Autodesk发布自家公司的的游戏引擎Stingray。

最早在3月份Autodesk就宣布将要推出Stingray，其实早在2014年Autodesk就收购一个名叫Butsquid的引擎——它存在已经好几年时间了。

基于Butsquid的引擎，较著名的像是射击游戏《地狱潜者(Helldivers)》。

Autodesk的游戏负责人Frank Delise表示，Butsquid的核心没有做出什么较大改变。

不过在其他方面就有变化了，像是用了不同的界面，而且和Autodesk的设计工具结合得更加紧密。

很难说Stingray能让游戏做到何等程度，但从截屏来看似乎还挺不错。

据说游戏开发团队以及艺术家、动画师和纹理设计师都可以非常轻松地实时预览其工作内容。

比如说在Maya中构建或修改一个角色，它几乎可以立即在Stingray的编辑器中展示出来。

另外还有虚拟拖拽编程工具，在无需学习Lua脚本语言的情况下就能完成一些简单的任务。

Autodesk即将发布自家公司游戏引擎StingrayStingray采用订阅的形式。

基础支持是30美元一个月，如果是长期购买的话会有优惠，针对学生则有免费的选择。

相比较，Unity提供的基础编辑器和引擎和免费的，团队授权和其他特性每月订阅费用75美元;Epic针对每季度收入超3000美元的虚幻4引擎(Unreal Engine 4)游戏收5%的使用费。

Autodesk同时也表示，今年晚些时间，Stingray会包含在轻量级的Maya LT订阅中。

这是款偏向于那些相对专业的开发者准备的工具，而不是首次接触游戏开发的人。

Autodesk Stingray 2018 version 1.x | 1.0 GbAutodesk Inc.

, a world leader in 3D design software for entertainment, natural resources, manufacturing, engineering, construction, and civil infrastructure, has released 1.

8 version of Stingray Game engine, a game engine and 3D application aimed at indie game developers.

Autodesk Stingray was released back in 2015, but before we take on the game engine right away, let’s clear the dust about its maker.

Autodesk is the owner of corporate software like AutoCad, 3D Studio Max, Maya, Maya LT, and ZBrush, all of which dominate the arena of 3D design engineering, game design, and animation.

So the news of Autodesk rolling out Stingray was a pleasant surprise not for game developers but 3D artists as well.

Stingray beats down other 3D game engines because of the native relation between Stingray and its factory mate software used for building 3D characters and environments.

The offer might be new, but Autodesk has a reputation of not quitting on their stuff without making the products wholesome, so expect top of the class functionalities and features in coming days including user-developed plugins.

If you are thinking about rendering, then nothing does it better than Autodesk’s Beast.

Stingray 1.

8 includes a new non-interactive mode for the light baker, built-in support for splash screens in the appkit, and experimental support for the Hololens platform.

Now that both WebAssembly and WebGL 2.

0 are released, the workflow to run your project in a web browser has officially graduated out of experimental mode, and the process to deploy is smoother than ever.

In addition, you'll find some nice usability improvements in the Capture Frames tool, the Particle Editor, and the Asset Browser.

An updated GoogleVR template lets you create hybrid apps that can run with or without VR.

Plug-in developers will want to check out the new public stingray-plugin repo on GitHub, which has everything you need to get started, including a great new tutorial.

Stingray 1.8 (1.8.1267.0) Release Notes:About AutodeskAutodesk helps people imagine, design and create a better world.

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