Krita 4.0.1 : Supported tablets.

I used a good graphic tablet from Huion and works great with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.
The new software from Huion let you to make settings and changes for your graphic tablet.
The Krita development team come with this web page for supported tablets.
They do not guarantee that all tablets are compatible.
For those who want to buy a graphics tablet, they should make sure they are compatible with the Krita software.

The ThreeNodes tool .

The ThreeNodes.js tool is a good example to see how the three.js libs can be used.
Is a good tool to create and use it, see online tool:

The COLOR online tool.

This COLOR online tool help you to create, share, and apply color palettes to your UI, as well as measure the accessibility level of any color combination.
Select your color palette r create a custom one.
The next step is to export the output to Android , iOs or CodePen website.

News : Get up to $311 in free assets.

News for Unity 3D users and development teams.
The Unity 3D team come with this new feature to have more assets into your game development:
  Spend between $50 and $250 in the Unity Asset Store during the month of June 2018, and get up to five free assets, worth $311 in value. Activate now by submitting your Asset Store login (your email) here.*
Read about this here.

Blender 3D : Tutorial about Sketchfab online tool and Dandelion model .

This is a simple tutorial about how to create transparent area into your texture.
In my example is about Dandelion model.
The model is created with Blender 3D software and is upload with Sketchfab blender 3D addon.
Next use Manage button to edit all your materials and textures.
You need to select just the OPACITY with the texture for transparent area like flowers or for each leaf.
For example in this screenshot is not selected the texture, but you can select for each area of 3D model.

This is result of my work with Dandelion 3D model:

Dandelion by catafest on Sketchfab

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. 
... 
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.