Godot Engine 4.0 has been released per official announcement. With version 4.0, Godot has gone through “3+ years of breaking and rebuilding from the ground up, a complete core overhaul and a full engine rewrite, through 17 alphas, 17 betas and 6 release candidates“. The announcement post is credited to “2000+ Godot contributors.”
It’s a great milestone for Godot, but the work is far from finished. There are still aspects of Godot 4 that feel rough that are likely to be addressed in the coming days, weeks, and months with point releases.
Any sufficiently large code base needs documentation. Documentation tends to come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Among them are high-level architecture and design docs, class and method interface documentation, and inline comments to explain optimized or complex algorithms so the reader doesn’t have to parse the logic in their head (often, this is …
This release contains the new Godot editor integrations. It offers an Item Library bottom panel that makes it easier to manage your inventory item types, and an inspector plugin that lets you edit items in a GGItemCollection. This also reduces the need for manually creating GGItemData resources, which simplifies item management at design time significantly. …
A new version of the Inventory System is available. This release includes a new structure placement feature and improves crafting. Structure Placement Players can now place structures from their inventory. When using an inventory item representing a structure, the player is prompted to select where to place it. The included demo lets players place an …
Just a couple of days ago, Godot 4.0 alpha 17 was announced. Today, Godot Engine 4.0 beta 1 was released. Be sure to check out the announcement. There are lots of improvements across the board; rendering, lighting, physics and navigation, animation, and scripting.
Godot Engine 4.0 released!
Godot Engine 4.0 has been released per official announcement. With version 4.0, Godot has gone through “3+ years of breaking and rebuilding from the ground up, a complete core overhaul and a full engine rewrite, through 17 alphas, 17 betas and 6 release candidates“. The announcement post is credited to “2000+ Godot contributors.”
It’s a great milestone for Godot, but the work is far from finished. There are still aspects of Godot 4 that feel rough that are likely to be addressed in the coming days, weeks, and months with point releases.
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