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Leveraging PocoDriver for Game Test Automation

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Scripting and Customization: POCO Driver provides a scripting interface that allows advanced users to create customized scripts to automate specific tasks or actions within games. After removing the unwanted folders as mentioned above, place the Unity3D folder in the game project script directory. apk), IOS (.ipa),

Scripting

Scripting Games Pixel Feature

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 16

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Re-enable per-pixel transparency support on Linux, macOS, and Windows. C#: Create script instance of reloaded scripts even if they're not tools ( GH-65266 ). Editor: Mark Script button if it's tool in Scene Tree Editor ( GH-65088 ). Navigation: Add debug visuals for GridMap cell edge connections ( GH-64173 ).

Alpha

Alpha Dev Render Beta

Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JUNE 26, 2020

Exporting C# projects to iOS should be done from macOS using the classical workflow , and the scripts will be automatically compiled Ahead-of-Time (AOT) for iOS. Such pointer could be reported as valid even though the memory it points to was not, or worse, that memory could now hold a different object, leading to hard to debug situations.

Debug

Debug Point and Click Bug Render

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Cocos

DECEMBER 25, 2023

const vec3 weight = vec3(0.2126, 0.7152, 0.0722); vec3 Grayscale(in vec3 o, float value){ float lumin = dot(o, weight); vec3 final = mix(o, vec3(lumin), value); return final; } vec4 frag() { vec4 pixel = texture(mainTexture, v_uv); pixel.rgb = Grayscale(pixel.rgb, intensity); return pixel; } 2. I tested it with an image.

Render

Render Texture Shaders Pixel

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Android: Implement per-pixel transparency ( GH-51935 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Android: Implement per-pixel transparency ( GH-51935 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Cocos Creator 3.8.4 has been released, faster, more stable, and easier to use!

Cocos

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Minor version updates focus on performance, package size, ease of use, and stability, such as WASM modules, support for mini-game platforms, package compression, build process optimization, script optimization, rendering effect optimization, etc. Support for Plugin Script Sorting 8. to Cocos Creator 3.8.4 that are worth noting.

Render

Render Texture Platformer Build

QXR Studios accelerates game testing and development with Amazon GameLift Anywhere

AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

They were experimenting with pixel streaming in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine and using AWS for Games services to support that pipeline. In building the game, developers switch between Unreal Engine’s Blueprint visual scripting language and C++, and leverage the AWS SDK to call REST APIs from AWS Lambda.

Studios

Studios Development AAA Games

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Android: Implement per-pixel transparency ( GH-51935 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Android: Implement per-pixel transparency ( GH-51935 ). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Android: Implement per-pixel transparency ( GH-51935 ). Core: Complain if casting a freed object in a debug session ( GH-51095 ). Editor: Fix logic for showing tilemap debug collision shapes ( GH-49075 ). Editor: Add custom debug shape thickness and color options to RayCast ( GH-49726 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

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

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.

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

by calling queue_free() ) but is still accessed somewhere else in a script. 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. and Godot 3.3. and Godot 3.3. console.log("test").

UX

UX Feature Culling Mesh

A comprehensive guide to in-demand roles in film and games

CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Environment designer - Environment designers are 2D world builders working from a design brief or script to bring an imaginary or realistic universe to life. Storyboard artist - Storyboard artists convert written scripts into a series of 2D images, known as a storyboard. They create a mood, express style, and provide context.

Film

Film Animation Animation Concepts

Cocos Creator 3.8 Post-Process Shader Writing (2/2) Advanced

Cocos

AUGUST 16, 2023

Simply put, Gaussian blur takes every pixel on an image and processes it with the following process. To put it bluntly, it’s a simple weighted sum: while sampling the target pixel, sample some of the surrounding pixels and give each pixel a weight (the sum of the weights is 1.0). version : meaningless, can be ignored.

Shaders

Shaders Writing Pixel Render

Getting started with HaxeFlixel in 2021

Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

Construct : seems ok, and I think I could've gotten used to the visual block scripting, but overall the pricing and licensing feels weirdly restrictive. Instead of MonoBehaviour, most of your scripts inherit from FlxSprite (or FlxNestedSprite if you need to parent sprites to each other) instead.

Sprite

Sprite Simulation Build Code

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Leveraging PocoDriver for Game Test Automation

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 alpha 16

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Maintenance release: Godot 3.2.2

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Cocos Creator 3.8.4 has been released, faster, more stable, and easier to use!

QXR Studios accelerates game testing and development with Amazon GameLift Anywhere

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

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

Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

A comprehensive guide to in-demand roles in film and games

Cocos Creator 3.8 Post-Process Shader Writing (2/2) Advanced

Getting started with HaxeFlixel in 2021

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