Amazon has a new open-source, free, and royalty free game engine called [Amazon Lumberyard]. Lumberyard licensed and extends the [Crytek Engine]. Udemy offers [CryENGINE SDK Game Programming Essentials] to quickly ramp up and get started. Amazon has a [MarketPlace] but it’s still early to expect an asset store to sell game content[?] The [download page] has several game assets available.
PlayFab Custom Game Server
Marco created a [Custom Game Server] that works in Unity and connects to the PlayFab API. The service allows multiple servers to spin up as needed. Game clients can connect with the server and run cloud script.
Unreal Delegates with 8+ Parameters
Normally Unreal only defines the macros to generate delegates for up to 8 parameters. I wrote a [console app] to generate support for up to 62 delegate parameters. I submitted a [Pull Request] to have my changes added to Unreal. Unfortunately, coding standards block this change. The staff were also worried the extra macros would negatively impact compile times.
Fire TV
Add [Fire TV] to the list of supported devices.
[Developer Portal]
Docs: [ADB Debugging]
Docs: [Identifying Controllers]
Apple TV
Add [Apple TV] to the list of supported devices.
Forge TV
Add [Forge TV] to the list of supported devices.
NVidia Shield
Add [NVidia Shield] to the list of supported devices.
[Debugging]
[Developer Portal]
[Expansion Files]
[Implementing In-app Billing]
[Publish Portal]
Nexus Player
Add [Nexus Player] to the list of supported devices.
Google has discontinued the Nexus Player.
Project 2 Led Cloud
David and Ryan created an inexpensive way to produce [cloud lighting] synchronized over bluetooth.
Too Out of Shape for VR
Sean Buckley writes the not so funny article about [being too out of shape to play video games].
SUBSTANCE – INTRODUCTION
Unity added the [SUBSTANCE – INTRODUCTION] tutorial series for making PBR materials look great in Unity.
Android Consoles on Kickstarter
Kickstarter has a ton of Android console projects.
[OUYA] Successfully raised $8,596,475 USD with 63,416 backers on August 8, 2012.
[GameStick] Successfully raised $647,659 USD with 5,691 backers February 1, 2013.
[Equiso Play] canceled by the project creator on May 2, 2014.
[eROMP] canceled by the project creator on December 14, 2014.
[ZRRO] Successfully raised $200,392 USD with 762 backers March 31, 2015 and later cancelled by the project creators.
[HUBI STICK] funding goal was not reached on July 17, 2015.
[SMACH Z] canceled by the project creator on December 17.
Explain Marketing and Sales to a Software Engineer in 5 Minutes
[Dave Mcclure] answers the question on how to explain marketing and sales to a software engineer in 5 minutes.
3D in CSS
Crazy web developers are now doing [3D Acceleration via CSS].
Unreal Developer Console on Android
I’m trying to [find out] if the Unreal tilda (~) developer console works on Android.
Go to Edit->Editor Preferences->Keyboard shortcuts then search “console” and make sure a key is assigned to open the console. “Mobile->Show Console on Four Finger Tap” will enable the developer console to appear on Android.
Unity Asset Store Daily Sale Form
The Unity Asset Store [signup form] is where an author can request access to go into a UAS daily sale.
Setup For Fuse CC
My new package [Setup For Fuse CC] is now available for sale in the Unity Asset Store.
Google Cardboard VR Numbers
Adario Strange writes [Google reveals Cardboard virtual reality numbers, and VR films are the surprise winner]. The numbers are decent.
Allegorithmic Character Art Contest
Allegorithmic is hosting the [CHARACTER ART CONTEST – THE BEAST] with entries due on April 11th, 2016.
The Perils of Fundraising
[Mark Suster] talks about “The Perils of Fundraising” on Dorm Room Tycoon. Mark talks about the stress of thinking about runway when your project is behind schedule and you need to stay strong to motivate the team. Mark goes into detail about how startups can be successful by focusing on sales and marketing. Mark has some hilarious tales of gorilla marketing.
Connect Myo to Arduino
Valentin Roland appears in [Featured Developer: Connecting Myo to an Arduino Board] on the featured section of the developer blog of Thalmic Labs for the Myo armband. This is some neat tech as you can directly connect the Myo to do some neat electronics.
MediaPlayer Audio Gap
I reproduced an [Android issue] with MediaPlayer where the bug adds gaps to looping audio. I’ll need to do the suggested workaround which is use a SoundPool instead. This is a bug within the Android OS. As usual, created a [repro project].
Microsoft CNTK Machine Learning Toolkit
Techcrunch did an [article] on MSFT moving the CNTK Machine Learning Toolkit from Codeplex to Github, which spiders off to a bunch of deep learning resources and AI history.
Google Deep Learning
Google created a free [deep-learning] course on Udacity that should take about 3 months to complete.
Ultimate Game Music Collection
The [Ultimate Game Music Collection] has 100+ music tracks to produce any genre of game!