Turning Bugs Into Features
Game Developer
DECEMBER 4, 2023
This post will review how I took a bug that I needed to fix and turned it into a standout feature for our game.
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Game Developer
DECEMBER 4, 2023
This post will review how I took a bug that I needed to fix and turned it into a standout feature for our game.
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The project is Open Source (MIT license) and maintained by W4 Games with sponsorship from Meta. Lets take a look at the features available in this release! The Godot editor can be configured to launch the Meta XR Simulator when you run your game, and the Godot Meta Toolkit includes a tool to help you with that configuration!
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This release focuses on package size reduction, rendering pipeline improvements, and editor usability, alongside extensive bug fixes and platform compatibility enhancements. Download Links Windows Mac Release Note Engine New Features Added functionality for manually loading Wasm/AsmJS modules to improve initial scene load speed.
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This officially marks the start of feature freeze for 4.4. This means contributors are encouraged to focus their efforts on fixing regressions and other outstanding bugs. 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
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which is the Release Candidate : all features are in place, the most critical regressions have been tackled, and so were confident that its now ready for production use. Developed by CaveLiquid ( Bluesky , website ), the game was just released on Steam. Porting: Fix Embedded Game startup location on Windows ( GH-103021 ).
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Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene. I remember when an Early Access update added the overworld feature. Exceedingly difficult The team first built the game in Unity.
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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 for the first time, youll want to get a condensed overview of what new features you might want to make use of. feature release.
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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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You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on Bluesky and his website. 3D: Add changeable freelook speed in Game Window ( GH-102704 ). Editor: Fix lag when resizing Floating Game Window ( GH-102618 ). Porting: Add support for embedding game process in the Android Editor ( GH-102492 ). feature release.
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Weve been keeping busy these past two weeks squashing the bugs that cropped up in 4.4 feature freeze, so our energy has been focused on addressing any new regressions or the aforementioned bugs. You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on BlueSky. Editor: Fix Embedded Game Size ( GH-101807 ).
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You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the developer on BlueSky and itch.io. Porting fixes to Embedded/Floating Window mode The Embedded/Floating game window option added in 4.4 feature release. something that worked in a previous release is now broken) and significant new bugs introduced by new features.
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Plus, in a surprise turn of events, the game has been featured on IGN which was definitely not on my bingo card for this year! Ill be keeping an eye on feedback and fixing any bugs as fast. Its finally here! The demo is live and ready to play!
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It includes major improvements all across the board in features, performance, and usability. The features offered are also a lot more reminiscent of AAA games, such as far more material options and advanced visual effects (including circle DOF , volumetric fog, AMD FSR, etc.). is coming out soon. improvements. reaches stability.
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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. branch into our main development branch and other contributors joined in to add features and fix bugs. Countless bugs.
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Studio owner and Lead Developer Max Hermann originally developed the idea for the game in the time when he was still a computer science student and active in the RimWorld modding scene. “I I remember when an Early Access update added the overworld feature. Exceedingly difficult The team first built the game in Unity.
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A lot of work was done, but almost nothing worked and so many features were unfinished. Things improved a lot, but eventually it was time to do feature freeze and focus on bug fixing. The quality and quantity of games published using Godot keep growing significantly every year. Early in the year, we released Godot 4.0
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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. Lots of improvements to the Multiplayer features, and notably the editor tooling. See the GitHub issue tracker for a list of known bugs in the 4.0 Bug reports.
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has been in beta for over two months , and the overall feature completeness, stability and usability have improved a lot during that time. The illustration picture for this article is a screenshot of Disinfection , a space horror game by indie duo Evil Turtle Productions which is currently being ported to Godot 4.0 Bug reports.
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Such 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. A lot of minor fixes and improvements to TileMap and TileSet, both feature wise and in the editor ( GH-71604 , GH-71615 , GH-71618 , GH-71626 , GH-71630 , GH-71664 ).
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A lot of work was done, but almost nothing worked and so many features were unfinished. Things improved a lot, but eventually it was time to do feature freeze and focus on bug fixing. The quality and quantity of games published using Godot keep growing significantly every year. Early in the year, we released Godot 4.0
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The issue you are facing is because the arabic script has unique features like connected letters and right to left. Example using n: n When you run the game it will be displayed as: To resolve this you can use the n (newline character) or manually shift the word to the next line that is getting cutoff.
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