Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

For shaders, we removed the now-redundant SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). The illustration picture for this article is from Dauphin , a 2D RPG in development by Ben / devduck which was recently ported to Godot 4.0 Add next/reset function to AnimationStateMachine ( GH-71264 , GH-71418 ).

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 103

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Beta 10 will be the last dev snapshot of the year 2022, as a lot of our contributors will no doubt be slowing down for the end of year celebrations and some quality family time. Thank you for being an integral part of the dev process with your rigorous testing and timely reports! The game started development with Godot 3.x,

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 77

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Rendering: OpenGL: Fix scene shader error when using Omni or Spot but not both ( GH-69901 ). Shaders: Fix the sorting of shader uniforms ( GH-70016 ). Shaders: Optimize code generation of visual shader particles ( GH-69900 ). Rendering: OpenGL: Implement missing boot image feature ( GH-70169 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

Some noteworthy changes in this release: Shader preprocessor support and shader includes. Grouping annotations for shaders ( uniform_group ). Rendering: Force regenerating shader cache when updating Godot ( GH-62848 ). Shaders: Add shader preprocessor and includes support ( GH-62513 ). Known issues.

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Follow Kenny Park on Twitter or Mastodon for development updates, and check his website to discover other games and applications. Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET

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Beta Dev Collision Render 108

Ask a Game Dev

JULY 6, 2023

This can include creating shaders, working on the pipeline to keep assets within technical constraints, or any number of other roles involving art and programming. Build Engineer ] - a programmer who focuses on making sure the in-development game builds and runs properly.

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Prototyping Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 11, 2022

Add often used built-ins to spatial shaders ( NODE_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_DIRECTION_WORLD , NODE_POSITION_VIEW ) ( GH-63597 ). Shaders: Add often used built-ins to spatial shaders ( NODE_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_POSITION_WORLD , CAMERA_DIRECTION_WORLD , NODE_POSITION_VIEW ) ( GH-63597 ). Known issues.

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Rendering: Use proper indices for lights, decals, and reflection probes in mobile scene shader ( GH-70929 ). You can also try the Web editor (early testing, it's still slow and unstable).

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Beta Dev Render Animation 104

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

All this work is done by contributors on the side while our main development focus remains on the upcoming Godot 4.0 and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Beta Dev Shaders Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

Editor: Improvements to shader editor ( GH-63582 ). Shaders: Quality of life Visual Shaders updates ( GH-63999 ). Shaders: Implement custom non-trivial Visual Shader nodes ( GH-64248 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 14, 2024

I posted a challenge for aspiring developers to identify as many specific features and systems as they could spot. Expertise on visuals like lighting, rendering, shaders, etc. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ should be directed elsewhere.

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Cinematics NPC Terrain Scripting 64

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Follow Kenny Park on Twitter or Mastodon for development updates, and check his website to discover other games and applications. Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET

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Beta Dev Collision Render 83

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2022

Straight out of the Godot Sprint in Barcelona, here's another alpha snapshot of the development branch, this time with 4.0 Shaders: Rename hint_albedo , hint_white / black in shaders ( GH-60803 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Rendering: Fix shader compilation error with anisotropy ( GH-58419 ). Visual Shader: Add few more input/output built-ins ( GH-58719 ). Visual Shader: Add varying support ( GH-58750 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5 Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 13, 2022

I have years of random experience in development with my first games made way back for Commodore 64. Since the path of a game developer is rarely straightforward, I ended up as an academic at the university doing PhD in skin cancer research, and as a part of not doing the PhD I started writing my own game engine.

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Cocos

MARCH 25, 2024

OR you can try disabling uniform buffers in engine if you’re not using any custom shaders… but I really wouldn’t recommend this for a number of different reasons. Unfortunately, sometimes web browser developers release borked updates… I think it’s always a good idea to have a fall back plan (webgl 1.0

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Animation Animation Shaders Texture 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Rendering: Use proper indices for lights, decals, and reflection probes in mobile scene shader ( GH-70929 ). You can also try the Web editor (early testing, it’s still slow and unstable).

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Beta Dev Render Animation 80

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rendering: Implement CAMERA_VISIBLE_LAYERS as built-in shader variable ( GH-67387 ). Visual Shader: Make custom visual shader nodes automatically updates from script ( GH-69738 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET GH-68870 ).

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5 Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5 Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Godot 4 Beginners , an Early Access interactive course for Godot 4, made with Godot 4, developed by Bramwell. Visual Shader: Add math operators to node names for easier and simpler searching ( GH-67905 ). Jump to the Downloads section. What's new. Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5 Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Beta Dev Shaders Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 Editor: Refactored shader editor, now a permanent bottom dock with support to edit multiple files ( GH-61459 ). Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Editor: Rework scene creation dialog ( GH-61954 ).

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Alpha Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

Visual Shader: Add _get_func_code / _is_available virtual functions to custom nodes ( GH-57769 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Rendering: Add sky cover texture for ProceduralSkyMaterial ( GH-58018 ). Known issues. milestone.

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Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Particles: Fixed rotate_y property of particle shaders ( GH-46687 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

PreMortem.Games

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Developer Globiss Interactive has worked hard to build a convincing virtual replica of the Titanic. The visual style definitely took us a while to decide on, as we weren’t sure if we had the capability to go for realism on the Quest platform”, says Frans Overman, one of the two brothers that make up the dev team.

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Astral Clock Tower Studios

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Welcome back to another installment of the Kristala dev blog. Here you'll get a front-row seat to the exciting development process for indie game Kristala, the inaugural title from female-lead Astral Clocktower Studios—an indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Stay tuned!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Godot 4 Beginners , an Early Access interactive course for Godot 4, made with Godot 4, developed by Bramwell. Visual Shader: Add math operators to node names for easier and simpler searching ( GH-67905 ). Jump to the Downloads section. What’s new. Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Render Alpha 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Particles: Fixed rotate_y property of particle shaders ( GH-46687 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). Particles: Fixed rotate_y property of particle shaders ( GH-46687 ). Shaders: Add support for structs and fragment-to-light varyings ( GH-48075 ). XR: Add VIEW_INDEX variable in shader to know which eye/view we're rendering for ( GH-48011 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see This new beta 5 comes with 4 weeks' worth of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features. It also adds a much-requested minimap to GraphEdit , and thus to the VisualScript and Visual Shader editors.

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Beta Dev Bug Build 52

Astral Clock Tower Studios

JANUARY 14, 2021

Welcome back to the ever-enchanting Kristala dev blog, where you'll get a front-row seat to the development process for the inaugural title from the leading ladies at Astral Clocktower Studios—a female-owned indie games studio based in Central PA, USA. Hello, loyal Kristalans and faithful fantasy fanatics! 3D Asset Design.

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Dev Rigging Texture Concepts 52

Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 31, 2021

You just left reality and fell into a portal to the fantasy world of Ailur, the fictional planet that serves as the setting for 3D Dark Fantasy ARPG Kristala—an indie game developed by women-owned independent game studio, Astral Clocktower Studios (hey, that's us!). Kristala at Play NYC 2021. We can't wait to go back again next year!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 11, 2021

Welcome to another developer interview following the introduction of the Godot Showcase page ! My name is Leonardo Veloso and I am a 3D artist working on TV broadcasting in Brazil, in my spare time I am a hobbyist game developer. Which parts of the game development process did you enjoy the most while working on your project?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 7, 2020

merge window but have been further developed and backported since. DTLS support and ENET integration , developed by Fabio ( Faless ) ( added in 3.2.2 2D: Add MODULATE builtin to canvas item shaders ( GH-38432 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2020

merge window but have been further developed and backported since. DTLS support and ENET integration , developed by Fabio ( Faless ). 2D: Add MODULATE builtin to canvas item shaders ( GH-38432 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users.

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