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. More engine enums are now bound with BitField, making their usage more type-safe, especially in C# ( GH-71037 , GH-71045 , GH-71116 ). beta releases.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

With the right tools, you can turn simple sprites into stunning displays of art and movement. Spine Spine is the best tool for 2D skeletal animation. It has a flexible system that uses bones to create smooth and expressive animations, which can be easily reused and customized.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Vulkan rewrite has largely been enhancements to the 3D engine, the 2D side will also see several improvements. A very requested feature for the 2D engine is the possibility to have 2D directional lights and shadows. x is that, several times, sprites are separated in many nodes in order to be animated or assembled.

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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. More engine enums are now bound with BitField, making their usage more type-safe, especially in C# ( GH-71037 , GH-71045 , GH-71116 ). beta releases.

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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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Cocos

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’m using the AnimationController to control my sprites animation and it works perfectly fine inside the engine. But when I try to build or run a browser preview, I get the following error: Am I missing something?

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iXie gaming

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

This is why many HTML5 engines abound on the market because of their ease of use. You can use this engine to build a variety of games, even complicated ones. There is an in-built asset loader that enables animation sprite loading, sprite sheets, and many other features that are useful for creating functional games.

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Cocos

AUGUST 23, 2023

Sorry to litter up the forums with a question like this but I couldn’t find anything about it anywhere online… So… I have made some shaders that use time to essentially animate themselves. Whenever I attach them to a material, and then a sprite in the engine, I can see them moving in the editor as expected.

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The Liquid Fire

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Like many people, I’ve recently been looking at other engines for ‘reasons’ and have been checking out Godot. For the past couple weeks I’ve been learning some of the ins and outs of the engine, and getting a feel for how it compares to Unity. Downloading & Running I am using Godot 4.x x for this tutorial.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Unity, a widely adopted game engine, plays a pivotal role in empowering aspiring game developers in making great gaming experiences, thanks to its user-friendly interface and strong community support. Advanced physics simulations Experiment with Unity’s physics engine to create advanced simulations and interactions.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 22, 2019

A HeightMapShape was added to the Bullet physics engine implementation. FPS snapping in the Animation player was added to the engine, along with other quality of life improvements. OS.get_unique_id() was fixed on Android. New audio features for 3.2 were backported.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 4, 2021

Do you have prior experience with other game engines? We started making Primal Light in Python (using the PyGame module), but when we started getting serious about the project, we decided to shift to a full-fledged engine. Finally, Godot has better animation tools than other engines I have worked with.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2021

Do you have prior experience with other game engines? Nowadays working in the engine feels right at home. There was buzz around the engine, but it still needs those flagship titles that people can point to. I love art, animation, soundtracking and programming, and those are all tools to capture a certain mood I'll have in mind.

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Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Sketch a rough concept, set some parameters, and Dimensions will generate 3D models, textures, and animations. Free 3D Asset Libraries Sketchfab: This vast platform hosts a staggering collection of free and paid 3D models, textures, and animations from various creators. It can even help define core loops and progression systems.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 26, 2019

A HeightMapShape was added to the Bullet physics engine implementation. FPS snapping in the Animation player was added to the engine, along with other quality of life improvements. OS.get_unique_id() was fixed on Android. New audio features for 3.2 were backported.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2018

The first day will focus more on engine contributions and technical discussions around the roadmap and future features, while the second day will be more general purpose with different talks and workshop to share game-making knowledge. Talk: My Godot toolbox: patterns, animation and encapsulation | Jakub Grzesik ( kubecz3k ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 16, 2018

basics for skeletal animations. finish up skeletal animations (- blend shapes). The biggest user-facing change in the bindings is, that user-created classes can now directly inherit from engine types. basics for skeletal animations. C++ bindings for NativeScript 1.1. WIP godot-rust low level improvements. cubemap filter.

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Cocos

AUGUST 10, 2023

Sorry to litter up the forums with a question like this but I couldn’t find anything about it anywhere online… So… I have made some shaders that use time to essentially animate themselves. Whenever I attach them to a material, and then a sprite in the engine, I can see them moving in the editor as expected.

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iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Additionally, employing sprite sheets can help manage particles efficiently by combining multiple images into a single texture, minimizing draw calls and improving performance. It’s also beneficial to create multiple LOD versions of assets, allowing the game engine to choose the appropriate version based on the device’s capabilities.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2018

This can make the code more concise: var direction_vector : = Vector2(1, 0) # direction_vector is of type Vector2 because of the assigned constant var my_sprite := $MySprite as Sprite # my_sprite is of type Sprite because of casting. Something very common is to tell an animation player to start like this: $AnimationPlayer.play("walk").

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

was a massive release, which required large rewrites of the engine codebase and breaking backwards compatibility significantly. If you use and enjoy Godot, plan to use it, or want support the cause of having a mature, high quality free and open source game engine, then please consider becoming our patron. Revamped animation editor.

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Cocos

DECEMBER 25, 2023

The most commonly used method involves rendering the camera to a RenderTexture (RT) and then displaying it on a Sprite. Surprise - 2D Lighting Effects I believe that not long ago, some people had already seen this animated image. I’ve traversed various game engines, and currently, my primary choice is Cocos.

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The Liquid Fire

AUGUST 8, 2024

I should also note that the creator of Godot does not seem to believe that pooling is necessary as the engine is relatively efficient at creating and destroying objects, and while that may be generally accurate, it does seem overly optimistic. Then for the sprites load their respective textures. Hide() is a bit simpler.

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DameDev.tv

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Some of these are specific to the Unity engine, such as animating a button press with coroutines or working with Unity events and utilizing TextMesh Pro. A new version of the sprite sheet for calculator buttons. There are no brackets, and the equals sign has been replaced with ENTER.

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The Liquid Fire

OCTOBER 4, 2023

This means we will see the hero game object tween across the board while playing its “walk” animation. This is because when we implement it we can also implement a system to Present the action and will do so with animation. It holds the combat selection indicator: the sprites, animations, and scripts.

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iXie gaming

MARCH 2, 2025

continues to evolve, leveraging AI, modern rendering techniques, and cutting-edge game engines to push the boundaries of game design. Its not just about blending 2D sprites with 3D environments; it is about strategic design choices that create a unique visual and gameplay experience. From indie studios to AAA developers, 2.5D

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Radiator Blog

JANUARY 16, 2022

The Future WHAT IS YARN SPINNER IN 2022 The Yarn Spinner project is made of two main parts, which can be confusing: Yarn Spinner "Core" , generic dialogue engine processor thing ("virtual machine") + script compiler written in C#. None of it is Unity specific. Alice: No comment.

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Awesome Tuts

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

In this tutorial you’ll create a zombie horde shooter game with Unreal Engine 5 using blueprints. The game is simple but is packed with tons of behind the scenes features that will allow you to understand the “why” behind the “how” a game is created in Unreal Engine 5. Creating The Project. to open it.

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Cocos

APRIL 27, 2023

For someone who didn’t know Cocos Cyberpunk, it is an open source 3D TPS (Third-person Shooter) game, developed by the Cocos Engine team, which can be published to iOS, Android and Web. on_anig ：Set the variable of the animation image of the current actor. The previous article briefly mentioned this entry script named init.ts.

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Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

The engine should be able to render and simulate 200+ lightweight game objects -- frame-animated sprites with simple collision, no fancy physics or shaders. Which game engine should I use to maximize ease of learning and compatibility, and manage hundreds of simple objects on-screen? Reminder: for iOS, that means WebGL 1.0

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