - I have had this problem since Godot 4 was in pre-alpha, and it’s still not resolved fully. So I am looking for ways to cope.Godot Forum
Ubisoft open sourced Chroma, their colourblind simulation tool gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/ubis…
#Ubisoft #OpenSource #Accessibility #Gaming #GameDev
Wonderful to see! Ubisoft announced yesterday that they've open sourced their colourblind simulation tool Chroma (UbiChroma as it's called on GitHub), after several years of internal use and development.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
