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.
A new version of the Inventory System is available. This release includes various refinements to existing systems to flesh out more combat-related functionality. Inventory Ammo Provider The GGAmmoProvider component is responsible for providing ammunition to equipped weapons. Previously, it only had a “simple” strategy: Creating ammunition out of thin air. The new GGAmmoProviderInventoryStrategy pulls ammunition …
Just recently Valve announced the Steam Deck, a hand-held gaming device with the capability to play your entire Steam game library. This is huge. In the news, I largely see comparisons being drawn with the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo recently announced the Switch OLED, with a somewhat lukewarm reception. If Valve gets this right, this goes …
In this 2018 GDC session, Spry Fox‘s Daniel Cook explains how to keep human beings from being treated as interchangeable, disposable, or abusable when designing multiplayer games. If you’re developing, or thinking about developing a multiplayer game, this is a great talk to better understand the challenges of designing multiplayer interactions that result in more …
Godot Engine 4 reaches beta
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.
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Valve announces the Steam Deck
Just recently Valve announced the Steam Deck, a hand-held gaming device with the capability to play your entire Steam game library. This is huge. In the news, I largely see comparisons being drawn with the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo recently announced the Switch OLED, with a somewhat lukewarm reception. If Valve gets this right, this goes …
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In this 2018 GDC session, Spry Fox‘s Daniel Cook explains how to keep human beings from being treated as interchangeable, disposable, or abusable when designing multiplayer games. If you’re developing, or thinking about developing a multiplayer game, this is a great talk to better understand the challenges of designing multiplayer interactions that result in more …