Allegorithmic releases free tools for Substance Designer
Update 5.6 will add new tools and filters for its photogrammetric workflows.
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Tools Spotlight: Creative Dialogue Tools
After opening a studio earlier this year at Vault501 in Santa Monica, Creative Dialogue Tool’s Mark Estdale takes Develop through exactly what CDT is:
Latest Humble Bundle throws in GameMaker: Studio Pro and modules
Collection valued at nearly $1,900 also includes source code and games made using the tool
Unreal Engine 4.13 improves Sequence Recorder and adds rendering features
Support for VR development expanded with capsule shadows and stereo instancing improvements, plus the ability to jump straight from VR Editor to playing
Nvidia releases VR Funhouse source code and mod kit
Opens door to GameWorks, PhysX and VR Works technology utilised in virtual reality demo, including multi-res shading, FleX and HairWorks
It IS Rocket (League) science: Psyonix on the tech behind its car-football smash hit
Design director Corey Davis discusses fine-tuning physics, implementing cross-platform multiplayer and the surprising importance of making rocket-powered vehicles sound like shoes
Audiokinectic launches outsourcing network to pair up devs and audio experts
Audio designers, firms and educational partners required to pass Wwise-101 to be listed in the Creators Directory
Unity 5.5 beta brings major bumps to line rendering and particle system
Other additions include Mono C# compiler upgrade, default WebGL 2.0 support and improvements to 2D physics and texture importer
Ex-Shinra execs target devs with interactive streaming platform Genvid
Tools provider that allows creators to implement multiple in-game cameras and interactive elements raises $1.5 million in funding
Unity Focus: A journey into sound with Beat the Game
Worm is building a unique remix of point-and-click adventures and techno music. Founder and art director Cemre Ozkurt gets into the rhythm
Valve releases SteamVR tracking for free to hardware devs
Licence for tech powering Vive headset on offer royalty-free to those who complete a training programme
Key Release: Fmod.io
Firelight Technologies has launched what it claims is the first sound library integrated in a professional-level audio tool, in the form of Fmod.io. CEO Brett Paterson runs through the news he hopes devs want to hear
Develop's Top Tips: Audio design
Masters of soundscapes speak out on how to make your game’s audio music to players’ ears
Sound Thinking: CDPR, Supermassive, DICE and Coldwood reveal how to perfect your audio design
Often considered as inferior to visual flair by developers, quality audio design is just as important to delivering an engaging virtual experience. We ask aural authorities for their advice
Rad introduces high-speed Mermaid and Selkie compressors in Oodle 2.3.0
Mermaid said to be about twice as fast as Kraken tool
Oculus expands motion-tracking support to four sensors
Accuracy of Rift headset movement improved as launch of Touch controllers approaches
OctaneRender 4 to support PowerVR ray tracing
Rendering engine reportedly able to trace in excess of 100 million rays per second while remaining suitable for use on mobile, VR and AR devices
Unity Focus: Brainhold's Odyssey
Argentinian micro-studio Brainhold hopes to bring the striking visuals, quirky soundscapes and emotional punch of kids’ cartoons and Japanese animation to its debut 2.5D platformer. In their first-ever interview, Martin Ayguavella, Diego Sarmentero and Mauricio Dal Fabbro chart the vivid world of Rex Odyssey
Hello Games accused of failing to license No Man's Sky universe generation 'superformula'
Dutch company Genicap claims it owns the rights to maths behind procedural creation of near-infinite number of planets
Faceware opens Interactive division focused on real-time interactive mo-cap
New arm of middleware firm will concentrate on producing digital ‘puppets’ which can react to humans instantly
What's NXT for Runescape? A closer look at Jagex's new engine
15 years after it originally hit computer screens, Jagex’s free MMO has received its first major engine overhaul, bringing with it a sea of big changes. Develop checks in with technology manager Mathew Burnett and lead graphics developer David Gillham to see what’s new in NXT
VFX firm Digital Domain partners with DreamWorks to bring Shrek to VR
Company working across games, film and TV acquired virtual reality developer Digital Funk Machine in June
Nintendo merges developer programmes into single portal to attract indies
Creators of all sizes and at all levels of experience welcome to register for a Developer ID, platform holder insists
Unreal Engine and Unity to add Simultaneous Multi-Projection support
Nvidia tech allows devs to render multiple views with a single geometry pass, reportedly tripling VR performance
Develop Awards 2016 Partner Spotlight: Crytek
MD Avni Yerli discusses the CryEngine creator's position between tool firms and developers, and explains why today's development landscape was 'unthinkable' five years ago
Develop Awards 2016 Partner Spotlight: Unity
The graphics engine firm reveals why the growing quality and accessibility of development tools has led to a transformative 'power shift' in the games industry
Game Creators release GameGuru tailored to students
Education Pack includes core software, plus all add-on content and a guide for tutors
Amazon Lumberyard adds HDR support, plus native support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive
Other additions include a new depth of field technique, height mapped ambient occlusion and iOS performance improved by 15 per cent
Rocksteady moves to Unreal Engine 4 for Batman Arkham VR
Studio created Arkham trilogy of games in a modified version of Unreal Engine 3