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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

We're continuing on our fortnightly release schedule for alpha snapshots of Godot 4.0 - this time with 4.0 See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , alpha 2 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. Known issues. Bug reports.

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Running an Effective Closed Beta Test for Your Game

iXie gaming

Running an effective closed beta test is crucial to ensuring smooth and user-friendly game releases. This article explores key strategies for executing a successful closed beta test to optimize your game’s quality. What is Closed Beta Testing? Closed beta testing comes after alpha testing. The outcome?

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“Post-Balance” Cogmind Item Expansion

Grid Sage Games

Beta 11 was a huge milestone in Cogmind development, having completed a comprehensive review of all items and their stats and mechanics in order to rebalance where necessary, a process I wrote about in detail last year. items” that was chosen back during alpha when it was first created. Lots and lots of fun.

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Minecraft: Using Learning to Make Players Fall in Love

Brand Game Development

The game was gradually refined over a series of pre-alpha, alpha, beta, and release updates. I think there’s a few takeaways: To give people a sense of autonomy, balance your game to where multiple strategies are viable ways of winning. Need help on your board game? How does this relate to board gaming?

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The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

with 17 alpha builds distributed in 2022, and continuous development effort since 2019. Today we are pleased to announce that the first beta for the much-anticipated release of Godot 4.0 beta just yet as we expect the engine to be unstable until we have more testing done. beta 1 now! It has been a long road to Godot 4.0

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5 Major Stages of Game Testing 

iXie gaming

Stage 2: Alpha Testing As the game develops, alpha testing becomes a crucial stage where our QA team carefully examines the main parts of gameplay. Core Functionality Testing Alpha testing focuses on the core features of the game. Smoke Testing Before starting alpha testing, we do smoke testing.

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How Singularity 6’s ‘Palia’ Conquered Cross-Regional Gaming with Amazon EKS and Karpenter

AWS Games

Palia’s external traffic is routed through a geo-load balanced domain name system (DNS) address to a Network Load Balancer (NLB). Still, there was fear that there were not enough players in alpha tests to accurately simulate launch numbers. Using Karpenter At the end of October 2023, Karpenter moved to a beta readiness.

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