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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Breaking changes Animation Audio C# Core Editor GDScript Import Input Physics Platforms Rendering and shaders XR New in Beta 1! Add 2D shader instance uniforms Previously, Godot only supported shader instance uniforms in Spatial shaders. GH-98163 ) CSGMesh3D now explicitly requires the mesh to be manifold.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Breaking changes Animation Audio / Video C# Core Documentation Editor GDScript GUI Import Input Internationalization Navigation Physics Platforms Rendering and shaders XR Breaking changes We try to minimize breaking changes, but sometimes they are necessary in order to fix high priority issues. Rendering and shaders Stencils!

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Integrating 2D and 3D Art: Creating Cohesive Game Worlds 

iXie gaming

Unity + Universal Render Pipeline (URP) Why it works: URP’s Shader Graph empowers artists to create customized shaders for visual blending. This consistency in light behavior and texture fidelity is essential when toggling between flat sprites and dimensional meshes.

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Strategies for Optimizing Multiplayer Games in Unity

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The Unity Profiler provides tools for detecting issues that affect CPU, GPU, rendering, and memory performance. Rendering Analysis: Monitors draw calls, overdraw, and other performance metrics. Rendering Analysis: Monitors draw calls, overdraw, and other performance metrics.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Import: Use UID in addition to path for extracted meshes, materials and animations ( GH-100786 ). Rendering: Clean up more dynamic allocations in the RD renderers with a focus on 2D ( GH-103889 ). Rendering: Optimize _fill_instance_data function in Forward+ renderer ( GH-103547 ).

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From Sketch to Screen: The Evolution of Game Art Pipelines 

iXie gaming

Modeling : Building 3D meshes in tools like Maya or Blender, with attention to poly count and topology for animation compatibility. Lighting and Rendering : Designing lighting setups, often pre-baked, that enhance mood and performance across platforms. This process was predictable but time-consuming.

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2024 Cherry-picks

Mircosoft Game Dev

Look at these shiny highlights: 2D physics interpolation 2D hierarchical culling Mesh merging Discrete level of detail (LOD) ORM materials Text to speech Arctic Eggs This game about cooking eggs in a cold climate found great reception on the internet. The feature freeze for 3.6