Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The cover illustration is from Tiny Pasture , an endearing literal desktop pet that has cute pixel art animals grazing at the bottom of your screen while you do other things. Rendering: Fix debug CanvasItem redraw rects in RD renderer ( GH-103017 ). Developed by CaveLiquid ( Bluesky , website ), the game was just released on Steam.

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Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Animators typically count things in terms of frames. Our debug logging keeps tabs on everything in terms of milliseconds so we can see how temporally far apart events in the log fire. Some designers care about frames specifically too, but engineers and designers generally use milliseconds or decimal seconds (e.g.

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Cocos

MAY 20, 2023

When playing the game on an Android device, button animations don’t function properly (at least both Sprite and Scale transition types are affected). Also any tips or advice on how I can research and debug this issue further would be really appreciated. After some testing, it seems like this problem has started with Cocos Creator v3.7.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Animation: Add "Trimming" option to cut un-keyed timeline before first key in glTF animation ( GH-68665 ). Editor: Add button to keep the debug server open ( GH-69164 ). Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Android: Bump the minimum Android target API to 21 (Android Lollipop) ( GH-67610 ).

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Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

Engine • Added DebugView at runtime UI control rendering debugging function. See the documentation “Render Debugging - Run Time Using Render debugging”: [link] • When the node animates, add the tween ‘destroySelf’ method to destroy the front nodal point. x users upgrade. Skip rendering when the UI element Opacity is 0.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A refactor of Animation APIs to change the stop(reset: bool) to two separate stop() and pause() methods ( GH-71218 ), as was heavily requested by the community. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Animation: Split pause() from AnimationPlayer's stop() ( GH-71218 ). A lot more GDScript fixes and improvements!

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Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

By dynamically changing this value, a simple animation effect can be achieved. More applications of UV in Shader UV can be widely used in effects such as frame animation and water ripples. The following shows a small application of UV effect vec4 frag() { vec4 col = mainColor * texture(mainTexture, v_uv); vec2 uv = v_uv; if(uv.y>0.5){

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Cocos

AUGUST 29, 2024

I’m specifically coping with the following difficulties: Frame rate decreases: I’m seeing noticeable frame rate drops when I add more sprites and animations, particularly on devices with lesser specs. What methods are there for maximising the performance of sprite animation and rendering?

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Sirlin

AUGUST 17, 2016

Also worth noting are lots of new animations for Valerie, a new character model for Grave that has over 3x the polygons as before, and a preview of a new character select screen that will be used for modes other than local versus and training. New debug option in training mode to stay in dragon form forever once you enter it.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Whether you’re looking for 3D structure, textures, patterns, animations, or even specific sounds, you can get them from Unity’s Asset Store. Seamless Debugging Debugging is a crucial part of mobile game development. As a result, you can track and debug visual components in real-time.

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Harold Serrano

DECEMBER 28, 2022

I also learned that the most tedious part of a sports game is the animation/physics synchronization and the AI system. I kept thinking about how can I fix these issues, and it hit me: I need a Debug Visualization Tool in my engine to help me visualize what the AI sees. This realization changed everything. Thank you for reading.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

A refactor of Animation APIs to change the stop(reset: bool) to two separate stop() and pause() methods ( GH-71218 ), as was heavily requested by the community. Some of the most notables feature changes in this update are: Animation: Split pause() from AnimationPlayer’s stop() ( GH-71218 ). A lot more GDScript fixes and improvements!

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Cocos

DECEMBER 7, 2023

What my game does in those methods is pause the animation and music, and then resume them. Well, on the Windows version, something is definitely pausing the music, but it doesn’t resume, and when I debug with breakpoints, neither of those methods is getting called.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Our SCons setup used to have tools and target options that were combined to build either the editor or the export templates, and define whether it’s a “release” or “debug” build. The “debug” term in that setup was quite ambiguous however and the source of a lot of confusion, as described in godot-proposals#3371.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Our SCons setup used to have tools and target options that were combined to build either the editor or the export templates, and define whether it's a "release" or "debug" build. The "debug" term in that setup was quite ambiguous however and the source of a lot of confusion, as described in godot-proposals#3371.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2018

Sounds easy enough, but in practice it took me maaaaany hours of debugging and guesswork. Just believe me that it was a relief after so many hours of debugging :D. In the ShadowAtlas debug view you can see the fish-eye projection for OmniLight s). You can read more about the new animation system here ! more or less.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

3D Modelling 3D Animation FX Concept Art 2D Animation Game Design Game Programming 3D Modelling: Shaping Virtual Worlds “3D modelling is a rewarding career where you get to bring concepts and 2D imagery to life, sculpting personality and story into characters, objects, and environments.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Animation editor. Debug on hardware devices. It is also now now possible to debug a game running on an actual devices. Make sure to enable "Deploy Remote Debug" option in the remote options menu. If you have a device with Android 5.0+, Godot can take advantage and debug over the USB cable directly.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track featurex ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ). Animation: Allow renaming bones and blend shapes ( GH-42827 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ). Highlights. The main changes coming in Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ). Animation: Allow renaming bones and blend shapes ( GH-42827 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track featurex ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ). Animation: Allow renaming bones and blend shapes ( GH-42827 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ). Animation: Allow renaming bones and blend shapes ( GH-42827 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ). Animation: Allow renaming bones and blend shapes ( GH-42827 ).

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

While in our UIManager, it will subscribe to the store changes and trigger the animations. Now you can see the results and debug it in the browser as you would doing your web app. Notice that now each manager has clear responsibilities, and our game state is predictable. No prop drilling, only a single source of truth to rely on.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ). Highlights. The main changes coming in Godot 3.4

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Big Games

OCTOBER 16, 2023

You should carefully consider the character design, animation, and environment because doing so improves the gaming experience. It also provides powerful tools for debugging, testing, and coding. Polished Graphics and Art Stunning images can increase the immersion of players. What Coding Pitfalls You Need to Avoid?

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Nvidia

DECEMBER 17, 2020

New tools New debugging tools like the BVH viewer and Ray Timing Visualization allows developers to get a handle on ray tracing cost in their scene and get it tuned for speed. Uses approximate technique of shared animations to reduce overhead for simulating a full forest. NVIDIA RTX UE4.26 The new NVIDIA UE4.26

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Add animation "reset" track featurex ( GH-44558 ). Animation: Fix Tween active state and repeat after stop() and then start() ( GH-47142 ). Animation: Allow renaming bones and blend shapes ( GH-42827 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 22, 2022

Not because it's necessarily harder to program or harder to make assets for, but it's much, much harder to debug. It's typically used for facial animations, like lip sync. There does seem to be an open request to fix this, which I would implement myself if I was confident enough to debug an entire game engine.

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Cocos

JANUARY 10, 2024

I’ve tried the different animation cache modes, and enable/disable batch. Hello, I’m working on a custom material/effect with a USE_INSTANCING branch that works on sprites, but does not work on a spine character. The effect is a duplicate of builtin-spine , with the instancing branches added and the two_color branch removed.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). Animation: Fix potential bug with node rename in BlendTree editor ( GH-65651 ). Animation: Fix crash when playing SceneTreeTween right after finishing ( GH-65896 ). Rendering: Portals: Show RayCast debug helper ( GH-65686 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Animation: Fix AnimationNode has_filter not being called in scripts ( GH-64560 ). Animation: Fix potential bug with node rename in BlendTree editor ( GH-65651 ) [regression fix]. Animation: Fix crash when playing SceneTreeTween right after finishing ( GH-65896 ). Rendering: Portals: Show RayCast debug helper ( GH-65686 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Due to these roadblocks, we decided to rewrite the importer fully and tailor it to Godot, instead of trying to keep things generic as done in Assimp - Assimp can importer dozens of file formats, which is great, but imposes many restrictions on the support of individual complex formats like FBX, especially for animations. Pivots are hard.

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Nvidia

APRIL 14, 2021

Nsight Graphics Nsight Graphics is a standalone developer tool that enables you to debug, profile, and export frames built with DirectX12, Vulkan, OpenGL, and OpenVR. All of the powerful debugging and profiling features in Nsight Graphics are available for realtime ray tracing, which includes support for DXR and Vulkan Ray Tracing.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2021

stable: Animation: Fix skinning initialization in MeshInstance when loaded from thread ( GH-48217 ). Physics: Create CollisionObject debug shapes using VisualServer ( GH-48588 ). See the curated changelog , or the full commit history on GitHub for an exhaustive overview of the fixes in this release.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 10, 2021

Here are some of the main changes in this build: Animation: Fix skinning initialization in MeshInstance when loaded from thread ( GH-48217 ). Physics: Create CollisionObject debug shapes using VisualServer ( GH-48588 ). As usual, you can try it live with the online version of the Godot editor updated for this release.

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