2009

Free: Unreal Development Kit

As game development industry is opening more towards small publisher studios and independent developers. Almost every leading game developer studio is coming up with open source SDK version which carries source used for commercial games.

Makers of unreal tournament released the development kit for free.They offer this SDK free and for almost any type of game development usage be it commercial or presentation or for education,personal,collaborative project.

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System requirements are higher so if you’re with limited system resource then this SDK is not for you.

Minimum:
* Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista
* 2.0+ GHz processor
* 2 GB system RAM
* SM3-compatible video card
* 3 GB Free hard drive space
Recommended for Content Development:
* Windows Vista 64 SP2
* 2.0+ GHz multi-core processor
* 8 GB System RAM
* NVIDIA 8000 series or higher graphics card
* Plenty of HDD space

Check the UDK site here.

FMJ Framework

FMJ project was started to give alternative to java media framework. FMJ stands for freedom from media in java. Though it is completely start from scratch project. It is also compatible with the JMF(Java Media Framework).

It also has two sub-projects for specific media support. First project is FFMPEG-Java and second is Theora-Java.

What is FMJ ?

FMJ is an open-source project with the goal of providing an alternative to Java Media Framework (JMF), while remaining API-compatible with JMF. It aims to produce a single API/Framework which can be used to capture, playback, process, and stream media across multiple platforms.

From where to get it ?

You can get more information about FMJ and download it from here.

Nuclex Framework

New framework named “Nuclex” for .NET is released. It is set of classes that developers can use to mix and develop applications as per their need.

What is Nuclex ?

The Nuclex Framework is a collection of well-designed building blocks for XNA games and other demanding applications written in .NET. These building blocks are not interconnected — you can pick what you need, mix and match with other class libraries and architect your game the way you want it.

What are the features ?

* Better Collections (Deque, PriorityQueue)
* 3D Text Rendering
* LZMA Content Compression (that’s 7-Zip’s compression)
* Arbitrary Primitive Batching (think 3D SpriteBatch)
* Rectangle Packing
* Multi-threaded Particle System
* Themeable Graphical User Interfaces
* Game State Management
* Spatial Partitioning (R-Tree, QuadTree)
* Debugging Overlays
* Collision Detection
* Automatic Vertex Declarations

From where to get it ?
You can download the Nuclex from the Codeplex site .

Particle Universe

Particle Universe is the particle engine for Ogre based applications. You can check the demo for particle universe at FXpressions.

Free or Paid ?

It is paid application. It costs €9.95 bucks for the product.

What are the features ?

- Editor with example scripts
- More than 55 affectors, emitters, observers, handlers and renderers
- PhysX support
- Particle System LOD
- Soft particles
- Atlas texture support and atlas tool
- Manual, tutorial and API description
- And more …

New version of particle universe is just released. That is version 1.1, so if you want to check it you can do so at FXpression site.

Tales of Monkey Island (Episode 1) – for free

There is remake of game “Tales of Monkey island” by Telltale games. Telltale Games is giving away the 1st episode of Tales of Monkey Island for free! just head on here and register to get the unlock code. the codes will be given away starting midnight GMT September 19.

Official Quote :

* Get complete first chapter of the epic 5-episode adventure. Free one day only. If swallowed, induce vomiting.

Know more about game here.

JGame 2D engine

If you’re java developer then you’ve plenty of options for 2D game development. Let’s take a look at Jgame 2D engine. [Read more...]

Flade & APE Library

If you’re into flash game development then chances are that you already came across few physics library for Actionscript. This post is about actionscript physics library Flade & APE. [Read more...]

Cocos 2D Framework

If you’re in search of 2D framework in python then Cocos is for you. It is 2D framework and suitable for making games and graphical demos.

It is available for multiple platforms: linux, mac and windows. Python and pyglet is necessary on system before you start working with cocos2D.

You can have sprite based animation and can direct sprites on where to move, delete and perform some action etc.

Documentation is also well written. You can browse it online or you can download. There are 5 tutorial videos for the beginners as well as intermediate users.

For more information you can check here.

Audio API: Audiere

You’re in search of Audio API for your game and you found that most of the API are windows only. Commercial API offers cross-platform capability but at cost which you can’t afford. Now what to do? Take a look at Audiere if it suits your project. [Read more...]

Review : Pushbutton engine

Flash is an excellent platform for game developers. It is perfect for online games, small games and promotional motion picture games. Flash games are easy to create and are very rich with graphics and networking capbilities.
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