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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

This officially marks the start of feature freeze for 4.4. We wont risk merging any new features or risky bug fixes until after we release 4.4 Highlights Many features originally intended for 4.3 is jam-packed with new features despite having a much shorter development period than 4.3. release cycle. New in Beta 1!

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2024 Cherry-picks

Mircosoft Game Dev

What a year it has been, with the number of Godot submissions in game jams rising to new heights, more people working for the Godot Foundation than ever before , and most industry award shows featuring one if not more games made with Godot. The PvP auto-battler with a medieval fantasy theme has quickly gained popularity with content creators!

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

Nvidia

UE5 represents a generational leap in both workflows and visual fidelity, extending the engine’s support for DirectX Raytracing, NVIDIA DLSS, and NVIDIA Reflex, and adding new features such as Nanite and Lumen that make it faster and easier for games to implement photorealistic visuals, large open worlds and advanced animation and physics.

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How Cookie Run Bakes its Monster Revenue

Deconstructor of Fun

Developing a detailed, polished universe like this presumably took a lot of time and effort from the team, but it pays off in the end as they continuously push out more content over time for player engagement. In terms of content, the plot of Cookie Run: Kingdom advances very quickly while maintaining a grip on the details of the characters.

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What We Can Learn About LiveOps From the 2024 Mobile Gamedev Award Winners

Game Refinery

We saw games igniting player competition and social interaction through innovative LiveOps events, collaborating with beloved IPs to launch all-new gameplay experiences, weaning narrative threads into their content plans, leveraging seasonal themes to keep things fresh, and more.

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[Event Spotlight] How Mobile Game Developers Can Boost Engagement In The Casual Puzzle Genre With Competitive 1v1 Events

Game Refinery

This has become especially prevalent in the puzzle subgenre, with around 75% of casual puzzle games in the US top-grossing 200 implementing these features. Rather than having just three cumulative stages, Bake-Off has a full-blown reward path with clear thresholds players must reach to unlock various items.

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The Complete Guide To Lighting In Unreal Engine

Awesome Tuts

Before we move on to the next light actor, let us quickly explain one really nice feature Directional light has. Well, Unreal Engine has 2 different lighting methods: baked (static) lighting and dynamic lighting. But if a character passes in front of baked light it will not display his shadow at all.