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

Mircosoft Game Dev

Many games still use this approach nowadays (after all, if it’s not broken, don’t fix it) but, increasingly, game design has been moving from “individual stages” to “open” or “continuous” worlds where the boundaries between levels disappear. Creating games this way is, as a result, more challenging. Sandbox style simulations.

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

Mircosoft Game Dev

This design became common in game engines and libraries in the early 2010s. This can be understood by examining the Engine and Game Logic parts separately: Engine. Game logic. Still (while, by far, not the majority) some types of games will see a performance benefit when using ECS in the game logic side.

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RP4K Teacher Profiles: Gabriel Dibenedetto

Real Programming

His passion for gaming is broad, but he has a special love for sandbox games , point-and-click graphic adventures, and RPGs. While he loves teaching coding to students of all levels, he has worked hard on our latest experimental course, Elite Game Engine.

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5 Simple Programming Languages to Teach Your Kids

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Most parents appreciate that computers and technology are essential tools nowadays. Not only does learning to code early help kids adapt to a technological world and prepare for modern jobs, but it can boost self-confidence, logical thinking, and project management. It can also be used to create games.

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How to Begin Metaverse Game Development 

iXie gaming

These environments are typically built using a combination of virtual and augmented reality technologies. Metaverse games offer a new way for people to interact with each other in a digital environment. This comprises gaming engines, virtual and augmented reality headsets, and other tools and resources.

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Things You Need to Know About Metaverse Gaming Platforms

iXie gaming

Many emerging technologies, like augmented reality (AR) glasses and virtual reality (VR) headsets, can be used to enter this virtual environment. Additionally, decentralized finance tools based on blockchain technology may also be integrated to facilitate virtual transactions and enable ownership and trade of virtual assets like NFTs.

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WebAssembly: Godot on the web?

Mircosoft Game Dev

A long time ago Ariel and I wrote a game named Atmosphir as contractors. It was one of the first voxel games and a Minecraft precursor. As it did well , investors wanted to expand the game and one of their first ideas was to make it a web based game to run it in Kongregate (which was trendy). First attempt, native plugin.