GameMaker ditches subscription model for indie developers Image: Devolver DigitalChristmas has come early for indie / solo game developers. GameMaker, the game engine software program used to make Undertale, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, Hotline Miami 2, and more, has announced that it’s making significant changes to its pricing structure — but don’t worry, they’re the good kind of changes. Starting today,…

Apple Invites Developers to Labs, Workshops and Vision Pro Sessions Held in November Apple today informed developers about a number of new developer activities that are taking place in November, including App Store activities, additional Vision Pro labs, technology consultations, and more. Apple in September began offering a range of “Meet with the Apple Experts” resources for developers, and the labs that are available this mo…

Floki Developers Propose Staking and Utility Token Plans The move could help amp up investor interest in FLOKI tokens, which form part of the Floki DAO ecosystem.

Epic is offering a big incentive for developers to bring older games to its store Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeEpic Games announced a new program on Monday to try and incentivize developers to bring their older games to the Epic Games Store. Under the new “Now On Epic” program, Epic will give developers 100 percent of the “net revenue from user spending” for six months on products offered through the program, accord…

Epic is changing Unreal Engine’s pricing for non-game developers Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeFortnite developer Epic Games is changing the way it charges people who use its creation tool Unreal Engine sometime next year — but only for a subset of users, according to CEO Tim Sweeney (via Game From Scratch). Game developers using Unreal Engine won’t be affected and will continue to pay for a license …

Android 14: What’s new for developers What’s new in Android 14 for app developers? A lot of things, actually. If you haven’t been keeping up with my posts, here’s a summary of some of the more impactful Android 14 changes: Bigger fonts with non-linear scaling: Users can now scale the font size to 200% (up from 130%). Android 14 will use a non-linear font scaling curve to ensure th…

Five ways the Meta Quest 3 will (let developers) change the game On Wednesday, Meta didn’t announce an obvious killer app alongside the $499 Meta Quest 3 headset — unless you count the bundled Asgard’s Wrath 2 or Xbox Cloud Gaming in VR. But if you watched the company’s Meta Connect keynote and developer session closely, the company revealed a bunch of intriguing improvements that could help devs build a nex…

Ethereum Developers Try for Second Time to Launch New Holesky Test Network The original planned launch date of Holesky, on Sept. 15, was supposed to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Ethereum’s historic “Merge” transition.

Shiba Inu Ecosystem Token Bone Jumps 10% as Developers Take Key Security Step The deployer contract for bone tokens was renounced late Tuesday, fuelling investor sentiment.

Apple Launches ‘Meet With Apple Experts’ Resource for Developers Apple today announced the launch of a new “Meet with the Apple Experts” resource for developers, providing developers with opportunities to participate in sessions, workshops, labs, and one-on-one meetings hosted by Apple. At the current time, Apple is offering more than 50 workshops and consultations, some of which are hosted online and some o…

Unity finally addressed developers’ biggest questions about its new pricing model Illustration by Cath Virginia / The VergeUnity executive Marc Whitten participated in a fireside chat that addressed the company’s new pricing program, the backlash it caused, and what it’s doing to win back developer trust. Continue reading…

Shiba Inu Developers Floated a Dummy Token and Now Activist Traders Are Making It a Real Thing A token meant for testing purposes wasn’t intended to be traded, yet some traders have pounced on the supposed opportunity.

Developers fight back against Unity’s new pricing model Image: UnityThe game developers affected by Unity’s new pricing model are striking back. A collective of developers across 19 companies, mostly based in Europe and mostly developing mobile games, has put out an open letter urging Unity to reverse course on its recently announced pricing model changes. The letter contains some of the same sentime…

Developers respond to Unity’s new pricing scheme UnityEarlier this week, Unity, the company that makes the Unity video game engine popular with indie developers, announced that it was changing its pricing model. The changes included a pricing scheme that sought to charge developers on a per-install basis for games that met specific download and revenue thresholds. Unity wanted to charge devel…

Unity has changed its pricing model, and game developers are pissed off UnityPopular video game engine Unity is making big changes to its pricing structure that’s causing confusion and anger among developers. Today, Unity announced that on January 1st, 2024, it would be implementing a pay-per-download pricing scheme that would charge developers a flat fee any time a game using Unity software is installed. “We are in…

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Apple Releases Third visionOS Beta for Developers Apple today seeded a third beta of visionOS, the software that is designed to run on the Vision Pro headset. The second beta came out in July, so it has been over a month since Apple released a ‌visionOS‌ update. A select number of developers have access to Vision Pro headsets at this time, with the headsets used for app testing purposes. Most …

Epic’s new program lets developers keep their revenue in exchange for exclusivity Illustration by Alex Castro / The VergeEpic Games will let developers keep 100 percent of their net revenues from the Epic Games Store for six months if they choose to make their games or apps exclusives for that time through its new First Run program, the company announced on Wednesday. Typically, Epic lets developers keep 88 percent of their r…

OpenAI Lets Developers Customize GPT-3.5 Turbo With Fine-Tuning via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern OpenAI allows developers to customize GPT-3.5 Turbo through fine-tuning, improving performance on specialized tasks. The post OpenAI Lets Developers Customize GPT-3.5 Turbo With Fine-Tuning appeared first on Search Engine Journal.

Terra Website Compromised; Developers Warn Against Phishing Scam Layer 1 blockchain Terra was targeted by a phishing attack over the weekend with the official website being compromised by hackers.