Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Add transparency support for LightmapGI Currently when baking lightmaps users have to choose between transparent objects casting shadows as if they were fully opaque, or not casting shadows at all. This has been a major limitation in both the quality of lightmap baking and the ergonomics of the lightmap baking workflow.

Beta 106

Beta Dev Lightmap Baking 106

Game Analytics

DECEMBER 28, 2022

That’s the core concept from Voodoo. Casual strategy games have definitely made their mark in 2022. It’s awesome to see some good messaging baked into its core gameplay. We love the concept. So, technically Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales wasn’t released in 2022. That’s our roundup from 2022. Net Fishing!

Mobile Gaming 98

Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile Games 98

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2022

Like in previous years, Godot is participating again in the Google Summer of Code program for its 2022 edition. This meant that the larger scenes might refuse to bake because they don't fit within the size limits of an image. This will be a draw mode that previews the texel density of lightmaps (without actually (re)baking them).

Lightmap 52

Lightmap UX Shaders Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ). pcre2 10.40, CA certificates (2022-03-31), SDL GameControllerDB from 2022-07-15.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ). pcre2 10.40, CA certificates (2022-03-31), SDL GameControllerDB from 2022-07-15.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ). pcre2 10.40, CA certificates (2022-03-31). x one, or adopt the new API from 4.0.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

The new NavigationServer adds support for obstacle avoidance using the RVO2 library, and navigation meshes can now be baked at runtime. Rendering: CPU lightmapper: Account for ambient light settings when baking lights ( GH-62260 ). pcre2 10.40, CA certificates (2022-03-31). x one, or adopt the new API from 4.0.

Render 52

Render Shaders Mesh Console 52