Editing, Lightmap and Platformer - Game Developers Network

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2025

Breaking changes Animation Audio C# Core Editor GDScript Import Input Physics Platforms Rendering and shaders XR New in Beta 1! Game window embedding was implemented to support our recent interactive in-game editing feature. Weve unified the code to make sure it works the same on both platforms, and weve fixed some bugs.

Beta

Beta Dev Lightmap Baking

Cocos Creator 3.7.1 Released

Cocos

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Developer Notes Engine Add more API docs (engine#13937, engine#14079, engine#14088) [Optimize] add image asset’s zh i18n (engine#14108) [Optimize] Add pointerlock function for mac platform (engine#14187) [Pipeline] enable custom pipeline in the editor (engine#14084) [Pipeline] add native pipeline ubo uploading (engine#14061) [Pipeline] Fix web-pipeline (..)

Lightmap

Lightmap Engine Engineering Mesh

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

supports advanced global illumination techniques such as lightmapping (including SH lightmapping), Voxel GI (which is fully real-time) and SDFGI (which is a single click, open world GI solution). When doing tasks such as shader editing, VFX (particles) or animation, there is a large difference between Godot and engines such as Unreal.

AAA

AAA Game Developer Game Development Development

Cocos Creator 3.7.2 Focuses On Optimized Rendering And Lighting Capabilities

Cocos

MARCH 26, 2023

Fixed Byte Platform iPad screen display is not complete. Fixed Labelchar mode color anomaly on native platforms. When the user turns on high-precision lightmap baking, 16-bit colors are used instead of 8-bit colors, and AO channels are baked separately. Still, the disadvantage is that it will increase the lightmap package.

Render

Render Baking Lightmap Debug

Cocos Creator 3.7.3 comes with an update to Cocos Effect

Cocos

MAY 9, 2023

Fixed bone animation texture size error on some platforms that don’t support float point texture format. Fixed memory management issue of BakedSkinningModel on native platforms. Fixed error caused by removeSpotLight on native platforms. Fixed darker convolution image issue for the reflection probe on the OPPO Mini Game platform.

Terrain

Terrain Render Simulation Texture

Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

Cocos

APRIL 14, 2023

The purpose of developing Cocos Cyberpunk is to showcase the Cocos Engine’s ability to create complex 3D games on multiple platforms and to motivate the developers in Cocos community to learn game development. Then, click on Edit checkbox, you can see the pipeline window shown as follows. Let’s take a look at each of them one by one.

Code

Code Culling Lightmap Render

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

This will enable us to publish maintenance updates at a faster pace as soon as we identify a need (critical regressions to fix, security issues, necessary platform updates, etc.). Platforms: Godot editor on the Web! Improved Inspector sub-resource editing. However, due to platform limitations, those are mutually incompatible.

Collision

Collision Lightmap Baking Render

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

No lightmaps or anything of the sort are required, providing a very quick and efficient workflow. For low-end systems or mobile devices, we provide a more classical lightmapping workflow. Using GDNative, it's possible to easily extend Godot in C/C++ without recompiling the engine, and that for any platform.

Render

Render Visual Scripting Shaders Tile

Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 13, 2019

Incompatibilities in the HTML5 platform, as not all browsers support WebGL 2.0 (the Unsupported features will not be visible when editing materials. Unsupported features will not be visible when editing environments. Use baked lightmaps instead. is not a fallback but a different platform you should target your game for.

Feature

Feature Render Editing Shaders

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ). Core: Allow for platform Thread implementation override ( GH-52734 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ). Core: Allow for platform Thread implementation override ( GH-52734 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ). Core: Allow for platform Thread implementation override ( GH-52734 ).

Beta

Beta Dev Mesh Render

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Physics: Fix 2D and 3D moving platform logic ( GH-50166 , GH-51458 ). Windows: Fix platform file access to allow file sharing with external programs ( GH-51430 ). Core: Harmonize output of OS.get_locale() between platforms ( GH-40708 ). Core: Allow for platform Thread implementation override ( GH-52734 ).

Mesh

Mesh Render Shaders Animation

How to Use Unity Cinemachine Virtual Cameras

Game Designing

APRIL 21, 2022

Yes, Cinemachine is a plug-in for Unity, but what makes this plug-in great for this platform is the fact there are many other plug-ins to choose from that can work seamlessly with Cinemachine. This basically means you can only bake lightmaps using a single machine. You can even change the edit and color grading.

Animation

Animation Animation Code Software

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Last but not least, lightmaps baking is now done using the GPU to speed up the process significantly. It may be possible to edit your project file manually, but otherwise it's recommended to let Godot generate a new one. Currently, mobile and web platforms are not available, with support likely coming in Godot 4.1. Web platform.

Beta

Beta Engine Engineering Feature

Game Developers Network

Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Cocos Creator 3.7.1 Released

Trending Sources

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

Cocos Creator 3.7.2 Focuses On Optimized Rendering And Lighting Capabilities

Cocos Creator 3.7.3 comes with an update to Cocos Effect

Project Structure - Guide to Cocos Cyberpunk Source Code

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

Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

How to Use Unity Cinemachine Virtual Cameras

The next big step: Godot 4.0 reaches Beta

Stay Connected