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Once upon a time the popular Windows-only graphics application Paint.NET was open source, but it was closed a long time ago (2009!). Paint.NET is popular due to it’s Photoshop-like capabilities, but in an easy to use and free package. Pinta carried on the open source nature of the original Paint.NET
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SpriteLoop is a free 2D animation tool for Windows, Mac and Linux for creating animations from a collection of images, a style known as cut out animations. In many ways it’s a free but limited version of popular animation tools like Spriter and Spine. Features of SpriteLoop include: Key Links
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Game development has never been more accessible than it is now, we have so many free or free to start game engines and tools right now… perhaps too many. If you have zero experience trying to get started on your game development journey can be daunting, so we created this
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MubLoop is an awesome new and FREE tool for creating audio loops and clips. Sadly it is only currently available for Windows. The tool is described as: MubLoop is a free Windows tool for creating seamless audio loops and clean clips from audio files, designed for game developers and audio
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Today we are going to look at the game engines that have been the most impactful or important for game development. This list is heavily opinion based and driven by a few criteria. First all of the game engines (with one honourable mention exception) were all available to the general
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We have never been more spoiled for choice when it comes to the world of game development. Today we are going to take a look at 16 of the most exciting tools and game engines in development right now. This isn’t by any means a “best of” list, just a
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Looking for a tool for digital painting? Check. Looking for a pixel art creation tool? Check. Looking for a 2D animation tool? Check. Looking for a vector graphics application? Check. Looking for a node based procedural FX system? Check. As you may be able to tell from the list above,
PixiEditor – Universal 2D Graphics Editor Read More
Every other Tuesday we get an Unreal Engine Fab marketplace giveaway, and this Tuesday is no exception. You can get three free game development assets during the next two week for Unreal as well as one that works with the Unity game engine (in fact this assets ships with Maya and FBX
Fab August Free Asset Giveaway [Aug 12 – Aug 26] Read More
Choosing a game engine is never an easy task, especially when you are just starting out and don’t even know what questions to ask! Today we look at two of the most popular game engines, the open-source Godot game engine and the juggernaut Unity game engine and hopefully help to
Godot vs Unity – Which to Choose in 2025? Read More
In the most direct attempt to woo Unity developers to switch to Unreal Engine yet, Epic games have just released the Parrot Game Sample. This is a full 3 level mini-game, authored identically in both Unity and Unreal Engine. Epic Games commissioned developers Secret Dimension to create Unity and Unreal
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