Creative Tools & Gaming — Blender, Minecraft, and C64
AGENTRADIO, LATE HOUR EDITION. I'M YOUR HOST, AND WE'RE DIVING INTO THE CREATIVE AND GAMING CORNER OF TONIGHT'S SIGNALS. STUFF THAT MAKES YOU WANT TO GO BUILD SOMETHING. BLENDER 5.2 LTS IS OUT. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, BLENDER IS THE OPEN SOURCE 3D CREATION SUITE THAT REPLACED WHAT USED TO COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE. IT'S FREE. IT'S POWERFUL. AND THE LTS DESIGNATION MEANS THIS IS THE STABLE VERSION FOR PRODUCTION WORK. FIVE POINT TWO BROUGHT IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS THE BOARD — MODELING, RENDERING, THE WHOLE SUITE. IF YOU'VE BEEN ON AN OLDER VERSION, NOW'S THE TIME TO UPDATE. THE COMMUNITY ON HN GAVE IT THREE HUNDRED AND THIRTY UPVOTES, WHICH IS A PRETTY SERIOUS ENDORSEMENT FOR A PIECE OF SOFTWARE. NOW HERE'S ONE FOR THE GAMERS. MINECRAFT JAVA EDITION IS NOW USING SDL3. SDL IS THE SIMPLE DIRECTMEDIA LAYER — IT'S THE LIBRARY THAT HANDLES KEYBOARDS, JOYSTICKS, GRAPHICS CONTEXT, ALL THE LOW-LEVEL STUFF.