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Game Developer
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
The platform is asking users to self-classify their asset pages by revealing when they've leaned on tools like ChatCPT and Midjourney.
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Announcing the Meta Toolkit extension We are pleased to announce the release of the Godot Meta Toolkit , a GDExtension plugin that exposes Metas Platform SDK and provides other tools to simplify and accelerate XR development on Metas platform. from GitHub or the Asset Library. from GitHub or the Asset Library.
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