AWS Games

JULY 1, 2025

It partnered with software engineering provider GOStack and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Acting as an extension of Yggdrasil’s engineering team, GOStack delivered a robust, cloud-native setup in just eight months, making sure of business continuity throughout the process.

AI

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 18, 2025

For those that don’t speak.NET lingo, “NativeAOT” refers to the ability for.NET applications to compile directly to a device’s native code, bypassing the need for the.NET runtime entirely. func _ready (): my_func1 () func my_func1 (): my_func2 () func my_func2 (): print ( Engine. that’s specific to core! 5) Pedro J.

Beta

Game Developer

JUNE 30, 2025

"Recompile" developers got deep into the game's code for a PC port, preserving the game. "Recompiling the game's code is only the beginning," said Skyth, the main programmer behind Unleashed Recompiled and a well-known modder within the Sonic community. Related: Is generative AI really just a tool?

Shaders

Game Developer

AUGUST 6, 2025

Others suggested those tools should only be deployed in areas where they work best, with 32 percent of respondents claiming they could help streamline code and production efforts. Discussing the value of AI tools in production, 33 percent of respondents said they would prefer to see "minimal" uptake.

Platformer

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Weve unified the code to make sure it works the same on both platforms, and weve fixed some bugs. by George Marques ( GH-46830 ), Typed Dictionaries rapidly became one of the engines most requested features. Navigation Navigation contains some of the oldest code in the engine. This was added by Macksaur in GH-96290.

Beta

iXie gaming

APRIL 23, 2025

QA is not just about fixing code. LiveOps as a Revenue Engine for Ongoing Engagement A successful launch is no longer the finish line. Art teams deliver modular assets that allow LiveOps to launch weekly content without blocking engineering. Treat LiveOps as your growth engine. Its the opening move.

Art

iXie gaming

JULY 4, 2025

QA for Live Ops and Games-as-a-Service (GaaS) In the GaaS model, QA doesn’t end at launch; it evolves into live performance engineering. Build Cross-Functional QA Teams: – A balanced mix of manual testers, automation engineers, performance analysts, and compliance experts ensures complete coverage.

Alpha

iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2025

It’s far more than just lines of code or compelling narratives. Game creation is a collaborative symphony of artistry, design thinking, and meticulous production, transforming initial raw sketches into the immersive, playable worlds we explore. At the very heart of this intricate process are game art production companies.

Art

iXie gaming

JUNE 30, 2025

Automation ensures that new commits are instantly tested, maintaining real-time code stability and build integrity. Step 3: Modularize for Reusability Avoid hard-coded scripts. Choosing Your Automation Stack Factor Description Example Tools Engine Compatible with your core game engine? On Monday, it works flawlessly.

Scripting

Logic Simplified

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Visual Studio Code - IDE Visual Studio Code (VS Code) is a lightweight, free, open-source code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications.

Game Developer

AWS Games

MARCH 13, 2025

You will learn how to build your own game distribution channels, offer instant-on playable demos, explore new game modes, and reach new players on different devices all without modifying your game code. Additionally, get access to AWS experts and meet directly with experienced game industry leaders.

AI

iXie gaming

JUNE 30, 2025

TestComplete’s support for integration with popular CI/CD tools also helps streamline the testing process by automating tests that ensure cross-platform functionality every time code is committed. It supports automated tests, allowing for integration with CI/CD processes to ensure code stability across different environments.

Cross platform

GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 20, 2025

” Engine support The good news for indies is that support for Switch 2 is already in place for the two leading game engines, Unity and Unreal. A peek behind the curtain Another game engine that has Switch 2 compatibility is the 2D-centric GameMaker , developed by Dundee-based YoYo Games. Unreal is also ready to go.

Indy

Game From Scratch

JANUARY 23, 2025

GameFromScratch.com Godot Script IDE Add-On Today we are looking at a free and open-source add-on for the Godot game engine called Script-IDE.

Scripting

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 29, 2025

GUI: Code Editor: Fix “Pick Color” menu option replacing multiple color items ( GH-108431 ). While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. Editor: Fix ScriptEditor inline colors float handling ( GH-107904 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 25, 2025

Porting Disable Nahimic code injection ( GH-99388 ). Support Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, and a handful of part or full-time developers, hired thanks to donations from the Godot community. Revert “Fix Button not listing hover_pressed stylebox” ( GH-107696 ).

Bug

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 23, 2025

What’s New in XR & Android GodotCon 2025 recap A few weeks ago during GodotCon Boston 2025 , David Snopek , Logan Lang and I gave the latest updates on the state of Android and XR for the Godot engine. Writing an Android plugin however requires knowledge of Java or Kotlin code, which most Godot developers do not have.

Data

AWS Games

MARCH 12, 2025

This blog is co-written by Reza Nikoopour, Principal Engineer, Cloud Governance at Epic Games. Understand ownership To make meaningful changes, Epic needed a standard way to interface with engineers and developers working in AWS accounts to determine ownership. Any issues discovered are directly commented on in the pull request.

Game Developer

iXie gaming

MAY 29, 2025

Engine and Framework Selection Choosing the right engine can make or break your multi-platform ambitions. Engines like Unreal Engine and Unity offer strong cross-platform toolchains and support conditional compilation, allowing developers to compile platform-specific code paths while sharing a single codebase.

Cross platform

Ask a Game Dev

MAY 28, 2025

In my experience all code, hacky or not, tends to be like Chesterton's Fence. This is primarily because of unforeseen side effects or other parts of the codebase that assume that code is functioning, and the cost for breaking things in an unknown manner is so great compared to leaving a load-bearing hack alone and working around it.

Code

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 5, 2025

The support from JetBrains means a lot to us, so we would love to thank them for enabling us to keep improving the engine for everyone. JetBrains Rider is a must-have IDE and code editor for GDScript, C#, and C++, with specific support for various different game engines, including Godot. Check out their page for more details.

Game Engine

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2025

Animation: Fix console errors and crash in cleanup code for PhysicalBoneSimulator3D ( GH-103921 ). While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. Animation: Fix rest translation space in LookAtModifier3D ( GH-104217 ).

Bug

Game Development News

AUGUST 7, 2025

Colman Humphrey (Technical Director | Data Systems Architect): Co-founder and former CEO of Slight, a no-code data app builder. He was previously Principal Data Scientist at Via, developing shift optimisation tools, and Senior Software Engineer at Formlogic, designing metrology and precision-inspection tools.

Simulation

The Liquid Fire

JANUARY 6, 2025

We’ll be loading in a.csv file, and creating a prefab for each job in code. If we don’t do the cleanup here, each time we enable and disable the plugin, we’ll end up with orphan plugin tabs in our menu until we restart the engine. This time we’ll be working on adding a job system. is pretty simple.

Point and Click

Logic Simplified

APRIL 4, 2025

Efficient Physics Management: Balance Accuracy & Performance Through the PhysX engine from Unity users achieve detailed physics calculations at the expense of heavy system usage. Using the Profiler allows developers to detect memory-intensive code sections which they should optimize.

Games

AWS Games

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Once youre ready to transition to Amazon GameLift managed fleets, create an Amazon GameLift managed fleet, then change the game server InitSDK() code call to remove Amazon GameLift Anywhere fleet parameters. The follow Amazon GameLift C++ SDK integration code snippet uses example values for Amazon GameLift Anywhere serverParameters.

Localization

Real Programming

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

When we think of careers in math, roles like accountants, mathematicians, or engineers often come to mind. Game designers often learn to code to bring their visions to life, making programming and math essential tools in their toolkit. Why It’s Exciting: Combines creativity with logical thinking.

Data

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 26, 2025

Animation: Fix console errors and crash in cleanup code for PhysicalBoneSimulator3D ( GH-103921 ). Support Godot is a non-profit, open source game engine developed by hundreds of contributors on their free time, as well as a handful of part and full-time developers hired thanks to generous donations from the Godot community.

Render

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 25, 2025

release, we made it a priority to finalize, and thus we now merged this major feature with over 32,000 lines of code, after hundreds of comments with feedback/testing. Inspector section toggles Another long-awaited feature, inspector section toggles, is now a part of the engine as of GH-105272.

Dev

Ask a Game Dev

JULY 17, 2025

The other side is actually setting up the software at the engine level to interface with the hardware drivers and utilize the game hardware. This tends to be the really crunchy programming work done by senior software engineers who really love playing with hardware.

Console

Deconstructor of Fun

MARCH 13, 2025

Skillz is betting that a developer will crack the code for a genre that hasnt yet been optimized for competitive, real-money play. Instead of being deeply involved in product and engineering, his role became more focused on strategic leadership, investor relations, and managing Wall Street expectations.

Studios

Cocos

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

I am posting this as a request for Cocos to have somebody on the team, a technical artist preferably, to write up the shaders documentation, with sample codes important. This really breaks the engine for me because I believe games are 50%-70% shaders and UI. I still appreciate a lot of example code, and it would be good to include.

Shaders

Ask a Game Dev

JANUARY 6, 2025

These kind of bugs commonly come in via playthroughs during a feature review (usually producers, sometimes designers/engineers/art/QA, sometimes bigwigs), and often have only the comments made during the review for context. Yeah, it's pretty normal. animation X got checked in with a bad export) so that someone on the team can fix it (e.g.

Bug

Deconstructor of Fun

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Engineers need good knowledge of how to code the crypto layer and how to integrate with wallets and airdrop / reward coins securely in a way that can’t be easily hacked or botted. A team also needs robust back-end platform knowledge, since top games require that millions of players need to be supported.

Games

Game From Scratch

JUNE 11, 2025

Each game engine comes with 5 or more courses covering all aspects of game development. This bundle joins the No-Code No-Problem Develop bundle and the Big Bang Unreal Unity and Godot bundle The post Learn GameDev with Unity, Unreal, GameMaker, Blender and C# Humble Bundle appeared first on GameFromScratch.com.

Game Engine

AWS Games

JUNE 11, 2025

Figure 3: Real-time engine executable streaming within the sample solution frontend. Infrastructure as code with CDK This solution implements the infrastructure using AWS CDK, which provides several advantages. The AWS CDK is an open source framework to define AWS infrastructure in code and provision it through AWS CloudFormation.

Concepts

GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 24, 2025

Our technical ambitions grew more complex, and even after a major reboot of the game engine, the team found that Hytale still wasnt as far along as it needed to be. "Over time, as our vision evolved and the genre matured around us, the bar kept rising.

Studios