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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Breaking changes Animation Audio C# Core Editor GDScript Import Input Physics Platforms Rendering and shaders XR New in Beta 1! Add transparency support for LightmapGI Currently when baking lightmaps users have to choose between transparent objects casting shadows as if they were fully opaque, or not casting shadows at all.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

Lightmap baking improvements Clay John changed the logic for baking direct lighting in LightmapGI to spread it over multiple frames, avoiding a spike of computation that can lead the OS to trigger TDR , resulting in a crash of the GPU context ( GH-102257 ). Animation: Fix incomplete FPS spinbox display in sprite frames editor ( GH-101798 ).

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Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). Several other areas got improvements, like the editor (which has been vastly reworked), UI system, multiplayer, navigation, audio, animation, etc.

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Cocos Creator 3.8 Community Beta is now available

Cocos

Google Play Games on PC Platform Support At this year’s Google IO conference, Google Play Games on PC and the large-screen experience received significant attention as Android platform updates. There are already many well-known Cocos games published on the platform on their own. AGP upgraded to 8.0.2. AGP upgraded to 8.0.2.

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NVIDIA RTX, Unreal Engine 5 Define Future of Game Development and Content Creation

Nvidia

Today, Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) is available in Early Access, delivering the next-generation engine from Epic Games that will further propel the industry forward. In 2018, NVIDIA launched our RTX technology alongside a stunning Star Wars demo called Reflections , which was built on Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4.

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Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

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. Use baked lightmaps instead. is not a fallback but a different platform you should target your game for.

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How to Use Unity Cinemachine Virtual Cameras

Game Designing

Coding camera angles for games and animation has been a pain … Until now. In short, Unity Cinemachine opens up an entirely new world of opportunities for animation, game design and development, and directors working with virtual cameras. In short, the Unity Cinemachine is a game-changer.