Install material-maker with Homebrew Cask

Project links

• Homepage
• Repository
• Package manager page

Commands and aliases

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Project history

Rodolphe Suescun began Material Maker as an open-source Godot-based tool in 2018. Its initial emphasis was procedural texture generation through interconnected graph nodes; it later grew to include brush graphs and direct painting on 3D models.

The project continued through regular public releases and underwent substantial work to move its interface and rendering foundations to Godot 4. Its scope now spans procedural PBR material design, texture synthesis, and layered 3D painting.

Adoption history

Material Maker is distributed through the developer's itch.io page and Steam, while its official README documents package-manager installation through Homebrew, Scoop, and Chocolatey. This mix gives artists conventional storefront downloads and package-oriented users reproducible installation routes.

The public repository accepts community contributions and translations, and the project maintains user documentation alongside its source.

How it is used

Artists connect generator, transform, filter, and material nodes to build procedural PBR textures, then export texture sets for use in supported 3D tools and engines.

The painting workflow applies node-defined brushes to imported 3D models, while reusable materials, brushes, and nodes can be stored in user libraries.

Why package nerds care

Material Maker is an example of a desktop creative application built with a game engine but distributed like a cross-platform developer tool. Its open repository, automation builds, command-line support, and availability through multiple package managers make it convenient in graphics and game-development workstations.

Its procedural node graphs produce reusable material definitions and exported textures for engines such as Godot, Unity, Unreal Engine, and for Blender workflows.

Timeline

• 2018: Development and the repository's stated copyright period began.
• 2023: Material Maker 1.3 expanded the node library and asset-sharing workflow.
• 2024–2025: Development focused on the substantial migration to Godot 4.
• 2026: Continued releases expanded and refined the interface and creative workflow.

Related projects

• Godot Engine supplies Material Maker's application and graph-interface foundation.
• Blender, Godot, Unity, and Unreal Engine are documented export targets or downstream workflows.

Sources

• https://github.com/RodZill4/material-maker
• https://rodzill4.github.io/material-maker/doc/
• https://rodzilla.itch.io/material-maker
• https://rodzilla.itch.io/material-maker/devlog
• source_facts.package-manager