#xenko

I feel so bad because I’ve been excited about this engine since it was first announced, but its community has fallen short on providing for it (myself included)

So now that it’s open-source, I feel like I need to contribute. I need to help this engine succeed!

Open Source game engine Xenko 3.1 ships - It is an open-source alternative to Unity

 Looking for an open-source alternative to Unity? (Or an alternative open-source alternative to Godot?) Xenko might be worth checking out. Xenko has a feature set broadly similar to Unity or Godot, including a full asset pipeline; a 3D scene editor, 2D sprite editor and UI editor; character animation and pathfinding; and physics and particles.

 As you might expect, given that Silicon Studio develops optical effects middleware, its graphics capabilities are pretty good, including support for PBR materials, hair and skin; a light probe system for indirect lighting; and a forward renderer with a standard set of post effects.

 Games can be deployed to Windows, Xbox One, Android and iOS – the latter two via Xamarin – and Linux. It also supports the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive VR headsets.

 The video at http://bit.ly/2pu1mKj shows off some of what it can do.

 #opensource #gaming #Xenko

After a brief glance at the Xenko game engine, it looks super friendly and easy to use. I downloaded the engine and editor and spun up a third-person template project

It’s using a component-based architecture similar to Unity, but uses more of the language features of C# to their fullest, plus support for .NET libraries and utilities. One thing I haven’t tested yet is LINQ, which would be an amazing addition for online games, especially social and free-to-play setups with constant DB hookups.

The third-person demo is super concise and simple. The code is minimal: a player controller, a camera controller, and player input. It definitely needs some work to become a viable game, but the concept is undoubtedly there and it would be a great starting point for a new game.

Best of all, they announced their license terms at GDC, which are also similar to Unity with various tiers of licenses: indie, education, and more advanced tiers. Indie is free! And all tiers give access to the engine source. The advantage of higher tiers is to be announced still, as they don’t take effect until April, but one known advantage is access to editor source code.

Aqui teneis un interesante game engine open source y GRATUITO, que descubri hace unos dias. Se ve realmente interesante. Es muy visual e intuitivo, y esta pensado para trabajar con lenguaje C#. Aqui teneis el enlace a la pagina oficial para descargar: http://xenko.com/

http://xenko.com/