Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 11, 2016

Edit: A new beta build has been published, dated 2016-07-21. We are now pretty happy with the feature set and the overall stability, and therefore provide beta binaries for you to test and report issues/suggest improvements. See the changelog since the 2016-07-12 build. It's still rough, but it will improve with time.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

beta 1 in September, and that was a big milestone on our journey to finalize our next major release – be sure to check out that blog post if you haven’t yet, for an overview of some of the main highlight of Godot 4.0. We’re now at beta 4, slightly delayed as I was on holiday, but all the more interesting to try out. Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Today we are pleased to announce that the first beta for the much-anticipated release of Godot 4.0 The goal between now and the stable release will be to continue polishing the current feature set by fixing bugs and optimizing performance. We ask that everyone join us in that – the sooner we fix the blocking bugs and release 4.0,

Beta 52

Beta Engine Engineering Feature 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 14, 2018

We fixed hundreds of bugs and declared the release freeze , which means that many non critical bugs and enhancements have been moved to the 3.1 We plan to have at least a second RC in the middle of the coming week, fixing some already-known regressions and probably some more important bugs that you will have reported until then.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 11, 2019

We released a first alpha build last week, and we want to keep a relatively short iteration cycle on future alpha and beta builds until the final 3.2 This way, we can focus on what we already have, finish and polish the major features which are still in progress, and fix many of the old and new bugs reported by the community.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 14, 2022

Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. We're etching closer and closer to the beta stage, things are starting to fall into place! bugs squashed. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. GDScript: Lots of bug fixes ( 13 merged PRs ).

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2017

It's already been 3 months since our previous official development snapshot , and lots of bugs have been fixed, making us one big step closer to the final 3.0 This is of course still pretty rough, though usable, and we are looking forward to your feedback and bug reports. Bug reports. stable release. would be on its release.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

beta 1, and to do so we're having a (last?) alpha 17 release to ensure that things work as best as we can reasonably expect before the beta phase. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports.

Alpha 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 11, 2022

beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a couple of weeks ago. Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. We're etching closer and closer to the beta stage, things are starting to fall into place! Fix GDScript bug causing return values to be reset in release builds. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Only the beta will mark the so-called "feature freeze" As such, we do not recommend porting existing projects to this and other upcoming alpha releases unless you are prepared to do it again to fix future incompatibilities. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 24, 2019

While many core contributors were busy with the Godot Sprint and GodotCon last week , the rest of the world has not been idle and we got lots of nice contributions fixing bugs and improving usability. There will still be various fixes made before the final release, and we will need your detailed bug reports to debug issues and fix them.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

and prepare the first beta release. But we're not there yet and we'll keep having frequent alpha builds until we're ready to slap the beta label on the engine. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a month ago. Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. Lots of fixes to theme propagation issues, both regressions in the previous alpha 15 and pre-existing bugs that it helped uncover. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 24, 2022

There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Only the beta will mark the so-called "feature freeze" As such, we do not recommend porting existing projects to this and other upcoming alpha releases unless you are prepared to do it again to fix future incompatibilities. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 28, 2022

alpha 7 comes with one week delay on our every-other-week release schedule, since I was taking some time off :) But that means it got time for even more features and bug fixes to be finalized, reviewed and merged. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Bug reports. This new 4.0

Alpha 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 15, 2022

is a huge release that requires a lot of work, and because we're committed to providing dev snapshots frequently so that pre-release testers can quickly access the new features and bug fixes. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Bug reports. x projects to the 4.0

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Terrain Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a month ago. Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Bug reports. Core: A plethora of renames!

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2016

Same as in Beta, a quick and incomplete list of new features follows (a proper post will be written for the stable release): New asset sharing platform : Godot has a new platform for sharing assets between users. As of now there is almost no content to test it with, but we will upload some plugins and the demos there in the coming days.

Vector Graphics 52

Vector Graphics Beta Asset Scripting 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 6, 2022

There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Only the beta will mark the so-called "feature freeze" As such, we do not recommend porting existing projects to this and other upcoming alpha releases unless you are prepared to do it again to fix future incompatibilities. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 12, 2022

There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Only the beta will mark the so-called "feature freeze" As such, we do not recommend porting existing projects to this and other upcoming alpha releases unless you are prepared to do it again to fix future incompatibilities. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Beta 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 2, 2022

There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Only the beta will mark the so-called "feature freeze" As such, we do not recommend porting existing projects to this and other upcoming alpha releases unless you are prepared to do it again to fix future incompatibilities. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Only the beta will mark the so-called "feature freeze" As such, we do not recommend porting existing projects to this and other upcoming alpha releases unless you are prepared to do it again to fix future incompatibilities. Bug reports.

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Render Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 26, 2017

We are therefore releasing a first alpha snapshot for existing users to play with and report bugs. There is still a long way of bug fixing and usability improvement until we can release the stable version, and this release comes with virtually no documentation. Also clone the godot-demo-projects repository to have demos to play with.

Dev 52

Dev Alpha Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 6, 2016

was nine months in the making and brought a great deal of new features and bug fixes alike. Some of our users had been testing the alpha and beta versions, but others had decided to stay on the stable 1.1 version and thus had to wait quite a long time for bug fixes. Reduced size of demos package. Godot 2.0.1.

Bug 40

Bug Beta Alpha Feature 40

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

alpha 1 ― the first official alpha build of our upcoming major milestone, enabling all interested users to try it out and report bugs, as well as provide feedback on the new features. We got lots of bug reports and many have been fixed already in these two weeks! See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0

Alpha 52

Alpha Dev Bug Terrain 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2021

has so much new code (the engine was rewritten significantly), it will also require a large amount of time dedicated to bug-fixing and stabilization even after stable. If you want to help Godot 4 shine, you can join the contributor chat platform , where a number of people are working to make visually impressive demos for Godot 4.

Render 52

Render Alpha Mobile Mobile 52

iXie gaming

MAY 26, 2023

Test Your Game Extensively and Frequently Regular testing is vital in game development to detect bugs and other problems early. It involves both internal testing with your team and external testing with beta testers and focus groups. Take note of any bug reports, address gameplay concerns, and listen to any suggestions they may have.

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PC Game Developer Game Development Development 52

Big Games

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Thoroughly scrutinize your game to identify and address bugs, glitches, and other issues hindering gameplay. Beta testing with a group of users is an invaluable step in this process. These testers can provide fresh perspectives and uncover issues you might have missed.

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Mobile Gaming Mobile Mobile UX 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 27, 2018

I read some of the documentation and tried demos, but only started learning and using the engine for real mid 2015 with version 1.1. Since I was familiar with open source projects, I quickly found my way to the GitHub repository to report a few bugs and enhancement requests. We could publish frequent beta builds of Godot 2.0

Bug 52

Bug Writing Engine Engineering 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

x updates with bug fixes, but also new features as long as they don't require breaking compatibility. x), we're going back to a stricter application of semantic versioning and those releases will only contain bug fixes and usability/documentation improvements. Many of the upcoming bug fixes will likely be backported to the 3.x

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