{"id":64147,"date":"2018-11-22T19:05:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T19:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamefromscratch.com\/post.aspx?id=2065d32c-b5f0-440d-a4a9-f14d4b803cf7"},"modified":"2018-11-22T19:05:07","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T19:05:07","slug":"black-friday-deals-for-game-developers-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/22\/black-friday-deals-for-game-developers-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday Deals For Game Developers 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

As has become a tradition here on GameFromScratch, every year we track down and present the best Black Friday deals of interest for game developers.\u00a0 This year is no \"image\"<\/a>exception, so here they are!\u00a0 Although it is becoming less and less of a thing, this page will also track applicable Cyber Monday deals as well.\u00a0 If you know of a missing deal, let me know in the comments down below and I will do my best to add it.<\/p>\n

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3D Coat (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

3D Coat is a 3D sculpting, paintings and PBR texturing application that is currently $100 off during Black Friday, valid through Nov 26th.<\/p>\n

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Adobe (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Adobe are offering 25% off their entire creative suite annual subscription service.\u00a0 This includes seminal products such as Photoshop, Illustrator, Animate and more.<\/p>\n

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APress (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Any aPress published ebook for $7.<\/p>\n

Affinity Paint\/Designer (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

All Serif products are currently 30% off for Black Friday, including Affinity Designer, Painter and Painter for iOS.\u00a0 If you want to learn more about Affinity Designer, check out our recent video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Allegorithmic (Substance) (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Save 33% on annual subscriptions for their Substance Suite of PBR texturing tools (Painter, Designer, B2M).\u00a0 For more information on Substance Painter, check out our recent hands on video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Amazon<\/h3>\n

Amazon is always heavily involved in Black Friday and sell a wealth of software and hardware that\u2019s useful for game developers.\u00a0 I will be updating this category as deals come online.<\/p>\n

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Asus GX501 15\u201d Ultra Portable GeForce 1070 Laptop $400 Off<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Corel Draw 30% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Corel Painter 2019 33% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

CyberPowerPC PC Towers \u2013 @20% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Dell XPS 15 Laptop with 1050 Geforce $200 Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Gigabyte Aero 15x 1070 Thin Laptop $550 Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Google PixelBook 19% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

MacBook Pro 13\u201d $100 Off<\/a><\/p>\n

MSI GS63VR Stealth $350 Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Microsoft Surface Go 10% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Logitech MX Master 50% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Oculus Rift $50 Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Razer Blade Stealth $200 Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Samsung Monitors @25% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Samsung Tablets 33-44% Off<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Smith Micro Software (Anime Studio, MoHo, Poser, etc) \u2013 Moho 30% off<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CGTrader (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

CG Trader are offering up to 50% discount on 3D models this Black Friday.<\/p>\n

ClipPaint Studio (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

ClipPaint Studio (the successor to Manga Studio) is an anime style painting application that is currently 50% off for Black Friday.<\/p>\n

The Foundry (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

The Foundry are offering 30% discounts to Modo subscriptions and 15% off maintenance.<\/p>\n

Humble Bundle RPG Game Dev Bundle (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Technically not a Black Friday sale, but the Humble RPG Game Dev Bundle is going on during the same period.\u00a0 Now with an improved license, you can get a ton of RPG related graphics, music and icons for a low price while helping charity.\u00a0 I got hands-on with the bundle in this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marmoset (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Save up to 50% on all Marmoset Software, such as Toolbag, Viewer and Hexels.\u00a0 See Hexels in action in this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Microsoft Store (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

The Microsoft store is an ecceletic mix of software, computers and devices, with a variety of items on sale during Black Friday such as laptops, tablets and VR headsets.<\/p>\n

PluralSight (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Pluralsight offer online training and courses.\u00a0 Their Black Friday sale includes 33% off on subscriptions.<\/p>\n

Packt Books (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

All eBooks and videos from Packt Publishing are available for $10 during the sale.<\/p>\n

Quixel (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Quixel\u2019s sale doesn\u2019t actually start until Black Friday.\u00a0 Generally its a discount of their texturing software as well as their texture resources.<\/p>\n

Safari Books Online (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Safari Books is O\u2019Reilly Press\u2019 online book repository, offering full access to thousands of computer related books.\u00a0 This sale, good through Monday, is good for 50% off an annual subscriptions, a $200 value.<\/p>\n

Steam Autumn Sale (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Steam is also having their annual autumn sale with tons of game development software available at discounted pricing.<\/p>\n

TurboSquid (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

TurboSquid is offering select 3D models from their catalog for up to 40% off.<\/p>\n

Udemy (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Udemy is offering most of their thousands of online courses for $10 each.<\/p>\n

Unity Asset Store (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

There are sales across the entire Unity Asset Store for Black Friday, generally 50% off or better.\u00a0 Pretty much all kinds of assets are currently on sale, models, plugins, tools, you name it.\u00a0 They have also organized several discounted bundles specifically for Black Friday.<\/p>\n

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Unity Essentials Bundle \u2013 55% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Unity World Building Bundle \u2013 55% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Unity Ultimate Characters Bundle \u2013 55% Off<\/a><\/p>\n

Unity Quick Prototyping Bundle \u2013 55% Off<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Unreal Engine Marketplace (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

Unreal Engine aren\u2019t having a Black Friday sale\u2026 they are having a \u201cFall Sale\u201d.\u00a0 Same thing, different label.\u00a0 Save up to 90% off on 3,100 items in their online asset store.\u00a0 The \u201ctotally not a Black Friday\u201d sale ends on November 27th.<\/p>\n

YoYo Games (Store Link<\/a>)<\/h3>\n

YoYoGames are offering 20% off all licenses for all GameMaker products.<\/p>\n

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