Top 5: Building great CLIs, an open source 2D gaming engine, and more: In this week’s Top 5, we highlight tools for building great command-line UIs, an open source 2D game engine, mechanical keyboards, and more. Top 5 articles of the week 5. Mechanical keyboards for programmers and gamers Input Club’s mechanical keyboards aren’t just …
Getting started with the Orx open gaming engine: There is a sea of game engines available on the internet. Some specialize in 2D, some 3D. The languages vary. Some are Java based, Javascript, C#, C++, or perhaps their own special scripting language. The licenses vary. Some are free to use but pay on sales. Some …
Samsung Sponsors Mettlestate eSports Gaming Championship: Passionately supporting the growing local gaming market JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – 24 April, 2017 – The Samsung Galaxy Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Championship, sponsored by Samsung, is currently underway and will conclude with the final match on 7 May 2017. The winning team of this multiplayer first-person shooter …
A Game Boy emulator for the Apple Watch, RPG Maker comes to Linux, and more gaming news: In this bi-weekly open gaming roundup, we take a look at a Game Boy emulator for your Apple Watch, RPG Maker for Linux, Star Citizen switching to Vulkan, and more open gaming news. Open gaming roundup for March 11-25, …
Steam's redesign, a new open VR/AR standard, and more gaming news: In this open gaming roundup, we take a look at a new virtual and augmented reality standard, Steam’s new look, and more. Open gaming roundup for February 25-March 11, 2017 Valve confirms Steam redesign The Valve team behind Steam confirmed it’s working on a …
SteamVR comes to Linux, a new game engine, and more gaming news: In this edition of our open gaming roundup, we take a look at the SteamVR for Linux beta, a new open source game engine, and more. Open gaming roundup for February 12-25, 2017 read more: Opensource.com robinmuilwijk Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: …
Civilization VI comes to Linux, GDC 2017, and more open gaming news: In this open gaming roundup, we take a look at the release of Civilization VI for Linux, the upcoming Game Developer Conference, and more open gaming news. Open gaming roundup for January 29-February 11, 2017 read more: Opensource.com robinmuilwijk Supporting Open Source. Have …
New Minecraft launcher comes to Linux, Tilt Brush Toolkit, and more open gaming news: In this bi-weekly open gaming roundup, we take a look at the new Minecraft launcher, Google’s Tilt Brush Toolkit, a linux.conf.au talk about porting games to Linux, and more. Open gaming roundup for January 15-28, 2017 read more: Opensource.com robinmuilwijk Supporting …
Nintendo Switch to use Vulkan, System76 aids in NVIDIA bug fixing, and more gaming news: In this bi-weekly open gaming roundup, we take a look at the upcoming Nintendo console, System76’s joint effort with NVIDIA to fix driver bugs, and more. Open gaming roundup for December 18-31, 2016 read more: Opensource.com robinmuilwijk Supporting Open Source. Have you …
1,000+ Linux games on Steam, Godot's new 3D renderer, and more gaming news: In this open gaming roundup, we take a look at Godot’s current development on a new 3D renderer, 1,000 Linux games on Steam, new releases, and more. Open gaming roundup for December 4-17, 2016 read more: Opensource.com robinmuilwijk Supporting Open Source. Have …
South Africa in the news: The Great Divide In Gaming: From Brexiters and anti-Brexiters, to the ANC versus the people of South Africa, to Trump against the world. The year of 2016 has left people angry, frustrated and tired. Gaming is not exempt from this either. In terms of games themselves, it’s arguably …: “South …
OSVR on Steam, Unity drops legacy OpenGL, and more gaming news: In this edition of the open gaming roundup, we take a look at OSVR support in Steam, Unity dropping legacy OpenGL, and more. Open gaming roundup for November 20-December 3, 2016 OSVR available on Steam The co-founders of the Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) …
NES Classic runs Linux, a new 0 A.D. alpha, and more gaming news: In this bi-weekly open gaming roundup, we take a look at Nintendo’s NES Classic Edition running Linux, SDL support for Unity 5.6, 0 A.D. Ulysses, and more gaming news. Open gaming roundup for November 6-19, 2016 read more: Opensource.com robinmuilwijk Supporting Open …
Unity's open source VR tool, the Hatchit game engine, and more gaming news: In this bi-weekly open gaming roundup, we take a look Unity’s open source EditorVR, new graphical chips by ARM, and the Hatchit game engine. Open gaming roundup for October 23-November 5, 2016 read more: Opensource.com robinmuilwijk Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: …
World’s first Oculus Ready gaming laptops feature NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10-Series graphics for immersive next-generation VR-gaming experiences with Oculus Rift.: ASUS Republic of Gamers Announces Oculus Ready ROG G752VS/VM Johannesburg, South Africa — ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) has announced that the ROG G752VS and ROG G752VM gaming laptops are now certified Oculus Ready PCs. …
The global market share for ASUS gaming laptops for the first half of 2016 exceeds that of its three top competitors combined, GfK Group research reveals.: Johannesburg, South Africa — ASUS has announced that it has solidified its position as the number one gaming laptop brand worldwide, according to sales data compiled by GfK Group, …
Classic Disney games, Transport Fever, and more Linux gaming news: In this week’s edition, we take a look at the release of Disney’s retro games for Linux, Transport Fever announced for Linux, and more. Open gaming roundup for July 31-August 6, 2016 read more: Opensource.com tiwarinitish86 Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Farking?
SWORDY, Day of Infamy, and more open gaming news: In this week’s edition, we take a look at SWORDY, Day of Infamy‘s Linux debut, and more. Open gaming roundup for July 24-30, 2016 read more: Opensource.com tiwarinitish86 Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: Diving with Sharks?