Issue #50 - Godot 4.3 just in time for GMTK Game Jam 2024
GMTK Game Jam - Theme: "Built to Scale"
After Unity's shenanigans over the last few months, it'll be interesting to see if their numbers will be affected on the largest (online. I'm pretty sure the Global Game Jam is still larger overall) game jam of the year. Especially since Godot has been steadily growing since the 2021 event, going from 7.3% to 22.6%.
Here's hoping that all the help coming in from Unity's executives pays off
Godot 4.3
Godot 4.3 is finally out and the release page it's a beauty:
The reactions didn't take long:
5 key features for CG artists in Godot 4.3 - cgchannel.com
Godot Engine 4.3 is out now with huge new features and a fancy release page - gamingonlinux.com
Godot 4.3 is Here! - GameFromScratch
| | | Godot 4.3 is incredible! | | | Release highlights - Octodemy
My 6 FAVORITE Godot 4.3 features - mrelipteach
With Godot 4.3, we can now have the file system at the bottom by default, just like the big boy engines.
— FR3NKD (@FR3NKD) August 16, 2024
This, combined with the Passivestar theme, makes this version of the editor the most beautiful to date.
I'm sure there will be more UI/UX improvements in the future, and… pic.twitter.com/bcIW8sPINP
Impressive, how updating a complex game built with #godot 4.2 stable to 4.3 stable, with 3520 commits, only breaks the color of one shader. Amazing work by the Godot team and contributors.
— Logical Progression Games (@LogicalProgres3) August 15, 2024
4.3 stable also marks the likely version lock of the development for Subzero Tides. pic.twitter.com/DzKM685c0y
Love this tiny QoL change! #GODOT #GodotEngine https://t.co/rO4IaR9TdG pic.twitter.com/S6lSQthqVR
— Stein ⛏️ Wishlist Dig Dig Boom (@SteinMakesGames) August 15, 2024
Here's the picture with all the names of the people who worked on Godot and made 4.3 possible:
Thank you guys.
Articles
There will be no Godot booth on Gamescom this year, but you can meet the Godot Foundation gus in Cologne - 🕐 6 August 2024 🏷️ NewsMarvel Snap developer Second Dinner working on 'most ambitious Godot game yet' - Second Dinner Studios is planning to invest in W4 Games to use Godot on their next project 🏷️ News
GodotJS - TypeScript/JavaScript Support for Godot 4.x 🏷️ GithubOkay guys, here's the update: It looks like The Godot Shaders Bible will be a reality! If everything keeps going as it has, we should reach the 2k people needed to start this project early next week! Thank you so much for your support! ✨ @godotengine
— The Unity Shaders Bible (@ushadersbible) August 15, 2024
Subscribe to the wish… pic.twitter.com/E4zbE7i3a1
Pulse distort shader in #GODOT @godotengine pic.twitter.com/P8mWgyHVYS
— John Meadow (@JohnMeadow3) August 14, 2024
Videos
Draw fewer tiles - by using a Dual-Grid system!
- 🕐 06: 20 🏷️ Tutorial1 Year of Developing My Game in Godot
- 🕐 19:18 🏷️ Vlog I wish I Knew about these Godot Features Sooner - Godot Tutorial - 🕐 09:39 🏷️ Tutorial Why Slopes are Shockingly Difficult for Indie Game Devs - 🕐 17:19 🏷️ Vlog Creating Procedural Trees in the Godot Engine with Tree3D - 🕐 09:07 🏷️ Tutorial Everything You SHOULD Know About LIGHTING In Godot - 🕐 30:55 🏷️ Tutorial 5 Different Ways To Create A Moving Platform In Godot 4.0+ - 🕐 15:35 🏷️ Tutorial A Godot Shader for your Arsenal! - 🕐 03:33 🏷️ TutorialA pallette limiter shader to normalize the colors of your assets
Godot's NEW feature is AWESOME - 🕐 06:47 🏷️ TutorialComposition effects in godot
General GameDev
Game developers should be more like a McDonald's - 🕐 13:11 🏷️ AdviceDescription del articulo o video o lo que sea
Looks like Valve is introducing a new review system to filter out "unhelpful" reviews - 🕐 9 August 2024 🏷️ ArticleRecently a video claimed that modern pixel artists are misguided - mimicking sprites as they appear on modern screens, instead of how pixel artists from the 80s and 90s “intended” them to look on hazy CRT televisions.
— KingmakersGameDev (@Ian_Fisch) August 6, 2024
Not exactly. Let’s discuss.
A thread
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Yo @IGN, loved the article but could you maaaaybe work on that title? My brother just texted me wondering if I’m still alive 😅 pic.twitter.com/O3z8lF7WL0
— localthunk (@LocalThunk) August 7, 2024