Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2019

alpha 1 , our first milestone towards the next stable installment of our free and open source game engine. This first alpha build comes relatively late in our planned release schedule, mostly because of work done on our official build infrastructure to adapt to 3.2 The features. release, we are now happy to release Godot 3.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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. Jump to the Downloads section.

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Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 14, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. bugs squashed. Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 15, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 is a huge release that requires a lot of work, and because we're committed to providing dev snapshots frequently so that pre-release testers can quickly access the new features and bug fixes. alpha builds. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Terrain Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

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 , 2 , 3 , 4 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. Jump to the Downloads section.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

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 , alpha 3 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. What's new.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 28, 2022

alpha 7 comes with one week delay on our every-other-week release schedule, since I was taking some time off :) But that means it got time for even more features and bug fixes to be finalized, reviewed and merged. See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ). alpha builds. Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Fix GDScript bug causing return values to be reset in release builds. alpha builds. Jump to the Downloads section. What's new.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

alpha 1 ― the first official alpha build of our upcoming major milestone, enabling all interested users to try it out and report bugs, as well as provide feedback on the new features. We got lots of bug reports and many have been fixed already in these two weeks! alpha 2 with a great deal of fixes and new features!

Alpha 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 11, 2022

We're working towards finalizing the feature set for 4.0 beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a couple of weeks ago. While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 12, 2022

Another fortnight, another alpha snapshot of the development branch, this time with 4.0 See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. and binutils 2.37. Known issues.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

We're working towards finalizing the feature set for 4.0 beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a month ago. While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 6, 2022

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 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. Bug reports. What's new.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2022

Straight out of the Godot Sprint in Barcelona, here's another alpha snapshot of the development branch, this time with 4.0 See past alpha releases for details ( alpha 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ). Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

We just announced that we'll enter feature freeze next week to focus on stabilizing the existing functionality in Godot 4.0 But we're not there yet and we'll keep having frequent alpha builds until we're ready to slap the beta label on the engine. All editor builds for this alpha have been updated with a hotfix. alpha builds.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2017

alpha 2 is out, ready for your testing! It's already been 3 months since our previous official development snapshot , and lots of bugs have been fixed, making us one big step closer to the final 3.0 This is of course still pretty rough, though usable, and we are looking forward to your feedback and bug reports. The features.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

We're working towards finalizing the feature set for 4.0 beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a month ago. While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

alpha 17 release to ensure that things work as best as we can reasonably expect before the beta phase. Be aware that during the alpha stage the engine is still not feature-complete or stable. alpha builds. alpha in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 Bug reports. What's new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

But no matter the amount of time dedicated to testing and profiling — bugs and issues are inevitable. with bug fix releases as we are dedicated to ensuring a stable experience as soon as possible. branch into our main development branch and other contributors joined in to add features and fix bugs. Countless bugs.

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Bug Beta Quality Assurance Feature 95

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2021

you are here) GDScript progress report: Feature-complete for 4.0. One of the most requested features of GDScript is now implemented: typed arrays. We don't have a lot of test cases for now, but the number of tests will increase over time as tests are added together with bug fixes to avoid regressions. Bug fixing.

Feature 52

Feature Alpha Code Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Over the course of the last four months the engine has seen many changes, making it more stable and feature complete, and it's getting very close to the state that we would be happy with. The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha.

Beta 102

Beta Dev Render Animation 102

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 31, 2022

A lot of work was done, but almost nothing worked and so many features were unfinished. After it, 17 alphas followed in total. Things improved a lot, but eventually it was time to do feature freeze and focus on bug fixing. As a result, 2022 became a year of focus on stabilizing and finishing all major remaining issues.

Alpha 91

Alpha Media Bug Feature 91

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: A ton of fixes for all rendering backends, and missing features implemented for the OpenGL3 one. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Android: Upgrade Android gradle plugin to version 7.2.1 ( GH-68497 ). Rendering: Added Viewport canvas cull mask feature ( GH-52350 ). Bug reports.

Beta 90

Beta Dev Render Bug 90

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Animation: Split pause() from AnimationPlayer's stop() ( GH-71218 ). Export: Fix missing "debug"/"release" export presets feature tags ( GH-71274 ). Rendering: Take alpha antialising options into account when setting up materials ( GH-71261 ).

Beta 106

Beta Dev Collision Render 106

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 31, 2022

A lot of work was done, but almost nothing worked and so many features were unfinished. After it, 17 alphas followed in total. Things improved a lot, but eventually it was time to do feature freeze and focus on bug fixing. As a result, 2022 became a year of focus on stabilizing and finishing all major remaining issues.

Alpha 84

Alpha Media Bug Feature 84

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

After three well-tested and quite stable alpha builds, we're now ready to enter the beta stage for the upcoming Godot 3.2 The beta stage corresponds for us to a release freeze, as announced today on GitHub , which means that we will only consider critical bug fixes for merging in the master branch, and that until Godot 3.2 Bug reports.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Alpha Bug 52

iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Testing is crucial in game developmen t because even a small bug can lead to negative reviews, lost sales, and a damaged reputation. 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.

Beta 52

Beta Alpha Bug Games 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

s development officially entered the beta stage last week, which coincides for us with what we name the feature freeze : from now on, no new features will be merged in the master branch, as the focus will be fully on fixing existing issues to stabilize the current feature set. beta 1 , just one month after the previous alpha 2.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 26, 2017

is mostly feature-complete and ready for broader testing by the Godot community. We are therefore releasing a first alpha snapshot for existing users to play with and report bugs. IMPORTANT: This is an alpha build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.0

Dev 52

Dev Alpha Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Over the course of the last four months the engine has seen many changes, making it more stable and feature complete, and it’s getting very close to the state that we would be happy with. The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha.

Beta 79

Beta Dev Render Animation 79

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 26, 2019

We've been hard at work fixing bugs since the Godot 3.1 There were over 600 bugs listed for the 3.1 x maintenance releases , which include only thoroughly reviewed and backwards-compatible bug fixes, the 3.1 version includes all the new features (and subsequent bugs!) The features. Bug reports.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 1, 2017

We know Godot has been known for many years to have a relatively stable master/HEAD at Github, so users can try the new features in their projects with very little risk of breaking them. Moreover, starting new projects in the HEAD branch, using the new features and expecting them to work with the upcoming 3.0 Projects from Godot 1.x

Alpha 52

Alpha Render Bug Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2019

After over one year of work, 5 alpha releases, 11 betas and 7000 commits by close to 500 contributors, we're finally ready to wrap up the 3.1 version and let you all benefit from the hundreds of new features, enhancements and bug fixes that have been worked on by the community since January 2018. The features.

Bug 52

Bug Beta Build Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Animation: Split pause() from AnimationPlayer’s stop() ( GH-71218 ). Export: Fix missing “debug”/”release” export presets feature tags ( GH-71274 ). Rendering: Take alpha antialising options into account when setting up materials ( GH-71261 ). Bug reports.

Beta 81

Beta Dev Collision Render 81

iXie gaming

JUNE 7, 2024

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 12, 2017

This release therefore brings various new features to GDScript, the editor, some nodes' API – but we tried to ensure that compatibility with earlier 2.1.x A big thankyou to all the contributors who worked on this release by implementing bug fixes or features, or testing the changes to spot potential regressions and help debug issues.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2021

As the alpha of Godot 4.0 has so much new code (the engine was rewritten significantly), it will also require a large amount of time dedicated to bug-fixing and stabilization even after stable. This means that the same things are supported and more features are added in. Hello fellow developers! Will Godot 4.0

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