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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

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. What's new.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Alpha

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

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

Beta Dev Render Debug

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 3

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

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 4

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. What’s new.

Beta

Beta Dev Render Alpha

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

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 beta just yet as we expect the engine to be unstable until we have more testing done. The beta comes with a work-in-progress conversion tool that does part of the conversion work from 3.x beta 1 now! is set in stone.

Beta

Beta Engineering Engine Feature

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 17

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. We're getting prepared for the imminent release of Godot 4.0 for instructions.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Beta Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 12

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 14, 2022

We're etching closer and closer to the beta stage, things are starting to fall into place! There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Another couple of weeks, another alpha snapshot from the development branch, this time with 4.0 Full support for Android scoped storage (also in 3.5

Alpha

Alpha Dev Bug Beta

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 14

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. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. We're working towards finalizing the feature set for 4.0 However, we still try to provide a migration path for your projects.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 13

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. So here we go with 4.0

Alpha

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 11

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 1, 2022

We're etching closer and closer to the beta stage, things are starting to fall into place! Movie Maker run mode to record in-game footage for trailers/movies. There will likely be breaking changes between this release and the first beta release. Same deal as usual, lots of bugs fixed and more refactoring and feature work.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Render Bug

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 5

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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Bug Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 6

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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Bug Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 28, 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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Bug Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 8

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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Bug Beta

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 9

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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Bug Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 10

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 15, 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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Terrain Bug

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 15

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a month ago. The beta feature freeze will soon lock the API more or less in place, so contributors have been hard at work evaluating and merging or rejecting the last proposals for a more consistent and user-friendly API. for instructions.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Shaders Beta

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 16

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

beta, reviewing many PRs which have been opened prior to our roadmap feature freeze announced a month ago. The beta feature freeze will soon lock the API more or less in place, so contributors have been hard at work evaluating and merging or rejecting the last proposals for a more consistent and user-friendly API. Core: More renames!

Alpha

Alpha Dev Render Beta

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 3

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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Bug Render

Godot OpenXR support

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 18, 2021

Last year both Oculus and Valve introduced their runtimes and while still officially in beta they are fully functional at the time of writing this blog post. It has flown under the radar somewhat but Godot was one of the first game engines to show off OpenXR support. OpenXR plugin. You can read their news article here.

Render

Render Engineering Engine Beta

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 4

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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Render Bug

NVIDIA at GDC 2021: RTX and AI Sees New Platforms, New Development Tools, New Updates, and a New SDK

Nvidia

JULY 23, 2021

Check out GDC 2021 announcements, video sessions, and game development demos on the NVIDIA at GDC Official Webpage. Real-Time Ray Tracing Comes to Arm and Linux NVIDIA RTX enables game developers to integrate stunning real-time ray traced lighting into games. Access DLSS in Unreal Engine 5 and Unreal Engine 4.26.

Ray Tracing

Ray Tracing AI Platformer Development

About Godot 4, Vulkan, GLES3 and GLES2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2021

This hardware does not posses enough video memory to run a modern game engine, anyway. 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. To all of you, thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

Render

Render Alpha Mobile Mobile

new Quake map: "Taught By Thirst" for Remix Jam

Radiator Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

It was added to the map cycle early on in CS Beta 6.5 Like a lot of Counter-Strike Source, it often feels more like a game engine tech demo rather than something for humans to play. I also explain what happens in the level. If you want, play it before reading this post. This is your last SPOILER WARNING.

Fighting

Fighting Texture Playtesting Balance

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 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.

Alpha

Alpha Dev Bug Terrain

The Do’s and Don’ts of Pc Game Development

iXie gaming

MAY 26, 2023

As a developer, you need to be aware of the unique challenges that come with PC game development. From optimizing your game for different hardware configurations to choosing the right game engine, there are many considerations to keep in mind. Also, offer demos and beta tests to create buzz and get feedback.

PC

PC Game Developer Game Development Development

Godot 4.0 will discontinue VisualScript

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 22, 2022

Engines like Unreal, Game Maker or Construct offer high level game features packaged together with the visual scripting solution. Godot is an extremely general purpose game engine where it's easy to make those features yourself, but they don't come packaged out of the box. This is what makes it useful.

Visual Scripting

Visual Scripting Scripting Engineering Engine

How to make movies in 2022: the set vs the screen

Filmustage

JANUARY 10, 2022

Also after a long time of hard work we are happy to announce the beta-testing of the new scheduling feature in the Filmustage software. This release is essentially meant to promote a new version of the Unreal Engine 5 game engine, but its integration into one of Warner Bros's premier franchises makes you wonder, doesn't it?

Film

Film Technology Engineering Engine

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

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. Web editor running the "Ninja Adventure" demo from the eponymous CC0 asset pack by Pixel-Boy and AAA.

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NVIDIA at GDC 2021: RTX and AI Sees New Platforms, New Development Tools, New Updates, and a New SDK

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new Quake map: "Taught By Thirst" for Remix Jam

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Godot 4.0 will discontinue VisualScript

How to make movies in 2022: the set vs the screen

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