Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Physics: Implement analytic collision normals ( GH-71447 ). Rendering: Remove SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). Rendering: Decompress RA_AS_RG formats on Web platform in GLES3 renderer and disable texture swizzling ( GH-71574 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

They’ve been building upon Godot 4.0 Buildsystem: Allow building X11 without Vulkan ( GH-70677 ). Editor: Bring back the renderer options button on the main editor ( GH-70500 ). GDScript: Register enum type names in release build ( GH-64253 ). Physics: Implement collision impulse in Godot Physics 3D ( GH-70281 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Every supported renderer option is now selectable from the project creation screen, which means you can create OpenGL 3 (“Compatibility”) projects without using the command line ( GH-70028 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Raffaele Picca ’s car scene , rendered in Godot 4.0 NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 This alpha doesn't include official builds with.NET 6 support yet, as we still have more work to do to enable this. Rendering: Octahedral normal/tangent compression ( GH-60309 ). alpha builds. for instructions. Core: A plethora of renames!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Lots of rendering changes. Our rendering contributors keep working on finalizing the implementation of all expected features for Godot 4.0, notably with the following major changes by Clay John ( clayjohn ) and Bastiaan Olij ( BastiaanOlij ): Emulate double precision for regular rendering operation when REAL_T_IS_DOUBLE ( GH-66178 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Lots of rendering changes. Our rendering contributors keep working on finalizing the implementation of all expected features for Godot 4.0, notably with the following major changes by Clay John ( clayjohn ) and Bastiaan Olij ( BastiaanOlij ): Emulate double precision for regular rendering operation when REAL_T_IS_DOUBLE ( GH-66178 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). GDScript: Fix preload fails in standalone builds unless files are present in directory ( GH-65152 ). Physics: Turn on recovery as collisions only for floor snapping ( GH-64728 ). Known issues.

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Game Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

You have to build VR experiences the right way to make this happen. And many of the regular tricks that devs use to save on rendering costs are lost when building VR games. “It It does take much longer to build a great VR game. You’re rendering everything twice You have two screens you’re working with.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Physics: Fix collision detection for degenerate capsules ( GH-69657 ). Porting: Enable raycast/embree module build for Web and Windows x86_32 ( GH-69169 ). Rendering: Use circular fade instead of linear fade for distance fade ( GH-50294 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

With this beta 6 build, there are several recently merged changes that will require heavy testing to be stabilized before 3.2.4-stable: New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends, which should fix some issues and improve performance significantly in games using a high number of dynamic objects.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

There's still more I want to add over coming days, but there's no reason to delay the publication of the beta 2 builds. macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures. Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). And you read correctly, this is 3.4

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Awesome Tuts

APRIL 8, 2022

These are 7 absolutely worst things you can do in your game dev project that will slow down your game, make it crash, not get you hired in a game studio, or get you fired if you work in one. This is something I see a lot in the game dev world, especially the tutorial world. If not, you have that inside Game Dev Pro. #5

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 20, 2020

Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. macOS: Add support for the Apple Silicon (ARM64) build target ( GH-39943 ). Note: ARM64 binaries are not included in macOS editor or template builds yet. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Bug reports. beta 1).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

We had a beta 2 build ten days ago , and a number of issues have since been found and fixed, so it's time for Godot 3.4 This build also fixes a nasty crash on Windows for some projects using dynamic fonts with outlines, triggered by a buildsystem update ( GH-50790 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

This beta 4 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). GDScript: Fix preload fails in standalone builds unless files are present in directory ( GH-65152 ). Physics: Turn on recovery as collisions only for floor snapping ( GH-64728 ). Known issues.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This beta 5 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. C#: macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures ( GH-49248 ). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Navigation: Exclude disabled StaticBody collisions from NavigationMesh baking ( GH-65775 ). Physics: Hack a hot fix for Bullet's collision margin regression ( GH-64875 ). Rendering: Fix skeleton 2D stale bounding rect ( GH-63071 ). Rendering: Fix multiple ubershader bugs ( GH-64096 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

releases (with a dev snapshot for 3.4 stable: Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Edit: Or not, there's a regression for the web editor in this build ( GH-57592 ). This will be fixed in the next build. stable: Android: Fix relative keystore paths on Android exporter with custom build ( GH-56676 ). GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ).

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

DECEMBER 11, 2020

You're just in time for the latest installment of the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, a monthly compilation of the game development completed for indie 3D dark fantasy ARPG Kristala in November 2020. Plus, we'll introduce you to three of our newest talented dev team members too! Welcome back to the fantasy, friends! 3D Asset Design.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

releases (with a dev snapshot for 3.4 RC 2 is that the Android builds now target API level 30 as required by Google Play , and have partial support for Android scoped storage. Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. macOS: Add support for the Apple Silicon (ARM64) build target ( GH-39943 ). Note: ARM64 binaries are not included in macOS editor or template builds yet.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Physics: Fix test_move reporting collision when touching another body ( GH-54845 ). Rendering: Fix vertex attribute specification for octahedral compression ( GH-54768 ). Rendering: Fix vertex attribute specification for octahedral compression ( GH-54768 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix particles emitting at old location ( GH-54733 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

For macOS, both the standard and Mono editor builds are now signed and notarized ! Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now). New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

RC builds yet, now would be a great time to do it to help us ensure everything upgrades smoothly from 3.2.3 Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now). Multiple fixes to one-way collisions.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

Our last testing build was 3.2.4 We still need a good round of testing on this new build to ensure that everything works as we want it before we make this the new stable branch (which will supersede the current 3.2.3 Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. is very close to its stable release.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

stable: Android: Fix relative keystore paths on Android exporter with custom build ( GH-56676 ). GridMap: Fix "Convert to MeshLibrary" not respecting collision transforms ( GH-56907 ). GUI: Fix RichTextLabel underline prevents strikethrough from rendering ( GH-56686 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

The changes new in this build are thus the ones made between RC 1 and RC 3. C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. macOS: Add support for the Apple Silicon (ARM64) build target ( GH-39943 ). Note: The previous 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

So here's a first Release Candidate to get broader testing of everything that has been iterated upon in the past 6 beta builds. Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only classical build for now). Highlights. New CPU lightmapper.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

At this stage it's really close to stable, we just had a few more regression fixes merged since the previous build that warrant another build for testing: Android: Address remaining scoped storage regressions ( GH-63480 ). From now on you'll find builds of the Android editor as _android_editor.apk in the download repository.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

This RC 6 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: In RC 4, async shader compilation and caching was enabled by default on desktop, but several users reported issues with it on some hardware. You can enable it in the Project Settings ( rendering/gles3/shaders/shader_compilation_mode ). Give it a try!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

With this first Release Candidate , we completely freezes feature development, and comes after a long series of beta builds to fix a number of bugs reported against previous builds (as well as against previous stable branches). Core: Promote object validity checks to release builds ( GH-51796 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. macOS: Add support for the Apple Silicon (ARM64) build target ( GH-39943 ). Note: ARM64 binaries are not included in macOS editor or template builds yet.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

C#: Fix restore not called when building game projects ( GH-40596 ) [regression fix]. Build HTML5 templates with threads_enabled=yes to test it. macOS: Add support for the Apple Silicon (ARM64) build target ( GH-39943 ). Note: ARM64 binaries are not included in macOS editor or template builds yet.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

So it's now time for a RC 2 build to give it another round of testing before the stable release! Note: Only the "standard" build is signed for now.). Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only classical build for now).

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