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

Mircosoft Game Dev

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.). Sandbox style simulations. Is solving these problems enough for Godot to become a top AA / AAA game engine? Additionally, Godot 4.0

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Oscar Salandin, developer of BOTSU Ridicuous Robots: “Solo dev can be lonely” 

PreMortem.Games

Some had worked on AAA games I’d played, released indie games, or previously ran companies in games. These days, seeing people’s faces light up and how creative people get with the sandbox is the biggest motivation boost for me. These are essentially the building blocks of all sports, so I based the game around sandbox “sports”.

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Untold Stories of ex-Activision Blizzard King’s Founders

Deconstructor of Fun

The studio raised $25m in Oct’24 to develop a narrative sandbox game based on an original IP. Echtra Games is working on an unannounced AAA ARPG for PC and console platforms. Crop Circle and Lightforge Games — The Shutdowns Crop Circle was founded in 2022 by a lead programmer of World of Warcraft and was a subsidiary of Prytania Media.

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Wizard With A Gun Crashing: How I Fixed It

Game Errors

Indie games like Wizard with a Gun often face more crash issues compared to AAA titles. It offers a mix of sandbox and roguelike gameplay elements, creating an endless experience. However, I didn’t let some crashes ruin my experience and I started troubleshooting the problem right away.

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Is there an alternative to gaming’s dystopian gloom?

Game Daily

A single season of dystopian-futurism TV show Black Mirror has way more interesting ideas about the future than current AAA gaming’s apocalyptica. ” Another of E-Line Media’s current projects is The Endless Mission – a community-driven sandbox creation game. You stress test the world with a lot of human stories.”

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Why isn't Godot an ECS-based game engine?

Mircosoft Game Dev

Sandboxes (lots of tiny things need processing every frame). Other AAA games with lots of content going on. Examples of these types of games are: City builders (lots of things going on). Some strategy games (while not the majority, some can use thousands or dozen of thousands of game units at the same time).