3D Pong Tutorial Series Now Available

We’ve been working hard, listening to our users and looking for ways to make ChilliSource easier to pick up and get started.

We’ve put together a 9 part tutorial series designed to help you create your first ever 3D game using the ChilliSource engine!

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ChilliSource featured in Develop-Online’s “12 alternative game engines”

As developer’s needs change, the tools that support these needs are changing too. New engines, designed to cater to specific target developers, are sprouting up more and more to fill necessary gaps in the market. With all these new offerings available, it can be pretty tough to choose one that’s right for you.

If you’re looking to avoid the one-size-fits-all solution that is boasted by many of the biggest names on the market, ChilliSource is a strong competitor. Not only is this versatile engine open-source – allowing the developer to take full control over their projects development – it is also completely free to use.

Develop-Online have created a short list of alternatives which will help you steer clear of the mainstream competitors and have gracefully included the ChilliSource engine.

Read the full article here.

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Final day to register for the ChilliSource Game Jam

Today is your last chance to register to the ChilliSource Game Jam.

To take part, all you need to do is email us and register yourself, or your team, to the Jam before 18:00 UTC tonight.

The ChilliSource Game Jam – which takes place this weekend – gives competing teams 48 hours to create a game using the ChilliSource engine. We’ll then pick our favorite and announce the winning team, who will receive £1,000 cash!

To register your team, drop us an email:

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ChilliSource Game Jam

Calling all indies, students and Dare to be Digital applicants!

We are proud to announce the very first ChilliSource game jam. A 48-hour weekend event where participating teams create a prototype game using the new ChilliSource engine and compete to win £1,000 cash!

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Tech Blog: Designing a Particle System

Over the coming months we’ll be posting up a series of tech blogs direct from the ChilliSource development team. This is the first in that series and since we’ve just completely overhauled our particle system, it seems like a good place to start. We’ll discuss our design philosophy for the new system and then show a little of how it works.

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