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One of the biggest weaknesses of the Godot game engine relative to Unreal or Unity, is the lack of out of the box console support. If you wanted to develop an Xbox, PlayStation or Nintendo Switch game using the Godot game engine, it was up to you to provide the […]
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Coming over 5 years after the release of Godot 3, the long wait for Godot 4 has finally come to an end, Godot 4 was just released. Godot is a popular open source 2D/3D game engine. The 4.0 release predictably enough is absolutely packed with new features and changes. Key
Godot 4 just got one step closer, with today’s release of the first release candidate. Godot 4 RC1 is a feature complete version of Godot meant primarily for squashing bugs and improving performance and usability. Any new features will have to wait for Godot 4.1 or later. Key features in
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Thanks to the new GDExtension functionality in Godot 4, it should be easier to more tightly integrate external programming languages, which is exactly what HxGodot does with the Haxe programming language. There are several Haxe powered game engines available and this extension brings support to one more. There are a
Godot 4 Haxe Programming Extension HxGodot Released Read More
Over on the Godot blog/news portal, there is an update called What’s Next for Godot 4, that takes a look at the near term development future of the Godot game engine. It is a guide to how they intend to continue development after the 4.0 release: 4.x release cycle To
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Godot 4 game developers that wish to use the Rust programming language rejoice, a new GDExtension adding Rust language support has been released. Through the previous GDNative system Godot 3.x could support several programming languages. With Godot 4, they have moved to the GDExtension system which should make adding additional
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Love it or hate it, the FBX interchange format is an important one in the world of game developer, so today we look at the process of using FBX in the Godot 4 game engine. In Godot 3, FBX support is built-in but lacklustre. In Godot 4 we need to
The wait for Godot 4 just got shorter, with the first official beta released and a feature freeze. What you see in this beta should be pretty much the same as what ships with Godot 4. Of course if you encounter any bugs or problems, be sure to report them.
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In software development not all features work out, and with the upcoming release of Godot 4 beta it would appear that the VisualScript visual programming language is one such feature. We went hands on with the visual scripting functionality way back in 2016 when it was first added and honestly
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Fresh off the news that key Godot developers have formed a new company W4 Games supporting Godot development, this new company has already born fruit in the form of Direct3D 12 support for Godot 4. Added as a GitHub pull request pending approval, this will add a Direct3D 12 renderer
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