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GeoGen – Procedural Terrain and Planet Generator

Game From Scratch

GameFromScratch.com GeoGen – Procedural Terrain and Planet Generator Today we are checking out GeoGen, an application for generating terrain/landscapes as well as planets procedurally, from JangaFX, the creators of EmberGen and the free Game Texture Viewer.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 10

Mircosoft Game Dev

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 Adds TileMap terrain center bit to support "connect" and "path" draw modes ( GH-61809 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. Known issues.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

alpha 1 ― the first official alpha build of our upcoming major milestone, enabling all interested users to try it out and report bugs, as well as provide feedback on the new features. branch, we're going to release new alpha builds every other week, so that testers can always have a recent version to test the latest changes.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 alpha 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

alpha 3 last week, and it's now time for another alpha build, 3.1 We plan to have a last alpha build within one week, and then we should be ready to move into the beta stage, where we only merge critical bug fixes until the branch is stable enough for the final release. This alpha 4 comes after many of the pending PRs in the 3.1

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D2 log 074 – New level format

Catnip Games

I export the rendered terrain from Blender as a RGBA image but with alpha value set to depth. The custom terrain shader uses the z-channel to draw water in lower areas of the level. This gives me freedom in level design and saves work making tiles… tileable. Interactive elements will be placed using the in-game editor.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. 2D: Make TileMap terrain painting not change neighbors centers bits ( GH-67390 ). We released Godot 4.0 Core: Make some Image methods static ( GH-63332 ).

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New improvements for GPUParticles in Godot 4.0

Mircosoft Game Dev

This type of collision works over a large area and is ideal for terrain, as well as for excluding rain, snow, smoke, etc. Additionally, heightfield collision can detect the active camera and move along with it, ensuring that nearby terrain always has particle collision information available. from interiors.