Feature, Platformer and Visual Scripting

Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

We’re also zooming in on trends that’ll have your game soaring across platforms, rocking real-time multiplayer, and even letting players team up and build together. Simply input parameters like genre, target audience, and desired features, and Ludo AI will suggest potential game ideas. But that’s not all!

Game Developer

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Roblox & Beyond: The Problem with Game Creator Platforms

Deconstructor of Fun

APRIL 16, 2020

Roblox’s massive success has spawned a number of teams to try and follow suit by creating their own next-gen game creation platforms, but how likely will these efforts succeed given the peculiarities of Roblox’s demographic? You can sign up to the newsletter at the bottom of this text.

Platformer

Platformer Alpha Visual Scripting Games

Why 70% of Developers Prefer Unity for Mobile Game Development

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Cross-Platform Compatibility Cross-platform gameplay is one of the biggest game development trends of 2023. So, game developers must seek mobile game engines that support cross-platform development. However, with time, it started supporting multiple platforms. Let’s find out. And that’s where Unity wins.

Mobile Gaming

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Onward to the new 3D renderer

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

x features. Still, this planned compatibility breakage and new renderer means that some of the main features advertised for Godot 2.2 In particular, the Visual Scripting feature that is already implemented in the master branch and was planned for 2.2 features moved to 3.0. All features planned for Godot 2.2

Render

Render Visual Scripting Scripting Feature

GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 1)

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2019

In 2018 we had 5 students working on various features for Godot Engine, and you can read about their work in last year's progress report. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. The feature adds two classes to Godot, both inheriting AudioStream. Interactive Music by Daniel Matarov. Introduction.

Visual Scripting

Visual Scripting Clipping Code Scripting

Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Each engine has its specific set of features and, therefore, can perform a specific set of tasks. Now cross-platform game development with Unity is possible. Due to its extensive asset store, versatility, and a multitude of tutorials and online courses, Unity has become the most popular 2D and 3D development platform in the world.

Engine

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Use GDevelop to Make Your Own Games

Game Designing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In short, GDevelop is a full-featured game development tool. It includes everything you need to create real video games in one package, including tools for scripting, animation, visual effects, sound design, and more. Once your game is done, GDevelop lets users publish their games to PC, Web, and Mobile platforms.

Games

Games Code Game Developer Game Development

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. 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. update to the 3.2

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

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 ). Physics: Fixing 2D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Highlights.

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

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 ). Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

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 ). Physics: Fixing 2D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Godot reaches 2.1 stable!

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

There are countless new features in this version (see the full changelog, chronological or listed by contributor ). The most important ones are: New asset sharing platform. comes with our new asset sharing platform, the Asset Library. The idea is that users can post assets, scripts, addons, etc. Live script reloading.

Asset

Asset Scripting Engine Engineering

Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

It includes major improvements all across the board in features, performance, and usability. The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). is coming out soon. improvements. reaches stability.

AAA

AAA Game Developer Game Development Development

Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

Even though Unreal has been a popular choice for game app developers among other 3D game engines, this multifaceted development platform empowers developers to create visually stunning and immersive video games. Let’s understand the array of features that create such next-level user experiences. OpenXRHandTracking 2.

Engine

Engine Engineering Development Visual Scripting

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. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System – Swarnim Arun.

Visual Scripting

Visual Scripting Clipping Scripting Point and Click

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

support, Bullet as the 3D physics engine, and many other features which are described in depth below. which would have included new multiplayer networking, visual scripting and many other improvements) because we realized that projects using the new features would no longer work in 3.0, New features of Godot 3.0.

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

Introduction and Unity Lesson 1

Game Designing

AUGUST 21, 2023

Before we start, I wanted to explain a bit about how this platform works though. You’ll learn: The key features of Unity Platforms supported by the engine The pros and cons of using Unity. So there’s a lot of little helpful features for every kind of developer. Thank you so much.

Engine

Engine Engineering Game Engine Game Developer

How an indie developer realized an out-of-this-world vision for multiplayer video game “Crossfar” using Amazon GameLift

AWS Games

JUNE 8, 2023

The game’s following continues to grow alongside the addition of new features. Once I had a playable build of ‘Crossfar,’ I started researching a good place to host the game and a platform that would support growth. He’s working towards an ambitious road map of new features, including a persistent battle mode.

Development

Development Indy Visual Scripting Games

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 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 ). Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh 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.

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 ). Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 2)

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. Godot, being an open source game engine, was built with a never-ending wish of adding new features to it. Motion matching is one of the latest features in game animation which is quite revolutionary. This wonderful feature needs to be included in Godot!

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing Scripting Data Asset

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Trending Sources

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Use GDevelop to Make Your Own Games

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

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Godot reaches 2.1 stable!

Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

GSoC 2019 progress report #3

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Introduction and Unity Lesson 1

How an indie developer realized an out-of-this-world vision for multiplayer video game “Crossfar” using Amazon GameLift

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 2)

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