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.
The latest inventory system is now available and it focuses on multiplayer permissions. The new Access Manager component validates client requests to ensure players can’t cheat and interact with inventories they’re not supposed to be able to have access to. New features: Bug fixes:
It’s been about a year since Valve announced the Steam Deck. Back then, I pre-ordered it as soon as I could, then things were quiet for a year. A few days ago I received the availability notice: I completed the purchase, and it arrived a few days later. Steam Deck Arrival I unpacked it, plugged …
One of the benefits of working with Godot Engine is that GDScript allows one to operate high level. GDScript is dynamically typed, so not even variable types have to be specified, but I would strongly recommend using static typing wherever possible. It can help with performance but primarily adds clarity when trying to follow the …
This inventory system release refines a lot of architecture guide sections based on customer feedback and adds over 100 additional pages to the PDF guide. Features: Bug fixes:
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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