Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ If we're doing a comparison, we can take the distance threshold, square it, and compare it to the dot product of the vector from the camera to the object and itself.

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Game Engine Engine Engineering Dev 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. 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.

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 101

PreMortem.Games

AUGUST 18, 2023

Solo game developer Graham Reid has just released his latest game Super Space Club on Xbox and PC. The game blends the frenzied chaos of an arcade space shooter with the soothing sounds of lofi hip hop and jazz. How would I make this into a game? He achieved just that, but it took great effort to finish the project.

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Dev Indy Development Localization 104

Game From Scratch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

GameFromScratch.com C# Development with Godot and Visual Studio Code Tutorial This is a quick tutorial to get you up and running with the C# programming language in the Godot Game Engine using Visual Studio Code and the newly released C# Dev Kit.

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Code Studios Development Game Engine 131

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Disinfection , a space horror game by indie duo Evil Turtle Productions which is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 You can follow the developers on Twitter and Mastodon , and wishlist the game on Steam. What's new. Rendering: OpenGL: Fix drawing of Mesh2D ( GH-69135 ).

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Beta Dev Bug Render 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 Follow Kenny Park on Twitter or Mastodon for development updates, and check his website to discover other games and applications. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET What's new. Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Collision Render 110

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

ECS is a design pattern commonly used in video games (although not very often used in the rest of the software industry) which consists of having a base Entity (a container object) and Components that can be added upon it. This design became common in game engines and libraries in the early 2010s. Game logic. What is ECS?

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Game Engine Engine Engineering Sprite 57

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 97

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Downloads The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Support Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 104

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Sandfire , an upcoming 3D person action-adventure game by Kmitt. The game was recently ported to Godot 4, see Kmitt's YouTube channel and Twitter for devlogs and updates. You can also try the Web editor (early testing, it's still slow and unstable). What's new. GH-68870 ).

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 95

Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Using a more specific measurement of real time is more helpful, since the game engine can calculate real time from its (variable) frame time in order to maintain accuracy. Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Animation Animation Debug Dev 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. 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.

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 78

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET The illustration picture for this article is from Raffaele Picca 's car scene , rendered in Godot 4.0 What's new.

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 99

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Android: Fix Android editor crash when returning from the launched and running game ( GH-72106 ). Downloads The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Animation: Transition progress display in Animation State Machine Editor ( GH-71284 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Shaders Render 107

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. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Jump to the Downloads section. What's new. Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Render Animation 105

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Downloads The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Support Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 97

That One Game Dev

MARCH 18, 2024

The post JSON vs Binary Serialization appeared first on That One Game Dev. In this article I will discuss what binary serialization is and the difference between that and a more typical JSON or XML serialization.

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Dev Games Game Engine Engine 121

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 Follow Kenny Park on Twitter or Mastodon for development updates, and check his website to discover other games and applications. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET What’s new. Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Collision Render 84

That One Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

I discuss the problems with Unity's pricing model and the benefits of using a custom or free game engine. The post About Unity’s New Pricing Model appeared first on That One Game Dev.

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Game Engine Dev Engine Engineering 52

Awesome Tuts

MARCH 1, 2022

If you browse Reddit or Facebook game dev groups, where the expurt game devs hang out, you’ll find different opinions on the #1 skill every game developer NEEDS to have. I laugh every time I see a dumb comment like this because I know it comes from software devs who have no idea how game development works.

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Game Developer Game Development Development Dev 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Godot is a community developed game engine. In fact, our development process and code quality are, already, arguably in many senses better than commercial game engine counterparts. In fact, our development process and code quality are, already, arguably in many senses better than commercial game engine counterparts.

Game Engine 52

Game Engine Engine Engineering Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

using the Movie Maker mode , for the main menu of the upcoming FRANZ FURY game (made with Godot 3.x). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET The illustration picture for this article is from Raffaele Picca ’s car scene , rendered in Godot 4.0 What’s new.

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Beta Dev Render Shaders 75

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 15, 2022

is a huge release that requires a lot of work, and because we're committed to providing dev snapshots frequently so that pre-release testers can quickly access the new features and bug fixes. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript).

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Alpha Dev Terrain Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 11, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). As soon as the.NET 6 port is ready to test, it will be included in dev snapshots. This release is built from commit 106b68050. Mono builds are currently not available as our focus is on porting to.NET 6.

Alpha 52

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. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Jump to the Downloads section. What’s new. Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Render Animation 80

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). As soon as the.NET 6 port is ready to test, it will be included in dev snapshots. This release is built from commit 82811367c. Mono builds are currently not available as our focus is on porting to.NET 6.

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Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 12, 2022

It includes notably Text-to-Speech support on all platforms (as a feature for games/applications, the Godot editor itself doesn't make use of it for now), and a refactoring of the module/extension initialization levels to allow more flexibility for third-party code. This release is built from commit 917fd657.

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Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Web: Re-enable Web exporter in non-dev mode ( GH-65464 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Rendering: Fix rendering when using WebGL 2 ( GH-65442 ). Web: Require thread and RTTI, update templates name pattern ( GH-65094 ).

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Shaders 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 14, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

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Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

PreMortem.Games

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

A community manager and new game designer. A game filled with cute armoured babies on a brave mission to save their daycare from a goblin invasion. Now, she’s navigating the world of game development, where each day brings new challenges and exciting discoveries. One of those games was Street Fighter.

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Prototyping Code Engine Engineering 164

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 28, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Animation 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Movie Maker run mode to record in-game footage for trailers/movies. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). We're etching closer and closer to the beta stage, things are starting to fall into place! XR: Add HTC tracker support ( GH-58921 ).

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Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 6, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Disinfection , a space horror game by indie duo Evil Turtle Productions which is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 You can follow the developers on Twitter and Mastodon , and wishlist the game on Steam. What’s new. Rendering: OpenGL: Fix drawing of Mesh2D ( GH-69135 ).

Beta 40

Beta Dev Bug Render 40