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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 15

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Physics: Fix regression in collision detection for uniform scaling ( GH-71707 ). Rendering: Fix DirectionalLight3D shadow opacity on Forward Mobile rendering backend ( GH-71690 ). Rendering: Add a few more checks to ensure that unsupported image formats are not used in the mobile renderer ( GH-71939 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 8

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Physics: Fix collision detection for degenerate capsules ( GH-69657 ). Rendering: Implement CAMERA_VISIBLE_LAYERS as built-in shader variable ( GH-67387 ). Rendering: Fix mobile and gl_compatibility renderers sky_transform operations ( GH-69636 ). macOS: Add support for Xcode notarytool ( GH-69638 ). GH-68870 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Breaking changes Animation Audio C# Core Editor GDScript Import Input Physics Platforms Rendering and shaders XR New in Beta 1! Add 2D shader instance uniforms Previously, Godot only supported shader instance uniforms in Spatial shaders. GH-94783 ) Change NavigationMesh to also parse collision shapes by default.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Physics: Bind methods related to disabling collision between joint bodies ( GH-70477 ). Physics: Implement collision impulse in Godot Physics 3D ( GH-70281 ). Rendering: Use proper indices for lights, decals, and reflection probes in mobile scene shader ( GH-70929 ).

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How to get started with Unity Game Development – Tips & Tricks from iXie Experts

iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Custom shaders Gain control over your game’s visual style and performance by creating custom shaders. Shader programming allows you to manipulate lighting, textures, and visual effects, resulting in unique and optimized visuals. Be mindful of memory usage, especially on mobile platforms.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Physics: Bind methods related to disabling collision between joint bodies ( GH-70477 ). Physics: Implement collision impulse in Godot Physics 3D ( GH-70281 ). Rendering: Use proper indices for lights, decals, and reflection probes in mobile scene shader ( GH-70929 ).

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Godot's new renderer, progress report #3

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 30, 2016

Implement Particle Shaders, with support for: Sorting, Collision and Soft Particles. It works by implementing voxel cone tracing in a way that is friendlier with low end GPUs and high end mobile. Implement the new version of the Godot SVO-based Light Baker. Implement post process effects: DOF Blur, Bloom and Tone Mapping.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

A long-standing Bullet regression has finally been fixed ( GH-56801 ), solving issues with KinematicBody collisions on edges (e.g. and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 8, 2022

This RC 6 has a few notable changes compared to the previous build: In RC 4, async shader compilation and caching was enabled by default on desktop, but several users reported issues with it on some hardware. You can enable it in the Project Settings ( rendering/gles3/shaders/shader_compilation_mode ). Estébanez ( RandomShaper )!

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 1, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Physics: Bullet: KinematicBody compound shape collision fix ( GH-56801 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 8

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Physics: Bullet: KinematicBody compound shape collision fix ( GH-56801 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 17, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Physics: Bullet: KinematicBody compound shape collision fix ( GH-56801 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 27, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Physics: Bullet: KinematicBody compound shape collision fix ( GH-56801 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 7

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 22, 2022

and included in this release candidate are: Asynchronous shader compilation + caching (ubershader) ( GH-53411 ). A long awaited solution to shader compilation stuttering on OpenGL, courtesy Pedro J. Physics: Bullet: KinematicBody compound shape collision fix ( GH-56801 ). The main changes coming in Godot 3.5

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Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

Visual shader editor. This seemed like a great idea at the beginning, but ended up giving us many problems, such as: Bad performance on old mobile/desktop hardware which wasn't designed for the more modern rendering techniques being used. Incompatibility with older mobile devices which do not support OpenGL ES 3.0. 2D skeletons.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 8

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Physics: Fix collision detection for degenerate capsules ( GH-69657 ). Rendering: Implement CAMERA_VISIBLE_LAYERS as built-in shader variable ( GH-67387 ). Rendering: Fix mobile and gl_compatibility renderers sky_transform operations ( GH-69636 ). macOS: Add support for Xcode notarytool ( GH-69638 ). GH-68870 ).

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Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Materials and shaders. For low-end systems or mobile devices, we provide a more classical lightmapping workflow. Materials and shaders. makes up for it by providing an extremely powerful default material (which supports detail textures, triplanar mapping and other nice features) and an extremely easy-to-use shader language.

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Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

Physics: Many fixes to one-way collisions. Fixes to KinematicBody collisions. Cylinder collision shape for GodotPhysics. Some examples are: A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). Many fixes to one-way collisions.

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Godot's new renderer, progress report #2

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 3, 2016

Implement Particle Shaders, with support for: Sorting, Collision and Soft Particles. This means: Cubemap arrays are not supported in older hardware, mobile and WebGL2, and reflections need to be put into an atlas (for single-pass forward or clustered). TODO for Milestone #3 (December 2016). Add Layered/Stencil rendering.

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Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2020

Visual Shaders overhaul. Bastiaan released the Oculus mobile VR plugin, and quickly got help from experienced Oculus Quest users to co-maintain the plugin and improve the overall integration (especially Fredia Huya-Kouadio and Holger Dammertz ). Visual Shaders overhaul. The engine areas are listed in no particular order.

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The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

You can even create complex dynamic effects by writing custom shaders that operate on FogVolume nodes. is introducing sky shaders which allow users to create dynamic skies that update in real time (including reflections). For more information see the article introducing sky shaders. For other atmospheric effects, Godot 4.0

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Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Shader language features. Revamped collision layer grid in the inspector. Shader language features. Our shader language maintainer Yuri Roubinsky ( Chaosus ) is busy doing magic on the development branch for Godot 4.0, Large files support (> 2.0 Frame delta smoothing. Improved input handling. ACES Fitted tonemapper.

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Getting started with HaxeFlixel in 2021

Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

For an upcoming project commission, I'm making a 2D game with crowd simulation and simple controls that works well on mobile browsers. The engine should be able to render and simulate 200+ lightweight game objects -- frame-animated sprites with simple collision, no fancy physics or shaders. Reminder: for iOS, that means WebGL 1.0

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 11

Godot's new renderer, progress report #3

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 6

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Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 8

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Godot 3.3 has arrived, with a focus on optimization and reliability

Godot's new renderer, progress report #2

Here comes Godot 3.2, with quality as priority

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Getting started with HaxeFlixel in 2021

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