Godot 4.4.1 release

Godot 4.4 was released at the beginning of March. The update was another major step forward for the free, open-source game engine Godot, bringing numerous new features and improvements.  Highlights included the integration of the external 3D physics engine Jolt, the interactive in-game editor, game stuttering solving with a new ubershader system and AgX tone mapping. And many, many more small improvement … You can find a complete overview here:Read More

3D & GameDev Trainer Helge Maus in a remote Godot training.

Done – my first German-language “Godot Fundamentals” (“Grundlagen der Game Entwicklung mit der Godot Game Engine”) course took place last week. Further advanced courses are already planned. More information here: http://www.pixeltrain.net/events/ This marks another milestone in the restructuring of my training offerings towards FOSS:In addition to “Blender for Production” now also “Indie Game Development with Godot”. I believe indie productions are important for the creative future!

Godot Game Engine gets Jolt

https://www.patreon.com/posts/godot-4-4-jolt-117824214?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Yesterday was a big day for all Godot Engine game developers working on 3d games using physics. Since yesterday the Jolt Physics Engine was added as an alternative 3D Physics Engine to the source code of the coming Godot 4.4 version. A little bit of background for that: The stable version of Godot has it’s own 3d physics engine, which is used for all kinds of physics simulation in 3d games. These typesRead More

Godot Development Snapshot 4.4 dev 6

Today another development snapshot of the coming Godot version 4.4 is out.👉 https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-4-dev-6/ So for everyone who wants to play with the new version or test some features you can now download this version from the Godot’s website: 👉 https://godotengine.org/ Beside of the many, many small improvements and bugfixes there are also again some new features adding to the others which were added in the dev snapshots for Godot 4.4 before.Read More

Second Dinner game studio invests in W4 Games and will make Godot games - Patreon article by Helge Maus - pixeltrain

Great Godot news – W4 Games and Second Dinner studio announced a strategic partnership.Some thoughts and info here on my (free) Patreon: 👉 https://www.patreon.com/posts/second-dinner-in-109646377?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link I am so thrilled, that the Godot as a free and open-source Game engine gets more and more visibility in the Games Develpment World.If you are looking for training or coaching in Godot Game Development please reach out to me: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pixeltrain/

Shortly before GDC 2024, W4 Games and Meta announced a new collaboration in the area of XR under the title “W4 Games and Meta Team Up to Expand Open-Source Godot Ecosystem on Meta Quest“. As you probably know, I’m not necessarily a big fan of Meta, but I see this type of collaborations in the area of XR as a big boost for development and value for the development ofRead More