Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Initializing class member variables can be quite of a hassle, code such as this is common in GDScript: The 'onready' keyword allows initialization of class member variables at the same time when _ready is called, saving some code: But doing this for autoloaded scenes can still be a hassle, as it has to be done every time a script is created.

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Big Games

JANUARY 30, 2024

Platform Compatibility You should consider the platforms your game will be available on, such as consoles, PCs, mobile devices, or virtual reality. You must ensure that the free game design software you choose supports the platforms you intend to target, as each platform may have unique requirements and capabilities.

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Nvidia

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

All CPU source code is available under the simple BSD3 open source license, and NVIDIA GPU binaries are included at no cost. As a result, video game console ports are no longer available from NVIDIA, though given our permissive licensing, the community is now able to create and maintain ports to such platforms.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

The illustration picture for this article is from The Mirror , an upcoming all-in-one game and game development platform currently in Closed Alpha. Editor: Remove compatibility code for MeshInstance3D surface override material ( GH-70466 ). Physics: Allow to apply the angular velocity of a moving platform ( GH-63650 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 16, 2018

This function tries to move the character using that velocity and every time a collision is found, it will slide against it (and adjust the velocity accordingly). It happens naturally, without a single line of code needing to be written. This makes KinematicBody also very useful for moving platforms, elevators, scripted doors, etc.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 24, 2020

Please help us test it to ensure that no new regressions have slipped through code review and testing. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Here's a Release Candidate for the upcoming Godot 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2022

For users of previous alphas, we don't always have compatibility code to ease transition. If you run into upgrade issues that you can't solve easily, please let us know so we can consider how much inter-alpha compatibility code we need to add. Rename JavaScript platform to Web ( GH-65023 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 31, 2016

As always, honoring the Godot tradition, this renderer will be super easy to use and run on as many platforms as possible. Implement Particle Shaders, with support for: Sorting, Collision and Soft Particles. As such, ports for different platforms must be kept separate as they share little code. Implement Decals.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

This will enable us to publish maintenance updates at a faster pace as soon as we identify a need (critical regressions to fix, security issues, necessary platform updates, etc.). Platforms: Godot editor on the Web! macOS: ARM64 build, code signing. Physics: Many fixes to one-way collisions. So you can expect Godot 3.3.1

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

Multiple fixes to one-way collisions , handling many cases where collisions would not work reliably. Multiple fixes to one-way collisions (new in beta 6). Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 31, 2020

Please help us test it to ensure that no new regressions have slipped through code review and testing. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Here's a third Release Candidate for the upcoming Godot 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2020

Please help us test it to ensure that no new regressions have slipped through code review and testing. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Here's a second Release Candidate for the upcoming Godot 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2020

Please help us test it to ensure that no new regressions have slipped through code review and testing. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Here's a fourth Release Candidate for the upcoming Godot 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Please help us test it to ensure that no new regressions have slipped through code review and testing. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Here's a fifth Release Candidate for the upcoming Godot 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Please help us test it to ensure that no new regressions have slipped through code review and testing. Physics: Trigger broadphase update when changing collision layer/mask ( GH-39895 ). Physics: Fix laxist collision detection on one way shapes ( GH-39880 ). Here's a sixth Release Candidate for the upcoming Godot 3.2.3

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 16, 2021

Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Windows: Fix code signing with osslsigncode from Linux/macOS ( GH-49985 ). C#: Ignore paths with invalid chars in PathWhich ( GH-50918 ). Translation updates.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 4, 2021

Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision ( GH-49075 ). Windows: Fix code signing with osslsigncode from Linux/macOS ( GH-49985 ). Instead, browse our download repository and fetch the editor binary that matches your platform: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript). Translation updates.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Physics: Fix multiple issues with one-way collisions ( GH-42574 ). In either case, be sure to report the problem on GitHub.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 19, 2021

Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Physics: Fix multiple issues with one-way collisions ( GH-42574 ). In either case, be sure to report the problem on GitHub.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 30, 2021

Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Physics: Fix multiple issues with one-way collisions ( GH-42574 ). In either case, be sure to report the problem on GitHub.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Physics: Fix multiple issues with one-way collisions ( GH-42574 ). In either case, be sure to report the problem on GitHub.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Platforms: Android: Scoped storage, Play Asset Delivery, input responsiveness. Revamped collision layer grid in the inspector. To simplify some of the most common constructs in input handling code for character movement, Aaron Franke ( aaronfranke ) added two new helper methods : Input.get_axis() and Input.get_vector().

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Physics: Improved logic for KinematicBody collision recovery depth ( GH-53451 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

As users, please report all bugs that you encounter and provide as much detail as you can (including screenshots, code, and where possible, a minimal reproduction project). While our existing integration testing can highlight critical issues preventing the code from compiling or running, it does little to ensure the stability of the engine.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

branch, we will keep maintaining it with relevant bug fixes and platform-specific changes in the coming months (notably with a 3.1.3 Coding tools. added support for exporting projects to desktop platforms (Linux, macOS and Windows). as default target, and the rewrite of the Mono-specific editor code in C# (ported from C++).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ). Core: Allow for platform Thread implementation override ( GH-52734 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

It brings a brand new rendering engine with state-of-the-art PBR workflow for 3D, an improved assets pipeline, GDNative to load native code as plugins, C# 7.0 It parses your code and automatically understands what you are trying to do (such as writing to alpha for transparency, reading from screen, etc.) In Godot 3.0,

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Check the FileAccess and DirAccess documentation in the editor for details, but to get you started, you should replace this kind of code: var file = File.new() if not file.file_exists("user://save_game.dat"): file.open("user://save_game.dat", File.WRITE) file.store_var(user_data) file.close(). C#: Guard against null assemblies ( GH-66253 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Multiple fixes to one-way collisions. Font: Load dynamic fonts to memory on all platforms to avoid locked files ( GH-44117 ). HTML5: Merged code for web editor prototype ( GH-42790 ). Physics: Fix multiple issues with one-way collisions ( GH-42574 ). In either case, be sure to report the problem on GitHub.

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Game Designing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

If you’re looking for efficiency, performance, and data-oriented programming in your game development platform, Unity’s Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) may just be what you need. It’s not an all-encompassing tutorial, but it helps you learn how to achieve the best runtime performance possible in code written with DOTS packages.

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Mnenad

JANUARY 25, 2018

The code calculates Instantiations (spawning assets with the given parameters), which is quite heavy for the system to calculate. I followed World of Zero’s tutorial on how to achieve this and added some lines of code to make it more flexible for my particular case. I posted my questions on some relevant helping platforms.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

includes 5 major features: C# support for the iOS platform. This nearly completes the platform support for C# projects in Godot (only UWP support is still missing). Our networking maintainer Fabio has been working for over a year on networking features and the HTML5 platform thanks to an award from Mozilla.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

all rendering code was rewritten to use the more modern OpenGL ES 3.0 / OpenGL 3.3 Incompatibilities in the HTML5 platform, as not all browsers support WebGL 2.0 (the is not a fallback but a different platform you should target your game for. GDScript allows to write code in a quick way within a controlled environment.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 30, 2021

Like in previous years, Godot is participating again in the Google Summer of Code program for its 2021 edition. A lot of developers prefer to use their familiar tools when it comes to writing and debugging code. Stepping the code, and stepping in function calls ( next/stepIn ). Setting breakpoints ( setBreakpoints ).

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