iXie gaming

MAY 8, 2023

WebGL, or Web Graphics Library, is a powerful technology that allows developers to create high-performance 3D graphics and games that run directly in the browser without the need for plugins. With WebGL, developers can harness the power of the GPU to create immersive gaming experiences that can be accessed by a wide range of users.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 11, 2021

Welcome to another developer interview following the introduction of the Godot Showcase page ! This week, we are interviewing Leonardo "Leocesar3D" Veloso about their game Human Diaspora. 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.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Shaders: Fix code generation for ProximityRange node in visual shader ( GH-71760 ). Note that you need to force recompiling your affected visual shaders by doing any change in their graph. Shaders: Clean up shader parameter remap ( GH-71797 ). Shaders: Fix shader include dependency handling ( GH-71878 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

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. It is developed by Chasing Carrots using Godot 4.0 Rendering: Properly append global uniform buffer name in gl_compatibility shaders ( GH-72138 ).

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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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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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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

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 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). XR: WebXR is now fully working in Godot 4! ( GH-68870 ).

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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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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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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

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. Original pull request.

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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. Original pull request.

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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, Shaders: Fix shader crash when using boolean type for vertex->fragment varyings ( GH-70460 ). x, and was recently ported to 4.0 Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Animation Animation 101

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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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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Cocos

JUNE 11, 2023

Render Graph The Render Pipeline customization based on Render Graph will be officially available to developers in version 3.8. It will support the implementation of engine builtin Custom Pipeline and the default Deferred Pipeline. We also support Compute Shader capabilities.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. Portals: Fix duplication of instanced scenes during conversion ( GH-58650 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ).

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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

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Rendering: GLES2: Fix trunc shader function compilation on Android ( GH-56061 ). 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. please file an issue on GitHub.

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Pixel Racing Render Shaders 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 ). Editor: Add per-scene UndoRedo ( GH-59564 ). Editor: Disable editing properties in foreign resources ( GH-63282 ). Known issues.

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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, Shaders: Fix shader crash when using boolean type for vertex->fragment varyings ( GH-70460 ). x, and was recently ported to 4.0 Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 16, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. Rendering: GLES2: Fix compression on blend shapes ( GH-58838 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix incorrect buffer upload size in draw_gui_primitive ( GH-58150 ).

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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. Shaders: Rename hint_albedo , hint_white / black in shaders ( GH-60803 ). Known issues. milestone.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 23, 2022

Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. The illustration picture is from Beat Invaders , a gorgeous blend of space shooter and roguelite with an epic soundtrack, developed by Raffaele Picca.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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. Thus far, we've prioritized the 2D rendering engine to ensure that it is ready for the release of 4.0. However, we are now confident that we will be shipping 4.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 20, 2022

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. Thus far, we’ve prioritized the 2D rendering engine to ensure that it is ready for the release of 4.0. However, we are now confident that we will be shipping 4.0

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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 ). Rendering: Use properly use non-perceptual roughness when filtering radiance ( GH-58418 ). Known issues. milestone.

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Nvidia

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We stick to using cutting-edge technologies in our development work to create high-image quality games and enhance players’ immersive gaming experience. How did the path tracer affect your lighting production during the Justice development process? Why is physically accurate lighting important for the games you develop?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2022

After 9 months of development, Godot 3.5 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. This feature was originally developed for Godot 4.0 both small and large.

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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. Visual Shader: Add few improvements for VisualShaderNodeParticleRandomness ( GH-71123 ). What's new. Requires.NET SDK 6.0 specifically.

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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

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 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). XR: WebXR is now fully working in Godot 4! ( GH-68870 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 22, 2022

we decided to accept that the approach we took from the start was simply not the right one and decided to remove it from the engine. 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.

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Visual Scripting Scripting Engine Engineering 53

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Rendering: Prevent shaders from generating code before the constructor finishes ( GH-52475 ). 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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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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