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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 8, 2023

UI/UX artist A UI/UX artist creates the visual aspects of a game’s user interface, menus, icons and other interactive components. They come up with ways to present the game plot, work out the script and plan the game levels. Similarly, the powerups in the game are designed to entice and motivate gamers to continue playing.

Game Design

Game Design Game Designer Art Prop

Game Art Studio: The Future of Game Development?

iXie gaming

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The studio will provide a script for the character’s dialogue, which you can customize to fit your game’s needs. Gaming art studios use UI/UX in their productions to create engaging and fun games for players. 2D and 3D character development. 3D environment.

Art

Art Game Developer Game Development Studios

Guest post - “Small Team, Big Project”: Building Moonwards

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Construct your scenes however, and they’ll work – it’s the definition of a “scripted game”. file and create a script that extends NPCBase and contains your custom functions. Ideally, the Definitions would be created at load, using the functions in the custom NPC script. It's also meant for linear gameplay.

Build

Build NPC Sandbox Console

Device-Based Compatibility Testing Solutions to Look for in Your Game QA Partner

iXie gaming

OCTOBER 3, 2023

It helps you identify and fix issues to ensure the game runs smoothly, delivering a seamless user experience (UX). This will allow them to identify nuanced device compatibility issues that automated scripts may miss. Testing your game before releasing it to the public is crucial. And that’s where manual testing comes in.

Simulation

Simulation Games Communications UX

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

by calling queue_free() ) but is still accessed somewhere else in a script. release, adding an AESContext to provide a scripting interface to AES-ECB and AES-CBC encryption/decryption methods. Those are changes which are for the most part independent of the big core, rendering and scripting changes in the 4.0

UX

UX Feature Culling Mesh

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ). Editor: Improve the UI/UX of the Export Template Manager dialog ( GH-50531 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ). Editor: Auto-reload scripts with external editor ( GH-51828 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ). Editor: Improve the UI/UX of the Export Template Manager dialog ( GH-50531 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Ask a Game Dev - Untitled Article

Ask a Game Dev

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Writes shaders, writes scripts, works with code. UI/UX Designer : Puts things where you expect them to be, so you don’t have to get annoyed trying to make it do what you want. Given a description, then comes up with different visual concepts that could meet that description. The description is refined, and the process repeats.

Cinematics

Cinematics Writing Animation Animation

GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 1)

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2019

Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. The integrated script editor in Godot lacks features found in editors like VS Code, Sublime, Emacs, etc. The cache pool is filled at the startup by parsing all scripts in the workspace for script symbols and loading native symbols from DocData.

Visual Scripting

Visual Scripting Clipping Code Scripting

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ). Editor: Improve the UI/UX of the Export Template Manager dialog ( GH-50531 ). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2022

Here are the 3 projects/students with links to the relevant sections in this post: Refactor and UX updates of ColorPicker by Vitika Soni ( Vitika9 ). Refactor and UX updates of ColorPicker. Project: Refactor and UX updates of ColorPicker. Project: Refactor and UX updates of ColorPicker. UX updates. apply_theme().

Lightmap

Lightmap UX Shaders Debug

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2020

Editor: Improved go-to definition (Ctrl + Click) in script editor ( GH-37293 ). Files: Improve UX of drive letters ( GH-36639 ). Editor: Add rotation widget to 3D viewport ( GH-33098 ). Editor: Add editor freelook navigation scheme settings ( GH-37989 ). GDNative: Fix Variant size on 32-bit platforms ( GH-38799 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Debug

“Put that planet to the left!”

Played with Fire

DECEMBER 4, 2021

So today we’re going to talk about UX (user experience) in virtual reality games and tell you about the most interesting solutions we used in our game Stargaze! Good UX practices for VR. That’s why we gathered all the best UX practices we know, all based on the example of Stargaze. Stargaze – cosmic VR game.

UX

UX Puzzle Animation Animation

Godot core budget meeting report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 10, 2020

Hiring a generalist contributor for editor UX and web dev. We need a system to switch references to API methods easily from snake_case to PascalCase , depending on the scripting language you are using. There is no way to leave feedback, notes, or questions on documentation topics, which is common in modern doc systems.

Texture

Texture Engine Engineering UX

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 5, 2020

Editor: Improved go-to definition (Ctrl + Click) in script editor ( GH-37293 ). Files: Improve UX of drive letters ( GH-36639 ). Editor: Add rotation widget to 3D viewport ( GH-33098 ). Editor: Add editor freelook navigation scheme settings ( GH-37989 ). GDNative: Fix Variant size on 32-bit platforms ( GH-38799 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Bug Debug

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

Exporting C# projects to iOS should be done from macOS using the classical workflow , and the scripts will be automatically compiled Ahead-of-Time (AOT) for iOS. Editor: Improved go-to definition (Ctrl + Click) in script editor ( GH-37293 ). Files: Improve UX of drive letters ( GH-36639 ). 2D batching for the GLES2 renderer.

Debug

Debug Point and Click Bug Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). Our script editor maintainer, Paul Batty ( Paulb23 ), implemented initial support for multi-caret editing in TextEdit, which is therefore usable in the GDScript and shader editors, as well as any other multi-line text field in the editor. GH-67128 , GH-67131 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Render Debug

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Multi-caret support in TextEdit and script editors ( GH-61902 ). Our script editor maintainer, Paul Batty ( Paulb23 ), implemented initial support for multi-caret editing in TextEdit, which is therefore usable in the GDScript and shader editors, as well as any other multi-line text field in the editor. GH-67128 , GH-67131 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Render Debug

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 22, 2020

Editor: Improved go-to definition (Ctrl + Click) in script editor ( GH-37293 ). Files: Improve UX of drive letters ( GH-36639 ). Editor: Add editor freelook navigation scheme settings ( GH-37989 ). Editor: Account for file deletion and renaming in Export Presets ( GH-39434 ).

Beta

Beta Debug Bug Point and Click

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 18, 2020

Editor: Improved go-to definition (Ctrl + Click) in script editor ( GH-37293 ). Files: Improve UX of drive letters ( GH-36639 ). Editor: Add editor freelook navigation scheme settings ( GH-37989 ). Editor: Account for file deletion and renaming in Export Presets ( GH-39434 ).

Beta

Beta Debug Bug Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 12, 2020

Editor: Improved go-to definition (Ctrl + Click) in script editor ( GH-37293 ). Files: Improve UX of drive letters ( GH-36639 ). Editor: Add editor freelook navigation scheme settings ( GH-37989 ). Editor: Account for file deletion and renaming in Export Presets ( GH-39434 ). GDNative: Fix Variant size on 32-bit platforms ( GH-38799 ).

Beta

Beta Bug Debug Build

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

This is particularly useful for files which you intend to process yourself from scripts based on their raw contents (e.g. Do note that due to how built-in resources (resources saved within the scene instead of separate files) work, some of them might sometimes not get reloaded correctly (this especially applies to built-in scripts).

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ). Editor: Improve the UI/UX of the Export Template Manager dialog ( GH-50531 ). Editor: Auto-reload scripts with external editor ( GH-51828 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ). Editor: Improve the UI/UX of the Export Template Manager dialog ( GH-50531 ). Editor: Auto-reload scripts with external editor ( GH-51828 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ). Editor: Improve the UI/UX of the Export Template Manager dialog ( GH-50531 ). Editor: Auto-reload scripts with external editor ( GH-51828 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ). Editor: Improve the UI/UX of the Export Template Manager dialog ( GH-50531 ). Editor: Auto-reload scripts with external editor ( GH-51828 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Editor: Improve the editor feature profiles UX ( GH-49643 ). Editor: Improve the UI/UX of the Export Template Manager dialog ( GH-50531 ). Editor: Allow dropping property path into script editor ( GH-51629 ). Editor: Auto-reload scripts with external editor ( GH-51828 ). Physics: Fix KinematicBody axis lock ( GH-45176 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

GSoC 2019 progress report #3

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System – Swarnim Arun. Project: Improvements To Visual Scripting System. Visual Script graph unification. The graph for the Visual Script has been unified , that is, all the functions are shown in the graph simultaneously.

Visual Scripting

Visual Scripting Clipping Scripting Point and Click

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

our contributor Yuri Roubinsky did a huge rework of the new visual shader's UX , and eventually assumed full maintainership of the feature. Yuri did not stop there, as he also implemented many additional features for the classical script shaders , such as support for constants, arrays and varyings. For Godot 3.2,

Render

Render Feature Shaders Bug

GTA VI Looks Great, but Online It’s the Real Topic (Opinion)

Deconstructor of Fun

DECEMBER 18, 2023

It could also grant more interaction options not exclusively related to combat, and a more user-friendly inventory system (GTA V has a great inventory system for weapons, but everything else is managed through an awkward in-game menu with terrible UX).

Sandbox

Sandbox UX Content Build

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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Game Art Studio: The Future of Game Development?

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Guest post - “Small Team, Big Project”: Building Moonwards

Device-Based Compatibility Testing Solutions to Look for in Your Game QA Partner

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Ask a Game Dev - Untitled Article

GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 1)

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 3

“Put that planet to the left!”

Godot core budget meeting report #1

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.2 beta 4

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.2.2 RC 1

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

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

GSoC 2019 progress report #3

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

GTA VI Looks Great, but Online It’s the Real Topic (Opinion)

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