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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

We have reached the first beta release for the 4.4 in around a month, but as usual, this timeline will depend on how quickly we are able to fix the outstanding bugs and what new bugs are identified in the beta process. New in Beta 1! Since this is brand new in Beta 1, please test it carefully and report any issues.

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Valve is beta testing a new system that lets Steam devs schedule Daily Deals

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JANUARY 12, 2024

The system is currently invite-only but will enable selected devs to "self-schedule" the promotion.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Woah, another beta build already? Well likely do one more beta release the following week, but after that we hope to be gearing up for release candidates. If you havent already, we encourage users who havent engaged with the beta releases to do so and help us catch the last few stragglers. have a look at the highlights for 4.4

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

As such, you can expect this to be our final beta release of the 4.4 beta 1 , which cover a lot of the changes. This blog post only covers the changes between beta 3 and beta 4. This section covers the most relevant changes made since the beta 3 snapshot , which are largely regression fixes.

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Multiplayer devs should take a close look at Concord's Crew Builder system

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JULY 15, 2024

The beta for Firewalk Games' Concord shows off a surprisingly rich deckbuilding-inspired game mechanic.

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Lilith Games lays off 40 devs ahead of Project Party rework

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

Nearly half of Lilith's 100-person staff has been cut in response to the tepid beta period for its current game, Project Party.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 12

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 ). A lot more GDScript fixes and improvements! What's new.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10

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. beta, with the process covered in this devlog. Happy holidays! What's new.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 16

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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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 14

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 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: Fixes to CanvasItem draw methods to better handled lines of different widths and filled rectangles ( GH-41239 , GH-71623 , GH-71679 ). With the first Godot 4.0

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 7

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. C#: Tons of improvements! What's new.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 6

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. What's new. Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.2 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 12, 2023

is ready for beta testing! With all planned major and minor features implemented, Godot 4.2

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

beta releases. We took a bit longer to prepare this beta as there were a number of fairly big GDScript refactoring PRs (needed to fix many bugs), which we wanted to merge all at once. 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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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.3 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 20, 2024

is in beta, and progressing well towards stable. This beta 2 fixes many critical issues reported by testers of the previous snapshots.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

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. Requires.NET SDK 6.0 specifically.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 8

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. Requires.NET SDK 6.0 specifically.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.2 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2023

beta 1 release, we introduced fixes for a number of bugs reported by the community, which are now ready to test in beta 2. After last week's 4.2

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.3 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 10, 2024

We are nearing the end of the beta phase for Godot 4.3, which is shaping up to be a very solid release, solving a lot of pain points.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 15

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 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 5

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. What's new.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.6 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 13, 2024

This beta represents feature freeze for 3.6. We will now concentrate on bug fixing until we reach stable.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 13

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

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.6 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 25, 2023

Another beta build for Godot 3.6, implementing important bug fixes and some new features for existing games in production.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 17

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This beta adds audio blending in AnimationTree, fixes GDScript typed arrays, and refactors high quality texture import to enable ASTC support. We're now just days away from the Release Candidate, working at full capacity on finalizing as many of the remaining high priority issues as we can.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.2 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 24, 2023

We continue iterating quickly on beta snapshots for Godot 4.2 to ensure that we can solve regressions before the stable release.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.2 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

This 6th beta fixes a number of regressions via some relatively core changes which will need thorough testing. We're almost ready for a release candidate!

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.2 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2023

We continue iterating quickly on beta snapshots for Godot 4.2 to ensure that we can solve regressions before the stable release.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.2 dev 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 3, 2023

dev snapshot before we enter the beta phase, and it's absolutely feature-packed!

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.6 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 13, 2023

It's time to start testing the next feature release of Godot 3, packed with over 500 fixes and enhancements which don't require any compatibility breaking changes!

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