Ask a Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Using frames as a specific time measurement is less helpful because development builds typically aren't optimized and may run at different frame rates based on what's going on. Our debug logging keeps tabs on everything in terms of milliseconds so we can see how temporally far apart events in the log fire.

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Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This powerful software allows developers to build their 3D assets and sciences with tools for 3D animation , modeling, rendering, shading, simulation, and more. Autodesk also offers 3ds Max, a similar 3D modeling and rendering software for design visualization, games, and animation.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2021

So we're now making a RC 5 build to keep iterating fast and make sure that the bug fixes work as expected. Thanks to all pre-release testers who help us find and debug regressions! For macOS, both the standard and Mono editor builds are now signed and notarized ! Mono build (C# support + all the above). stable soon™.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 13, 2023

Export: Fix missing “debug”/”release” export presets feature tags ( GH-71274 ). iOS: Check Xcode output and display errors if code signing, project build or.ipa export failed ( GH-71212 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Rendering: Fix several render issues found while debugging XR ( GH-68102 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension). Rendering: Fix cluster_render.glsl failing on some Macs ( GH-67746 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Cocos

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

It was difficult to keep and share the UI states with the reaction timeline of the game or even data prop drilling around. While developing a web game engine in a former studio, I came to learn about the Flux pattern introduced by Facebook in 2015 , which greatly improved the engine and game DX. Results We’re done!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Buildsystem: Unify tools / target build type configuration ( GH-66242 ). This doesn’t affect most users directly, but for anyone compiling Godot from source, we’ve refactored the way we define what to build. target=template_debug : Debug template, optimized, with debugging code. NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Buildsystem: Unify tools / target build type configuration ( GH-66242 ). This doesn't affect most users directly, but for anyone compiling Godot from source, we've refactored the way we define what to build. target=template_debug : Debug template, optimized, with debugging code. NET 6 build (C#, GDScript, GDExtension).

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Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

There was augmented and virtual reality making breakthrough advances and with the Unreal Engine coming into the picture, the level of headway has been phenomenal for the development of the video game sector. The different components of Unreal tech allowed the creators to create a feature-fed game while maintaining its performance.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 10, 2021

Here are some of the main changes in this build: Animation: Fix skinning initialization in MeshInstance when loaded from thread ( GH-48217 ). HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++. The builds should be compatibility with Ubuntu 16.04

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Nvidia

AUGUST 31, 2021

Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) added softening capability to the sharpness slider, and provided a workaround for packaged builds not initializing DLSS on d3d11 devices. To get started adding NVIDIA Reflex to your game, check out our easy step by step integration guide. NVIDIA Reflex is now mainlined within UE4.27

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2021

stable: Android: Remove -fno-integrated-as , it can break arm64v8 build ( GH-48851 ). HTML5: Fix GDNative build with Emscripten 2.0.19+ ( GH-48831 ). Physics: Fix crash on debug shapes update if CollisionObject is not in tree ( GH-48974 ). Windows: Fix Embree crash when building with MinGW ( GH-48888 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2019

alpha 1 , our first milestone towards the next stable installment of our free and open source game engine. This first alpha build comes relatively late in our planned release schedule, mostly because of work done on our official build infrastructure to adapt to 3.2 Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Nvidia

MARCH 20, 2023

This new SDK gives you the flexibility and customizability to take advantage of proven NVIDIA technologies to suit the following use cases: Building a reference path tracer to ensure that your lighting during production is true to life, accelerating the iteration process.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

stable branch in January 2020 as a major update to our free and open source game engine. iOS export templates are now included in the Mono build. came with a brand new Android plugin system, and notably the possibility to build custom APKs from your project folder with any additional plugins/modules that your project needs.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 15, 2021

If all goes well with this RC 2, the stable build should come early next week. HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++. The builds should be compatibile with Ubuntu 16.04 Mono build (C# support + all the above). RC 1 for details.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

stable: Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Note: UWP export templates are missing from this build, will be re-added in the next build.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 30, 2025

If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. The cover illustration is from The Roottrees are Dead , a detective game where you piece together a family trees billion-dollar paper trail through the power of a dial-up modem! if something that worked fine in previous 4.x

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 21, 2020

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. And this is just a first beta, there's more in the works that will be included in future beta builds. C#: Official builds now use Mono 6.12.0.102.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Do you have prior experience with other game engines? I first came across Godot when backing The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendonça & Pizzaboy on Kickstarter back in 2014, but I think the first project I used the engine for was a prototype for Super Happy Fun Sun developed as part of a game jam in 2015.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 18, 2021

HTML5: Fix build with Emscripten 2.0.17+ ( GH-48320 ). Linux: Fix 32-bit builds' compatibility with older libstdc++. The builds should be compatibile with Ubuntu 16.04 Physics: Create CollisionObject debug shapes using VisualServer ( GH-48588 ). HTML5: Fix target_fps when window loses focus ( GH-48543 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2019

But what 3D tools are available for the most popular open-source game engine? In this talk Paweł will tell you about his experiences while developing a 3D game ( Intrepid ), the features he's used, and the problems he's encountered. builds and will make available for everyone. builds and will make available for everyone.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

RC 2 is that the Android builds now target API level 30 as required by Google Play , and have partial support for Android scoped storage. Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Android: Disable resource optimizations for legacy release builds ( GH-50664 ). A notable change in 3.3.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Build roads, factories, nuclear power plants and more, if you can afford it. if you can imagine it, there's a good chance that it's hiding somewhere in this game, waiting to be discovered. Do you have prior experience with other game engines? You can check it out on Steam. How did you discover Godot?

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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. The only big change is that the classical build for macOS is now a universal binary, with both x86_64 and arm64 architectures included (to support the new ARM-based Apple M1 chip natively).

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Nvidia

MAY 21, 2021

NetEase Thunder Fire Games Uses Mesh Shading To Create Beautiful Game Environments for Justice In December, we interviewed Haiyong Qian, NetEase Game Engine. Not only are the updated environments breathtaking, the game supports 1.8 We highly recommend NSight for debugging and profiling Mesh Shaders.

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Nvidia

MARCH 24, 2022

Available now, Kickstart RT makes it easier than ever to add real-time ray tracing to game engines, producing realistic reflections, shadows, ambient occlusion, and global illumination. Traditionally, game engines must bind all active materials in a scene. Building the next great game with NVIDIA Nsight tools.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

If you are interested in the latter, please request to join our testing group to get access to pre-release builds. The cover illustration is from WEBFISHING , a multiplayer online casual fishing game where you relax, hang out, make friends, and catch fish! You can buy the game on Steam , and follow the development on Twitter.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 11, 2022

While this process is ongoing, we'll keep releasing alpha builds so here's 4.0 alpha builds. Navigation: Add more detailed Navigation debug visualization ( GH-62601 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension, VisualScript). What's new.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds (new in 3.2.4 And there's even more in the works that will be included in future beta builds. C#: Official builds now use Mono 6.12.0.111. C#: Re-work solution build output panel ( GH-42547 ). Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In this introductory tutorial series, we’ll teach beginners how to use the basic controls within Gogot’s game engine. Godot is a free and open source game development software that game devs can use to make beautiful 2D and 3D games. . A Crash Course Into The Basics of Godot’s Game Engine.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

In particular, this build adds optional GDNative support to the HTML5 target , on top of the pre-existing optional multithreading support. Note: Threads enabled and GDNative enabled templates are only available for standard builds for now, as there are other issues to solve to make them work with Mono. Highlights.

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Nvidia

JULY 23, 2021

Watch NVIDIA’s Omniverse Game Development GDC session , covering how to connect your favorite industry tools to the Omniverse Nucleus as well as how to use Extensions to build custom tools for the workflow. Take a closer look at our game development SDKs and developer resources here. Learn even more about Omniverse here.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

In particular, this build adds WebXR support for VR games! Moreover, there have been many fixes to features introduced in previous betas, so make sure to test this build and ensure that everything works as you'd want it. Improved Web editor prototype and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 22, 2022

Do you have prior experience with other game engines? All my life I've wanted to make video games, so I've dabbled in quite a few game engines, but most things I tried to make as a kid didn't get finished. I started trying to make complete game projects in high school with Unity, but I became frustrated using it.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

There's still more I want to add over coming days, but there's no reason to delay the publication of the beta 2 builds. macOS: Mono builds are now universal builds with support for both x86_64 and arm64 architectures. Android: Add GDNative libraries to Android custom Gradle builds ( GH-49912 ). Highlights.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

Thanks to all pre-release testers who help us find and debug regressions! For macOS, both the standard and Mono editor builds are now signed and notarized ! Improved Web editor and AudioWorklet support for multithreaded HTML5 builds. macOS ARM64 support in official binaries for Apple M1 chip (only standard build for now).

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