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GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2022

Like in previous years, Godot is participating again in the Google Summer of Code program for its 2022 edition. We asked them to write a progress report to present what they're working on and the current status. Project: Allow undocking the Script editor and the Shader editor. Student: trollodel. PR: #62378. Introduction.

Lightmap

Lightmap UX Shaders Debug

Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

APRIL 14, 2023

In my previous post, I mentioned that I would be write a series of articles on Cocos Cyberpunk. 2、LightFX The lightmaps generated by the Lightmap Baking System will be automatically stored in this folder, and there is no need to manually modify the contents inside it. 7、scripts Store all of the gameplay scripts.

Code

Code Culling Lightmap Render

A day in the life of a narrative designer

Game Global

JULY 12, 2021

You should concentrate on building up your writing portfolio and getting regular game writing work. They’re related, but the difference is this: A game writer’s primary responsibility is to promote the story that the game tells through the scripts they write. Creative writing. Technical writing.

Cutscenes

Cutscenes Writing Scripting Localization

SheepIT - free render farm for Blender

DameDev.tv

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

SheepIT statistic on 2022-08-30 As you can see from the screenshot above, at the time I'm writing this, there are 584 clients connected that are rendering 491 frames at the same time. As an example, right now as I'm writing this article I run SheepIt client and it earns points that I will be able to use later for my own projects.

Render

Render PC Asset Scripting

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

Improved Inspector sub-resource editing. It was reusing parts of the code for baking GIProbes, and that made it quick but not great in terms of quality. was still far away, so we tasked Joan Fons ( jfons ), as part of the GSoC program, to write a new CPU lightmapper for Godot 3.x. Improved Inspector sub-resource editing.

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

How to Use Unity Cinemachine Virtual Cameras

Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

Before Unity Cinemachine, camera movement needed to be directly keyframed or, using code, had to be carefully scripted. When using Cinemachine, you don’t need to know how to write code, though coding is still essential for some components, such as scripting how a user zooms using a mouse wheel, for example.

Animation

Animation Animation Code Software

Fill in the blank in the class reference

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 26, 2016

(You can get a nice overview for yourself using bojidar_bg's awesome script in doc/tools/doc_status.py ). Basically the workflow is to fork and clone Godot's source repository, edit the doc/base/classes.xml file and make a pull request for your changes. light baking, networking, plugins, pathfinding, etc.). How to help?

Demo

Demo Baking Polygon Feature

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Last but not least, lightmaps baking is now done using the GPU to speed up the process significantly. You can even create complex dynamic effects by writing custom shaders that operate on FogVolume nodes. Scripting them is simpler now as well. You can configure the effect globally, or define specific areas with FogVolume nodes.

Beta

Beta Engine Engineering Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ). Editor: Fix MeshInstance2D edit rect ( GH-54070 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ). Editor: Fix MeshInstance2D edit rect ( GH-54070 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ). Audio: Add Listener2D node ( GH-53429 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

which would have included new multiplayer networking, visual scripting and many other improvements) because we realized that projects using the new features would no longer work in 3.0, Visual Scripting. Just set up the probe bounds and do a fast pre-bake of static objects. writing shaders is very easy! GPU particles.

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Core: Fix read/write issues with NaN and INF in VariantParser ( GH-47500 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ). Audio: Add Listener2D node ( GH-53429 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. adds the concept of "scene unique names" for nodes to help with the common task of accessing specific nodes from scripts. The whole API is now a lot more flexible than it used to be.

Shaders

Shaders Render Mesh Feature

Game Developers Network

GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

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A day in the life of a narrative designer

SheepIT - free render farm for Blender

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

How to Use Unity Cinemachine Virtual Cameras

Fill in the blank in the class reference

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Godot 3.5: Can't stop won't stop

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