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Dev snapshot: Godot 4.4 beta 1

Mircosoft Game Dev

This feature being implemented at the core of the engine means that all scripting languages (GDScript, C#, C++) can take advantage by interfacing with Godots Dictionary type. You can now export typed dictionaries from scripts and benefit from a much improved Inspector UX to assign the right keys and values.

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Godot 3.4 is released with major features and UX polish

Mircosoft Game Dev

by calling queue_free() ) but is still accessed somewhere else in a script. release, adding an AESContext to provide a scripting interface to AES-ECB and AES-CBC encryption/decryption methods. Those are changes which are for the most part independent of the big core, rendering and scripting changes in the 4.0

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GSoC 2022 - Progress report #1

Mircosoft Game Dev

Here are the 3 projects/students with links to the relevant sections in this post: Refactor and UX updates of ColorPicker by Vitika Soni ( Vitika9 ). Refactor and UX updates of ColorPicker. Project: Refactor and UX updates of ColorPicker. Project: Refactor and UX updates of ColorPicker. UX updates. apply_theme().

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“Put that planet to the left!”

Played with Fire

So today we’re going to talk about UX (user experience) in virtual reality games and tell you about the most interesting solutions we used in our game Stargaze! Good UX practices for VR. That’s why we gathered all the best UX practices we know, all based on the example of Stargaze. Stargaze – cosmic VR game.

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Game art vs game design: What is the difference?

Logic Simplified

UI/UX artist A UI/UX artist creates the visual aspects of a game’s user interface, menus, icons and other interactive components. They come up with ways to present the game plot, work out the script and plan the game levels. Similarly, the powerups in the game are designed to entice and motivate gamers to continue playing.

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Strategies for Optimizing Multiplayer Games in Unity

Logic Simplified

Optimizing Scripting: Reduce Overhead & Boost Efficiency Key Issues & Solutions - Update() Overhead: Multiple objects invoke Update() reduce performance. Logic Simplified is a Unity Game Development Company with the finest, most creative game concept artists , 2D and 3D game designers , and UX designers.

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Feature Request / Editor: Dropdown Menu "Last 5 searches" & better 'dependencies' & 'referencing files' searches

Cocos

Feature Request: CC Editor Stuff => Search related… First one: A drop-down menu with “ Last 5 searches ” or even simply a “ repeat last search ” would improve the UX a lot. This would help especially when working witch scripts to find out in which components they are used. Maybe even a “bookmarks” menu?

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