Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

The beta snapshots cadence allows us to better measure the overall stability and quickly catch regressions, especially when a lot of features are worked on at the same time. This beta includes quite a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Make AnimatedSprite’s playback API consistent with AnimationPlayer ( GH-71907 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

betas for over three months now, and we are glad to see it get more stable and usable every week. Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. The game started development with Godot 3.x, Bug reports.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

beta releases. 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. As such we expect that this beta 11 might introduce some new GDScript regressions, which we'll aim to fix for beta 12 next week.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 In this blog post, we will only cover the main changes since the previous beta release. Bug reports. specifically.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

has been in beta for over three months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 In this blog post, we will only cover the main changes since the previous beta release. Bug reports. specifically.

Beta 99

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

beta 1 blog post , so if you havent read that one, have a look to be introduced to the main new features added in the 4.4 This section covers changes made since the previous beta 4 snapshot , which are mostly regression fixes, or safe fixes to longstanding issues: Audio: Web: Fix issue when pausing an non-started sample ( GH-102955 ).

Beta 85

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

The beta snapshots cadence allows us to better measure the overall stability and quickly catch regressions, especially when a lot of features are worked on at the same time. This beta includes quite a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: Add support for Unicode identifiers in GDScript and Expression ( GH-71676 ).

Beta 99

Beta Dev Render Shaders 99

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 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. Since then, we've been releasing new beta snapshots every other week, and this is now the 5th beta. Bug reports.

Beta 99

Beta Dev Render Bug 99

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

Release Candidate on the horizon we continue to release beta snapshots frequently and relentlessly! This beta includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: SkeletonModificationStack3D has been removed, with the 3D inverse kinematic API being more or less reset to the state of Godot 3.x. With the first Godot 4.0

Beta 99

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

beta 11 , we found a lot of regressions – as we expected! As the pace intensifies in the lead-up to the first Release Candidate, we decided to make more frequent beta snapshots for testing. when dealing with PackedArrays) which many beta 11 users experienced ( GH-71228 ). The game is currently being ported to Godot 4.0

Beta 85

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

betas for over three months now, and we are glad to see it get more stable and usable every week. Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. The game started development with Godot 3.x, Bug reports.

Beta 78

Beta Dev Animation Animation 78

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

beta releases. 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. As such we expect that this beta 11 might introduce some new GDScript regressions, which we’ll aim to fix for beta 12 next week.

Beta 81

Beta Dev Render Animation 81

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

has been in beta for over three months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. beta in general, have a look at the detailed release notes for 4.0 In this blog post, we will only cover the main changes since the previous beta release. Bug reports. specifically.

Beta 76

Beta Dev Render Shaders 76

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Developed by James Dornan, the game was released on Steam in January 2025. beta 1 blog post , so if you havent read that one, have a look to be introduced to the main new features added in the 4.4 See the GitHub issue tracker for a complete list of known bugs. Highlights We covered the most important highlights from Godot 4.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

The cover illustration is from Stray Path , a roguelike card game where optimization is key to unraveling the mystery of this stray world. Developed by chx games, the game was just released on Steam. beta 1 blog post , so if you havent read that one, have a look to be introduced to the main new features added in the 4.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

But no matter the amount of time dedicated to testing and profiling — bugs and issues are inevitable. with bug fix releases as we are dedicated to ensuring a stable experience as soon as possible. As those of you following the beta posts know, the work to finalize Godot 4.0 No support for exporting games created with C#.

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

This new beta 3 build comes shortly after last week's beta 2 to fix some of the regressions and bugs reported against that release. This update also re-adds UWP templates which we missing in beta 1 and beta 2 due to a temporary buildsystem issue. beta 3, only classical build for now). CSG: Various bug fixes.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 21, 2020

It focused mostly on fixing bugs and therefore we were somewhat conservative on what could be merged before the release. This first beta build already includes a number of them which have been worked on by core contributors, with notable mentions to: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support. CSG: Various bug fixes.

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

This new beta 5 comes with 4 weeks' worth of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features. In particular, this build adds WebXR support for VR games! You can try it live with the online version of the Godot editor updated for this beta. WebXR support for VR games (new in beta 5).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Build 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

beta 1 two weeks ago! But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. So here's beta 2! This beta 2 is not only bugfixes though! We released Godot 4.0 Jump to the Downloads section.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

This new beta 4 adds a new round of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features. Additionally, beta 4 adds support for MP3 loading and playback ! and included in this beta are: Android App Bundle and subview embedding support. Optional GDNative support for HTML5 (new in beta 4).

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Adding to the first beta version from last month ago, we now have even more great features coming in 3.2.4: And there's even more in the works that will be included in future beta builds. CSG: Various bug fixes. Physics: Various bug fixes for 2D and 3D. While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see

Beta 52

Beta Dev Bug Render 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

With this beta 6 build, there are several recently merged changes that will require heavy testing to be stabilized before 3.2.4-stable: New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends, which should fix some issues and improve performance significantly in games using a high number of dynamic objects. CSG: Various bug fixes.

Beta 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

beta 1 one month ago! But the “1” in beta 1 means that it’s only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we’re going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. We’re now at beta 3, making good progress on fixing the issues that testers are reporting. We released Godot 4.0 Major changes.

Beta 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

beta 1 one month ago! But the "1" in beta 1 means that it's only the first step of the journey, and like for the alpha phase, we're going to release new beta snapshots roughly every other week. We're now at beta 3, making good progress on fixing the issues that testers are reporting. We released Godot 4.0

Beta 52

Beta Dev Render Debug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2022

So we're starting the beta testing phase with this already significant set of changes, and we'll have frequent beta builds to polish them for the stable release. Some more features are still being worked on and will be included in future beta builds. Bug reports. have since been merged and are now ready for wider testing.

Beta 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 20, 2020

would focus mainly on fixing those new bugs to ensure that all Godot users can have the most stable experience possible. And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Bug reports. As a tester, you are encouraged to open bug reports if you experience issues with 3.2.3 wslay 1.1.1).

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Beta Dev Collision Bug 52

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 15, 2022

beta 2 should be worth the wait! This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 15, 2022

stable release with a fourth beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This beta 4 is a small update with just 83 commits excluding merges, focusing on fixing bugs to stabilize the current feature set for 3.5

Beta 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2022

stable release with a third beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. This is a big update with close to 350 commits from 82 contributors since the previous beta! You can also review the changes between beta 2 and beta 3.

Beta 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 3, 2022

stable release with a fifth beta snapshot! beta builds every other week to ensure that new features can be tested, bugs can be reported and bugfixes can be validated. and included in this beta are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). Bug reports. We're getting closer to the Godot 3.5

Beta 52

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 1, 2022

has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. Some big changes in this beta: Android: Enable GLES3 support ( GH-69355 ). GDScript: Loads of follow-up improvements to recent fixes in beta 5 and 6. Bug reports. What’s new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

We had a beta 2 build ten days ago , and a number of issues have since been found and fixed, so it's time for Godot 3.4 If you already reviewed the changelog for the previous beta, you can skip right to the differences between beta 2 and beta 3. And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

has been in beta for a little over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. This beta 6 includes a few big changes which may interest a lot of users: GDScript cyclic reference issues begone! beta with their Scatter addon. Bug reports. What’s new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

beta 2 , even though we never had a formal beta 1 announcement on this blog. beta 1 is available for download for comparison purposes, but since it had a major regression on C# support on Windows , I skipped its blog post. and included in this beta are: Animation: Add animation "reset" track feature ( GH-44558 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

This beta 5 build provides additional features and fixes to bugs reported against previous builds. If you already reviewed the changelog for the previous beta, you can skip right to the differences between beta 4 and beta 5 ( part 1 , part 2 ). HTML5: Fix bug in AudioWorklet when reading output buffer ( GH-52696 ).

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