Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. Core: Disable decayment of freed Objects to null in debug builds ( GH-41866 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

Thanks to all pre-release testers who help us find and debug regressions! A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. Core: Disable decayment of freed Objects to null in debug builds ( GH-41866 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

Raise errors when accessing deleted objects in debug. Web editor running the "Ninja Adventure" demo from the eponymous CC0 asset pack by Pixel-Boy and AAA. Raise errors when accessing deleted objects in debug. but going one step too far: in debug builds in 3.2.3, HTML5: Threads, GDNative, AudioWorklet.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. Core: Disable decayment of freed Objects to null in debug builds ( GH-41866 ).

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Given GLES2 isn't going to disappear any time soon due to low end mobile devices, we still need to support it for a few more years to come. This ensures great compatibility with all desktop PCs, mobile devices and WebGL 2. The image is converted to luminance and shrunk by sizes of 3x3 until it's a single pixel.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Such use-after-free access needs to be guarded with is_instance_valid(obj) , but this has been surprisingly difficult to get right due to a number of bugs and inconsistencies between debug and release builds. Estébanez ( RandomShaper ) has become an expert on this topic and made a number of improvements included in Godot 3.2.2 and Godot 3.3.

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CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Scene from a 2D-pixel game called Gerel: Against the Corvus Empire , designed and developed by CGS grads. Game design jobs in the industry Game designers are required for all types of video games—from console to online to mobile. Some hone in on game controls, trying to make them responsive and meaningful to players.

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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. Here was my thought process: Unity WebGL: way too heavy and slow for mobile browsers, and maybe overkill for a no-physics 2D game anyway. Warning: this is a fairly technical game developer-y post.

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