Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ). GDScript: Fix Script editor completion doesn't suggest members of a script for type hints ( GH-48037 ). Navigation: Fix avoidance calculation on NO_THREADS build (e.g. Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 12, 2023

We had a first Release Candidate on December 15 , and after fixing one regression and backporting a few other fixes, it's time for a second RC build to validate the update. GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. They've been building upon Godot 4.0 Buildsystem: Allow building X11 without Vulkan ( GH-70677 ).

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Game automation testing aims to address these challenges by leveraging automation tools and scripts. Automated game testing involves creating scripts or using testing frameworks to simulate player interactions, such as button presses, mouse movements, and UI interactions. Even minor changes can break automation scripts.

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

There was augmented and virtual reality making breakthrough advances and with the Unreal Engine coming into the picture, the level of headway has been phenomenal for the development of the video game sector. The different components of Unreal tech allowed the creators to create a feature-fed game while maintaining its performance.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Leveraging PocoDriver for Game Test Automation: PocoDriver is an open-source cross-engine UI automation framework which supports Unity, Unreal, cocos2dx-, Android native APP, iOS native APP, and other game engines SDK. With this feature, players have the freedom to tailor their automation to their unique gaming needs.

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

It was difficult to keep and share the UI states with the reaction timeline of the game or even data prop drilling around. While developing a web game engine in a former studio, I came to learn about the Flux pattern introduced by Facebook in 2015 , which greatly improved the engine and game DX. And that is a wrap.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 12, 2023

We had a first Release Candidate on December 15 , and after fixing one regression and backporting a few other fixes, it’s time for a second RC build to validate the update. GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

introduces the ability to bind custom physics engines at runtime (without recompiling Godot) via GDExtension, so it’s perfectly possible for the community to integrate other engines such as PhysX, Jolt, or Box2D if need to be. Is solving these problems enough for Godot to become a top AA / AAA game engine?

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iXie gaming

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This ensures particular aspects of the game are tested, enhancing game consistency. Reusability of test scripts. Automated game test scripts can be reused in multiple instances. This minimizes redundancy and the time required to create new test scripts each time you build a game.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. They’ve been building upon Godot 4.0 Buildsystem: Allow building X11 without Vulkan ( GH-70677 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Editor: Fix showing Extend Script option without script attached to the node ( GH-58821 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript). Mono build (C# support + all the above). Relevant parts of Mono 6.12.0.158 are included in this build.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Editor: Fix showing Extend Script option without script attached to the node ( GH-58821 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript). Mono build (C# support + all the above). Relevant parts of Mono 6.12.0.158 are included in this build.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

But we're not there yet and we'll keep having frequent alpha builds until we're ready to slap the beta label on the engine. Update 2022-07-29 @ 10:30 UTC: A regression was found in the original build that prevented exporting projects to Windows and Linux with official templates. Feature build profiles for custom builds.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). " error in remote script debugger ( GH-52416 ). LSP: Fix completion crashing on scene-less scripts ( GH-51333 ). Instead, browse our download repository and fetch the editor binary that matches your platform: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Editor: Allow directly instantiate scripts in scene tree ( GH-68648 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). C#: Remove VariantSpanDisposer and use constants in stackalloc ( GH-69194 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Logic Simplified

JULY 24, 2023

Researchers, professionals or game app developers all need to remain up-to-date with the recent advancements as well as features of the Unity engine to create and enjoy the best games possible. Some popular games built with Unity include Angry Birds 2 and Pokémon Go”.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Support script global resource name in EditorFileSystem, making Quick Open work with custom resources ( GH-71683 , GH-71687 ). Editor: Support script global resource name in EditorFileSystem ( GH-71683 , GH-71687 ). There are a few known regressions which we’ll aim to address in a later build ( GH-71891 , GH-71913 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

The list of all global script classes (and their icons) is no longer stored in the project.godot file. Buildsystem: Fix feature build profile being parsed too late (and rename the option to build_profile ) ( GH-71508 ). Core: Move global script class cache to separate file ( GH-70557 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Porting: Enable raycast/embree module build for Web and Windows x86_32 ( GH-69169 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Expose emulated *Unorm4x8 GLSL functions in non-Android builds ( GH-69521 ). Visual Shader: Make custom visual shader nodes automatically updates from script ( GH-69738 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 10, 2021

Here are some of the main changes in this build: Animation: Fix skinning initialization in MeshInstance when loaded from thread ( GH-48217 ). Core: Expose Shape.get_debug_mesh() to the scripting API ( GH-48316 ). HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++.

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Big Games

AUGUST 17, 2021

You can create a good game only through a dedicated software or a game engine. Game App Development Solution The demand for game apps on mobile phones has increased, and many game development companies are interested in developing mobile games. The engine has game physics with the visual editor.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2022

GDNative: Fix script_data error when updating placeholder scripts for GDNative libraries ( GH-66255 ). GDScript: Fix Script editor completion doesn’t suggest members of a script for type hints ( GH-48037 ). Navigation: Fix avoidance calculation on NO_THREADS build (e.g. Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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iXie gaming

JULY 23, 2023

This enhances Unity’s reputation as a fantastic game engine. Support for Several Different Platforms Unity was first made available for Mac OS X, but it currently supports over 25 other platforms, which increases the number of people who can play video games.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 15, 2021

If all goes well with this RC 2, the stable build should come early next week. Core: Expose Shape.get_debug_mesh() to the scripting API ( GH-48316 ). HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++. The builds should be compatibile with Ubuntu 16.04

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AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2023

On AWS, customers can host persistent world games in multiple ways, including directly on virtual machines on Amazon EC2 , or containerized on Amazon Elastic Container Service or Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service. These approaches require you to build your own world orchestration service, as well game session and player session management.

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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 ). C#: Fix getting properties state when reloading scripts ( GH-56300 ). Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Core: Expose minizip API to allow creating zips using scripts ( GH-65281 ). Editor: Reorganize script editor menu ( GH-64277 ). Editor: Add script editor shortcut to add selection and caret for next occurrence of current selection ( GH-67644 ). NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). Requires.NET SDK 6.0 Known issues.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A couple fixes to the text resource loader which could impact notably reloading scripts ( GH-71170 ). iOS: Check Xcode output and display errors if code signing, project build or.ipa export failed ( GH-71212 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). Our script editor maintainer, Paul Batty ( Paulb23 ), implemented initial support for multi-caret editing in TextEdit, which is therefore usable in the GDScript and shader editors, as well as any other multi-line text field in the editor. GH-67128 , GH-67131 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). Our script editor maintainer, Paul Batty ( Paulb23 ), implemented initial support for multi-caret editing in TextEdit, which is therefore usable in the GDScript and shader editors, as well as any other multi-line text field in the editor. GH-67128 , GH-67131 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). GUI: Expose Tabs set / get_tab_button_icon() to scripting ( GH-64707 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript). Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2021

Core: Expose Shape.get_debug_mesh() to the scripting API ( GH-48316 ). HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++. The builds should be compatibile with Ubuntu 16.04 Core: Fix ZIP files being opened with two file descriptors ( GH-42337 ).

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

If you’ve ever wondered what the best game engine is, we invite you to figure it out with us. Let’s discover their pros and cons so it will be easier to decide which engine suits your project better. Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. Unity or Unreal?

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

They bring life to the game by developing 2D and 3D models of game elements using tools like Unity, 3Ds Max, and more. They work closely with game designers as well as developers to build a well-designed and visually attractive game. Let’s take the popular example of Candy Crush Saga , a level-based puzzle game.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 The Web editor build is not functional yet. alpha builds. C#: Create script instance of reloaded scripts even if they're not tools ( GH-65266 ). Editor: Mark Script button if it's tool in Scene Tree Editor ( GH-65088 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

stable: Android: Fix relative keystore paths on Android exporter with custom build ( GH-56676 ). C#: Fix getting properties state when reloading scripts ( GH-56300 ). C#: Attach mono thread before getting nativeName field, fixing potential tool script crash ( GH-57739 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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