Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Over the course of the last four months the engine has seen many changes, making it more stable and feature complete, and it’s getting very close to the state that we would be happy with. The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

branch, but it grew to become a feature-packed update well worth of opening a new stable branch. x branch to develop and publish their games today , so it's important for us to keep giving Godot 3 users an improved gamedev experience. x updates with bug fixes, but also new features as long as they don't require breaking compatibility.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

The beta snapshots cadence allows us to better measure the overall stability and quickly catch regressions, especially when a lot of features are worked on at the same time. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 2D: Add a method to get global CanvasItem modulate ( GH-70294 ). iOS: Restore OpenGL ES 3.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2019

Talk: The good, the bad, and the ugly: 3D features of Godot | Paweł Fertyk. More and more 2D games are being made with Godot. But what 3D tools are available for the most popular open-source game engine? There are GPU accelerated particles in Godot, but they don't support collisions.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

release is going to be packed with many new features. Multiple fixes to one-way collisions , handling many cases where collisions would not work reliably. Multiple fixes to one-way collisions (new in beta 6). The main new features in need of testing are highlighted in bold. While our main focus stays on the 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

As there is no new feature and only bug fixes, this RC 2 should be as stable as 3.3.2-stable Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). was released in May, and a number of useful fixes have been queued in the 3.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

As there is no new feature and only bug fixes, this RC 1 should be as stable as 3.3.2-stable Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. if something that worked fine in 3.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The reception of beta 1 was surprisingly good – we're happy to see the community tinker with the beta, report bugs and provide feedback on the new features. The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of devmar 's game Penitent , which is being developed with Godot 4.0. So here's beta 2! Jump to the Downloads section.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

was released on June 26 with over 3 months' worth of development, including many bugfixes and a handful of features. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

was released on June 26 with over 3 months' worth of development, including many bugfixes and a handful of features. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

was released on June 26 with over 3 months' worth of development, including many bugfixes and a handful of features. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2020

was released on June 26 with over 3 months' worth of development, including many bugfixes and a handful of features. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). A new 3.2.3 Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

is going to be incredibly feature-packed, and we're taking the time necessary to ensure that it will also be stable. After a lot of testing and additional work, we decided that the new 2D snapping features weren't working as we want them to yet, so they has been reverted in 3.2.4 Multiple fixes to one-way collisions.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

release, which is already quite feature-packed a mere 3 months after the 3.3 and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Fixing 2D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Highlights.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

stable release to bring the numerous new features and even more important bug fixes to all Godot users. Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. The main new features are highlighted in bold. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). New AspectRatioContainer Control node.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

was released on June 26 with over 3 months' worth of development, including many bugfixes and a handful of features. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). or earlier (see GH-42051 ). no longer works in 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

The version change doesn't mean that we're reopening the branch for new features, and so Godot 3.3 Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. The main new features are highlighted in bold. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). Our last testing build was 3.2.4 stable version).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 This beta 4 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. The main new features are highlighted in bold. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). Physics: Fix multiple issues with one-way collisions ( GH-42574 ). Physics: Allow CollisionObject to show collision shape meshes ( GH-45783 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Fixing 2D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This version worked well but we felt it was still far from the usability and features of a modern game engine. The more urgent issue was to improve the 2D engine so we worked hard again and released Godot 1.1, New core features. Instancing is one of Godot's best features. Other new core features.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The reception of beta 1 was surprisingly good – we’re happy to see the community tinker with the beta, report bugs and provide feedback on the new features. The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of devmar ’s game Penitent , which is being developed with Godot 4.0. So here’s beta 2! Jump to the Downloads section.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

stable branch in January 2020 as a major update to our free and open source game engine. branch is worked on in parallel and receives minor updates to fix bugs, improve usability and occasionally add some compatible features. we could take the time to add some new features to the 3.2 New features! feature set.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. The main new features are highlighted in bold. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). Physics: Fix multiple issues with one-way collisions ( GH-42574 ). New AspectRatioContainer Control node. Implement pause-aware physics picking.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

is now considered feature complete, and has received a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the past weeks thanks to all the testers and developers who reported and fixed issues. This feature is disabled by default, and can be enabled in the Project Settings. The upcoming Godot 3.5 stable for all users. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

is now considered feature complete, and has received a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the past weeks thanks to all the testers and developers who reported and fixed issues. We switched it back to disabled by default for all platforms. This feature is disabled by default, and can be enabled in the Project Settings.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A few late features have also been included because they were too good to keep waiting (such as improved Inspector subresource editing and node copy-paste support ). Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. The main new features are highlighted in bold. Physics: Fix multiple issues with one-way collisions ( GH-42574 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

is now considered feature complete, and has received a lot of bugfixes and improvements over the past weeks thanks to all the testers and developers who reported and fixed issues. This feature is disabled by default, and can be enabled in the Project Settings. The upcoming Godot 3.5 stable for all users. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

As such, most of the focus was on implementing missing features or bugfixes which are critical for publishing 2D and 3D games with Godot 3, and on making the existing features more optimized and reliable. now and read on to learn more about the many new features in this update. Shader language features.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

It brings much-requested improvements to usability and many important features. was a massive release, which required large rewrites of the engine codebase and breaking backwards compatibility significantly. now and keep on reading about the great features added in this version. New features. As a result, Godot 3.1

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 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). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 With this third Release Candidate , we have frozen feature development and are nearly ready to release the stable version. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 Please report any issue.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 With this second Release Candidate , we have frozen feature development and are nearly ready to release the stable version. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 Please report any issue.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 This beta 5 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

installment, bringing dozens of major features and hundreds of bugfixes and enhancements to bring our game developers an ever-improving feature set with a strong focus on usability. now and read on to learn more about its history , our support plans and the many new features in this update. Download Godot 3.2 March 2019).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Like in previous release cycles, a beta release means that we are happy with the features that have been included and we don’t plan on adding any major new features before release (except for a few that have been discussed and planned in advance). the sooner we can start the next feature development cycle for 4.1! beta 1 now!

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