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Deep Dive: What You Can Do With dot big bang 0.9.9

The recent release of dot big bang v0.9.9 added a mountain of new features to make developers’ lives easier. This post will run through some of the most significant and useful changes, and offer some information and tips on putting the new features to work. So let’s jump right in!

September Community Creation Picks!

Welcome to our September Community Creation Picks blog. This is where members of the dot big bang dev team highlight some community creations that have caught their eye over the last month.

Your work could be featured too! Drop by our Discord to share your latest creations, and our faves will be shown next month. There are Weekly Art & Scripting challenges to take part in to get some inspiration.

And as always, well done to everyone who made these awesome things. Click through to show them some appreciation with a like and a comment!

August Community Creation Picks

The ever-creative dot big bang community make a lot of impressive games, scenes, and voxel objects each month. This roundup shows off some of our recent favourites, picked out by the dot big bang dev team.

Be sure to drop a heart on the ones you like to show their creators some appreciation. And if you make things yourself, post them in our Discord Creator Space to enter the running for next month’s blog!

Out Now: 3 New Videos About Making Games On dot big bang

Three new videos have gone live on the dot big bang YouTube channel, all focussed on helping creators learn to make games. Whether you’re picking up the dot big bang Game Editor for the first time, or ready to start building more advanced games, there’s something here for you!

Build Your Own FPS With The dot big bang FPS Kit!

One of the most common questions we get from people making games on dot big bang is: “how can I make my own FPS?” And the good news is that it just got easier than ever with the arrival of the FPS Kit! Anyone can use this new and improved starter game as a base to build their own customized FPS on dot big bang.

July Community Creations Spotlight

Welcome to the dot big bang Community Creations spotlight! This is the monthly blog in which dot big bang devs and staff celebrate the community-created objects, environments, and games that have caught their eye in recent weeks. Click the images to check out each piece of work in dot big bang, and be sure to drop a like and a comment to show your appreciation!

TypeScript 5.0 Arrives On dot big bang!

We recently upgraded the version of TypeScript used for game scripting on dot big bang from TypeScript 3.7 to TypeScript 5.0. This upgrade brings a lot of new improvements and features to the script-writing experience.

Listen Up: New Sound & Music Library Now Available!

The dot big bang sound library got a big upgrade today with the arrival of a massive selection of new sounds and music.

The update includes 5,000 sounds for all kinds of actions, scenes, and situations, including whooshes, footsteps, impacts and explosions, UI clicks, animal and ambient sounds, and many more. There are also ten pieces of music to add atmosphere to your creations.

Join The dot big bang Combat Game Jam, Starting Today!

Welcome to the dot big bang Combat Jam, a super-fun two week game jam that starts today!

Between May 8th-22nd, you’re invited to create your very own combat game. Using this readymade Combat Example game as a starting point, this is your chance to go wild and create a combat game all of your own. All games have a chance to be featured on the dotbigbang.com homepage, and we’ll play our favourites live on stream after the jam!

Changelog: dot big bang v0.9.2 – A Substantial Game Editor QoL Update

We’re happy to announce the release of dot big bang v0.9.2! This substantial update includes some new Game & Voxel Editor functionality that’s been making our Community Engineer team very happy.

Highlights include some new Game Editor features, such as copying properties – particle systems, for example – from one component to another. You can also now search an entity’s components, allowing you to quickly locate specific scripts on an entity. Voxel artists will be happy to see a new color picker in the Voxel Editor that includes saved colors, complementary color suggestions, and the ability to import the palette from a voxel object.