Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 20, 2025

GDScript: Highlight warning lines in Script editor ( GH-102469 ). Rendering: Use separate WorkThreadPool for shader compiler ( GH-103506 ). Scripting: Fix script docs not being searchable without manually recompiling scripts ( GH-95821 ). GDExtension: Include precision in extension_api.json ( GH-103137 ).

Dev

Logic Simplified

APRIL 4, 2025

Optimizing Scripting: Reduce Overhead & Boost Efficiency Key Issues & Solutions - Update() Overhead: Multiple objects invoke Update() reduce performance. The optimization of shaders combines calculation simplification methods which lowers both shader passes and processing redundancy.

Games

Cocos

JUNE 26, 2025

Great compatibility and optimization for rendering shader calculations, ensuring webgl1.0 Add an existing script component MoveWithTouch to the light source node C, click run, and you can drag node C to dynamically view the shadow. opengles2.0) can run, webgl2.0(opengles3.0) opengles3.0) has better performance.

Polygon

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 6, 2025

Features The StartXR startup script has had a cleanup pass, it now: Properly handles the passthrough system changes in Godot 4.3. The Godot XR Tools repository on GitHub contains a GitHub workflow that prepares and uploads the demo project to the above itch.io This workflow can be used as a template for your own project.

Collision

Mircosoft Game Dev

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Core: Fix is_valid_float , Variant parser, Expression parser, script highlighter, and TextServer not handing capital E in scientific notation ( GH-102396 ). GUI: Prevent tooltip from showing when hovering past the end of script line ( GH-100913 ). Shaders: Fix source_color default value ( GH-101642 ).

Beta

iXie gaming

JULY 11, 2025

Stylized art flips the script. For Optimized Resource Allocation : Stylized design requires fewer polygons, simpler shaders, and shorter iteration cycles, enabling leaner development without sacrificing charm. Experiment with textures : Hand-painted textures or toon shaders can establish a signature look.

Art

Awesome Tuts

DECEMBER 24, 2022

What Is a Shader? Since the main premise of this effect is going to be a shader, we’ll start with explaining what a shader is. A shader is a script where you write code that determines how the colors will be rendered based on various scenarios like lighting and material configuration.

Shaders

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 13, 2018

After some weeks of work, the new visual shader editor is ready for testing! What is a visual shader editor? This editor allows creating shaders using nodes and connections, instead of typing code. It provides a simple and fool-proof way for those not confident in writing shader code to create complex shaders.

Shaders

Cocos

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Thank you so much for telling me how to find that component, but it’s too bad it’s not related to the original problem, which is the shader. ;-( It’s simply an error log caused by a missing asset in some component. Unsurprisingly, the 2-color gradient that I parameterize in the script doesn’t work either.

Shaders

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

This is the second blog post describing enhancements for visual shaders and shader scripts landed in Godot 3.2. Since the previous update, I've (Chaosus) spent much time and effort adding a lot of new things to enhance the overall experience developing shaders. Shader changes. Visual Shader changes.

Shaders

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 22, 2019

release, the Visual Shader editor was recreated from the ashes of its Godot 2.x While usable and packed with visual features, Visual Shaders lacked many features from their Shader (script) big brother. All the added nodes are compatible with pre-existing visual shaders. With the Godot 3.1 x ancestor. Members menu.

Shaders

Cocos

APRIL 26, 2023

I am very new to cocos engine and web app development in general… up until now, I have always been more focused on shader development, 3d character rigs, solid modeling, and world design. Thank you so much for taking the time to provide this valuable feedback! All of it was in Unity engine.

Scripting

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 27, 2023

Those typically shouldn’t add instability to the engine, but may require doing some changes in your scripts, scenes, and shaders if you were using the affected APIs. Core: Add PROPERTY_USAGE_NEVER_DUPLICATE flag and use for script ( GH-71142 ). Shaders: Several shader preprocessor parser fixes and improvements ( GH-72058 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 25, 2023

Support script global resource name in EditorFileSystem, making Quick Open work with custom resources ( GH-71683 , GH-71687 ). Editor: Support script global resource name in EditorFileSystem ( GH-71683 , GH-71687 ). Shaders: Fix code generation for ProximityRange node in visual shader ( GH-71760 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 15, 2023

Visual scripting. While Godot had visual scripting in the past, we found that the form we had implemented didn’t really prove adequate for the needs of the community, so it was discontinued. What we realized is that visual scripting really shines when combined together with the premade behaviors mentioned in the previous section.

AAA

PreMortem.Games

MARCH 1, 2024

Special plane shader With Porco Rosso being such a great source of inspiration it feels only natural to have the game also look like a Ghibli film. ” Elaborating on the game’s aesthetics, Hartley feels particularly proud of the plane shader. ” “For just two developers I think we took on too much work”, shares Hartley.

Studios

Mircosoft Game Dev

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Rendering: Implement CAMERA_VISIBLE_LAYERS as built-in shader variable ( GH-67387 ). Visual Shader: Make custom visual shader nodes automatically updates from script ( GH-69738 ). Rendering: Tweak shadow bias defaults for DirectionalLight3D and OmniLight3D ( GH-55757 ). XR: WebXR is now fully working in Godot 4! (

Beta

Cocos

APRIL 25, 2023

Most of my time working in cocos has been devoted to shader work. I have intermediate knowledge with C# and have worked in “another popular engine” for years but Cocos is brand new to me. So, I am trying to create a card flip effect.

Animation

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 17, 2023

The list of all global script classes (and their icons) is no longer stored in the project.godot file. Core: Move global script class cache to separate file ( GH-70557 ). Editor: Fix node preview crashes after updating visual shader node ( GH-71385 ). or below ( GH-69851 ). This should improve VCS diffs for your projects.

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. Editor: Fix error when dropping script into script editor ( GH-70580 ). Editor: Fix resource picker regression for scripted resources ( GH-70277 ). GUI: Expose Tree::deselect_all to scripting ( GH-71056 ). get_root() ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 1, 2015

Supports a lot of scenarios and perform smart-completion of node types if a scene where the script is being used is open. Visual Shader Editor (Edit shaders connecting nodes). Largely rewritten 2D engine, with support for: Shaders (Visual and Code). Largely rewritten 2D engine, with support for: Shaders (Visual and Code).

Polygon

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 20, 2023

For shaders, we removed the now-redundant SCREEN_TEXTURE , DEPTH_TEXTURE , and NORMAL_ROUGHNESS_TEXTURE ( GH-70967 ). Editor: Clean up EditorFileSystem script parsing ( GH-71628 ). Add next/reset function to AnimationStateMachine ( GH-71264 , GH-71418 ). Add astcenc compression and decompression ( GH-70363 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 10, 2022

Project: Allow undocking the Script editor and the Shader editor. For things like the Script editor, this means you can move it to another screen, move the undocked window to be side-by-side with the main window, or just using Alt+Tab to change between the main window and the undocked one. Student: trollodel. PR: #62378.

Lightmap

Mircosoft Game Dev

JULY 28, 2022

Some noteworthy changes in this release: Shader preprocessor support and shader includes. Grouping annotations for shaders ( uniform_group ). Editor: Fix wrongly hidden script variables in Inspector ( GH-58443 ). Editor: Don't switch to 2D/3D viewports when selecting nodes while in Script Editor ( GH-63344 ).

Alpha

Mircosoft Game Dev

APRIL 16, 2018

The GodotScript template class includes a field owner , which refers to the Object that the current script is attached to. Even though Godot's scripting languages try to make you believe that you can "extend" or "inherit" engine types, all that is done is actually delegation. The TIME variable in shaders?

Shaders

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 6, 2018

The actual deformation usually happens in the vertex shader , where the bone transforms get looked up from a texture. (In backend is supposed to run on old hardware, there are some problems with hardware support for that: not all GPUs allow textures to be used in vertex shaders. added TIME uniform to all "scriptable" shaders.

Shaders

Mircosoft Game Dev

OCTOBER 7, 2020

GPUParticles : Processes particles on GPU, allows very large amount of particles at little cost, and with ability to write custom particle shaders. x and the shader used is almost identical (should be easy to port). To solve this, it is now possible to emit particles manually by calling a function from the script API: Sub-Emitters.

Collision

Mircosoft Game Dev

MAY 20, 2015

Supports a lot of scenarios and perform smart-completion of node types if a scene where the script is being used is open. Visual Shader Editor (Edit shaders connecting nodes). Largely rewritten 2D engine, with support for: Shaders (Visual and Code). Largely rewritten 2D engine, with support for: Shaders (Visual and Code).

Polygon

Mircosoft Game Dev

AUGUST 22, 2022

Godot's visual scripting language, VisualScript, was introduced in Godot 3.0, To be clear, this refers to the VisualScript scripting language, and not to visual shaders. Visual shaders are working well and appreciated by many users, so they're not going anywhere. was around was visual scripting. Retrospective.

Visual Scripting

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 21, 2018

implement spatial shaders. The main bug that was keeping me busy for weeks was related to a shader bind that was not descriptive enough when blitting a viewport to the screen. When calling methods of a base class some indirection through an owner of the script had to be made. Rust binding guidance. 3D viewport drawing.

Mesh

iXie gaming

AUGUST 17, 2023

Learn C# Unity uses C# as its primary scripting language. Custom shaders Gain control over your game’s visual style and performance by creating custom shaders. Shader programming allows you to manipulate lighting, textures, and visual effects, resulting in unique and optimized visuals.

Game Development

Mircosoft Game Dev

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Editor: Fix reload scripts error after saving in external editor ( GH-68203 ). Rendering: Enable mipmaps in cubemap roughness shader ( GH-68511 ). Rendering: Properly set TIME shader uniform when rendering shadows ( GH-68574 ). Editor: Load and use system emoji font in the editor ( GH-68090 ).

Beta

Mircosoft Game Dev

JANUARY 10, 2023

Be sure to report anything that stops working as expected in your scripts. Editor: Fix error when dropping script into script editor ( GH-70580 ). Editor: Fix resource picker regression for scripted resources ( GH-70277 ). GUI: Expose Tree::deselect_all to scripting ( GH-71056 ). get_root() ).

Beta

Mnenad

JANUARY 25, 2018

  So, first off let’s find the part of the script where the chunks are being generated. It is found at:    TerrainChunk   (script)   public   void  UpdateTerrainChunk(). The AssetPlacement (script) contains the actual spawning of the asset on the chosen height of the mesh vertices. 

Terrain

Mircosoft Game Dev

MARCH 8, 2022

Editor: Fix showing Extend Script option without script attached to the node ( GH-58821 ). Rendering: GLES2: Fix VersionKey comparison in shader binding ( GH-58855 ). Rendering: GLES3: Fix shader state caching when blend shapes used ( GH-58808 ) [regression fix]. " ( GH-58862 ) [regression fix].

Shaders

Ask a Game Dev

JUNE 14, 2024

Expertise on visuals like lighting, rendering, shaders, etc. 3:22 - Conversation wheel with “personality” icons and paraphrased words 3:39 - Dynamic inventory in game cinematics, show player’s items 3:46 - Scripted Player equipment change during cinematic 4:04 - Quest variables (e.g. should be directed elsewhere.

Cinematics

Game Errors

APRIL 12, 2023

Minimum requirements: CPU : Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz CPU SPEED : Info RAM : 6 GB VIDEO CARD : NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 480, GTX 570, GTX 670, or better DEDICATED VIDEO RAM : 1536 MB PIXEL SHADER : 5.0 VERTEX SHADER : 5.0 VERTEX SHADER : 5.1

Shaders