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Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Have you ever dreamt of crafting your own epic game? We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. Accessibility is taking center stage, making the gaming world a welcoming space for everyone. So, are you ready to unleash your inner game developer?

Game Developer

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Why 70% of Developers Prefer Unity for Mobile Game Development

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Mobile gaming has become popular in recent times thanks to the growing number of mobile device users. Several mobile game engines are used to create mobile games. However, Unity has stood out as one of the most preferred and trusted mobile game engines. But what makes Unity so popular among developers?

Mobile Gaming

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Game Developer

Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

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. What is Unity?

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Engine Engineering Game Engine Asset

Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). The traditional way to make games longer since the beginning of times is to divide them in stages. Additionally, Godot 4.0

AAA

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Godot reaches 2.1 stable!

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

We have listened to and worked with our awesome community to make Godot one of the easiest game development environments to use. Plugins can add a lot of different functionalities to the editor, and provide new node types and features to games. Live script reloading. Godot now supports live script reloading!

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Asset Scripting Engine Engineering

Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

The introduction of AR and VR in the gaming industry is taking user engagement and revenue generation forward in leaps and bounds, all thanks to the minimized gap between the physical and digital environments that are refining the gaming experience of the users. The gaming industry is brewing with innovation and new technology trends.

Engine

Engine Engineering Development Visual Scripting

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Introduction and Unity Lesson 1

Game Designing

AUGUST 21, 2023

This is the welcome video and first lesson from our mini-course on the Unity Game Engine. We’re adding a bunch of free course content to the site. Learn what the Unity game engine is, how to create an account, set up the software, and start making your first scene. Lesson 1: Why Unity Game Engine?

Engine

Engine Engineering Game Engine Game Developer

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

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. 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.

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking 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, It's a long read, so here's a table of contents to easily get to a specific section: New physically based 3D renderer. Visual Scripting.

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). RichTextLabel: Honor content marging when drawing font shadow ( GH-54054 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). RichTextLabel: Honor content marging when drawing font shadow ( GH-54054 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

Beta

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GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 2)

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. While making medium to large scale games in Godot, many small bugs start to creep in that cannot be caught by the compiler. Godot, being an open source game engine, was built with a never-ending wish of adding new features to it. Repository: [link].

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Scripting Data Asset

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Input: Fix game controllers ignoring the last listed button ( GH-48934 ). LineEdit: Double click selects words, triple click selects all the content ( GH-46527 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

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Why 70% of Developers Prefer Unity for Mobile Game Development

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Godot reaches 2.1 stable!

Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

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

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 2)

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

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