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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. Beta 10 will be the last dev snapshot of the year 2022, as a lot of our contributors will no doubt be slowing down for the end of year celebrations and some quality family time.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Editor: Add one-way indicator to tile collision editor ( GH-67283 ). Editor: Improve tile editor selection appearance ( GH-60892 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Core: Handle corner cases for curve baking ( GH-69726 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Render Shaders

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 13

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

Editor: Make keyboard shortcuts in tile data editors consistent with tilemap editor ( GH-71517 ). As well as many improvements to the documentation and several new test suites for the engine. The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET specifically.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 10

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 23, 2022

Every beta release so far has included a lot of fixes in one or more key areas, and the next major version of the engine starts to finally look complete. Beta 10 will be the last dev snapshot of the year 2022, as a lot of our contributors will no doubt be slowing down for the end of year celebrations and some quality family time.

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Beta Dev Animation Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.0 beta 9

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Editor: Add one-way indicator to tile collision editor ( GH-67283 ). Editor: Improve tile editor selection appearance ( GH-60892 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDExtension).NET Core: Handle corner cases for curve baking ( GH-69726 ). Requires.NET SDK 6.0

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Beta Dev Render Shaders

How to Design the Core Engine of Your Board Game

Brand Game Development

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

.” This guide comes in three parts: What’s the core engine of a game? How do I come up with an idea for the core engine for my game? How do I turn the idea into a working game engine? What’s the core engine of a game? The placement of tiles is part of the core engine.

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Engine Engineering Mechanics Games

Why isn't Godot an ECS-based game engine?

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

This design became common in game engines and libraries in the early 2010s. I find this makes code simpler and easier to maintain and optimize (a testament to this is how tiny Godot's codebase is compared to other game engines, while providing similar levels of functionality). Game logic.

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Game Engine Engine Engineering Sprite

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.2.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

see recent devblogs on GDScript typed instructions , Complex Text Layout , Tiles editor , documentation , and 2D rendering improvements !), This new beta 4 adds a new round of bugfixes and enhancements over the previous dev snapshots, as well as some nice new features. While development keeps going at full speed towards Godot 4.0 (see

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Godot XR progress update June 2021

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 3, 2021

Windows Mixed Reality headsets are currently only supported through SteamVR as WMR natively only supports DirectX game engines. Mobile GPUs are very different from desktop GPU, to make better use of limited access to fast memory mobile GPUs use a tile based architecture. The source for this plugin can be found here.

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Tile Render Prototyping Writing

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.1 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Tiles: Fix TileSet editor workspace breaking ( GH-55059 ). Tiles: Only add light occlusion for visible TileMaps ( GH-54435 ). Tiles: Fix selecting next/previous subtile in TileSet editor ( GH-55261 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript).

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Tile Render Bug Collision

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). TileSet: Fix selection of spaced atlas tile when using priority ( GH-50886 ). Crypto: Add HMACContext ( GH-48869 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

TileSet: Fix selection of spaced atlas tile when using priority ( GH-50886 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. TextureButton: Add flip_h and flip_v properties ( GH-30424 ). TextureProgress: Improve behavior with nine patch ( GH-45815 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

TileSet: Fix selection of spaced atlas tile when using priority ( GH-50886 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. TextureButton: Add flip_h and flip_v properties ( GH-30424 ). TextureProgress: Improve behavior with nine patch ( GH-45815 ). beta 2 and beta 3.

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

TileSet: Fix selection of spaced atlas tile when using priority ( GH-50886 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. Theme: Various improvements to the Theme API ( GH-49487 ). Theme: StyleBox fake anti-aliasing improvements ( GH-51589 ). beta 3 and beta 4.

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

TileSet: Fix selection of spaced atlas tile when using priority ( GH-50886 ). The download links for dev snapshots are not featured on the Download page to avoid confusion for new users. Theme: Various improvements to the Theme API ( GH-49487 ). Theme: StyleBox fake anti-aliasing improvements ( GH-51589 ).

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Beta Dev Mesh Render

I Make Board Games in Tabletop Simulator (A Guest Post)

Brand Game Development

MAY 18, 2020

My name is Kenny, and I create games on Tabletop Simulator for publishers and designers. I also create all the social media posts for Pangea Games, including the weird cheese question. Tabletop Simulator is a physics-based board game engine which you can buy on Steam. And if you need help? We’ll be there!

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Simulation Games Demo Playtesting

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.1 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Tiles: Fix TileSet editor workspace breaking ( GH-55059 ). Tiles: Only add light occlusion for visible TileMaps ( GH-54435 ). Tiles: Fix selecting next/previous subtile in TileSet editor ( GH-55261 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript).

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Tile Render Bug Build

Release candidate: Godot 3.4.1 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Tiles: Fix TileSet editor workspace breaking ( GH-55059 ). Tiles: Only add light occlusion for visible TileMaps ( GH-54435 ). Tiles: Fix selecting next/previous subtile in TileSet editor ( GH-55261 ). The downloads for this dev snapshot can be found directly on our repository: Standard build (GDScript, GDNative, VisualScript).

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Tile Render Bug Build

Maintenance release: Godot 3.4.1

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Tiles: Fix TileSet editor workspace breaking ( GH-55059 ). Tiles: Only add light occlusion for visible TileMaps ( GH-54435 ). Tiles: Fix selecting next/previous subtile in TileSet editor ( GH-55261 ). Theme: Make default/project theme wait for modules before initializing (fixes WebP support for custom themes) ( GH-55484 ).

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Tile Render Shaders Editing

Adventures in Map Zooming, Part 1: Realtime Image Scaling

Grid Sage Games

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I’ve always been interested in experimenting with larger alternative interface layouts, though because I didn’t see much promise in them, and doing so deviates from the core design, the idea was to wait until at least a likely engine update down the road, as well as the completion of most of Cogmind’s content.

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Render Engine Engineering FPS

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

Auto-tiling in tile maps. The new 3D engine is outstanding, with many features out-of-the-box that are still not common in other mainstream engines. The new 3D renderer is state-of-the-art, with features rarely see in game engines today, such as: Full principled BSDF. Auto-tiling in tile maps.

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Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

Godot Engine reaches 2.0 stable

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

This version worked well but we felt it was still far from the usability and features of a modern game engine. The more urgent issue was to improve the 2D engine so we worked hard again and released Godot 1.1, In the vein of larger game engines, Godot has now live editing support. Live scene editing.

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Engine Engineering Editing Debug

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). TileSet: Fix selection of spaced atlas tile when using priority ( GH-50886 ). Crypto: Add HMACContext ( GH-48869 ).

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Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). TileSet: Fix selection of spaced atlas tile when using priority ( GH-50886 ). Crypto: Add HMACContext ( GH-48869 ).

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Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). CSG: CSGPolygon fixes and features: Angle simplification, UV tiling distance, interval type ( GH-52509 ). TileSet: Fix selection of spaced atlas tile when using priority ( GH-50886 ). Crypto: Add HMACContext ( GH-48869 ).

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Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.5 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 24, 2022

seen as small bumps between tiles on a GridMap). The fix seems relatively safe but this will require heavy testing to make sure it doesn't regress - if you have 3D games using Bullet physics, please try this RC 2 and report any issue. For now, you can check the full changelog since 3.4-stable Mono build (C# support + all the above).

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Render Shaders Mesh Console

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Probably the biggest improvement relying on that is the new Tiles editor, which has been reimagined based on your requests and reports. Our 2D editor maintainer Gilles Roudière ( groud ) has united the workflow for TileSet s and TileMap s, providing various ways to organize and place tiles, to supply them with metadata and animations.

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Beta Engine Engineering Feature

Getting started with HaxeFlixel in 2021

Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

The engine should be able to render and simulate 200+ lightweight game objects -- frame-animated sprites with simple collision, no fancy physics or shaders. Which game engine should I use to maximize ease of learning and compatibility, and manage hundreds of simple objects on-screen? and no WASM.)

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Sprite Simulation Build Code

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