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BALL x PIT Expansion 🏟️, Unreal VCS 🔀, Unity Sign-in 🔐

Game Dev and Tools 🛠️

Diversion demonstrates version control and AI-assisted workflows for Unreal Engine

Diversion’s Arturo demonstrates an Unreal Engine version-control workflow using background cloud syncing, feature branches and Claude Code to create a C++ character controller, commit changes and merge them into the main branch. The Epic AI MegaJam session also covers file locking, Git and Perforce imports, and bidirectional GitHub syncing. Diversion runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, with a free Unreal Engine plugin on Fab. Arturo emphasizes checking AI-generated results and providing explicit instructions for conflict resolution.

Unity IL2CPP builds can still be reverse engineered

GAMEDEV ENGINE ROOM explains that Unity’s IL2CPP backend makes reverse engineering harder but does not prevent it: metadata describing types, methods and fields can help tools such as Ghidra analyze compiled code. This does not automatically recover a working Unity project. The video argues that AI can reduce the effort involved…

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IL2CPP security 🔐, Unity Sign-in 🔑, Unreal VCS 🔀

Engines and Rendering 🎮

Fenris Creations is adding CORTAO ambient occlusion to its open-source Carbon engine

Fenris Creations is adding Daniel Isheden’s CORTAO ambient occlusion technique to its open-source Carbon engine. It traces up to 32 rays per pixel using only on-screen information; Isheden claims improved accuracy and performance. Two open-source versions are planned: an MIT-licensed reference implementation and a Carbon version tailored to Eve Online’s large depth ranges. Fenris also delayed open-sourcing Carbon’s tools from late 2026 to the first quarter of 2027 to develop a plugin extension architecture.

Unity Tools and Security 🔧

Unity IL2CPP builds can still be reverse engineered

GAMEDEV ENGINE ROOM explains that Unity’s IL2CPP backend makes reverse engineering harder but does not prevent it: metadata describing types, methods and fields can help tools such as Ghidra analyze compiled code. This does not automatically recover a working Unity project. The video argues that AI can…

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BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon 🎮, The Devil’s Due 🃏, Spellogger 2027 🌱

New Releases and Expansions 🕹️

BALL x PIT: Risen Ballbylon Expansion Available

The Risen Ballbylon expansion for BALL x PIT is available now, adding four battlefields with bosses, more than 40 enemies, 45 passives, eight characters and 24 balls. It also expands village-building with 20 structures and introduces crystals as a new resource for the game’s economy. New characters include the Sentinel, who can aim in any direction, while new balls include the earthquake-causing Kaiju and the enemy-latching Beast.

The Devil’s Due poker roguelike is available on Steam

The Devil’s Due, a roguelike deckbuilder from Games People Play and Vsoo Games, is available on Steam with a launch discount. Players attempt to reclaim their soul through one-on-one poker battles against monsters, using cheating tricks to swap cards, alter values and sabotage opponents’ draws. Both sides draw from the same deck, so adding, removing, duplicating or modifying cards affects both participants.…

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