MeshBlend 🎨, Cascadeur 2025.2 🤖, Xogot - Godot for iPad 📱
🎨 Unleashing Next-Gen Graphics
MeshBlend: The Next-Level Mesh Blending Plug-in Arrives Soon
MeshBlend is an innovative new plug-in set to launch in the next 1-2 weeks, enabling mesh blending in any direction and overcoming many limitations of RVT tools. Perfect for games, cinematics, and virtual production, it supports tasks like landscape blending and smoothing kitbash seams. A playable demo is already available, with more features planned according to a public roadmap—follow creator Tore Lervik on social media to stay updated.
Unpacking MeshBlend: The Art and Science of Blending 3D Meshes
Explore the innovative and creative process behind developing Tore Lervik's MeshBlend plugin, which allows seamless blending of intersecting 3D meshes. In this blog post Angelo Pesce discusses potential methods and theories for implementing such techniques, highlighting the importance of overcoming constraints and thinking creatively in game development. Discover how this solution goes beyond typical real-time rendering challenges to transform 3D content creation.
🚀 Innovations in Animation and AI
Cascadeur 2025.2: Smarter AI-Powered Animation Tools Unveiled
Cascadeur’s 2025.2 release upgrades its AI-assisted keyframe animation tools with a smarter Inbetweening system that lets you control motion styles like walking or running. The update extends Inbetweening to 120 frames and improves the underlying algorithm, especially for short animations. Trajectory editing now supports tangent manipulation and introduces Direction Trajectories, alongside a new fulcrum detection algorithm and enhancements to AutoPhysics and Constraints—streamlining animator workflows with smarter controls.
Magify Powers Mobile Games with AI-Driven User Acquisition and Live Ops
Magify, an AI-focused analytics and live ops platform, is helping mobile free-to-play studios optimize user acquisition and boost lifetime value through personalized content and AI-driven insights. Having partnered with dozens of studios generating over €1 million monthly, Magify is expanding its AI assistant capabilities and integration beyond Unity to engines like Godot and React. By emphasizing predictive modeling and data-driven monetization strategies, Magify aims to accelerate smart growth while reducing costly trial and error for studios of all sizes.
📚 Gaming, Education, and Community Insights
Xogot Updates Pricing with Free Trial and Student Licenses for Godot on iPad
Xogot, the Godot engine adapted for iPad, has revamped its pricing model after user feedback. New users can now enjoy a full-featured free trial for one week, plus two lower-cost subscription options including a flexible weekly plan. Additionally, Xogot offers free one-year subscriptions to qualified students and supports educators with special outreach programs, making game development on-the-go more accessible than ever.
Wishlists & Visuals: Keys to Successful Game Launches Revealed
A game developer shares insights on how wishlist numbers can predict sales success, emphasizing the need to show gameplay and build community engagement. Visual appeal and effective art direction are deemed more vital than raw graphics quality for capturing interest, while a network effect from community platforms bolsters reach. Trusting fan feedback and focusing on specialist coverage over generalist attention can enhance promotional strategies in the competitive digital landscape.
Preserving Online Games: The Complex Reality Behind 'Stop Killing Games'
Intellectual property lawyer Sergio Ferreira examines the challenges of preserving online-server-dependent games amidst the Stop Killing Games petition. He highlights technical, legal, and licensing hurdles that make simple preservation impossible and urges for transparency at purchase about server dependency. Ferreira proposes realistic preservation strategies—like tiered frameworks and clear digital service labeling—that balance developer constraints with consumer rights, ensuring culturally significant online games don't disappear without a trace.