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Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?

Mircosoft Game Dev

using data oriented algorithms to process the culling of objects and both secondary command buffers and automatic batching to efficiently submit the draw primitives. returns to its own physics engine which, despite not being a high end physics engine like PhysX, aims to offer a lot more flexibility and “just works” capabilities to users.

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Setting the Mood: Exploring Lighting and Mood in Game Art 

iXie gaming

Tools and Techniques Game artists use different lighting tools to create realistic worlds. Example: Bright sunlight in an open-world game) Point Light. Optimize your lighting by using techniques like Levels of Detail (LODs) and culling. Here are the main types: Directional Light. Texture Compression.

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Visualizing Depth Precision

Nvidia

Many articles and papers have been written on the topic, and a variety of different depth buffer formats and setups are found across different games, engines, and devices. It isn’t a panacea for all precision woes, especially if you’re building an open-world environment that contains extreme depth ranges.

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The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

For the first time ever, Godot also comes with a GI technique that can be used with large open worlds — signed distance field global illumination ( SDFGI ). Don't worry, though, you will be able to reap the benefits of these new features without sacrificing your game's performance. has been added by Je06jm.

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