Nvidia

MARCH 20, 2023

At GDC 2023, NVIDIA released new tools that make real-time path tracing more accessible to developers while accelerating the creation of ultra-realistic game. At GDC 2023 , NVIDIA released new tools that make real-time path tracing more accessible to developers while accelerating the creation of ultra-realistic game worlds.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 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. Those typically shouldn’t add instability to the engine, but may require doing some changes in your scripts, scenes, and shaders if you were using the affected APIs.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

Such 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. A lot of minor fixes and improvements to TileMap and TileSet, both feature wise and in the editor ( GH-71604 , GH-71615 , GH-71618 , GH-71626 , GH-71630 , GH-71664 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

We just announced that we'll enter feature freeze next week to focus on stabilizing the existing functionality in Godot 4.0 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. Some noteworthy changes in this release: Shader preprocessor support and shader includes.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

has been in beta for over three months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 3D: Switch Mesh surface indexing to start at 0 so string name matches integer index ( GH-70176 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0 specifically.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Animation: Add track validator to AnimationPlayerEditor to detect tracks which have error ( GH-68770 ). GH-68870 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The idea of using a game engine for projects other than creating video games is not new. For decades, game engines have been used to create applications, simulations and more. Comparing the visual output of graphics settings, shaders, or rendering techniques in an animated scene. Example output.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The idea of using a game engine for projects other than creating video games is not new. For decades, game engines have been used to create applications, simulations and more. Comparing the visual output of graphics settings, shaders, or rendering techniques in an animated scene. Example output.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

with an OpenGL-based renderer; it just won't be feature complete. There is a Vulkan-like web API called WebGPU in development, but it currently isn't widely supported yet, so WebGL remains the best option for targetting web games. Accordingly, it won't receive all the fancy new features that the Vulkan-based renderers bring.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

was released 2 months ago , and some of the major planned features for Godot 3.5 Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds. Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds. have since been merged and are now ready for wider testing. Highlights.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 11, 2022

We're working towards finalizing the feature set for 4.0 beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a couple of weeks ago. Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

with an OpenGL-based renderer; it just won’t be feature complete. There is a Vulkan-like web API called WebGPU in development, but it currently isn’t widely supported yet, so WebGL remains the best option for targetting web games. Accordingly, it won’t receive all the fancy new features that the Vulkan-based renderers bring.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Many friends associate post-effects with AAA 3D games, but in reality, their application is also extensive in 2D game development. Properly utilizing post-effects can significantly enhance the visual quality of a 2D game by several levels. I’ve traversed various game engines, and currently, my primary choice is Cocos.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

We're working towards finalizing the feature set for 4.0 beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a month ago. Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable.

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Nvidia

MAY 17, 2023

The main design philosophy of D3D12 and Vulkan is to enable game engines to distribute graphics workloads across multiple CPU cores. Resource allocation and destruction Creating and destroying buffers, textures, and shaders is fundamental to efficient computer graphics. Evenly balance work across all threads for best results.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

After 9 months of development, Godot 3.5 is out and it comes fully packed with features and quality of life improvements! While most development focus is on our upcoming Godot 4.0 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.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is from an unnamed RPG by developer bitbrain (working title "cave"). The game started development with Godot 3.x, Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 2D: Simplify isometric tile shape polygon in TileSet to 4 vertices ( GH-70238 ). specifically.

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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.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 22, 2022

To be clear, this refers to the VisualScript scripting language, and not to visual shaders. Visual shaders are working well and appreciated by many users, so they're not going anywhere. One of the most requested features when Godot 2.1 At the time it seemed like just another feature request. Unable to meet expectations.

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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 Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 3D: Implement TextMesh resource ( GH-60507 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. Only the beta will mark the so-called "feature freeze" As such, we do not recommend porting existing projects to this and other upcoming alpha releases unless you are prepared to do it again to fix future incompatibilities.

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 4, 2022

At that time, we immediately integrated RTX features into Justice and quickly pushed it online. We stick to using cutting-edge technologies in our development work to create high-image quality games and enhance players’ immersive gaming experience. Why is physically accurate lighting important for the games you develop?

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Cocos

JUNE 11, 2023

In this version, we have integrated several core post-processing features and basic post-processing effects into the Custom Pipeline listing below: Anti-Aliasing: FXAA & TAA Disable TAA Enable TAA Super Resolution: FSR Disable FSR Enable FSR Ambient Occlusion: HBAO Bloom Custom Color Grading Disabled Enabled Starting from 3.8,

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

In parallel to our work on the upcoming feature releases Godot 3.5 ( with a second beta ) and 4.0 ( now at alpha 4! ), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 Core: Revert "Fix ProjectSettings has_setting() when used on a overriden setting with feature tags" ( GH-58859 ). branch for use in production. Last month's 3.4.3

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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. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Animation: Split pause() from AnimationPlayer's stop() ( GH-71218 ). What's new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Core: Revert "Fix ProjectSettings has_setting() when used on a overriden setting with feature tags" ( GH-58859 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. API documentation updates.

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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. All these features have been implemented in the official Git integration plugin. Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Core: Revert "Fix ProjectSettings has_setting() when used on a overriden setting with feature tags" ( GH-58859 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix].

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

The illustration picture for this article is from an unnamed RPG by developer bitbrain (working title “cave”). The game started development with Godot 3.x, Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: 2D: Simplify isometric tile shape polygon in TileSet to 4 vertices ( GH-70238 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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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. You can enable it in the Project Settings ( rendering/gles3/shaders/shader_compilation_mode ). The upcoming Godot 3.5 stable for all users.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta 4 is a small update with just 83 commits excluding merges, focusing on fixing bugs to stabilize the current feature set for 3.5 Shaders: Many improvements backported from master ( GH-56794 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. Only the beta will mark the so-called "feature freeze" As such, we do not recommend porting existing projects to this and other upcoming alpha releases unless you are prepared to do it again to fix future incompatibilities.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta adds what should be the last batch of new features (together with a lot of bug fixes, as that's our focus at this stage), with scene unique node names and the new SceneTreeTween backported from Godot 4.0.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. Android: Fix broken scroll gesture on UI ( GH-62289 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Animation: Add track validator to AnimationPlayerEditor to detect tracks which have error ( GH-68770 ). GH-68870 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. 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. Like with 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 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. and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). The upcoming Godot 3.5 What is it?

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