What GameMaker's 25-year run tells us about the game engine market
Game Developer
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
November 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the company behind Gamemaker, a popular game engine for indies.
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Game Developer
NOVEMBER 20, 2024
November 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the company behind Gamemaker, a popular game engine for indies.
Grumpy Gamer
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
How to make your own game engine (and why) by Tyler Glaiel Well worth a read. In my 35+ year career in games I’ve never used an off the shelf game engine. It’s hard work and probably cost me more but I love making game engines and writing compilers. I love the power and the freedom.
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Grumpy Gamer
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
How to make your own game engine (and why) by Tyler Glaiel. In my 35+ year career in games I've never used an off the shelf game engine. It's hard work and probably cost me more but I love making game engines and writing compilers. Well worth a read. Starting with SCUMM I've always build my own.
Big Games
MARCH 27, 2025
Unreal Engine Here’s an overview of these two dynamic mechanisms that will help you understand what they are, how they work, and the merits they offer to Android programmers: Unity It is a popular game engine renowned for its cross-platform compatibility and intuitive user interface that supports both 2D & 3D game development.
Game From Scratch
FEBRUARY 1, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Wwise Now Free for Indie Developers In the news that isn’t new category, audio middleware maker Audiokinetic have added a new free “Indie” tier to Wwise.
Game From Scratch
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Re-Logic Make Massive Donation to Godot and FNA In response to Unity’s recent actions, indie game developer and publisher Re-Logic, famous for making the game Terraria, have announced massive donations to both the Godot game engine and FNA.
iXie gaming
MARCH 28, 2025
Today, real-time rendering is redefining game development, offering dynamic lighting, physics-based effects, and cinematic quality graphics all rendered instantaneously. The Impact of Ray Tracing and Global Illumination Ray tracing, once confined to high-budget CGI productions, is now a staple in modern game development.
iXie gaming
MARCH 2, 2025
From indie studios to AAA developers, 2.5D continues to evolve, leveraging AI, modern rendering techniques, and cutting-edge game engines to push the boundaries of game design. Works While 2D and 3D have traditionally been viewed as separate paths in game development, 2.5D merges the best of both worlds.
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 20, 2023
This norm, however, may soon be a relic of the past as software from technology company Move hopes to revolutionise motion capture for AAA and indies alike, as well as beyond games. Read more
Game From Scratch
AUGUST 7, 2023
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Game From Scratch
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
GameFromScratch.com Indie Game Dev Fund Just Launched If you are an indie game developers, with a PC or Console game in development with at least a playable demo, the just launched Game Dev Fund might be ideal for you.
PreMortem.Games
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
As you may have noticed from the massive online uproar, game developers are not pleased. Because the fee is based on the number of installs—not monetization like Unreal Engine—developing free-to-play titles is at risk of suddenly becoming much more costly. It makes other game engines more attractive.
Juego Studio
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
Unity stands out as one of the beginner-friendly and flexible game engines for game developers. Especially, it has become a boon for indie game developers as it is a free-to-use game development tool. What is Unity Engine?
iXie gaming
MARCH 28, 2025
Whether its a photorealistic RPG or a stylized indie game, every visual element follows a structured journey from concept to integration. In the early days of game development, creating assets was a fragmented, time-consuming process. It sets the tone, drives immersion, and enhances storytelling. Hard surface modelling (e.g.,
SOVEREIGN MOON
OCTOBER 11, 2020
SOVEREIGN MOON PRESENTS… Game Engine Showdown: Unity vs. Godot vs. Buildbox vs. Unreal Engine. In this game engine faceoff, we’ll explore each game engine’s visual scripting tools to see which engine is the best for beginner game makers and non-coders. .
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
The company also said that it is rolling out a one-time fee commercial license for the 2D game engine, which will replace its present creator/indie subscription model/service/price. Read more
Tom Francis
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
Unreal, a rival engine, has no monthly fee but takes 5% of your revenue when you release. If Unity wanted any part of our revenue, whether percentage or per-install, we wouldn’t have used it – I had more experience in Game Maker, which takes no rev share and has a lower sub cost.
iXie gaming
MAY 26, 2023
Indie game production has grown in popularity and competition in recent years. With technological developments and increased accessibility to game creation tools, an increasing number of developers can build and release their own games. Indie game developers must use clever marketing techniques to overcome this obstacle.
iXie gaming
MAY 26, 2023
Indie game production has grown in popularity and competition in recent years. With technological developments and increased accessibility to game creation tools, an increasing number of developers can build and release their own games. Indie game developers must use clever marketing techniques to overcome this obstacle.
Awesome Tuts
NOVEMBER 13, 2022
And one of those guidelines is choosing the correct game engine for your needs. You see choosing a game engine depends on your goal as a game developer. Some people treat game development as a hobby, and in that case you can choose whichever engine you want. Unity uses C#, and Unreal Engine uses C++.
PreMortem.Games
JUNE 12, 2024
Glowing reviews Reflecting on their humble beginnings, Madiba remarked, “It all started 10 years ago when we created our game engine on XNA. Xbox’s Temi Afolabi and Kiro’o Games CEO Olivier Madiba This title has received glowing reviews in the past. In all my years doing this, a game story has never hit me so hard.”
AWS Games
OCTOBER 17, 2023
It also saved us time deploying and managing game servers,” shared Benjamin Jouan, Norsfell Co-Founder and Director of Engineering. Tracing origins Envisioned as a colorful Viking experience that mixed action roleplaying game (RPG) and survival elements, the idea behind “Tribes of Midgard” was sparked in 2016.
The Bottom Feeder
NOVEMBER 15, 2023
Not long ago, there was a big hullabaloo in the computer game development "community" regarding something called the Unity Game Engine. Most people who want to write a video game need to buy a piece of software called a Game Engine. It's the tool you use to make games. That are negative. I'm so tired.
Nvidia
JULY 29, 2021
Developed by XeloGames, an indie studio of just three, and published by Headup Games, Escape from Naraka achieves eye-catching ray-traced lighting using RTX. Escape from Naraka was made in Unreal Engine 4, using NVIDIA’s NvRTX branch to bring ray tracing and DLSS into production. Escape from Naraka is available now on Steam.
Big Games
AUGUST 17, 2021
You can create a good game only through a dedicated software or a game engine. Game App Development Solution The demand for game apps on mobile phones has increased, and many game development companies are interested in developing mobile games. This tool offers users with documentation and tutorials.
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 1, 2022
The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Disinfection , a space horror game by indie duo Evil Turtle Productions which is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 You can follow the developers on Twitter and Mastodon , and wishlist the game on Steam. What's new.
Moonmana
APRIL 7, 2023
If you’ve ever wondered what the best game engine is, we invite you to figure it out with us. Let’s discover their pros and cons so it will be easier to decide which engine suits your project better. Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. Unity or Unreal?
Moonmana
SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Unity has long been a company operating at a loss, allocating more resources to marketing and promoting its engine than to the engine itself. Competing with its main rival, Unreal Engine, proved challenging. Unity’s stocks have been falling for a while now.
Mircosoft Game Dev
JUNE 26, 2016
As a relatively young game engine on the market (at least with regards to our open sourcing two years ago ), we are often asked to showcase what are the features of the engine. Looking forward to getting submissions and discovering some great new games developed with our beloved engine! Proposing content.
PreMortem.Games
AUGUST 18, 2023
I do intend on collaborating with people in the future, but having the ability to make the majority of a game with my own skills and talents is very rewarding to me. How is the indie game scene there? “I’m I was born and raised in Jamaica and am very involved in the game dev scene down there. I’m actually based in NY!
iXie gaming
JUNE 28, 2024
Whether you’re an indie developer making 2D effects or a big studio creating realistic 3D visuals, choosing the right VFX tools is vital. This guide will help you pick the best software to create amazing effects and take your games to the next level. How do real-time engines like Unity and Unreal Engine help in creating VFX?
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 18, 2023
Why is marketing an indie game so hard? What other games are people making? This streamer is playing my game!’ Pick a good game engine because the quality of a game can affect my player base. My creative process isn’t linear, I would try a lot of things to look at new perspectives.” I have no idea.
Yobob Games
AUGUST 11, 2022
There are thousands of games made in RPG Maker and their success isn’t as great since most developers using rpg maker don’t have a strong programming skill or they are using default art given to the developers when buying the engine. The history of this engine backs it up. I regret making my game in RPG Maker MV.
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 22, 2022
FNF is the most recent smash hit indie rhythm game (which is also open source!), In fact, we're already working on the 6th week (or level) from the original game as we speak. I've also been making a better engine for both 2D and potential 3D mods for FNF using Godot, which we will be porting FNFVR to.
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 19, 2021
Do you have prior experience with other game engines? While we explored some more or less popular engines earlier, we love Free and Open Source Software, so naturally we came across Godot and fell in love with it right from the start. Resolutiion is available on Steam , Good Old Games and Nintendo Switch.
SOVEREIGN MOON
OCTOBER 12, 2020
In this introductory tutorial series, we’ll teach beginners how to use the basic controls within Gogot’s game engine. Godot is a free and open source game development software that game devs can use to make beautiful 2D and 3D games. . A Crash Course Into The Basics of Godot’s Game Engine.
Filmustage
JANUARY 10, 2022
That's why we're so interested not in the movie itself, but in what's behind it: shortly after the premiere, Epic Games released a free demo of the game based on the original Matrix. The capabilities of Unreal Engine 5 has impressed not only gamers, but also, indeed, filmmakers. However, it is worth noting that Warner Bros.
OPM Jobs
JUNE 9, 2022
Are you passionate about video games and want to try creating your own for a living? The gaming industry is no longer a niche, and there are lots of opportunities from major studios through to indie developers. Here is our guide on how to get a career in video games.
Deconstructor of Fun
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Programmer Jobs: AI is revolutionizing game engines by automating various components, such as physics and graphics rendering engines to optimize performance. Designer Jobs: AI-driven procedural content generation (PCG) algorithms generate game content dynamically. Albeit the marketing constraints would remain.
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 24, 2018
GDC stands for "Game Developers Conference", and it's the biggest industry wide event for game developers. Almost 100k developers (companies and indies) meet in San Francisco every year in March to showcase their work, make business meetings, socialize, have fun, etc. In that industry, it seems Godot got a head start.
Mircosoft Game Dev
AUGUST 26, 2017
Whether you contribute to the engine's development via code, bug reports, testing, teaching, developing awesome games or donating to the project, you all participate in making Godot! We are a non-profit project, dedicated to making the best free and open source game engine not for our own sake, but for anyone wanting to develop games.
AWS Games
AUGUST 18, 2023
The event will give attendees the opportunity to network and learn from other game developers and industry experts in order to grow the Australian gaming community. The following are the new AWS for Games product announcements leading up to Gamescom 2023. Unreal Engine 4.26, Unreal Engine 5.1, Learn more.
Deconstructor of Fun
DECEMBER 13, 2022
That makes them the closest thing in games to a rock supergroup: Maya Kylmamaa (Game Lead, Engineer) , was CEO of the now defunct Reforged Studios (a Helsinki studio focused on AAA strategy games). The common point is that both were the co-founders of the indie games company Scuttlebutt Games.
Game Designing
SEPTEMBER 21, 2023
Oftentimes the artists don’t do a whole lot, and that’s because the game engine themselves has programming that you can call on, functions you can use that will generate that kind of effect. So it’s a lot easier for a game engine to generate them and render them efficiently if it’s done with code.
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