{"id":112199,"date":"2020-04-29T16:40:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefromscratch.com\/post.aspx?id=9aac8134-af58-4723-a0fd-cb57f94e32b7"},"modified":"2020-04-29T16:40:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T16:40:53","slug":"diligent-engine-playcanvas-new-kenney-nl-assets-assetforge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/04\/29\/diligent-engine-playcanvas-new-kenney-nl-assets-assetforge\/","title":{"rendered":"Diligent Engine | PlayCanvas | New Kenney.nl Assets | AssetForge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another NewsFromScratch game development news round-up.&nbsp; Today we have 2 different game engine releases, a new asset pack from Kenney.nl, as well as an update to AssetForge.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/DiligentGraphics\/DiligentEngine\/releases\">DiligentEngine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diligent Engine is a cross platform rendering framework that abstracts away the complexities of dealing with OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX and Metal APIs.&nbsp; This new release adds Vulkan support for Android and more.&nbsp; You can learn more about Diligent Engine in our previous feature <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/post\/2019\/03\/08\/Diligent-Engine-Rendering-Framework.aspx\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/playcanvas\/engine\/releases\/tag\/v1.27.0\">PlayCanvas Release 1.27<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PlayCanvas just released a new version, 1.27.&nbsp; PlayCanvas is a complete 3D game engine with tooling that runs entirely in the browser.&nbsp; The 1.27 releases biggest new feature is a new procedural mesh generation API, enabling a huge swath of new functionality.&nbsp; You can learn more about PlayCanvas in our multipart tutorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/post\/2017\/05\/25\/PlayCanvas-Engine-Revisited.aspx\">available here<\/a> or in video form <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ajaiO9Wg20g\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/gamedev\/comments\/gaarq0\/updated_each_model_in_my_free_lowpoly_nature_pack\/\">Kenney.nl New Asset Pack + AssetForge Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kenney.nl\/\">Kenney.nl<\/a> have released another free 3d model asset pack around the concept of Nature, now with over 330 low polygon game ready assets.&nbsp; Additionally a new version of <a href=\"https:\/\/kenney.itch.io\/assetforge\/devlog\/141297\/asset-forge-20-preview-1c-now-available\">AssetForge was released<\/a>, with improved sprite rendering features and more.&nbsp; AssetForge is a 3D modelling application that takes a kit-bashing appraoch.&nbsp; You can learn more about AssetForge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/post\/2020\/04\/01\/Asset-Forge-20.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about all of these announcements in the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H4VyiLwjeZc\">video<\/a> below.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4VyiLwjeZc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"under\"> <span class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/category\/GameDev-News.aspx\">GameDev News<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/CPP\" rel=\"tag\">CPP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/JavaScript\" rel=\"tag\">JavaScript<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/Engine\" rel=\"tag\">Engine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/2D\" rel=\"tag\">2D<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamefromscratch.com\/?tag=\/3D\" rel=\"tag\">3D<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> <!--\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!- - google_ad_client = \"ca-pub-5156240514307514\"; \/* GFS 720 Post above Comments *\/ google_ad_slot = \"5626844176\"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; \/\/- ->\n<\/script>\n--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another NewsFromScratch game development news round-up.&nbsp; Today we have 2 different game engine releases, a new asset pack from Kenney.nl, as well as an update to AssetForge. 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