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  1. Admin
    Leadwerks Game Launcher lets you play a variety of creative, experimental, and just plain wacky mini-games made with Leadwerks Game Engine. Fly a spaceship through an asteroid field, play a round of miniature golf, or ride a lawn mower while dodging killer cows. It's free and there's a constant supply of new things to try.
     

     
    With Steam Workshop integration, you can talk directly to the developers and give your feedback for new ideas to be incorporated into their games. Start a discussion and let the devs know what you liked about their game, what can be improved, and any new ideas you have to add to their game. Your feedback will help them design their game and create something new and unique for the Steam community to enjoy.
     

     
    For developers, Leadwerks Game Launcher provides a much needed incubator for game ideas. Get feedback from players and start building a fanbase so you can rev up momentum for Kickstarter or Greenlight. Leadwerks Game Launcher allows anyone on Steam to play your game instantly, with no zip files, installers, or plugins.
     
    Leadwerks Game Launcher is available now as an Early Access title free on Steam.
  2. Admin
    Congratulations to Type Advantage for the release of Pump-Action Captain on Steam. This title began as a Kickstarter project clearing 170% of their modest $500 goal. The team used that momentum to fuel a successful Greenlight campaign, gaining approval in just ten days. Today marks the release of the game as an "Early Preview" title, which means it's a playable work in progress. You can play it now for just $4.19.
     
    From the store page:
     
    Be sure to support your fellow Leadwerkers. Buy the game, play it, and if you want, leave a review on Steam.
  3. Admin
    The 2015 Steam Summer Sale begins today! Save on tons of games and software including all Leadwerks products.
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/251810
     

     
    If you're new to game development, now is the perfect time to get Leadwerks and start making a game for the Leadwerks Summer Games Tournament.
  4. Admin
    The Leadwerks 2016 Winter Games Tournament is complete! This tournament brought some new types of games we haven't seen before, with a wide range of new games to try. Here's a review.
     

     
    The Adventures of Relic Rick
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/games/_/the-adventures-of-relic-rick-public-alpha-v100-r108
     
    You control the adventurer, Rick, who is on a hunt for an ancient artifact for his museum. During his search in an underground ruin, he feels an earthquake and, before he knows it, the ground caves in beneath his feet! Rick is then swallowed into a secret temple! Trapped inside, Rick must proceed forward through the newly discovered ruin using his wits to solve puzzles, collect keys, and survive to escape the labyrinth. Will he ever find a way out of this secret underground dungeon or will it become his permanent tomb? It is up to you to help guide Rick out of his unfortunate state.
     

     
    Sentinal Defect
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=625497837
     
    Survive against waves of killer robot spiders, armed with an SMG and an endless supply of ammunition. How many waves can you survive? The visual design is simple but consistent and striking.
     

     
    Present Hunt
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=629645154
     
    Gather the presents and bring them to the tree. Heavy post-processing effects and a rich atmosphere make this an environment worth exploring.
     

     
    Dungeon Creeper
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=621811493
     
    You're the pest-control snow-machine repair guy! Your career in life is to visit different places on your trusty boat and fix their machinery. This winter, you've received a special call out to Snow Town - their snow machine has broken down and they need you to re-set it!
     

     
    d4Shmup
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=630002481
     
    An overhead shoot-em-up made with Leadwerks! Pilot your ship through a short level blasting enemies in your path.
     

     
    The Hankinator's Ode to Alpha Dog
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=626762660
     
    The Hankinator is back with another wacky game. You are a dog air-dropped into a viking village on a mission to bite as many people as possible.
     

     
    The Lost and The Fallen
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=630028747
     
    This interesting concept lets you lead your dog to locate a missing person. Locate the missing individual with the help of your dog. Should be possible to 'complete' the first single level but only intended as very early demo.
     

     
    Science Preview
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=605707281
     
    This science fiction FPS pits you against an endless onslaught of terrifying monsters. The level design is reminiscent of 1990's shooters. Try it now!
     

     
    Maze Sweeper
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=630071001
     
    From the author:
    You have gotten captured by evil scientist trying to experement on you, when you find guns and a way out, you find a monster that has not became so crazy as the other monsters, and he knows the way through the maze to the teleporter, you hope he will last, but he may become crazy on the way out.
     

     
    Nennerog
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=627877110
     
    An experimental first-person shooter from first-time author lbxr2000.
     

     
    My Place
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=626851826
     
    Explore the mountain base.
     

     
    3rd Person Controller
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=616558416
     
    This tech demo lets you control a character in third-person view, with lots of level interactions to try.
     

     
    Ice Island
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=610426359
     
    While not strictly a game, this is an interesting environment to explore.
     

     
    ZombScar
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=615676471
     
    Explore the surface of another planet.
     

     
    Pong3D
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=603368404
     
    Play the classic game "Pong" in a bright flashing futuristic 3D setting.
     

     
    Recovery
    http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/page/viewitem?fileid=613979230
     
    A beginning game made with Workshop content, with a cool menu.
     

  5. Admin
    AMD has released a new driver which fixes a compatibility problem with Leadwerks. You can download the driver from their site here:
    http://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/latest-catalyst-windows-beta.aspx
     
    Resolved Issues:
    [412702] Screens may blank out when enabling a 3x1 SLS with 3 HDMI monitors
    [411847] Leadwerks : Project Manager crashes with a "Pure Virtual Function Call" error
    [413076] Second Life : Rigged mesh objects are not rendered correctly when hardware skinning is enabled in the in game settings
    [413392] Star Trek Online : Block corruption is experienced when MSAA is enabled in the in game settings
    [410367] System hangs/BSOD upon resuming from S3/S4 sleep on AMD Radeon™ R9 285 configured in AMD CrossFire™ mode
    [410293] With AMD CrossFire™ enabled, Timeout Detection Recovery (TDR) occurs during actual gameplay when YouTube Mix moves to the next song in Firefox
    [407622] Screen tearing on enabling VSync with Alien: Isolation game
    [407175] Catalyst Control Center Video Quality settings may not be available or retained if the "Enforce Smooth Video Playback" option is not selected on some AMD HD series GPU's.
    [410391] Primary display may not be retained after disabling Crossfire while in Eyefinity mode
    [409705] Enabling or disabling Crossfire may lead to one side of the 4K MST display being shown as black
    [410393] Minor stuttering may be seen in Dragon Age Inquisition on Single and Multi GPU configurations​
    [414660] Total War : Attilla - The game may hang during in game cinematics on certain Kaveri platforms with a separate discrete GPU
    [414120] The Elder Scrolls V - Skyrim : Fog / Clouds may flicker on Radeon HD 5800 series products

  6. Admin
    Based on the success of the recent Winter Games Tournament, and the growing number of titles posted on our site, a Greenlight campaign has been launched to put a standalone Leadwerks Game Player on Steam. This will allow free self-publishing so that any Steam user can easily and safely install and play your game.

    Play Free Games
    The Leadwerks Game Player lets you install and play free games made by other Steam users with Leadwerks Game Engine. Choose from a wide variety of simple games like Asteroids3D, Crime Closer, Hunt for Food, and many more.
    Free Self-Publishing to Steam Workshop
    If you are a Leadwerks Game Engine user, Leadwerks Game Player lets you publish your own games to Steam through the Steam Workshop. Leadwerks Game Player uses sandboxed Lua script so that malicious code can't be executed, allowing free and safe self-publishing to Steam.
    Play Your Own Games in the Living Room
    Leadwerks works with SteamOS, so you and your friends can play your own games on the PC or in the living room. Just press "Publish" and your game is instantly available to all your friends on Steam.
    VR Mode
    Check the "VR Mode" checkbox to play any game in virtual reality with your Oculus Rift headset. 

     

     

  7. Admin
    Today, Leadwerks Software announces the release of Leadwerks Game Engine 3.4, introducing many new features that help make Leadwerks Game Engine the easiest way to build royalty-free 3D games. With today’s free update on Steam, developers will have access to an all-new vehicle command set for building interactive cars and trucks with a physically realistic transmission model. Built-in water settings have been added in the editor to provide life-like water with the click of a button. Leadwerks Workshop, a one-stop shop for browsing and installing free game assets, is now more easily accessible with a visual interface built right into the Leadwerks editor. In addition, over one hundred small fixes and improvements have made their way into the new update.
     
    The free trial of Leadwerks has been updated to version 3.4, and is now available for Linux for the first time, in addition to Windows. A 66% discount on the indie and standard editions of Leadwerks Game Engine is being offered during the week of the launch.

    About Leadwerks Game Engine
    Leadwerks Game Engine is the easiest way to make 3D games, helping players to become content creators. The software has been designed for ease-of-use and power, combining a simple intuitive visual interface with an advanced game engine under the hood. A royalty-free license and low cost of entry give beginners easy access to get started making their own games. For more information about Leadwerks Game Engine, please visit http://www.leadwerks.com.
    About Leadwerks Software
    Leadwerks Software was founded in 2006 to make game development fun and enjoyable. The company launched Leadwerks Game Engine 3.0 in April at the GDC 2013 expo. In July 2013, the company conducted a successful Kickstarter campaign to bring Leadwerks to the Linux operating system, reaching over 200% of their goal in just six weeks. A concurrent Greenlight campaign for Steam was also successful, making Leadwerks the first third-party 3D game engine distributed on Steam.
  8. Admin
    Our first character pack for Leadwerks has been released. The Zombie Character Pack DLC is now available on Steam for $29.99, with a 15% launch discount.
     

     
    The Leadwerks Zombie Character Pack provides you with a horde of undead monsters to slay. Fight your way through the flesh-eating mob or pit them against each other in an all-zombie brawl to the death. All characters are fully scripted and ready to use in Leadwerks, with no programming required. Just drop them into your map and press play!

    Contents
    Five zombie character models from various walks of life.
    Idle, death, walk, run, and two attack animations.
    All associated materials, textures, and sounds.
    Integration with default Leadwerks AI script.


    Installing the DLC
    To install this DLC, select the Workshop > Manage AddOns menu in the main window. Select this DLC in the list, press the Install button, and your items will be available in the editor. 

     

  9. Admin
    The Leadwerks FPS Weapons Pack is now available on Steam as a DLC. The FPS Weapons Pack provides a small arsenal of game-ready weapons, with no coding required. Drag these objects into your map for the player to pick up and use. Pulverize your enemies with a machete, .22 pistol, combat shotgun, MP5 submachine gun and an M4 carbine. Each weapon includes sounds, effects, animations, and scripted behavior that make it ready-to-use in your Leadwerks games.
     
    The pack can be purchased with a 15% discount during the launch period.
     


  10. Admin
    Following completion of their successful Kickstarter campaign to bring Leadwerks’ game development software to Linux, Leadwerks has announced the release of Leadwerks Game Engine for Linux on the Steam distribution platform. This provides Linux users with a powerful tool to easily create their own 3D games.
     
    Over the last year, Leadwerks has focused on desktop Linux as a platform for creating and playing games. For many users, Leadwerks provides the last missing application they need to move entirely over to Ubuntu or another Linux-based OS. With Leadwerks for Linux now available on Steam, developers can build and play games without ever leaving Linux.
     

     
    Bringing Leadwerks Game Engine for Linux to Steam means that existing games can be more easily deployed to Linux. The Leadwerks Game Player allows users to play games published through the Steam Workshop. In most cases, games developed for Windows can be played on Linux with no changes and no recompiling, due to Leadwerks’ platform-agnostic design.
     
    Linux support also opens the door for Leadwerks developers to publish games to the living room. Last year Valve Software announced the SteamOS, a Linux-based operating system for game consoles. Although SteamOS is still in development, Leadwerks for Linux and SteamOS promise to provide indie game developers with a way to deploy their games to the living room quickly and easily.
     
    Leadwerks Game Engine is a powerful and easy to use development tool for building 3D games. The software has recently grown in popularity due to its ease of use, royalty-free license, and strong support for C++ and Lua programming. Thanks to the quality of modern Linux graphics drivers, Leadwerks is able to deliver high-end 3D visuals on Linux with an advanced deferred renderer using OpenGL 4.0. The Indie Edition of the software can be purchased on Steam for $99.99.
     
    About Leadwerks Software
    Leadwerks Software was founded in 2006 to build powerful game development tools that are easy to use. The company launched Leadwerks 3 in April 2013 at the GDC expo. Last summer, the company conducted a successful Kickstarter campaign to bring Leadwerks to the Linux operating system, reaching over 200% of their goal in just six weeks. A concurrent Greenlight campaign for Steam was also successful, making Leadwerks the first 3D game engine approved for distribution on Steam. In June of 2014, the Leadwerks Game Player on Steam opened the door for indie game developers to publish their games to the Steam Workshop, with no waiting period and no approval process. Although it’s been available on Steam for less then a year, Leadwerks users already have a dozen games and concepts on Steam Greenlight.
  11. Admin
    A demo version of Leadwerks Game Engine has been released on Steam. If you've got a Steam account, you can now try the easiest way to make your own 3D games, free for fourteen days. Try out the sample maps that teach gameplay concepts, import some of your own artwork, or just play around with the editor and learning materials.
     

     
    The full version of Leadwerks enables access to the Leadwerks Workshop, where you can download more than 70 items, including models, sounds, texture packs, and even games made with Leadwerks. It also allows publishing of your own items to Steam.
     
    Try the Leadwerks Game Engine demo on Steam now.
  12. Admin
    After blasting through Greenlight in just 27 days, Leadwerks Software today announced the launch of Leadwerks Game Engine: Indie Edition, exclusively available on the Steam distribution platform. The arrival of Leadwerks adds 3D game development software to Valve’s lineup of creative and productivity tools.
     
    Leadwerks is designed to make game development easy for Steam’s 65 million users, with a royalty-free license for making commercial products. A new renderer built on OpenGL 4.0 provides high-end graphics comparable with modern AAA games at an affordable price. Built-in level design tools based on constructive solid geometry make map design easy for users who aren’t expert artists. Game code is written with Lua, an easy-to-learn script language that also happens to be used in hundreds of commercial games like Crysis, Call of Duty, and World of Warcraft. Extensive documentation is provided, with examples to demonstrate every aspect of building a 3D game.
     
    Leadwerks promises to provide an easy entry mode to overcome the console barrier that has traditionally kept indie game developers at a distance. Last summer the company raised over 200% of their funding goal on Kickstarter to add support for the Linux operating system. With Linux development nearly complete and the pending release of Valve’s Steam Machines, a disruptive alternative to traditional consoles, Leadwerks looks ready to provide an easy route to console publishing via Steam. The company is attending Steam Dev Days next week to learn more about SteamOS and Valve’s new hardware.
     
    Leadwerks Game Engine: Indie Edition can be purchased on Steam for $99.
  13. Admin
    Leadwerks 3.1 has entered the beta testing phase on schedule according to our development plan laid out in the Leadwerks for Linux Kickstarter campaign. Supporters who chose the SUPER BACKER reward have been granted access to try the early builds of Leadwerks for Linux.
     
    We chose to use the excellent Code::Blocks IDE for Linux development. Beta testers can access the full Leadwerks API to program graphics, physics, and gameplay, along with a few new functions like Camera::SetMultisampleMode(), which sets the render antialiasing level.
     

     
    Although the beta is not a complete finished product, we've already learned a lot about building high-end graphics for Linux. First of all, the Linux OpenGL drivers for ATI and Nvidia hardware are fine. We've encountered no graphics drivers bugs (so far). This may be due to the streamlined nature of OpenGL 4, as it removes a lot of legacy functionality. Whatever the cause, OpenGL drivers for Linux work great, much better than Windows drivers did a few years ago in the dark days between OpenGL 2 and 3.
     
    The biggest remaining challenge is to get the editor running in Linux. We anticipate two difficult parts to this. First, although we have a GUI abstraction layer that uses GTK on Linux, we expect some amount of fiddling to be necessary to make it work right. Second, the case-sensitive nature of the Linux file system will cause issues that need to be dealt with since there are many placed where our editor stores file names in lower-case format. This will require a lot of effort to resolve, but it's not any harder than some of the other issues we have dealt with so far in the development of Leadwerks for Linux. The benefits of having a Linux game editor with a native look and feel will make it worth the extra effort it takes.

    Steam Dev Days
    Leadwerks founder Josh has been invited and will be attending Steam Dev Days in Seattle, Washington. Steam Dev Days is a two-day game developer’s conference where professionals can meet in a relaxed, off the record environment. Developers will share their design and industry expertise, participate in roundtable discussions and attend lectures by industry veterans on topics ranging from game economies to VR, Linux/OpenGL, user-generated content and more. Developers will also have direct access to Valve’s Steam Team, and will be given a chance to test-drive and provide feedback on Steam OS, prototype Steam Machines and Steam Controllers. 

  14. Admin
    In just three weeks, the Linux community has successfully funded the development of Leadwerks for Linux. This means we're going to bring Leadwerks 3.1 to Linux, with native support for developing Linux games...so Linux games can now be completely free from Windows.

    Greenlight
    It's been an amazing few weeks. During this time, we also successfully completed our Greenlight campaign to make Leadwerks available on Steam and take advantage of features like the Steam Workshop. You can see from the graph below that our campaign did better than any other software in Steam we had data for. The votes look like they would have gone a lot higher, but Valve approved us early! 


    Megatextures
    I also had a chance to prototype the major feature of Leadwerks 3.1 I was most concerned about. I wanted to implement a new terrain system that would remove the limitations of our old one, and thought that a technique I call "dynamic megatextures" would be a good solution. Basically, this works like id Software's megatexture technology, only the virtual textures are generated on-the-fly rather than being paged from the hard drive. This means the entire terrain can be uniquely textured, but it doesn't require the hard drive space megatextures usually need: 

     
    Getting that knocked out of the way makes me confident we can deliver Leadwerks 3.1 for Linux according to our original vision.
     
    Congratulations, Linux community! I'm happy to make Linux a core part of our company's focus moving forward.
  15. Admin
    Valve Software's Steam is a game distribution platform used by millions of gamers worldwide. What started as simply a way to buy and update games has evolved into a vast ecosystem with instant messaging between friends, game hubs featuring players' screenshots and video, and workshops for sharing user-generated content. Last fall, Valve added software titles to its lineup of products, and implemented Greenlight, a system that lets users vote directly on which titles should be sold on Steam. Valve says this removed the bottleneck their manual approval process imposed so that more titles can be approved for Steam.
     
    One company wants to push the Steam ecosystem even further by building the process of game development right into Steam. Leadwerks Software has announced the launch of their Greenlight campaign for Leadwerks 3: Steam Edition. Leadwerks is a visual tool for building any kind of 3D game, including dungeon crawlers, first-person shooters, and side-scrollers.
     
    The company's Greenlight page explains they are working with the Steam SDK to integrate features of the Steam ecosystem. For example, the company plans to open up a workshop where Steam users can buy and sell digital goods for making games. This lets developers get all the content they need straight from Steam. Game assets like models and images take a long time to produce, so this feature could remove a big roadblock for producing finished games. Leadwerks is also simplifying the Steam publishing process by packaging up game files so they are ready-to-use in Steam. This makes it easier for indie developers to put their games on Steam.
     
    Leadwerks founder and CEO Josh says that "I think Steam users are a good match for us because Valve has been such a big influence in my design. Our editor is similar to the Source Engine workflow, so modders will be able to pick it up pretty quickly. There's a lot of talent in the mod communities, and we're trying to channel that". Lua script is another benefit, since it's already used in hundreds of games, and many PC gamers are used to tweaking game code. The software also has some visual scripting features that make life easier for non-programmers who just want to design a game quickly.
     
    You can vote for Leadwerks by visiting http://www.leadwerks.com/greenlight or find it in the software section of Steam Greenlight.
  16. Admin
    Leadwerks Software is now offering internships through the Center for Entreprenuership at Sacramento State University. Internships are available for programming, 3D art, web development, and marketing.
     
    Programming Internship
    Assist the development team with tools and core engine design.
    Work with game development team to create a sample Leadwerks3D game.
    Gain experience working in a professional software development environment.
    C++ and Lua experience are a plus but not required.

    3D Art Internship
    Become proficient with the Leadwerks3D design tools.
    Provide feedback to the development team to improve the art pipeline.
    Assist game development team by producing 3D models, textures, animations, and game levels.

    Web Development Internship
    Work with marketing to enhance our online identity.
    Develop social features for our online community of game developers.
    Foster online community relations.

    Marketing Internship
    Author promotional materials for website, press releases, and newsletters.
    Interact with the development team to communicate technical information to the public.
    Enhance and promote our unique company brand.

    Spring and summer positions are available now. Interns will work 10-20 hours a week, gaining experience working on a commercial product as part of a professional software development team. Apply at www.leadwerks.com/careers.
  18. Admin
    The Leadwerks Engine 3 Forums are open to all Leadwerks developers so you can post your ideas and get information on the development of Leadwerks Engine 3. Additionally, forums are now divided up by product, with forums for Leadwerks Engine 2, Leadwerks Engine 3, and 3D World Studio. We think this organization will provide more room to grow in the future.
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