Blender 3D : Blender 2.8 Code Quest .

Named the Blender 2.8 Code Quest this is a new way for Blender team to upgrade the Blender 3D software.
They tell us about the mission and goals of the team:
Workflow is the main theme for the Blender 2.8 project. Many complex architectural changes are required to achieve this goal. The current team of core developers working on Blender 2.8 is distributed over multiple continents and collaborates online, using chat and emails, which is not always efficient. It was known that the project would take 2 or 3 years to complete, but to keep momentum it shouldn’t take much longer. Everyone wants to get Blender 2.8 done this year!
The Blender 3D team come with two tasks :

• the official blog , see this website;
• the support work of the team , see this website;

The official youtube channel come with this video about the Code Quest:

The Xenko game engine .

The Xenko Beta version is available for free .
This is old news from Xenko game engine team:

Long time no see!

The Xenko promotion period has ended, and we’ve made some changes to the license plans.

As of 1 April 2018, Xenko Pro and Xenko Pro Plus are no longer available.

Xenko Personal is still free for personal use and for businesses of less than $200,000 US in annual revenue. If you don’t meet the Xenko Personal criteria, contact us for a custom plan.

If your business makes over $200,000 US in annual revenue, and you downloaded Xenko before 1 April 2018, you can continue to use Xenko until 1 April 2019. If you want to use Xenko after that, you need to contact us to create a custom plan before 1 April 2019.

News: Great discount and video tutorial .

Today I got an email from the Marvelous with a big discount :
85% OFF for Marvelous Designer 6 License Holders
75% OFF for Marvelous Designer 4,5 License Holders
I don't used this software into my game development and rendered.
The main reason is the big data output of this software.
You can used the fbx file output if you need with Blender 3D or default render of Marvelous software.
They also come with a tutorial about UV :

New features for EVE online .

The development team come with this into named : EVE Online - Into the Abyss Feature Tour
The most part of this feature is focus on Planetary Colonies.
The EVE Online tell into Steam area of game with this intro:
  EVE Online is a community-driven spaceship MMO where players can play for free, choosing their own path from countless options. Experience space exploration, immense PvP and PvE battles, mining, industry and a thriving player economy in an ever-expanding sandbox.
This new features can be show at official youtube and the full official article :

Blender 3D : Distorted texture wallpaper tutorial .

This is a simple tutorial about how to make a noise wallpaper.
You need just the Camera object.
The texture is default and is add to camera with the distorted texture.
Set the render to Cycles and use the Node Editor with this parameters into the next screenshot.

GDevelop - game programming tool .

A quick introduction to this online tool comes from the official website , see this:

GDevelop runs on Windows, macOS and most recent Linux distributions.
You can also try it online using Chrome, Firefox or another recent web browser. 
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GDevelop is an open-source project.

This is tool can be used on your desktop with most operating systems but also online.
I tested it and it's easy to use and come with default examples and sample.
The result can be used on web or like application.
For Android applications you need to install it on your desktop.

Online tool with millions of satellite images of the Earth’s surface .

This website come with this great tool for aerial photographs to millions of satellite images of the Earth’s surface into great archive from 1937.
They tell us:
The U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Long Term Archive (LTA) at the National Center for Earth Resource Observations and Science (EROS) in Sioux Falls, SD is one of the largest civilian remote sensing data archives. It contains a comprehensive record of the Earth's changing land surface. Scientists from around the world depend on this archive to conduct research on changes that affect our environment, resources, health, and safety. Time series images are a valuable resource for scientists, disaster managers, engineers, educators, and the general public. USGS EROS has archived, managed, and preserved land remote sensing data for more than 35 years and is a leader in preserving land remote sensing imagery. USGS EROS has a mandate to provide access and data preservation support for its land remote sensing data archive.
The tool simple to use just select your area from Search Criteria - use the points lat/long and the use the Data Set(s) to select by your options.
You can use more than one data set to search into your area and the result will be show like a log.
This online tool can be found here.
This is a screenshot with this online tool:

News: 0 A.D. Alpha 23 .

Today the Wildfire Games announces the new release of 0 A.D. Alpha 23 named Ken Wood.
Is a great and free game for many operating platforms like: Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
You can read more about this news here.

The Vectr online and desktop tool.

With this simple tool you can manage tasks and solve issues with vector graphics - SVG file format. The team development tell us:
Vectr is a free vector graphics design software which runs on web and desktop platforms Mac, Windows, Linux and Chromebook.
You can start to work with a temporary file, but is more easy to create a simple account.
The tool come with simple features to create your design.
This tool come with a good learn area and a official youtube channel, just take a look:

News: Construct 2 Release r259.

The development team come with this new release for Construct 2 game engine.
This is a stable update to incorporate fixes from r256, r257 and r258. As noted previously, we are only maintaining Construct 2 with bug fixes at this point. New features will only be added to Construct 3.

Since r255 the main improvements are:

• Better handling of video and audio autoplay. This includes updates to work around Chrome 66's changes to autoplay policy which can prevent audio playback in old content. If you find your old games are muted in Chrome, export them again with this update and they should play audio correctly once the user has interacted with the page (i.e. a click, touch or key press). 
• Support for Xbox Live Achievements. This should allow games on the ID@Xbox programme to meet the publishing requirements. In addition to that there are also a range of bug fixes, notably for a crash using savegames with Physics, and ensuring long-press on Android no longer triggers vibration.

Prices for Construct 2 licenses vary and are not very cheap (monthly or start from €159.99) .
The types of licenses used and sold for Construct 2 are:

• Personal License 
• Business License 
• License Upgrade 
• Educational Licenses

They also let you to test a free edition:
Download the free version today and give it a go! You're just about to discover a new, exciting way to teach.

My first 3D product.

This is my product I want to sell oncgtrader website

This is the description of my 3D model:

female clothes 001

3D model Create with Blender 3D 2.79b version and Marvelous designer.

One rigged character with four clothes: three dresses, bath suit.

The clothes are tested with cloth tool from Blender 3D 2.79b and working good.

You can see my 3D product here.The default character is Caucasian with no hair and no animations.

Export to Blender 3D from the Marvelous Designer .

The Marvelous Designer 3D software is a great tool for creating 3D clothing.
Many users use Blender 3D to create 3D content and need a good way to create clothes.
One good way to export clothes to Blender is FBX format file.
This tutorial is simple one.
Just Import your 3D model into Marvelous Designer create clothes and export to Blender 3D like FBX file.
This is a screenshot with settings for export the FBX file:

The editSDF online tool .

The editSDF is a project to experiment with raymarched signed distance field.
You can test with some 3D primitives : Sphere, Box,Torus, Capsule, Ellipsoid.
You can change parameters, combine all and export the output like a GLSL shader.
The tool is very good and easy to use.
You can test it here.
This is a screenshot with the editSDF online tool: