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JUNE 9, 2023
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The “Godot Virus” GodLoader
Game From Scratch
NOVEMBER 28, 2024
GameFromScratch.com The “Godot Virus” GodLoader Security research firm Checkpoint Research just released a terrifying article about a new undetectable malware loader spread using the Godot game engine called GodLoader. While technically true, it is nowhere near as scary as it initially sounds.
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UKIE: Video game technology was worth £1.3 billion in 2021 for non-gaming industries
GamesIndustry.biz
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox A new report says that UK video game technology used by non-gaming industries was worth £1.3 FTI Consulting and UKIE's study says the "spillover" technology includes game engines, VR, and 3D rendering software. billion during 2021.
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The Top 10 Popular VR Game Development Tools
Logic Simplified
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Such VR tools breathe life into the video game mechanics , allowing players to interact with the characters and environment of the game very well. Here are some of the best VR software that we think are essentially created to empower VR developers around the world.
Series AI raises $7.9m for AI games engine
GamesIndustry.biz
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
The newly formed studio was co-founded by former Kongregate CEO Pany Haritatos and composed of industry veterans, including: Julia Zhan (head of AI product, former product lead at Riot Games) Brian Schneider (head of games, former director of design at Zynga) Josh English (head of engineering, former lead software engineer at Google) Hugh Walters (head (..)
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Video Game Engineers: Job Description and Salary
Game Designing
MARCH 1, 2023
Video game engineers are an important part of a game development team who takes care of a range of advanced technical tasks. Due to the skills required, becoming a game engineer can take some time and education, but it can also be a very well-paying job. Game Engineer vs Developer or Designer?
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Top Tools and Software for Creating Visual FX in Games
iXie gaming
JUNE 28, 2024
This guide will help you pick the best software to create amazing effects and take your games to the next level. 2D VFX Software While 3D VFX often gets the most attention, 2D effects are still very important for many types of games, like side-scrolling platformers and top-down RPGs.
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How Move's AI technology aims to be a game-changer for motion capture
GamesIndustry.biz
APRIL 20, 2023
This norm, however, may soon be a relic of the past as software from technology company Move hopes to revolutionise motion capture for AAA and indies alike, as well as beyond games. Read more
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As an Open Source project, Godot is more than a game engine
Mircosoft Game Dev
OCTOBER 12, 2017
Godot is a community developed game engine. In fact, our development process and code quality are, already, arguably in many senses better than commercial game engine counterparts. In fact, our development process and code quality are, already, arguably in many senses better than commercial game engine counterparts.
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[From the industry] Perforce research highlights expanding role of game engines: 50% of responses indicate use beyond gaming
Game Development News
AUGUST 15, 2024
Perforce Software, the devops company for global teams requiring speed, quality, security and governance at scale along the development lifecycle, announces the release of the 2024 State of Game Technology Report.
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Why isn't Godot an ECS-based game engine?
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
ECS is a design pattern commonly used in video games (although not very often used in the rest of the software industry) which consists of having a base Entity (a container object) and Components that can be added upon it. This design became common in game engines and libraries in the early 2010s. Game logic.
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Why we should all support glTF 2.0 as THE standard asset exchange format for game engines
Mircosoft Game Dev
AUGUST 2, 2017
alpha1, users need more content to test with the new 3D engine. Sites like Sketchfab provide plenty of PBR-ready assets for downloading, and plugins that export scenes from other popular game engines to this format. The surprise, though, is how good this format is for video game asset exchange. Khronos, with glTF 2.0,
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Release candidate: Godot 4.4.1 RC 2
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 21, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. Be sure to make frequent backups, or use a version control system such as Git, to preserve your projects in case of corruption or data loss.
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Release candidate: Godot 4.4 RC 1
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 21, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. or newer is required for this build, changing the minimal supported version from.NET 6 to 8. if something that worked fine in previous 4.x
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The Spine Animation Story at Logic Simplified
Logic Simplified
MAY 7, 2024
One, how Spine works as a great 2D animation software. Abhishek, deft in using Spine animation software, got down to work. The USP of Spine animation software is how smoothly it converts an image part to mesh. In this particular one, you will read about two things. At Logic Simplified , the creative minds seldom sit still.
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How is the process of learning In-house game engines once you get into an AAA studio? Do they immediately put you in production to learn as you go, or does it take some weeks before allocating you to a project?
Ask a Game Dev
APRIL 2, 2024
This often entails fiddling with a bunch of workstation and network settings in order to make sure all of the files are where the game expects them to be, all of the necessary software is installed and ready, and so on.
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Release candidate: Godot 4.4 RC 3
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. or newer is required for this build, changing the minimal supported version from.NET 6 to 8. if something that worked fine in previous 4.x
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Release candidate: Godot 4.4 RC 2
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 26, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. or newer is required for this build, changing the minimal supported version from.NET 6 to 8. if something that worked fine in previous 4.x
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 4
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 17, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. or newer is required for this build, changing the minimal supported version from.NET 6 to 8. Known issues During the beta stage, we focus on solving both regressions (i.e.
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73 Release candidate: Godot 4.4.1 RC 1
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 14, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. Be sure to make frequent backups, or use a version control system such as Git, to preserve your projects in case of corruption or data loss.
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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 3
Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 25, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. Be sure to make frequent backups, or use a version control system such as Git, to preserve your projects in case of corruption or data loss.
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Godot Showcase - Somar
Mircosoft Game Dev
MAY 2, 2025
Fred: One of the main considerations for selecting Godot as the game engine for this project was finding an open-source engine that could provide flexibility, scalability, and a strong support community. Combining Monado with Godot, an open-source game engine, creates a powerful synergy.
Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 1
Mircosoft Game Dev
MARCH 20, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. or newer is required for this build, changing the minimal supported version from.NET 6 to 8. Known issues There are currently no known issues introduced by this release.
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Top Unreal Engine Games
Juego Studio
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
The game engine that is used to create a game is sometimes as important as any of its other aspects. Because games are pieces of software. Hence, the proliferation of game engines. Because […] The post Top Unreal Engine Games appeared first on Juego Studio.
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52 Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 3
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 7, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. or newer is required for this build, changing the minimal supported version from.NET 6 to 8. Known issues During the beta stage, we focus on solving both regressions (i.e.
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Now that the ‘most hated man in gaming’ is gone, what’s next for Unity?
PreMortem.Games
OCTOBER 16, 2023
Following several weeks of turmoil at game engine maker Unity , the announcement of its CEO John Riccitiello leaving the firm feels like an unsatisfying sacrifice. After first revealing its new pricing structure for game developers, which didn’t go over well , Unity was forced to walk it all back and apologize.
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C4 Engine Version 7 Released
Game From Scratch
MARCH 23, 2023
GameFromScratch.com C4 Engine Version 7 Released The C4 Engine from Tarathon Software just released version 7 at GDC 2023. This is the first update to the long running source available commercial game engine since 2018, when it was briefly renamed the Tombstone engine.
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Total War: WARHAMMER 2 Crashing, Not Launching [Solved]
Game Errors
APRIL 19, 2023
Total War: WARHAMMER 2 , a sequel to the award-winning strategy game of titanic proportions, is also a popular game on Steam and other platforms. Developers optimized the game engine so players with older systems could play, and those with faster PCs could up the ante with more units and more eye candy.
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How to estimate the Unity game development cost?
Juego Studio
OCTOBER 31, 2023
Game developers rely on a wide range of tools and software to create the games. Among these, the various game engines form the backbone of the development process. Unity game development services are among the most popular choices for creating the most complex of gaming projects.
The Showdown: Unity Vs. Godot Vs. Buildbox Vs Unreal Engine
SOVEREIGN MOON
OCTOBER 11, 2020
SOVEREIGN MOON PRESENTS… Game Engine Showdown: Unity vs. Godot vs. Buildbox vs. Unreal Engine. In this game engine faceoff, we’ll explore each game engine’s visual scripting tools to see which engine is the best for beginner game makers and non-coders. .
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Mircosoft Game Dev
APRIL 8, 2025
While engine maintainers try their best to ensure that each preview snapshot and release candidate is stable, this is by definition a pre-release piece of software. Be sure to make frequent backups, or use a version control system such as Git, to preserve your projects in case of corruption or data loss.
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Godot Engine receives $120,000 grant from game development studio Kefir
Mircosoft Game Dev
FEBRUARY 10, 2021
We are delighted to announce that the game development studio Kefir is giving the Godot Engine project a USD 120,000 grant to fund further development of the engine. Thank you Kefir for supporting our free and open source game engine!
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3D Content Interoperability with Topology-Free Modeling
Nvidia
MARCH 1, 2023
Current topology-based modeling software produces 3D objects in a single level of detail. Current topology-based modeling software produces 3D objects in a single level of detail. Digital sculpting software, however, uses an extremely high-resolution polygon mesh (or a voxel grid).
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Godot Engine receives $100,000 donation from OP Games
Mircosoft Game Dev
NOVEMBER 11, 2021
Like all grants, sponsoring and donations given to the not-for-profit Godot project, these funds are managed by our legal and fiscal sponsor Software Freedom Conservancy , and will be used to accelerate development of our free and open source game engine.
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Implementing USD for Game Development Pipelines: An Interview with Polyphony Digital
Nvidia
MARCH 17, 2023
Polyphony Digital , a subsidiary of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc and the creators of Gran Turismo , has exceeded 90M copies of cumulative sell-through sales of PlayStation software titles over three decades. It’s necessary to develop your own software according to the game’s specifications.
Godot for AA/AAA game development - What's missing?
Mircosoft Game Dev
JANUARY 15, 2023
Is solving these problems enough for Godot to become a top AA / AAA game engine? Godot, at its core, is and will always be (by design) a very general purpose game engine. This mean that the tools provided, while certainly capable, are still game neutral. The answer is “it depends”.
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Most Popular Programming Languages for Game Development
Real Programming
JUNE 12, 2023
Once you build an object in code, you can move and reuse it as you please, so it’s easier to build very complex games without building every element from scratch. Java games often run on virtual machines, a software-based computing system that functions distinctly from physical host computers.
From Concept to Success: A Deep Dive Into Our Popular Gaming Solutions
Logic Simplified
DECEMBER 7, 2023
The Impact of Game Engines Our gaming solutions company uses the most popular and powerful game development engines like Unity , Unreal Engine , Godot, Phaser, Construct, Cocos Creator, Babylon JS, and many others, based on the game idea and the requirements of the game development process.
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Ask Me Anything Series: NVIDIA Experts Answer Your Questions Live
Nvidia
JULY 13, 2022
Attendees can get tips on incorporating real-time rendering across their projects from the editors of Ray Tracing Gems II : Adam Marrs is a principal engineer in the Game Engines and Core Technology group at NVIDIA. in computer science and has shipped graphics code in various AAA games and commercial game engines.
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Best Online Game Development Solutions for Your Smartphones
Big Games
AUGUST 17, 2021
And with the more than $100 million dollar generation in the global market, the game apps are getting more attention in the market. You can create a good game only through a dedicated software or a game engine. As we are creating game apps for smartphones, it is ideal to run a test game on both Android and iPhone.
Godot Engine receiving support funded by Facebook Reality Labs
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 11, 2020
It is with great excitement that we announce that the Godot Engine project is receiving support funded by a grant from Facebook Reality Labs to further the development of Virtual Reality (VR) features within Godot. in 2018 , thanks to the dedication of our contributor Bastiaan Olij who implemented all AR and VR features in the engine.
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How to Begin Metaverse Game Development
iXie gaming
MAY 8, 2023
Tools and Resources for Developing Metaverse Games The following four categories of tools and resources are crucial for developing metaverse games: Software and Hardware: Hardware and software requirements are particular for creating a Metaverse game. It also contains 3D modelling software.
Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!
Big Games
JANUARY 8, 2024
Have you ever dreamt of crafting your own epic game? 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? So, there you have it – the gateway to your game development dreams lies open!
Godot Engine receiving a new grant from Meta's Reality Labs
Mircosoft Game Dev
DECEMBER 22, 2021
We are delighted to announce that the Godot Engine project is receiving a new grant from Meta's Reality Labs to support our work on the XR capabilities of the engine. This renews Reality Labs' engagement to support the free and open source Godot game engine, after a first grant in December 2020. Looking back at 2021.
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