Project Tiny is designed to build small games that can be loaded instantly.
This is immense as games can be made as small as 500 kb. Normally, a Unity build output is around 15 mb.
Source: https://blogs.unity3d.com/2018/12/05/project-tiny-preview-package-is-here/
The team behind CRYENGINE have released version 5.5 of the engine which boasts UI/UX improvements, documentation overhaul and more.
The update states it supports automated packaging. If you recall a prior post, I had difficulty deploying the end product so I'm curious of this solves that issue.
Source: https://www.cryengine.com/news/cryengine-55-major-release
Epic has introduced the Unreal Engine Online Learning platform which will house all training series and video tutorials. Learning content is broken into several tracks with on demand videos.
Free education is immense and with the success of Fortnite to lure new users, Epic has positioned itself with a strong counter-attack against Unity.
Source: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/announcing-unreal-engine-online-learning
Xenko 3.0 has been released with the very permissive MIT license. Silicon Studio is no longer supporting Xenko.
This is Good News and Bad News. Good news in that a powerful engine is now easily accessible to all; Bad News in that the Game Engine competition can be considered too stiff to allow new contenders to thrive. I'm inclined to think that poor adoption meant poor financial viability which led to Silicon Studio letting go of Xenko.
Ambiera released a new version of CopperCube and it's now free with two other editions available for purchase. New features include post-processing effect, FBX animation support and a nicer editor interface.
CopperCube has always been interesting because of its web support but it really needs a compelling portfolio.