FNA gets Direct3D 11 support on Linux using DXVK and vkd3d
Some fun for game developers and game porters looking at Linux and Steam Deck here, as FNA has released a major upgrade that has early support for Direct3D 11 on Linux.
Category: Game Dev
Dust off your game dev environment with the Linux Game Jam 2023
The Linux Game Jam 2023 is happening and a good chance for you to blow the dust and clean away the cobwebs from your development environment and perhaps come up with the next big hit?
Godot Engine 4.1 to get FSR 2.2, better 3D support for OpenGL, shader improvements
Seems like the next update for Godot Engine is going to be a nice one for game developers, with multiple graphics enhancements on the way.
Vulkan gets a new extension to improve shaders with help from Nintendo
Well this is a fair bit unexpected. As happens quite often there was a specification update to the Vulkan API, and with it came a brand new extension to help with shaders — which Nintendo contributed towards.
Blender 3.5 is out now with fancy new hair
Continuing to show how great open source is, the Blender team have released Blender 3.5 with some really fancy new features.
AMD detail more on FSR 3 and their new open source FidelityFX SDK
AMD had plenty to show off at GDC, and they've done a bit of a summary and some of it is quite exciting for future games.
Godot Engine 4.0 out now plus console porting is coming
Today is the big day! Godot Engine 4.0 is officially out now, and there's also work happening for developers to port their games to consoles now too.
AMD releases source code for FidelityFX FSR2 v2.2
Last year AMD announced FSR version 2.2 and today AMD has actually released the source code on GitHub for FidelityFX FSR2 v2.2.
Godot Engine 4.0 gets a first Release Candidate
Game developers might want to begin to look closer at this one! The free and open source Godot Engine is about to have the biggest update ever with 4.0 that now has a first Release Candidate.
Google open sourced CDC File Transfer from the ashes of Stadia
As Google hover over the nuke from orbit button on Stadia, they're at least releasing some of it as open source like CDC File Transfer.
GameMaker makes a few more open source moves with extensions
Well, I have to admit I am surprised that the takeover of YoYo Games (who develop GameMaker) by Opera has been largely positive with them making more moves towards open source.
Vulkan Video 1.0 released with the Vulkan 1.3.238 spec update
The Khronos Group has announced that Vulkan Video is done and ready, the 1.0 release is out with the Vulkan 1.3.238 spec update and no longer considered provisional.
EA open source Fonttik, helps devs check text size & contrast — plus patent pledges
As part of their original initiative about sharing patent pledge to not go after others on accessibility, EA have recently released Fonttik as open source to help game developers. Not only that, they've pledged more of their patents to this goal.
Blender 3.4 is out now with Wayland support on Linux, Intel's Open Path Guiding added
Blender, the absolute power-house free and open source 3D creation suite, has a big release out with Blender 3.4 and it's awesome.
Godot Engine 4.0 gets a Movie Maker
With Godot Engine 4.0 slowly approaching release, the developers are still hooking up some huge features to this free and open source game engine like a Movie Maker.
Unreal Engine 5.1 rolled out with plenty of Linux improvements
Epic Games announced that Unreal Engine 5.1 is now available, and along with all the usual big new features, they continued improving their Linux support in this release.
YoYo Games open source the GameMaker HTML5 runtime
Here's a fun one for open source fans and game developers, as YoYo Games have open sourced their HTML5 runtime.
NVIDIA PhysX 5.1 SDK goes open source
Available now under a BSD license, today NVIDIA put up the NVIDIA PhysX 5.1 SDK as open source which is great to see from team green.
Godot Engine now has its own dedicated Foundation for funding
The free and open source game engine Godot Engine continues to grow, and now the team behind it has formed a Godot Foundation to continue funding it.
W4 Games raised $8.5 million USD to support Godot Engine
W4 Games is a new company from the creator of Godot Engine along with long-time contributors, and now they've managed to gain plenty of funding.
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