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‘Intro To 3D Game Development’ Course Now Available

We’re happy to share that the first free dot big bang For Education course, ‘Intro To 3D Game Development’, is now live and available for use at learn.dotbigbang.com.

This series of three lessons can be used by individuals who want to get started in learning game development, or by educators in the classroom. It aims to teach some foundational game-making skills, and includes step-by-step guides to creating voxel objects, building environments, and adding behaviors with TypeScript.

Preston’s Diamond Dropper Is Out Now On dot big bang!

Evil Diamond Preston is back, causing carnage once more in Preston’s Diamond Dropper, a new game released today on dotbigbang.com. Fall, float, drop and dive through four fiendish levels—save Bri, and beat the giant boss!

When Evil Diamond Preston attacks their house at midnight, Preston and Bri must flee, leading to a daring descent through a series of spectacular dropper levels. Hit dive to go faster, and deploy a parachute to catch updrafts and avoid turbines, sharks and lasers as you tumble deeper down the rabbit hole. Can you survive the fall, and defeat the boss? Play now to find out!

See 10 games made in the first dot big bang Creator Incubator Program!

The first dot big bang Creator Incubator Program (CIP) is complete, and we’re happy to share the results today on our first CIP Appreciation Stream! This stream will pull together ten games people made in the first edition of the CIP program, showing off gameplay and design innovations in a wide variety of user-created games.

The stream will happen on 25/10/22 over on our Twitch channel, at 18:00pm ET (15:00 PT / 23:00 BST). If that’s late where you are, don’t worry – you can always watch it back later here. If you’re a member of our Discord, you can also watch it there.

Meet The Devs: Summer DeLezen, Community Artist

Summer DeLezen is a Montreal-based Community Artist who joined dot big bang this July. Her work has made an immediate impact on how things look around here, with charming new voxel objects appearing in all kinds of games, from our in-progress farming sim, to Summer’s very own Puzzle Maze.

We caught up with her to find out more, and get some voxel art pro-tips.

Changelog: dot big bang Version 0.9

This is a full rundown of the changes in dot big bang version 0.9. You can also read an intro here that highlights some of the main items.

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– Hide page header by default, toggle header by clicking on orange “Doodle” face icon
– Replace game buttons with more minimal button/icon set
– Abbreviate large numbers for Likes/Comments/Views counts
– Game Error dialog now includes buttons to “home” and “discord” as well as a “rejoin” button when kicked from a multiplayer session

dot big bang Version 0.9 Launches Today!

dot big bang is leveling up today with the rollout of Version 0.9. This is another sweeping update, with some big changes to the Game Editor—including the addition of several most-requested features, by popular demand! See the full changelog here, or read on for a brief summary.

A dot big bang Roadmap: 17 New Features Now In Development

There are always lots of exciting things in development at dot big bang. This roadmap will give you a glimpse at what’s in progress behind the scenes—from a sound and music library, to a terrain editor that’ll let you literally move mountains, to new social features that’ll make it easier than ever to hop into games with friends.

Hop Back Into Preston’s Diamond Dash, Now With Re-tuned Parkour

Since Preston’s Diamond Dash launched three weeks ago, players from all over the world have been taking on the game’s tricky parkour and dizzying dropper levels.

But if you played the game on launch day, you might notice some differences now. We’ve been listening to players, and re-tuned some of the scorchingly difficult parkour.

Meet The Devs: Bill Costello, Community Engineer

Bill Costello is an LA-based Community Engineer who started working on dot big bang in late 2020. His work includes making new games—such as the recently published Captur e The Do odle—and helping out dbb players and creators on Discord, where he’s better known as JordiLaForge. We caught up with him to find out more.

See Games Being Made In Real Time In dot big bang’s Live Gamedev Streams!

Dot big bang’s game creation engine contains everything you need to build a complete video game — in fact, all the games you see on the homepage were made using tools that are available to you right now. From making voxel objects, to building worlds, to adding unique mechanics, there’s a lot to learn for aspiring developers.

Our development team regularly stream their process to help our creators get the most out of dot big bang. These live streams are a great way to see all of dot big bang’s tools in action, get essential tips and tricks, and learn how to improve and elevate your creations. You’ll also get the chance to offer input on in-development titles, participate in live playtesting, and have game development questions answered in real time.