Cocos

MAY 14, 2023

This article will delve into the principles, implementation details, common issues and solutions, memory overhead, and compatibility of the Deferred Rendering technique. The rendering stages involved in Deferred Rendering. The problems that are solved by Deferred Rendering. Solution for transparent object rendering.

Render

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Godot uses a considerably different approach to rendering (and rendering abstraction) than other, popular, game engines. This document was written in hopes to find more developers that would like to help us write rendering code, as it explains the overall design. Running the whole graphics rendering in a separate thread.

Render

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 3, 2016

It's been a month since the first progress report , and progress continues towards the new Godot renderer. Little by little every system falls into place, and rendering starts feeling a lot more mature. Add Layered/Stencil rendering. Atlas cells are assigned according to their size in pixels on the screen (e.g.

Render

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 3, 2021

Godot 4 stereoscopic rendering through Multiview. One of the bigger changes we did to enabled XR support in Godot 4 is implementing multiview support into the rendering engine. Further Mobile renderer improvements in Godot 4. This means that the render buffer is divided into smaller tiles. Subpasses to the rescue!

Tile

Logic Simplified

MAY 7, 2024

This improves the fill rate because pixels outside the polygon won't be drawn. This is an important aspect for mobile games. Smaller size - Spine animations store only the bone data, hence their loading and rendering is stable and fast, even on mobile devices like Android or iOS.

Animation

The Liquid Fire

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

When a game is “published”, the number of pixels rendered, and the aspect ratio used, are determined by the device that the game is running on, such as a television screen, web page, or even mobile device. Mobile devices can even be presented in both portrait and landscape orientations. Background.

Sprite

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). Rendering: Split rendering driver project setting into rendering_method and rendering/*/driver ( GH-65541 ). Rendering: Fix/restore BackBufferCopy ( GH-65794 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Rendering: Various bug fixes to both shaders and the Vulkan setup (including updating to Vulkan SDK 1.3.204 ). Rendering: Various tweaks to default environment and lighting config to balance quality and performance. Rendering: Use prefiltered radiance for Sky high quality update mode ( GH-58177 ).

Alpha

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 29, 2019

has various optimisations added to speed up the stereoscopic rendering. While the native mobile VR interface that comes build into Godot is inspired by Cardboard, there is no official Cardboard or Daydream support yet. The problem with HDR remains, Godot renders to high detail buffers for its HDR support and OpenVR does not like these.

Render

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snapping 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions (new in 3.2.4 YSort: Make rendering order more deterministic ( GH-42375 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. Rendering: Add fast approximate antialiasing (FXAA) to Viewport ( GH-42006 ).

Beta

Big Games

MARCH 28, 2025

From the pixelated classics of the 80s to todays immersive and realistic graphics, animation has redefined the gaming experience. Over time, this evolved, incorporating more detailed pixel art, smooth pictorial Movement, and realistic effects. The environment is added with depth and volume for realism. Advancements in 2.5D

Animation

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 28, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends. mbedtls 2.16.9,

Render

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 16, 2021

New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends, which should fix some issues and improve performance significantly in games using a high number of dynamic objects. In this beta, the dynamic BVH is the default option for both physics and rendering. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends (new in beta 6).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 11, 2020

see recent devblogs on GDScript typed instructions , Complex Text Layout , Tiles editor , documentation , and 2D rendering improvements !), A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). a lot of work is also being done on the 3.2

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends. mbedtls 2.16.9,

Render

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 7, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. Rendering: Add fast approximate antialiasing (FXAA) to Viewport ( GH-42006 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 9, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends.

Render

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

A new software skinning for MeshInstance to replace the slow GPU skinning on devices that don't support the fast GPU skinning (especially mobile). New option to snap 2D transforms to whole coordinates , helps prevent jitter on pixel art camera motions. New dynamic BVH for rendering and the GodotPhysics backends. mbedtls 2.16.9,

Render

iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

Other Specialized 2D Tools Pyxel Edit For games that use retro pixel art, Pyxel Edit is a must-have tool. TexturePacker Optimizing sprite sheets is important for better performance, especially on mobile devices. They have particle systems, dynamic simulations, and rendering capabilities that can be used to make various effects.

Software

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

David Snopek ( dsnopek ) got WebXR minimally working again ( GH-64514 ) using the WebGL 2 renderer implemented by Clay John ( clayjohn ). Rendering: Split rendering driver project setting into rendering_method and rendering/*/driver ( GH-65541 ). Rendering: Fix/restore BackBufferCopy ( GH-65794 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

GUI: Restore "snap controls to pixels" functionality ( GH-57481 ). Rendering: Add support for glow maps ( GH-54574 ). Rendering: Implement GPUParticles2D sub-emission support ( GH-56888 ). The Vulkan Mobile backend has a lot of known bugs. We recommend testing rendering features with Vulkan Clustered for now.

Alpha

Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Buckle up, aspiring developers, because the barrier to entry just shrunk to the size of a pixel! Most mobile game development companies use this tool to make their work effortless. Utilize powerful rendering tools, built-in networking features, and cloud-based tools to streamline the development process.

Game Developer

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 21, 2021

in January 2020, we switched the development focus towards the upcoming Godot 4.0 , which is a major, compatibility-breaking rewrite of the engine's core and rendering. Dynamic BVH for rendering and GodotPhysics. Rendering: Unified 2D batching. More rendering improvements. Dynamic BVH for rendering and GodotPhysics.

Collision

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

Rendering: Portal occlusion culling. More rendering improvements. Up till now a significant missing feature in the renderer has been the ability to cull (prevent rendering) objects that are within the camera view, but occluded by another object (for instance a wall). More rendering improvements.

UX

CG Spectrum

JUNE 10, 2024

Although the role is highly creative, it is also quite technical, and modelers must be able to determine scale, optimize geometry and renders, and troubleshoot software issues and bugs. These equations are then combined and rendered using a graphics processing unit that outputs a rough but legible animated scene known as a 'playblast.'

Film

PreMortem.Games

OCTOBER 27, 2023

” Not pixels but voxels The visual style of Three Minutes to Eight is unmistakable, characterized by its pixelated appearance. Many define the game as ‘pixel art’, but in reality this is not exactly the case. The challenge was to create characters in pure classic 2D pixel-art.

Pixel

Radiator Blog

APRIL 9, 2021

For an upcoming project commission, I'm making a 2D game with crowd simulation and simple controls that works well on mobile browsers. The engine should be able to render and simulate 200+ lightweight game objects -- frame-animated sprites with simple collision, no fancy physics or shaders. If you came here for gay sex, I'm sorry.

Sprite

iXie gaming

MAY 23, 2025

Remember the golden days of 2D sprites and pixel-perfect jumps? Then came photorealistic characters, 4K textures, and entire worlds rendered in real time. Lets go beyond the basics, diving into memory profiling, GPU diagnostics, multithreaded scripting, and render pipeline tuning. For developers, thats the nightmare.

Render

iXie gaming

MAY 23, 2025

Cuphead didnt become iconic by mimicking other games; it carved out its own identity by drawing from classic 1930s animation, making it a standout in an industry oversaturated with pixel art and hyper-realistic graphics. Cross-Platform Adaptation : A game designed for high-end PCs with complex shaders may struggle on mobile or consoles.

Art