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

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

has an entirely new rendering architecture, which is divided into modern and compatibility backends. The modern one does rendering via RenderingDevice (which is implemented in drivers such as Vulkan, Direct3D 12, and more in the future). Rendering is significantly more efficient in Godot 4.0, Low level rendering access.

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Unity vs. Unreal Engine: Which is Better for Android Game Development?

Big Games

MARCH 27, 2025

It uses C# as its main scripting language, which is easier to learn and more accessible for beginners. Unreal Engine Created by Epic Games, it is well known for its advanced rendering capabilities and excellent visuals. Advanced physics and rendering tools for detailed environments.

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Onward to the new 3D renderer

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

release and head on directly towards Godot 3.0 , the long-awaited upgrade that should bring brand new 2D and 3D renderers based on OpenGL ES 3.0 has been promised to our users as the version that will bring a new state-of-the-art 3D renderer (albeit compatible with a wide range of graphics drivers, hence our choice for GLES 3.0

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Godot 3.0 is out and ready for the big leagues

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 29, 2018

It brings a brand new rendering engine with state-of-the-art PBR workflow for 3D, an improved assets pipeline, GDNative to load native code as plugins, C# 7.0 After meeting the initial goal, we hired karroffel to continue her work on GDNative (more about this below) and work on a new rendering backend. Visual Scripting.

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GSoC 2019 progress report #3

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. Improvements to the Visual Scripting System – Swarnim Arun. Project: Improvements To Visual Scripting System. Visual Script graph unification. Visual Script tool script. GDScript Language Server by Ankit Priyarup.

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Top Tools and Software for Creating Visual FX in Games

iXie gaming

JUNE 28, 2024

TexturePacker helps by automatically packing many sprites into one texture atlas, which reduces the number of draw calls and improves overall rendering efficiency. By using these 2D VFX tools, you can add stunning visual effects to your games that improve gameplay and make players feel more involved in your game world.

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Why 70% of Developers Prefer Unity for Mobile Game Development

iXie gaming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

This game engine requires minimal coding knowledge to build mobile games – instead, it offers a visual scripting system and supports third-party solutions such as Bolt. This feature further simplifies mobile game development by allowing developers to download or purchase various tools, assets, scripts, and plugins.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Notable changes are in-editor class reference translations (so far Chinese (Simplified), Spanish, and some French), some new rendering features (high quality glow mode, 3D point light attenuation option), and a number of C# marshalling fixes. C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Jump to the Downloads section.

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Top Emerging Free Game Development Tools and Trends!

Big Games

JANUARY 8, 2024

Visual Scripting And No-Code Solutions Bolt for Unity: This visual scripting editor within the Unity game engine allows you to build game logic without writing code. Utilize powerful rendering tools, built-in networking features, and cloud-based tools to streamline the development process.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 6, 2021

C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Audio: Add Listener2D node ( GH-53429 ).

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 27, 2021

GLES3 renderer). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Highlights.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

GLES3 renderer). C#: Fix reloading tool scripts in the editor ( GH-52883 ). Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Highlights.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 4

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). Rendering: Import option to split vertex buffer stream in positions and attributes ( GH-46574 ).

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 5

Mircosoft Game Dev

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Add a new high quality tonemapper: ACES Fitted ( GH-52477 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). In-depth documentation is available.

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 2

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 27, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). Thirdparty library updates: embree 3.13.0,

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 3

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 6, 2021

Rendering: Rooms and portals-based occlusion culling ( GH-46130 ). Rendering: Fixes depth sorting of meshes with transparent textures ( GH-50721 ). Rendering: Add soft shadows to the CPU lightmapper ( GH-50184 ). Rendering: Import option to split vertex buffer stream in positions and attributes ( GH-46574 ).

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Godot reaches 2.1 stable!

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 9, 2016

The idea is that users can post assets, scripts, addons, etc. Live script reloading. Godot now supports live script reloading! Simply save your script and it will be updated in the running game. Android), and using "Deploy with Remote Debug", live script reloading will magically happen in there too.

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

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.

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GSoC 2019 progress report #1 (part 2)

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 18, 2019

Improvements to the Visual Scripting System by Swarnim Arun. This means having lots of lights no longer creates a performance hit on the rendering pipeline, since all we need to do is sample a single texture and we get the amount of light coming from all light sources. Interactive Music by Daniel Matarov.

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Godot's new high level networking preview is up!

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 19, 2016

Yet it is made available to scripting in case a game has specific needs for a lower level API. At 60 fps, a computer renders a frame in 0.016 seconds. The real advantage of this model is when used with the master / slave keywords in GDScript (Don't worry we'll have something similar in C# and Visual Script). Early days.

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Unity Bolt Tutorial: How to Add Triggers & Switches

SOVEREIGN MOON

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Today, Sovereign Moon Studios, the makers of your favorite NoCode game development course , are excited to bring you a new tutorial that will show you how to use triggers and switches within Unity’s free visual scripting add-on called Bolt. Let’s jump in! Introduction to Triggers.

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Using Unreal Engine for AR and VR Development

Logic Simplified

AUGUST 24, 2023

Motion Capture (2D, 3D, LiveLink) Real-time Rendering One of the standout Unreal Engine features is its support for real-time rendering. Additionally, the engine boasts advanced graphics and physics systems, essential for crafting realistic and visually striking AR and VR experiences. Vertical Plane Detection ARKit 3.0

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Unity vs. Unreal: What to Choose for Your Game? | Moonmana

Moonmana

APRIL 7, 2023

Scripting Unreal uses C++, whereas Unity goes with C#. The best scripting language for your project is one that you’re used to unless you don’t mind challenges. Unreal Engine, on the other hand, provides a choice between C++ programming and Blueprint visual scripting. Longer rendering time.

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Release candidate: Godot 3.4 RC 1

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Dev snapshot: Godot 3.4 beta 6

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