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Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

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. now and read on to learn more about the many new features in this update. Shader language features.

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What Is Functionality Testing and Why Is it Crucial for the Success of Your Game?

iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The process of developing a game doesn’t end with coding and design. Testing the end product is crucial to ensure it delivers a seamless user experience (UX) and meets the industry requirements & standards. Several testing techniques are used to test the game’s readiness for release.

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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

They work with level designers, game designers, and art directors to ensure the atmosphere complements the game’s overall vision and gameplay. UI/UX artist A UI/UX artist creates the visual aspects of a game’s user interface, menus, icons and other interactive components.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

There were a few very important features that we didn’t manage to review in time for previous betas, and which have now been implemented in beta 3. See this demonstration made by MewPurPur : Improved ColorPicker UX ( GH-62910 ). The second part of her work has just been merged, and should significantly improve the ColorPicker’s UX.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

There were a few very important features that we didn't manage to review in time for previous betas, and which have now been implemented in beta 3. See this demonstration made by MewPurPur : Improved ColorPicker UX ( GH-62910 ). The second part of her work has just been merged, and should significantly improve the ColorPicker's UX.

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Beta Dev Render Debug

Adventures in Map Zooming, Part 1: Realtime Image Scaling

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

The mockup is also missing some components that eventually must be considered, such as what text over the map might look like as far as object labels and other info overlays, but that’s not important right now, more of a detail to consider when the time comes, assuming the fundamental feature even works out at all.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

release, which is already quite feature-packed a mere 3 months after the 3.3 and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

installment, bringing dozens of major features and hundreds of bugfixes and enhancements to bring our game developers an ever-improving feature set with a strong focus on usability. now and read on to learn more about its history , our support plans and the many new features in this update. Download Godot 3.2 March 2019).

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Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

stable branch in January 2020 as a major update to our free and open source game engine. branch is worked on in parallel and receives minor updates to fix bugs, improve usability and occasionally add some compatible features. we could take the time to add some new features to the 3.2 New features! feature set.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 This beta 4 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 This beta 5 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 With this first Release Candidate , we completely freezes feature development, and comes after a long series of beta builds to fix a number of bugs reported against previous builds (as well as against previous stable branches). The upcoming Godot 3.4

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 This beta 6 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

branch, but it grew to become a feature-packed update well worth of opening a new stable branch. 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. x updates with bug fixes, but also new features as long as they don't require breaking compatibility.

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Collision Lightmap Baking Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 With this third Release Candidate , we have frozen feature development and are nearly ready to release the stable version. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 Please report any issue.

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

release will provide a number of new features which have been backported from the 4.0 With this second Release Candidate , we have frozen feature development and are nearly ready to release the stable version. Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4 Please report any issue.

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Mesh Render Shaders Animation

GSoC 2019 progress report #3

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

We had 8 students working for on great new features all around the engine, and they reported on their progress regularly on this blog, with a first ( part 1 and part 2 ) and second progress report. Port connection swapping was also added as a minor UX improvement. Getting started with these features. Walkthrough/tutorial.

Visual Scripting

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Godot core budget meeting report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 10, 2020

Additionally, many languages require advanced font shaping features to handle diacritics and letter combinations, which are often fundamental for any accurate rendering of these languages (see e.g. Is this Arabic? Hiring a generalist contributor for editor UX and web dev. for a light-hearted crash course).

Texture

Texture Engine Engineering UX

How to Scale A Games Company | Travis Boatman, Gigi Levy-Weiss, & Kristian Segerstrale

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

In no other company other than games do you need both. You need the UX to work. It's only the game industry that requires this very complex thing, which is why I think most of the game companies fail because they can't create that match. or experimentation or insights or data or game engine or whatever.

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Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Adventures in Map Zooming, Part 1: Realtime Image Scaling

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

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

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

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