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. Bug reports.

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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. Known issues. Bug reports.

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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. This new 4.0 Bug reports.

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Alpha Dev Bug Animation 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. Known issues.

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Alpha Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 This is the first alpha to include export templates for the Web platform again. Lots of fixes to theme propagation issues, both regressions in the previous alpha 15 and pre-existing bugs that it helped uncover. alpha builds.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Ask a Game Dev

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

This is one of those disconnects between what the public thinks the term means and what the developers think the term means (much like [ "alpha" and "beta" ]). Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on Twitter Short questions: Ask a Game Dev on BlueSky Long questions: Ask a Game Dev on Tumblr Frequent Questions: The FAQ

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Alpha Dev Beta Games 64

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 14, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 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 Jump to the Downloads section. What's new. Known issues.

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Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 Note: There was a change in the internal format that PNG files get imported to, which you might experience as projects from earlier alphas reporting broken dependencies. alpha builds. Known issues. Bug reports.

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. branch, we're going to release new alpha builds every other week, so that testers can always have a recent version to test the latest changes.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 This alpha doesn't include official builds with.NET 6 support yet, as we still have more work to do to enable this. For users of previous alphas, we don't always have compatibility code to ease transition. alpha builds.

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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 beta 1, and to do so we're having a (last?)

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Two months after our previous alpha , we are pleased to release Godot 3.1 alpha 2 , a new development snapshot of the master branch, moving slowly but steadily towards the beta status. IMPORTANT: This is an alpha build, which means that it is not suitable for use in production, nor for press reviews of what Godot 3.1 Disclaimer.

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Alpha Dev Bug Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 1, 2019

alpha 4 10 days ago, and it's now time for another alpha build, 3.1 This is the last alpha build before the beta stage, where we only merge critical bug fixes until the branch is stable enough for the final release. This last alpha mainly focuses on the build and release system. We released Godot 3.1 is released.

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Alpha Dev Bug Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 21, 2018

alpha 3 last week, and it's now time for another alpha build, 3.1 We plan to have a last alpha build within one week, and then we should be ready to move into the beta stage, where we only merge critical bug fixes until the branch is stable enough for the final release. This alpha 4 comes after many of the pending PRs in the 3.1

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Alpha Dev Bug Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 11, 2019

We released a first alpha build last week, and we want to keep a relatively short iteration cycle on future alpha and beta builds until the final 3.2 alpha 2 as a second snapshot, fixing various issues from the last build. alpha 2 as a second snapshot, fixing various issues from the last build. We thus publish Godot 3.2

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Already more than a month since our previous alpha , yet we haven't been idle in the meantime. The alpha stage corresponds for us to a feature freeze (see announcement on GitHub ), which means that we will no longer consider pull requests with new features for merge in the master branch, and that until Godot 3.1 for this alpha (5.14

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

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 release, we are now happy to release Godot 3.2 is released. Disclaimer.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 31, 2018

alpha 1 is our first milestone towards the stable release of Godot 3.1, The alpha stage corresponds for us to a feature freeze , as announced on GitHub a few days ago, which means that we will no longer consider pull requests with new features for merge in the master branch, and that until Godot 3.1 for this alpha. is released.

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Alpha Dev Bug Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 24, 2019

alpha 3 as our next iteration, fixing various issues from the last build. As a reminder, the alpha stage corresponds for us to a feature freeze, as announced on GitHub at the end of August , which means that we will no longer consider pull requests with new features for merge in the master branch, and that until Godot 3.2 is released.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2017

alpha 2 is out, ready for your testing! 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 As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with alpha 2. A little treat (or is it a trick?) stable release. Disclaimer.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. since early alpha releases; follow them on Twitter for updates. Rendering: Ignore depth draw optimization when using depth draw alpha prepass ( GH-70884 ). What's new.

Beta 106

Beta Dev Render Animation 106

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Rendering: Take alpha antialising options into account when setting up materials ( GH-71261 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

Beta 110

Beta Dev Collision Render 110

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: Use opaque rendering pipeline for alpha hash materials ( GH-61884 ). Rendering: Fix alpha hash by correcting typos and doing calculations in object space ( GH-68673 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Requires.NET SDK 6.0

Beta 99

Beta Dev Render Bug 99

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. since early alpha releases; follow them on Twitter for updates. Rendering: Ignore depth draw optimization when using depth draw alpha prepass ( GH-70884 ). What’s new.

Beta 81

Beta Dev Render Animation 81

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Rendering: Take alpha antialising options into account when setting up materials ( GH-71261 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Rendering: Fix multiple issues that make the normal roughness texture unusable ( GH-71130 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

Beta 85

Beta Dev Collision Render 85

Brand Game Development

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The game was gradually refined over a series of pre-alpha, alpha, beta, and release updates. The post Minecraft: Using Learning to Make Players Fall in Love appeared first on Brandon the Game Dev. You know, when it wasn’t horribly glitching and doing outright weird stuff. Need help on your board game?

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Alpha Sandbox Build Beta 130

Astral Clock Tower Studios

AUGUST 5, 2020

Hello, and welcome back to another issue of the Kristala game dev blog! If you're just tuning in, you may not have known that we unveiled a pre-alpha alpha alpha combat build of Kristala at last year's 2019 PlayNYC convention in - you guessed it - New York City! 3D Asset Design. Don't say we didn't warn you. Level Design.

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Dev Clipping Texture Concepts 52

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 For changes since the last alpha build, see the list of commits. We thus publish Godot 3.2 beta 1 as our next iteration, fixing various issues from previous builds. 263 commits have been merged since 3.2

Beta 52

Beta Dev Alpha Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 26, 2017

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 game in the alpha? Will there be more alpha builds? Disclaimer. would be on its release.

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Dev Alpha Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. Rendering: Improve behaviour of clip_children by clipping to parent alpha value but still retaining parent color ( GH-67043 ). We released Godot 4.0

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

beta 1 , just one month after the previous alpha 2. But more importantly, it also brings tons of bug fixes compared to alpha 2, and we will continue to hunt down the remaining issues to guarantee a nice experience with Godot 3.0 Don't worry though, Godot 3.1 will arrive soon after the 3.0

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Alpha 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 20, 2020

GLES3: Force depth prepass when using alpha prepass ( GH-39865 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. GLES2: Fixed mesh data access errors in GLES2 ( GH-40235 ). GLES2: Batching - Fix FORCE_REPEAT not being set properly on npot hardware ( GH-40410 ).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Collision Bug 52

Astral Clock Tower Studios

MARCH 20, 2021

Welcome back to ACS headquarters for another rousing installment of the Kristala game dev blog. We can't say too much just yet, but you're definitely gonna wanna tune into next month's dev blog to see how ACS kicks development into high gear. Stay tuned to next month's dev blog issue for a look at the finished piece!

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Dev Rigging Concepts Demo 52

Grid Sage Games

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In previous years I’ve opened the review with a collage of dev images of varying themes and content, but approaching the end of this year we have one major theme that stands out, and that I’ll be writing more about below, so let’s hear it for the interface mockups! The first three years there are Alpha, followed by Beta.

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Beta Alpha Mechanics Build 105

Astral Clock Tower Studios

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Welcome back to the newest issue of the Kristala Dev Blog, a monthly compilation chronicling all the magic and mystery the Astral Clocktower Studios dev team puts into indie ARPG Kristala every development sprint. Stay tuned for updates in future Kristala dev blog issues. We can't wait to see what else he has in store.

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Dev Clipping Demo Concepts 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

alpha (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript). Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds. Jump to the Downloads section.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Shaders Console 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

XR: OpenXR: Emulated alpha blend mode should override the real blend mode ( GH-103338 ). Rendering: Shaders: Only convert default value to linear color if type hint is source_color ( GH-103201 ). Rendering: Metal: Fix SPIR-V MSL compilation on iOS targets ( GH-103337 ). Changelog 7 contributors submitted 10 fixes for this release.

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Bug Render Build Alpha 76