Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Buckle up, aspiring developers, because the barrier to entry just shrunk to the size of a pixel! We’re talking free game development software , mind-blowing technology, and trends hotter than a dragon’s breath. So, are you ready to unleash your inner game developer? Let’s jump in!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 22, 2022

Godot's visual scripting language, VisualScript, was introduced in Godot 3.0, we decided to accept that the approach we took from the start was simply not the right one and decided to remove it from the engine. To be clear, this refers to the VisualScript scripting language, and not to visual shaders.

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iXie gaming

AUGUST 8, 2023

It’s no news that the game development sector is a highly competitive one with capable hands who constantly work hard. This in turn makes developers embrace experimentation thereby pushing the limits of game development. This in turn makes developers embrace experimentation thereby pushing the limits of game development.

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iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Today’s VFX artists use advanced tools to create real-time particle systems, complex simulations, and stunning visuals that captivate players. Whether you’re an indie developer making 2D effects or a big studio creating realistic 3D visuals, choosing the right VFX tools is vital.

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AWS Games

JUNE 13, 2023

Every aspect of the game’s development has been thoughtfully considered, from ensuring each card has a rich backstory to using a low carbon footprint blockchain and efficient cloud-based technologies like Amazon GameLift on Amazon Web Services (AWS). However, balancing a three-faction card game is quite difficult,” Devine shared.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 30, 2017

There are many small tweaks and improvements that we would like to do to it but, as we game engine developers are not experienced in the web side of the programming world, everything seems daunting to us (please don't laugh). Other engines documentation systems we have seen do not include these. Multiple language support.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

As already noticed by those of you who follow the development effort closely, we had a change of roadmap since what was announced when Godot 2.1 Nowadays, Godot is a great engine for making 2D games, and the interest of the growing community is starting to move on to 3D, with corresponding needs for improvements. was released.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

We had 8 students working for on great new features all around the engine, and they reported on their progress regularly on this blog, with a first ( part 1 and part 2 ) and second progress report. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System – Swarnim Arun.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

When we originally made Godot, we were completely certain that we wanted our main scripting language to be dynamically typed due to the high accessibility this provides. That's why we are working on the support of C# and visual scripting for the upcoming Godot 2.2. Why Visual Scripting? As Godot 2.2

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 21, 2019

Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. I finished integrating Embree into the engine's build system and also added a simple ray tracing API that allows for defining a set of meshes and perform ray intersection tests among them. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System – Swarnim Arun.

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Game Designing

AUGUST 21, 2023

This is the welcome video and first lesson from our mini-course on the Unity Game Engine. Learn what the Unity game engine is, how to create an account, set up the software, and start making your first scene. Really cool game development stuff and I’m excited to share all of it with you. Lesson 1: Why Unity Game Engine?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 17, 2019

In 2018 we had 5 students working on various features for Godot Engine, and you can read about their work in last year's progress report. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. This is to detect all the different VCS API implementations available with the engine. Interactive Music by Daniel Matarov.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

After more than 18 months of development, all Godot Engine contributors are proud to present our biggest release so far, Godot 3.0! It brings a brand new rendering engine with state-of-the-art PBR workflow for 3D, an improved assets pipeline, GDNative to load native code as plugins, C# 7.0 Visual Scripting.

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Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

If you’ve ever wondered what the best game engine is, we invite you to figure it out with us. Let’s discover their pros and cons so it will be easier to decide which engine suits your project better. Unity versus Unreal – this seems to be an ever-lasting battle in the game development world. What is Unity?

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Logic Simplified

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Process of Level Designing and Game Development 1. Game Environment Design Game engines like Unity offer intuitive tools that are used to create spatial layouts with intricate details and dynamic lighting systems. Scripting Level designers use scripting tools to program certain game behaviors and rules in a level.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In this introductory tutorial series, we’ll teach beginners how to use the basic controls within Gogot’s game engine. Godot is a free and open source game development software that game devs can use to make beautiful 2D and 3D games. . A Crash Course Into The Basics of Godot’s Game Engine. Learn More ?

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Game Designing

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In this article, we’ll tell you everything you need to know about GDevelop to take you from beginner to game developer. In short, GDevelop is a full-featured game development tool. It includes everything you need to create real video games in one package, including tools for scripting, animation, visual effects, sound design, and more.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

After almost six months of hard work, we are proudly presenting you the marvellous Godot Engine 2.1. We have listened to and worked with our awesome community to make Godot one of the easiest game development environments to use. This release marks the conclusion of a series focusing on usability improvements. As of the 2.1

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SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As we progress through this tutorial series, I’ll be doing so with a focus on using no-code development tools rather than scripting to create games. In today’s tutorial I’m going to introduce you to Buildbox, a beginner friendly no-code game engine that allows you to build beautiful video games without having to know how to program.

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SOVEREIGN MOON

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Today, Sovereign Moon Studios, the makers of your favorite NoCode game development course , are excited to bring you the first installment of our Bolt video tutorial series. Introduction to Bolt & Visual Scripting. Thanks for stopping by our indie game development blog. Let’s jump in. Conclusion. Learn More ?

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Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

All Godot contributors are delighted to release our latest milestone today, Godot 3.3 , after more than 7 months of development! While most development focus is on our upcoming Godot 4.0 x branch to develop and publish their games today , so it's important for us to keep giving Godot 3 users an improved gamedev experience.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine! Viewport: Allow input echo when changing UI focus ( GH-44456 ). mbedtls 2.16.11.

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). With this first Release Candidate , we completely freezes feature development, and comes after a long series of beta builds to fix a number of bugs reported against previous builds (as well as against previous stable branches). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). VisualScript: Expose visual script custom node type hints ( GH-50705 ). And many more bug fixes and usability enhancements all around the engine!

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Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). With this second Release Candidate , we have frozen feature development and are nearly ready to release the stable version. VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

development branch (see our release policy for details on the various Godot versions). With this third Release Candidate , we have frozen feature development and are nearly ready to release the stable version. VisualScript: Allow dropping custom node scripts in VisualScript editor ( GH-50696 ). The upcoming Godot 3.4

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

A large majority of the art was created from scratch, but Hartley admits having used a few asset packs to help speed up development. “I Every plane part, wings, fuselage, pontoons, engine and such, plus every pirate vessel, they all run off just a couple 4098×4098 textures, a single material per entity.

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AWS Games

JUNE 8, 2023

Imagined as a sci-fi take on esports, the game was developed in only two years by a single developer, Kavosh Omidi, using Amazon GameLift dedicated server management on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Using AWS also helped lower development costs and accelerate iterations.” Development was cleaner and neater.”

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