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		<p>Welcome to a new edition of the Nodeletter! During 2026 we&rsquo;ll be sending the newsletter once every two months. So you can expect to see it again in your inbox at the end of June.</p>
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<h1 id="foundation-news">Foundation News</h1>
<p>🧸 <a href="https://www.makeship.com/products/godette-plushie">Godotette Plushie on sale</a> - The much anticipated Godette plush is finally here! Godette is a mascot designed by Andrea Calabró, the original designer of the old and new Godot Engine logo.</p>
<p>💎 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/godotengine.org/post/3mj57nguh6c24">Megacrit Upgrades to being a Corporate Platinum sponsor</a> - Developers of the hit Early Access release "<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868840/Slay_the_Spire_2/">Slay the Spire 2</a>", have generously sponsored the Godot Foundation at the Corporate Platinum level!</p>
<p>🇳🇱 <a href="https://conference.godotengine.org/2026/">GodotCon Amsterdam</a> - The recent GodotCon in Amsterdam just wrapped up, featuring talks on Vulkan Ray tracing, sustainable development, version control, publicizing, and everything in between!</p>
<p>🖥️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/hdr-output-arrives-in-godot-4-7/">HDR output arrives in Godot 4.7</a> - After a long wait, HDR output is finally coming to Godot! The road to get there has been long and winding, but the result is a best-in-class HDR implementation that looks as good as possible on all supported platforms.</p>
<p>📲 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-mobile-update-apr-2026/">Godot Mobile update - April 2026</a> - A great deal of effort has recently been invested by the community and the Godot Foundation into improving Godot’s mobile capabilities, focusing on critical fundamentals: repeatable builds, fewer device-specific surprises, and smoother testing.</p>
<p>🔫 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-showcase-buckshot-roulette/">Godot Showcase - Buckshot Roulette</a> - Mike Klubnika tells us about his experience developing the 2024 indie hit <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2835570/Buckshot_Roulette/">Buckshot Roulette</a>, as well as his newer project, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3684610/split/">s.p.l.i.t.</a></p>
<p>🖲️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-showcase-xogot/">Godot Showcase - Xogot: Godot for iPad &amp; iPhone</a> - A Godot editor to running on iOS devices.</p>
<h2 id="releases">Releases:</h2>
<p>⚙️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-7-beta-1/">Dev Snapshot: 4.7 Beta 1</a> - The first beta release of the 4.7 release cycle is now here, moving to stabilize all the new features introduced after the release of 4.6. Spin it up and let us know if you find any bugs!</p>
<p>📦 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-6-2/">Maintenance Release: Godot 4.6.2</a> - The second 4.6 maintenance release has arrived; no foolin'!</p>
<h1 id="community-news">Community News</h1>
<p>🏆 <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1rn9vl0/the_1_top_seller_right_now_is_a_godot_game/">The #1 top seller is a Godot game</a> - <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2868840/Slay_the_Spire_2/">Slay the Spire II</a> reaches #1 in top sellers on Steam and #5 in total number of daily active users in March.</p>
<p>❄️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1963610/Road_to_Vostok/">Road To Vostok Early Access</a> -  A high fidelity survival shooter made in Godot, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXwoX-Napoc">released to early access</a> in mid-april, showcases the engine&rsquo;s capacity for impressive 3D rendering.</p>
<h1 id="community-showcase-and-tutorials">Community showcase and tutorials</h1>
<p>🧨 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htRjt505sPg">How to make VFX in Godot</a> - Brackeys strikes back again with another Godot tutorial, this time on making good visual effects.</p>
<p>🔃 <a href="https://youtu.be/rxDhVqVmieA">10+ loaders for your next Godot 4 game</a> - Need to make a loading icon but don&rsquo;t know how? This is the video for you!</p>
<p>🖼️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PnG3r1rKcs">Stop Using Nodes for Everything</a> - A simple introduction to leveraging the <a href="https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/classes/class_renderingserver.html">Godot rendering server</a> manually, to steer clear of node instantiation-based bottlenecks.</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<p>🧩 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3249380/Piece_by_Piece/">Piece by Piece</a> -  Piece by Piece is a literal puzzle platformer where each level is fragmented into puzzle pieces. Clear each puzzle by connecting and unconnecting each piece to make your way through each of our 100 handcrafted levels.</p>
<p>🧊 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3495730/Lucid_Blocks">Lucid Blocks</a> -
Explore, build, and survive in a cryptic expanse oozing with dreamlike oddities and esoteric critters.</p>
<p>🖥️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3829620/Execute/">Execute</a> - Kill everyone in the world with a guillotine… on a cursed Win98 desktop.</p>
<p>🌌 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3694480/A_Game_About_Feeding_A_Black_Hole/">A Game About Feeding A Black Hole</a> - A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying asteroids, planets, and stars.</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
<p>🔍 <a href="https://github.com/graydwarf/godot-gdscript-linter">GDScript Linter</a> - A code quality analyzer plugin for GDScript. It identifies code quality issues, technical debt, and best practice violations.</p>
<p>⌨️ <a href="https://github.com/limbonaut/limbo_console">Limbo Console</a> - A simple and easy-to-use in-game dev console with a command interpreter. It supports auto-completion, auto-correction, inline hints and highlighting, command help text generation, argument parsing for basic types, aliases, custom theming, and more.</p>
<p>➰ <a href="https://github.com/BaconEggsRL/easing_curve">Easing Curve</a> - Addon for Godot Engine used to create custom easing curves for tween interpolation.</p>
<p>⛓️ <a href="https://github.com/friflo/Friflo.Engine.ECS">Friflo Engine ECS</a> - High-performance C# ECS.</p>
<p>📂 <a href="https://backstitch.dev/">Backstitch</a> - A real-time version control system for collaborative development.</p>
<h1 id="upcoming-game-jams">Upcoming Game Jams</h1>
<p>🌲 <a href="https://godotwildjam.com/">Godot Wild Jam</a> - (May 8th to May 17th) Godot Wild Jam occurs on the second Friday of every month for nine days!</p>
<p>🔶 <a href="https://itch.io/jam/bullet-jam-7">Bullet Jam</a> - (May 1st to May 11th) The seventh annual Bullet Hell Jam is your chance to craft the ultimate bullet-dodging spectacle. You have exactly 10 days to pack as many projectiles into a single game as humanly possible.</p>
<p>🧍 <a href="https://itch.io/jam/solo-dev-jam-11">Solo dev Jam</a> - (May 8th to May 11th) 72 hours to turn an idea into a game. Whether you&rsquo;re a regular or this is your first jam, see what you can make this weekend.</p>
<h2 id="theres-no-way-to-write-a-more-efficient-check">There&rsquo;s no way to write a more efficient check.</h2>
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<p><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1s3abpo/most_efficient_check/">Source</a></p>
<h1 id="see-you-next-time">See you next time?</h1>
<p>For anonymous feedback, or in case you want to submit your own news, you can send a message to <a href="newsletter@godotengine.org">newsletter@godotengine.org</a>. Check our <a href="https://godot.news/archive">web archive</a> for previous Nodeletters.</p>
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<p>This newsletter was written by Emi, <a href="https://fireye.coffee">Kai Koehler</a>, <a href="https://godotsteam.com/">Gramps</a>, and <a href="https://winnerwind.in">WinnerWind</a>.</p>
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		<p>Happy New Year, and welcome to a new edition of the Nodeletter! During 2026 we&rsquo;ll be sending the newsletter once every two months. So you can expect to see it again in your inbox at the end of April.</p>
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<p>The official GodotCon returns to Europe, teaming up with the <a href="https://dutchgamesassociation.nl/">Dutch Games Association</a> to make sure that everything runs smoothly.</p>
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<li>Dates → 23rd and 24th of April</li>
<li>Time → 10:00–18:00</li>
<li>Location → Pathé Amsterdam Noord, <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Path%C3%A9+Amsterdam+Noord/@52.4006788,4.9343291,898m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5!1s0x47c6098c4b35b89f:0x95697d3c0ded012e!8m2!3d52.4007003!4d4.9346766!16s%2Fg%2F11h5qpwf3k?entry=tts&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxMS4wIPu8ASoASAFQAw%3D%3D&amp;skid=ce7b0ad0-aef1-4865-b929-21ec88e61fe0">Buikslotermeerplein 2003, 1025 XL Amsterdam, Netherlands</a></li>
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<p>Read more about it <a href="https://conference.godotengine.org/2026/">in the GodotCon website</a> and be sure to check out the <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godotcon-2026/">blog post</a> for a quick overview!</p>
<h1 id="foundation-news">Foundation News</h1>
<p>🏃‍♂️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/inverse-kinematics-returns-to-godot-4-6/">Inverse Kinematics Returns to Godot 4.6</a> - In Godot 4.6, IK is back in 3D!</p>
<h2 id="releases">Releases:</h2>
<p>🚀 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-4-6-all-about-your-flow/">Godot 4.6, All about your flow</a> - With the stability gained over the past five Godot 4 releases, the engine has matured enough to enter a new development phase. Godot 4.6 kicks off a period of polish, quality-of-life improvements, tighter integration of industry standards, and doubled-down effort on performance optimization.</p>
<p>📦 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-7-dev-1/">Dev Snapshot: Godot v4.7 dev1</a> - All the colors of the rainbow (and more?)</p>
<h1 id="community-showcase-and-tutorials">Community showcase and tutorials</h1>
<p>✨ <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1po3roh/free_gdscript_library_of_procedural_animations/">Node FX</a> - Create snappy animations for 3D, 2D, and control nodes with a single line of code using this Godot library.</p>
<p>💡 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRdiiWpA0AA">Lighting in Godot for Beginners</a> - Learn how to light beautiful scenes in this Godot tutorial. By Brackeys!</p>
<p>🎨 <a href="https://github.com/Orama-Interactive/Pixelorama">Pixelorama</a> - Check out this MIT-licensed pixel art tool, made entirely in Godot!</p>
<p>🗃️ <a href="https://github.com/2shady4u/godot-sqlite">Godot SQLite</a> - A custom SQL wrapper for GDScript intending to provide SQLite3 database support in Godot.</p>
<p>🛣️ <a href="https://github.com/TheDuckCow/godot-road-generator">Godot Road Generator</a> - Time to hit the road with this road construction plugin, allowing easy editing and traffic pathing!</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<p>📋 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3838370/TR49/">TR-49</a> -  A World War II computer. An archive of lost books. A world-changing secret. Narrative deduction meets audio drama, from the creators of Overboard!, Heaven&rsquo;s Vault and A Highland Song.</p>
<p>⚔️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3216340/Tearscape/?curator_clanid=41324400">Tearscape</a> - As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive.</p>
<p>🖥️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3829620/Execute/">Execute</a> - Kill everyone in the world with a guillotine… on a cursed Win98 desktop.</p>
<p>🌌 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3694480/A_Game_About_Feeding_A_Black_Hole/">A Game About Feeding A Black Hole</a> - A short incremental game about feeding a Black Hole matter by destroying asteroids, planets, and stars.</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
<p>💥 <a href="https://github.com/jotson/ridiculous_coding">Ridiculous Coding</a> - Make your coding experience 1000x more ridiculous by adding screenshake and other such effects <em>every time</em> you type.</p>
<p>🔤 <a href="https://godotengine.org/asset-library/asset/4531">ASCII UI Tools</a> - An open source ASCII toolkit for Godot, providing tools to develop ASCII style games in Godot.</p>
<p>🔶 <a href="https://github.com/SirRamEsq/SmartShape2D">Smart Shape 2D</a> - A simple 2d terrain curve plugin for Godot, allowing the effortless creation of simple textured curved terrain.</p>
<p>🧍<a href="https://felesmachina.itch.io/rigodotify">Rigidotify</a> - Optimize your Blender to Godot rigging workflow with this helpful open-source plugin.</p>
<h2 id="a-reminder-from-our-meme-connoisseur-steinmakesgames">A reminder from our meme Connoisseur SteinMakesGames:</h2>
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<h1 id="see-you-next-time">See you next time?</h1>
<p>For anonymous feedback, or in case you want to submit your own news, you can send a message to <a href="newsletter@godotengine.org">newsletter@godotengine.org</a>. Check our <a href="https://godot.news/archive">web archive</a> for previous Nodeletters.</p>
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<p>This newsletter was written by Emi with help from <a href="https://fireye.coffee">Kai Koehler</a>, <a href="https://godotsteam.com/">Gramps</a>, and <a href="https://winnerwind.in">WinnerWind</a>.</p>
<p>Bye ✨</p>

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<p>📺 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZwEmxihlw4">Godot Engine – 2025 Showreel</a> - The Showreel released, showcasing some of the greatest tools and games, all made using Godot.</p>
<p>🥽 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/announcing-android-xr-support/">Godot and W4 Games support Android XR from day One</a> - With the recent public release of Samsung Galaxy XR, the first headset using the new Android XR operating system, we are pleased to announce that Godot already supports this new ecosystem.</p>
<p>🗞️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-nov-2025/">Godot XR update - November 2025</a> - The Museum of All Things, XR game jam results, OpenXR inventory and more!</p>
<p>☁️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/GBNqrzDtdaw">Rendering Q&amp;A with Clayjohn</a> - Get insights into Godot&rsquo;s rendering roadmap as Clay tackles your most pressing questions in this Q&amp;A session.</p>
<h2 id="releases">Releases:</h2>
<p>🚀 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-6-dev-4/">Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 dev 4</a> - 4.6 dev 4 is out, bringing with it welcome changes to the project manager and the build system. Go wild with dedicated profilers in your built games!</p>
<p>🖼️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-6-dev-3/">Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 dev 3</a> - The enhancements are bigger than ever, with several of them overhauling the look of the editor itself entirely!</p>
<p>3️⃣ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-3-7-dev-1/">Dev snapshot: Godot 3.7 dev 1</a> - Although the vast majority of contributors are busily working on Godot 4, a small problematic group refuse to stop improving Godot 3.</p>
<h1 id="community-showcase-and-tutorials">Community showcase and tutorials</h1>
<p>🧊 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/sale/steammachine">Steam Machine</a> - Valve announced new hardware and showcased Godot in their promotional materials for the Steam Machine.</p>
<p>🖋️ <a href="https://joethephish.me/blog/godot-scene-system/">Godot’s Scene System Is Just Brilliant</a> - Joseph Humfrey (Co-founder of Inkle) shares his experience working on their first Godot game after using Unity for just under 10 years.</p>
<p>🎤 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@GodotFest/videos">Watch all the GodotFest talks</a> - The team behind GodotFest uploaded all the talks to their YouTube channel.</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<p>🗑️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2159270/Kingdoms_of_the_Dump/">Kingdoms of the Dump</a> - A SNES styled JRPG set in a fantasy world of garbage, created by two janitors.</p>
<p>🫘 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2661160/Goober_Dash/">Goober Dash</a> - A 2D platformer battle royale where Goobers Run, Jump &amp; Dash to victory!</p>
<p>🤖 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3686580/Repel_The_Rifts">Repel The Rifts</a> - Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world.</p>
<p>🐀 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3167260/WAR_RATS_The_Rat_em_Up/">WAR RATS: The Rat em Up</a> - Run and gun alongside your troops in the Great Rat War against the vile TechnoRat armies. Recruit units, build structures, collect gear and upgrade your weapons to turn the tide of battle in your favor.</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
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<p>💫 <a href="https://qaqelol.itch.io/tweens">Tweens interactive guide</a> - Want to improve the feel of your games? Want to create cool animations with 2 lines of code? Wake up at night screaming "WHEN WILL I UNDERSTAND TWEENS?"? Strange, but this guide is made for you (if you use Godot 4.0+)!</p>
<p>⛰️ <a href="https://tokisan.com/terrain3d/">Terrain3D</a> - A high performance, editable terrain system for Godot 4.</p>
<p>🛡️ <a href="https://store-beta.godotengine.org/asset/nojoule/energy-shield/">Energy Shield</a> - This asset provides an energy shield that can be easily integrated into your scenes.</p>
<p>🖥️ <a href="https://github.com/lihop/godot-xterm">GodotXterm - Terminal Emulator</a> - GDExtension terminal emulator for Godot.</p>
<h1 id="upcoming-jams">Upcoming Jams</h1>
<p>💬 <a href="https://itch.io/jam/winter-vn-jam-2025">Winter Visual Novel Jam 2025</a> - There are no rankings, no judges, just have fun! This jam&rsquo;s theme is: Winter.</p>
<p>🏆 <a href="https://itch.io/jam/scorejam37">ScoreJam #37 🕹️</a> - Create a game with a high score feature within a 72-hour period. Streamers will compete to get the highest score from the top 3 entries.</p>
<p>🔫 <a href="https://itch.io/jam/7dfps">7dfps 2025</a> - 7 days. FPS game. No questions.</p>
<h2 id="new-sponsor">New Sponsor!</h2>
<p>We would love to welcome <a href="https://www.arm.com">Arm</a>, our newest Corporate Gold Sponsor! Thank you for your investment in the future of open-source gaming and graphics 💙</p>
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<p>🇺🇸 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godotcon-us-2025-wrapup/">Looking back at GodotCon US 2025</a> - GodotCon 2025 has ended, and it’s time for us all to reflect on the quality talks that took place. A huge thank you to everyone who attended!</p>
<p>🎤 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-showcase-material-maker/">Godot Showcase: Material Maker</a> - RodZilla talks about his experience with using Godot, especially in the making of Material Maker, a tool to make materials for Unity, Godot and Unreal Engine.</p>
<p>🛠️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-6-dev-2/">Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 dev 2</a> - A snapshot release bringing many improvements such as: ObjectDB profiling tool, improved automatic mesh LOD, Rotation visualization and snapping, and more!</p>
<p>🧸 <a href="https://www.makeship.com/products/godot-robot-v2-plushie">It is back</a> - Makeship&rsquo;s popular Godot plushie is finally back. Get yours now!</p>
<h2 id="maintenance-releases">Maintenance releases</h2>
<p>We have two new maintenance releases this month. These are releases which focus on fixing bugs and security issues, implementing new requirements for platform support, and backporting safe usability enhancements.</p>
<p>Maintenance releases are expected to be safe for an upgrade, but we recommend to always make backups, or use a version control system such as Git, to preserve your projects in case of corruption or data loss.</p>
<p>📦 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-5-1/">Godot 4.5.1</a></p>
<p>📦 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-3-6-2/">Godot 3.6.2</a></p>
<h1 id="community-showcase-and-tutorials">Community showcase and tutorials</h1>
<p>📊 <a href="https://www.jame.works/en/blog/godot-ppt">Transforming the Godot engine into a powerfull 3D Powerpoint</a> - "How Godot saved my presentation by being a really competent 3D presentation engine and how to animate any property of a scene".</p>
<p>🏃 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNePLabodBk">Hollow Knight Silksong Movement</a> - Moves like falling, walking, jumping, double jumping, floating, ledge climbing, and jump canceling the ledge climb.</p>
<p>🖼️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIEGn8uOIwg">2D Parallax Backgrounds</a> - A parallax tutorial that seems to be at x2 speed (but it is not).</p>
<p>↔️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey-r-t1VOl0">8-Way Character Movement</a> - Learn how to create smooth 8-directional (8-way) character movement in Godot using only two animations, no need for eight separate animation sets!</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<p>🛌 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1919900/Dreamed_Away/">Dreamed Away</a> - Dreamed Away is an emotional action-adventure RPG with psychological horror elements. Play as Théo, a boy lost in a dark, mysterious world.</p>
<p>🎃 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352310/Spooky_Express/">Spooky Express</a> - Take charge of the Spooky Express; the only rail service willing to carry the undead passengers of deepest, darkest Trainsylvania.</p>
<p>🧙 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2377250/Whimel_Academy/">Whimel Academy</a> - Live the day-to-day of a magic school student! Whimel Academy is a cozy magic school simulation game.</p>
<p>🔗 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2112750/Toziuha_Night_Order_of_the_Alchemists/">Toziuha Night: Order of the Alchemists</a> - This is the story of Xandria, an iron alchemist. She seeks revenge regardless of the consequences.</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
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<p>✨ <a href="https://github.com/Brackeys/brackeys-particle-controls">Brackeys&rsquo; Particle Controls</a> - Brackeys made a plugin to add a control panel to the scene view for easily previewing your VFX in the Editor.</p>
<p>🔐 <a href="https://github.com/cherriesandmochi/gdmaim">GDMaim</a> - A plugin which obfuscates all GDScripts when exporting a project, resulting in increased difficulty of successful reverse engineering.</p>
<p>🤖 <a href="https://github.com/SinaMajdieh/godot-neural-network">Godot Neural Network Framework</a> - This project implements a fully GPU-accelerated feedforward neural network inside the Godot Engine using SPIR-V compute shaders.</p>
<p>📝 <a href="https://github.com/russmatney/log.gd">Log.gd</a> -  An ergonomic pretty-printer for gdscript.</p>
<h1 id="upcoming-jams">Upcoming Jams</h1>
<p>Are you looking to participate in a game jam?</p>
<p>📅 <a href="https://itch.io/jam/game-off-2025">Game Off 2025</a> - Game Off is an annual game jam challenging individuals and teams to build a game during the month of November.</p>
<p>🫡 <a href="https://itch.io/jam/finish-the-god-damn-game-jam">Finish The God Damn Game (Jam)</a> - Have you started a game years ago that you intended to finish but never did?</p>
<p>⌛ <a href="https://itch.io/jam/20-second-game-jam-2025">20 Second Game Jam</a> - Can you create something unforgettable that takes less time to play than it takes to tie your shoes?</p>
<p>🏰 <a href="https://itch.io/jam/metroidvania-month-30">Metroidvania Month</a> - Inspired to make a metroidvania after finishing silksong? Give this genre-focused jam a try!</p>
<h2 id="starfinder-afterlight">Starfinder: Afterlight</h2>
<p>Our friends over at Epictellers launched a Kickstarter campaign for their game Starfinder: Afterlight. Gather your crew and save the galaxy in this party-based RPG featuring Starfinder 2e ruleset where magic meets technology.</p>
<p>🌌 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epictellers/starfinder-afterlight</p>
<p>You might know the team behind this project from the talk at GodotCon 2024, where they explore the amount of complexity Godot can handle: 📺 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaK8HcE0QXE">cRPG retrospective</a></p>
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<p>🚀 <a href="https://godotengine.org/releases/4.5/">Godot 4.5 released</a> - The new stable release comes with a fresh showcase page to explore some of the features included in this new version. A huge thank you to everyone in the community who helped make this milestone possible!</p>
<p>📚 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/ensuring-quality-godot-documentation/">Ensuring quality in the Godot documentation, a continuous process</a> - The Godot documentation is the fruits of the labor of hundreds of people working together. How do we ensure the highest possible level of quality, while making it easy for anyone to contribute?</p>
<p>🥽 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-aug-2025/">Godot XR update</a> - An update from the XR team: game jam, using the XR editor, new release channels and the new Render Models API.</p>
<h1 id="community-showcase-and-tutorials">Community showcase and tutorials</h1>
<p>🧑 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6KLlb-4j3s">Godot Has Never Looked This Good!</a> - Lukky made a video about a set of shaders for Godot to create realistic humanoid characters.</p>
<p>🚪 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrYyWROnL1g">Stencil Buffer In Godot 4.5 is INSANE!</a> - Chaff Games goes over some of the new features in Godot 4.5.</p>
<p>🌊 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM09avtMlmE">Godot Shaders : An Introduction</a> - A video by Code It All to get you started on your first shader in Godot.</p>
<p>📈 Rémi (Akien) crunched the numbers from the latest <a href="https://itch.io/jam/brackeys-14">Brackeys Game Jam</a> and found that all of the top 5 games were made in Godot, and 80% of the top 20 as well. You can read his full breakdown <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v6vo5mafc2uirknvv5jegtzz/post/3lyuukvsze22e">in his post</a>.</p>
<p>🏆 Congrats to <a href="https://pebblewheat.itch.io/rave-cage-cyberfunk">Rave Cage Cyberfunk</a> for getting that 1st place and everyone else who participated.</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<p>🗡️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2533600/Bloodthief/">Bloodthief</a> - Bloodthief is an ultra-fast melee dungeon-runner where you use momentum to parkour through hazardous dungeons and brutally slash through enemies. Speed-run through haunted crypts and castles and learn what dark secrets lie beneath.</p>
<p>💐 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3269600/Flowers_And_Favours_Florist_Simulator/">Flowers And Favours</a> - Flowers And Favours is a relaxing cozy florist sim. Run your own flower shop, experiment with a stunning variety of florals, and craft unique bouquets for your adorable customers. Your floral journey begins today!</p>
<p>⛺ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2990600/Fireside_Feelings/">Fireside Feelings</a> - Share your thoughts and discover those shared by others, in Fireside Feelings. Gather around the welcoming warmth of the campfire and take part in conversations between real people separated in space and time. Sometimes, we all need a good talk under the stars.</p>
<p>🃏 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3296910/Stash_A_Card_Looter/">Stash: A Card Looter</a> - Embark on a unique drafting adventure with an endless array of randomized cards inspired by classical ARPG-Loot. Transform your one-of-a-kind loot into powerful battle tactics! Take on enemy squads drafted by real players in a post-human world teeming with beasty conflicts.</p>
<p>If you want to know which games in Steam are built in Godot, we have a couple of Steam curator lists managed by us. <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41324400-Is-it-made-with-Godot/">The first one</a> reached its limit (2,000 games) and the second one just got started: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45715609-Made-with-Godot-2/. Make sure to follow them!</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
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<p>🧑 <a href="https://github.com/matmadness/HumanShaders">HumanShaders</a> - A set of shaders for Godot to create realistic humanoid characters.</p>
<p>🔊 <a href="https://github.com/WhoStoleMyCoffee/raytraced-audio">raytraced-audio</a> - Adds procedural audio effects to Godot like echo, ambient outdoor sounds, and muffle.</p>
<p>📐 <a href="https://www.gdquest.com/library/gdscript_formatter/">GDScript Formatter: The fast formatter for Godot 4</a> - The people at GDQuest built a new code formatter for GDScript, written in Rust, that&rsquo;s fast and easy to use.</p>
<p>🦀 <a href="https://godot-rust.github.io/dev/september-2025-update/">godot-rust v0.4</a> - Export groups, match_class, easy callables, run_deferred, generic PackedArray and much more!</p>
<h1 id="jetbrains-gamedev-day-2025">JetBrains GameDev Day 2025</h1>
<p>Our friends over at JetBrains are hosting an event that takes place on October 21. This free, online event brings together developers worldwide for a day of talks covering all aspects of game creation – from debugging workflows and modular architecture to accessibility and performance optimization. Join online or with your community, learn from experts, and take your gamedev journey to the next level.</p>
<p>📅 <a href="https://lp.jetbrains.com/gamedev-day-2025/?utm_campaign=rider&amp;utm_content=godotnodeletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter">Learn more!</a></p>
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<p>📦 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-beta-7/">Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 7</a> -
Will this be the last beta for the Godot 4.5 release cycle? Help us find every bug!</p>
<p>🎥 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/submissions-open-godot-2025-showreel/">Our 2025 showreel is open for submissions</a> -
Submit videos of your Godot games, tools, and projects and have them voted on by development fund members and godot maintainers alike. Submissions close on October 1st.</p>
<p>✨ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/jetbrains-joins-dev-fund-supports-godot/">Jetbrains joins as a Platinum Sponsor of the Godot foundation</a> -
Jetbrains makes developer tools and fully featured IDEs, such as <a href="https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/rider-godot/">Rider</a>, which supports godot out of the box and is free for non-commercial use.</p>
<p>🐶 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-showcase-dogwalk/">Godot Showcase - Dogwalk</a> -
Julien Kaspar and Simon Thommes from Blender Studio tell us about their experience developing their first ever game “Dogwalk”.</p>
<p>📈 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-community-poll-2025/">Community Poll results</a> -
The 2025 community poll is over! You can check the results to learn more about the Godot community.</p>
<p>🥽 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-openxr-vendors-plugin-400/">Godot OpenXR Vendors Plugin v4</a> -
What&rsquo;s new in the latest release of the Godot OpenXR Vendors plugin?</p>
<p>📺 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyf4XPanf4&amp;list=PLeG_dAglpVo5oOrjQqDTMQadVDqe1Zsom">GodotCon Boston playlist</a> -
If you were not able to attend the GodotCon 2025 in Boston, you can watch all the talks in the Godot YouTube channel.</p>
<h1 id="community-showcase-and-tutorials">Community showcase and tutorials</h1>
<p>🕹️ <a href="https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2025">The GMTK Game jam for 2025</a> -
With the tiny amount of 9,606 games made for the jam, 39% of them were made in godot! (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gamemakerstoolkit.com/post/3lvkrymak5s26">https://bsky.app/profile/gamemakerstoolkit.com/post/3lvkrymak5s26</a>)</p>
<p>🪖 <a href="https://gamefromscratch.com/battlefield-6-using-godot-game-engine/">Battlefield&rsquo;s Portal Using Godot</a> -
During a livestream, EA shared news about the return of modding tools using Godot as the main editor.</p>
<p>🪟 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYf57YNk2IE">Procedural Stained Glass</a> -
In this devblog RachelfTech forked Godot to enable projector based volumetric lighting for stained glass.</p>
<p>💾 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2oDw8D9HyI">3 Ways I Manage Game Data in Godot</a> -
Aarimous goes over some strategies to manage data based on his experience making Godot games.</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<p>🧩 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2702170/Strange_Jigsaws/?curator_clanid=41324400">Strange Jigsaws</a> -
A game of strange jigsaws.</p>
<p>🎸 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3093050/Kill_The_Music/?curator_clanid=41324400">Kill The Music</a> -
Kill The Music is a Rhythm Action Roguelite about defeating hordes of enemies with musical instruments.</p>
<p>⚰️ <a href="https://joespacio.itch.io/draftula">Draftula</a> -
One of the winners of the GMTK Game Jam! Build up the castle by placing rooms strategically to get bonuses. Spend Gems between centuries to get new rooms and build your home ever higher.</p>
<p>🌏 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2471970/Planetary_Life/?curator_clanid=41324400">Planetary Life</a> -
Manipulate climate, add plants and evolve creatures in this planet and life sandbox simulation game. From cells to civilizations, spread life throughout the whole planet. Or just enjoy watching your creation burn!</p>
<p>🎴 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3333700/The_Royal_Writ/?curator_clanid=4777282">The Royal Writ</a> -
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy.</p>
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<p>Good luck to all the games coming out in September! (Yes. This is about Silksong 🥲)</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
<p><em>Made with/for Godot</em></p>
<p>🪐 <a href="https://github.com/Venorrak/gd-gravity-fields">Godot Gravity Fields</a> -
Mario Galaxy like gravity fields in Godot</p>
<p>🔊 <a href="https://github.com/Akosmo/Oscillody">Oscillody</a> -
Oscillody is a free, real-time, oscilloscope-based audio visualizer. You can import up to 4 stems, customize the visualizer, and export the result as a video.</p>
<p>🐝 <a href="https://github.com/bitbrain/beehave">Beehave</a> -
Beehave is a powerful addon for Godot Engine that enables you to create robust AI systems using behavior trees.</p>
<p>🖼️ <a href="https://github.com/FrancoYudica/Shapeify">Shapeify</a> -
Recreate your images with simple shapes</p>
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<p>This newsletter was written by Emi with help from <a href="https://fireye.coffee">Kai Koehler</a> and <a href="https://winnerwind.in">WinnerWind</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="-dev-snapshot-godot-45-beta-1httpsgodotengineorgarticledev-snapshot-godot-4-5-beta-1">📦 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-beta-1/">Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 beta 1</a></h2>
<p>Godot 4.5 has entered beta and is now feature-complete. Find some of the new features coming up in the next stable release!</p>
<h2 id="-a-new-convention-to-look-forward-to-godotfesthttpsgodotengineorgarticlegodotfest-2025">🥨 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godotfest-2025/">A new convention to look forward to: GodotFest</a></h2>
<p>Introducing the second annual Godot convention: GodotFest 25 - GodotCon Europe! 11th, 12th of November in Munich, Germany.</p>
<h2 id="-upcoming-serious-web-performance-boosthttpsgodotengineorgarticleupcoming-serious-web-performance-boost">🌐 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/upcoming-serious-web-performance-boost/">Upcoming (serious) Web performance boost</a></h2>
<p>Adam wrote about a performance boost coming to web exports:</p>
<h2 id="-whats-new-in-android--xrhttpsgodotengineorgarticlegodotcon-2025-xr-android-recap">🤖 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godotcon-2025-xr-android-recap/">What&rsquo;s New in Android &amp; XR</a></h2>
<p>Fredia shares some numbers, the status of the Android and the XR editors, hybrid apps, Android APIs integrations and more!</p>
<h2 id="optimizing-3d-scenes-in-godot-on-arm-gpushttpscommunityarmcomarm-community-blogsbmobile-graphics-and-gaming-blogpostsoptimizing-3d-scenes-in-godot-on-arm-gpus">📈<a href="https://community.arm.com/arm-community-blogs/b/mobile-graphics-and-gaming-blog/posts/optimizing-3d-scenes-in-godot-on-arm-gpus">Optimizing 3D scenes in Godot on Arm GPUs</a></h2>
<p>Clay John, our rendering lead, wrote a post sharing some insights into the optimization process for mobile devices using Arm Performance Studio</p>
<h1 id="community-showcase-and-tutorials">Community showcase and tutorials</h1>
<h2 id="-dune--a-godot-environmenthttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv-cxprameg7g">🏜️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxpRAmEG7g">Dune | A Godot Environment</a></h2>
<p>A recreation of a scene from Dune (2021) in Godot by Lander Van Regenmortel</p>
<h2 id="-3d-pixelart-tutorialhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv7wwe5flzcey">👾 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wwE5FLZceY">3D PixelArt Tutorial</a></h2>
<p>Eduardo Shildt shares his technique making 3D scenes look like crispy pixel art. Project files included!</p>
<h2 id="-complete-godot-44-course-for-beginnershttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv1k-s8zuyj5c">📺 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K-s8ZuYJ5c">Complete Godot 4.4 Course for Beginners</a></h2>
<p>A new <em>several hours long</em> complete introduction to Godot by Daniel Buckley.</p>
<h2 id="-setting-up-pixel-art-graphics-in-godot-4httpswwwgdquestcomlibrarypixel-art-setup-godot4">⚙️ <a href="https://www.gdquest.com/library/pixel_art_setup_godot4/">Setting up pixel art graphics in Godot 4</a></h2>
<p>Setting up pixel art graphics is pretty easy in Godot but it&rsquo;s not always easy to know where to look.</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<h2 id="-backpack-battleshttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2427700backpack-battles">🎒 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2427700/Backpack_Battles/">Backpack Battles</a></h2>
<p>A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.</p>
<h2 id="-crown-gambithttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2447980crown-gambit">🎴 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2447980/Crown_Gambit/">Crown Gambit</a></h2>
<p>Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil.</p>
<h2 id="-tower-wizardhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp3372980tower-wizard">🧙 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3372980/Tower_Wizard/">Tower Wizard</a></h2>
<p>Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.</p>
<h2 id="-craftcraft-fantasy-merchant-simulatorhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2226430craftcraft-fantasy-merchant-simulator">🛠️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2226430/CraftCraft_Fantasy_Merchant_Simulator/">CraftCraft: Fantasy Merchant Simulator</a></h2>
<p>CraftCraft is a story-based RPG merchant sim with hands on crafting! Create a pretty necklace for a mermaid or a sword made of dragon blood!</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
<p><em>Made with/for Godot</em></p>
<h2 id="-godot-addons-from-cozy-cube-gameshttpsgithubcomcozycubegamescozy-cube-godot-addons">🐧 <a href="https://github.com/CozyCubeGames/cozy-cube-godot-addons">Godot addons from Cozy Cube Games</a></h2>
<p>Zi, the developer behind <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3552090/Penguin_Festival/">Penguin Festival</a>, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/majormcdoom.bsky.social/post/3lpfcgwwpyk2y">keeps publishing</a> amazing tools for all Godot devs out there.</p>
<h2 id="-simplegrasstexturedhttpsgithubcomicterusgamessimplegrasstextured">🌱 <a href="https://github.com/IcterusGames/SimpleGrassTextured">SimpleGrassTextured</a></h2>
<p>A plugin for Godot 4 that allows you to add grass and plants to your scene in a simple way by IcterusGames.</p>
<h2 id="-godamphttpsgithubcomdowsleygodamp">⚡ <a href="https://github.com/Dowsley/GodAmp">GodAmp</a></h2>
<p>A reimplementation of Winamp 2.9 in Godot, with full cross-platform support.</p>
<h2 id="-quick-skyhttpsbskyappprofilecelykdevbskysocialpost3ldbj65bvu22g">🌌 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/celykdev.bsky.social/post/3ldbj65bvu22g">Quick sky</a></h2>
<p>A beautiful sky shader by celyk.</p>
<h1 id="new-sponsor">New Sponsor</h1>
<p>We would like to welcome <a href="https://player2.game/">Player2</a> as a Corporate Gold sponsor on the <a href="https://fund.godotengine.org/">Godot Development Fund</a>.
Player2 is an AI-powered gaming platform that enables players and indie developers to build, play, and share AI-driven NPC mods and games. They are running <a href="https://itch.io/jam/ai-npc-jam">a game jam at itch.io</a> with up to $1000 in prizes and they made <a href="https://blog.player2.game/p/announcing-the-player-2-ai-npc-godot">a blog post</a> showing how to use their NPC tools in Godot if you want to participate.</p>
<p>🙏 Thank you <a href="https://player2.game/">Player2</a> for supporting the development of Godot!</p>
<h1 id="palate-cleanser">Palate Cleanser</h1>
<h2 id="-i-understand-it-now-"><em>I Understand It Now</em></h2>
<p><em>I&rsquo;m brand new to Godot but have some experience with C++ and Rust. This was me about 20 minutes ago.</em></p>
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<p><em>User UpstairsPrudent7898 shared <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1lispkx/i_understand_it_now/">on reddit</a></em></p>
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<h2 id="-web-net-prototypehttpsgodotengineorgarticlelive-from-godotcon-boston-web-dotnet-prototype">🌍 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/live-from-godotcon-boston-web-dotnet-prototype/">Web .NET prototype</a></h2>
<p>The .NET team managed to create a prototype running C# on the Web. There’s still a lot of work and testing to do, but we are getting there!</p>
<h2 id="-showcase-somarhttpsgodotengineorgarticlegodot-showcase-somar">🐬 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-showcase-somar/">Showcase: SOMAR</a></h2>
<p>We interviewed Frederic Plourde and Daniel Castellanos who used Godot to create an educational XR experience for SOMAR, a non-profit association focusing on the conservation of marine life in the Algarve</p>
<h2 id="-dev-snapshot-godot-45-dev-4httpsgodotengineorgarticledev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-4">⚙️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-4/">Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 4</a></h2>
<p>Plenty of new features this time around, so feedback and bug reports from testing are once again strongly recommended. If you give it a go and find any issues, remember to report them <a href="https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues">on GitHub</a>.</p>
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<h2 id="-godotcamp-2025httpsgc2025godot-karlsruhede">⛺ <a href="https://gc2025.godot-karlsruhe.de/">GodotCamp 2025</a></h2>
<p>The <a href="https://godot-karlsruhe.de/">Godot Stammtisch Karlsruhe</a> is organizing a BarCamp bringing together Godot Engine enthusiasts of all skill levels on May 24-25 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Participants actively shape the agenda by proposing sessions, and throughout the event, everyone has the opportunity to engage in discussions and connect with like-minded developers.</p>
<h2 id="-new-gdquest-3d-game-tutorialhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvnjjnwgd25rg">🎓 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJJNWGD25rg">New GDQuest 3D game tutorial</a></h2>
<p>They did it again! This tutorial is the perfect excuse to get into making a 3D game. In just 1 sitting, you can complete a fun and shareable game while understanding every step and learning the essentials of 3D gamedev with Godot.</p>
<h2 id="-post-godotcon-blog-entries">🎤 Post-GodotCon blog entries</h2>
<p>We want to share three blog posts written by people who attended our latest <a href="https://conference.godotengine.org/2025/">GodotCon</a> in Boston:</p>
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<li><a href="https://www.essay-games.com/blog/reflecting-on-godotcon/">Reflecting on GodotCon by Essay Games</a>. Nicholas shares his impressions from attending and giving the workshop "Narrative Design for the Solo Developer"</li>
<li><a href="https://russmatney.com/#/posts/techsposure/2025-05-09-boston-godot-con">Boston Godot Con by Russ</a>. A comprehensive writeup of his experience day by day; showcase, talks, people, highlights, and more!</li>
<li><a href="https://itch.io/blog/941196/godotcon-boston-2025">GodotCon Boston 2025 by AsFunAs</a> who covered his first gamedev conference experience with an extra playtesting session at another event of the Boston GameDev Week.</li>
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<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<h2 id="-the-electrifying-incidenthttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp3352300the-electrifying-incident-a-monster-miniexpeditioncurator-clanid41324400">⚡ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3352300/The_Electrifying_Incident_A_Monster_MiniExpedition/?curator_clanid=41324400">The Electrifying Incident</a></h2>
<p>An adorable bite-sized adventure from the creators of A Monster’s Expedition - explore the facility, avoid the live electricity, and repair the malfunctioning reactor.</p>
<h2 id="rift-riffhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2800900rift-riffcurator-clanid41324400">🥤<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/Rift_Riff/?curator_clanid=41324400">Rift Riff</a></h2>
<p>Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.</p>
<h2 id="-lost-for-swordshttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2638050lost-for-swordscurator-clanid41324400">⚔️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2638050/Lost_For_Swords/?curator_clanid=41324400">Lost For Swords</a></h2>
<p>Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat.</p>
<h2 id="-ambidextrohttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp3445580ambidextrocurator-clanid41324400">🧙 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3445580/Ambidextro/?curator_clanid=41324400">Ambidextro</a></h2>
<p>A multi-player game for a single player. Learn to control 2 characters at the same time, one with each hand. Achieve ambidexterity and rescue both the prince and the princess at the same time.</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
<p><em>Made with/for Godot</em></p>
<h2 id="-mizgodottoolshttpsgithubcommizizizizmizgodottools">🧰 <a href="https://github.com/Miziziziz/MizGodotTools">MizGodotTools</a></h2>
<p>Miziziziz, the developer behind <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2124780/Endoparasitic/">Endoparasitic</a>, released a set of tools for you to use: 2d drop shadows, pseudo 3D effects, VFX, NPC vision, IK, save system, level system, and more!</p>
<h2 id="-material-makerhttpsgithubcomrodzill4material-maker">🧪 <a href="https://github.com/RodZill4/material-maker">Material Maker</a></h2>
<p>Everyone probably knows about Material Maker by now, but just in case: A procedural textures authoring and 3D model painting tool based on the Godot game engine.</p>
<h1 id="palate-cleanser">Palate Cleanser</h1>
<p>Have you ever wanted to cheat when playing pool? Me neither! But if you ever do, you should check out this video by Echo Martin and his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSxluX3aaK4">Augmented Reality Pool Assistant</a> on the Quest 3 made with Godot.</p>
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		<p>Breathe freely: no April Fool's jokes have been hidden in this newsletter – there are enough fake news out in the world already.</p>
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<h1 id="tech-news">Tech news</h1>
<p><em> Attention: these Pull Requests (PRs) are merged for the Godot 4.5 release cycle, which means the features will only be available in preview builds until the next official stable release comes out. </em></p>
<h2 id="-systems--navigation">🧭 Systems – Navigation</h2>
<p>This recently merged PR <a href="https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/101504">creates a dedicated 2D navigation server</a>. Previously we did some behind the scenes trickery of converting the existing 3D backend into a 2D view, but as you can imagine that is not entirely efficient. The biggest issue – aside from performance – this created is that you couldn’t compile a 2D engine without keeping certain 3D systems active.</p>
<h2 id="-systems--import">📂 Systems – Import</h2>
<p>Another highly requested functionality coming to the engine is <a href="https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/101994">DirectDraw Surface (DDS) image load and save at runtime</a>. DDS is a VRAM image compression format supported by modern graphics cards, which is supposedly faster than other alternatives.</p>
<h2 id="-systems--physics">🏐 Systems – Physics</h2>
<p><a href="https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/102662">Chunking tilemap physics</a> is an optimization in how collision shapes are handled behind the scenes of 2D games: instead of dealing with all tiles individually, they are now grouped together to improve performance of related physics processes. Rendering already employs similar strategies.</p>
<h2 id="-get-involved-bug-triage">🐛 Get involved: Bug triage</h2>
<p>Godot gets a lot of activity on GitHub, with around 700 issues opened every month on average. To handle this volume, the team is looking to onboard more people willing to help out. Bug triage is a great way to familiarize yourself with contributing to the engine and what problems we need to tackle – many started there before becoming frequent code contributors and maintainers.</p>
<p>If you're interested in becoming a triager, simply join the <a href="https://chat.godotengine.org/channel/bugsquad/">bugsquad channel</a>!</p>
<h1 id="foundation-news">Foundation news</h1>
<h2 id="-godot-meetup-at-gdc">🇺🇸 Godot meetup at GDC</h2>
<p>Some of us attended the recent <a href="https://gdconf.com/">Game Developer Conference</a> and can’t wait to tell you more about it. While there already is a proper blog post in the pipeline, we are waiting for the official talk recordings to be uploaded; since the sessions were so kindly sponsored, there likely won’t be a paywall. In the meantime, enjoy this snapshot from the casual Godot meet-up in the Yerba Buena gardens – how many familiar faces can you spot?</p>
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<h2 id="-maintenance-release-godot-441httpsgodotengineorgarticlemaintenance-release-godot-4-4-1">⚙️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/maintenance-release-godot-4-4-1">Maintenance Release: Godot 4.4.1</a></h2>
<p>There always will be more bug reports than anticipated after a stable release. Lucky for you, our contributors are really fast in getting these creepy crawlers under control – find a list of all fixes and changes in the linked blog post.</p>
<p>Cherry-picked mention: <a href="https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/103695">the editor will now stop repeatedly highlighting unchanged files as modified</a>.</p>
<h2 id="-dev-snapshot-godot-45-dev-1httpsgodotengineorgarticledev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-1">⚙️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-1/">Dev Snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 1</a></h2>
<p>As seen by the PRs featured in the Tech News section above, work on the next Godot release has already been pushing forward with full force. For a complete list of the new features, check out the linked blog post and our <a href="https://godotengine.github.io/godot-interactive-changelog/#4.5-dev1">interactive changelog</a>. </p>
<p>Highlights: </p>
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<li><a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-1/#mute-game-toggle">“Mute Game” toggle</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-1/#drop-preload-resources-as-uid">Drop preload Resources as UID</a> </li>
<li><a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-1/#allow-selecting-multiple-remote-nodes-at-runtime">Allow selecting multiple remote nodes at runtime</a></li>
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<h2 id="-godot-xr-updatehttpsgodotengineorgarticlegodot-xr-update-mar-2025">🥽 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-mar-2025/">Godot XR update</a></h2>
<p>We hear you asking: two updates in the same month? The XR team has put a lot of work into promoting their area recently and now wrote a summary of their recent game jam experience. Playtest the winners and <a href="https://godot-xr.itch.io/">sign up for the next event</a>!</p>
<h1 id="community-news">Community news</h1>
<h2 id="-godot-path-tracerhttpsyoutubeddbwp8ck5fg">🛣️ <a href="https://youtu.be/DDBWp8ck5fg">Godot Path Tracer</a></h2>
<p>In true open-source spirit, the program created in this video is available for everyone to try out <a href="https://github.com/JorisAR/GDPathTracing">on the creator’s GitHub</a>. Before using it in your projects, it is suggested to look into denoising first - but the walkthrough on its own makes for a good first introduction into a more advanced topic like path tracing.</p>
<h2 id="-speedrunners-broke-my-gamehttpsyoutube4wmustf6m40">🏎️ <a href="https://youtu.be/4WMusTf6m40">Speedrunners Broke My Game</a></h2>
<p>What do you do with bugs in your game? Correct, embrace them and turn the “mistake” into a successful marketing beat via the speedrunning community. Enjoy a more unusual kind of devlog and let it inspire you to consider flaws with different eyes from now on.</p>
<h2 id="-acerola-about-shaders-in-godothttpswwwyoutubecomwatchv5y1oin7cci4">🦇 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y1Oin7CcI4">Acerola about shaders in Godot</a></h2>
<p>We recently reported on this YouTuber’s switch to the Godot Engine. In his recent video, the shader expert points out that Godot’s graphics abstractions are lower level compared to what developers might be used to from other software, and leads you through his personal recreation of a few comfort functionalities.</p>
<h1 id="events">Events</h1>
<h2 id="-godot-wild-jamhttpsgodotwildjamcom-jump-collab">🤝 <a href="https://godotwildjam.com/">Godot Wild Jam</a>: Jump! Collab</h2>
<p>Our resident Godot-based jam organizers told us about an exciting collaboration with <a href="https://www.toonboom.com/">Toon Boom Animation</a> coming up this month. The goal is to beta test their <a href="https://docs.toonboom.com/help/game-studio-24/game-studio/GameStudio/book/about-game-studio.html">Jump! integration for Godot</a> with the help of a rapidly growing community of jammers.</p>
<h2 id="-game-jams">🍓 Game Jams</h2>
<p><a href="https://itch.io/jam/mystery-game-jam-2025">Mystery Game Jam</a>: every April this community comes together to create mystery games, which they describe as a cross-over of story and puzzle game. The range includes detective games, courtroom games, escape games, … What will you make?</p>
<p><a href="https://itch.io/jam/psyche-game-jam-2025">Psyche Game Jam</a>: to celebrate Mental Health Awareness month this slower jam spans across eight weeks to give you plenty of time to “shoot for the stars” as the topic encourages. Narrative-based games of any sort are welcome, even already existing projects.</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<h2 id="-psycho-patrol-rhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp1907590psycho-patrol-r">🔫 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1907590/Psycho_Patrol_R">Psycho Patrol R</a></h2>
<p>The developers of the megahit <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1388770/Cruelty_Squad">Cruelty Squad</a> are back. Another first-person shooter awaits you, this time taking place inside the human brain. Should we mention you are a mecha police officer?</p>
<h2 id="-merchants-of-rosewallhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2616800merchants-of-rosewall">🌹 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2616800/Merchants_of_Rosewall">Merchants of Rosewall</a></h2>
<p>Immerse yourself into the daily life of a humble shop owner in a fantasy town. Craft goods to sell, hire and manage companions, and take a jab at the local mystery in this job simulator meets visual novel.</p>
<h2 id="-koirahttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp1626620koira">🐕 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1626620/Koira/">Koira</a></h2>
<p>Befriend a puppy and solve puzzles on your joined adventure through an enchanted forest. Protect your new best friend from hunters and enjoy the unique picture book art style together.</p>
<h2 id="-bundle-of-joyhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp3138370bundle-of-joy">🪀 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3138370/Bundle_of_Joy">Bundle of Joy</a></h2>
<p>Being a parent is always hard, even without a global pandemic going on. Nonetheless, this “day in the life” simulator describes itself as lighthearted, story-rich, and promises plenty of fun minigames.</p>
<h2 id="-thats-not-my-neighborhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp3431040thats-not-my-neighbor">🪪 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3431040/Thats_not_my_Neighbor">That's not my Neighbor</a></h2>
<p>You are a doorman employed by the Department of Doppelganger Detection. This job simulator requires looking at your neighbors very closely, lest you intend to let non-humans into the building.</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools">FOSS tools</h1>
<p><em> Made with/for Godot </em></p>
<h2 id="-c-gdextension-bindgenhttpsgithubcomgilzoidegodot-csharp-gdextension-bindgen">#️⃣ <a href="https://github.com/gilzoide/godot-csharp-gdextension-bindgen">C# GDExtension Bindgen</a></h2>
<p>Are you working with GDExtension classes? Would you like to automatically generate C# bindings for them? Then better download this script fast.</p>
<h2 id="-godsvghttpsgithubcommewpurpurgodsvg">🎨 <a href="https://github.com/MewPurPur/GodSVG">GodSVG</a></h2>
<p>The creator of this tool has been an active engine contributor for a long time, so the project is still in pre-alpha and looking for testers. This Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file editor differentiates itself by also representing the SVG code directly and letting you edit in real time.</p>
<h2 id="-audio-occlusionhttpsgithubcomstuykgigaaudio-godot">🎧 <a href="https://github.com/Stuyk/GigaAudio-Godot">Audio Occlusion</a></h2>
<p>This lightweight add-on for your Godot editor adds Audio Occlusion, Audio Areas, and Audio Depth Areas to your toolkit. Required Godot 4.3 or higher.</p>
<h1 id="palate-cleanser">Palate Cleanser</h1>
<p>This fun little tool by community member <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lim95.com">Lim95</a> lets you generate your own <a href="https://github.com/Lim98SE/godot-wrapped">Godot Wrapped</a>: analyze your own Godot project and share the results with us <a href="https://forum.godotengine.org/t/the-nodeletter-april-1-comment-section/107201?u=godot_team">in the comments</a>!</p>
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<h1 id="thank-you">Thank you…</h1>
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		<p>We are trying something new this month: two newsletter editions, one release every two weeks. Please tell us what you think of this schedule!</p>
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<h2 id="-godot-44httpsgodotengineorgreleases44">🎉 <a href="https://godotengine.org/releases/4.4/">Godot 4.4</a></h2>
<p>The announcement you have been waiting for: Godot 4.4 is <strong> available now</strong>! For an overview of all important features in this release, complete with media showcasing them in action, check out our second-ever <a href="https://godotengine.org/releases/4.4/">release page</a>.</p>
<h2 id="-godot-441-rc-1httpsgodotengineorgarticlerelease-candidate-godot-4-4-1-rc-1">⚙️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/release-candidate-godot-4-4-1-rc-1/">Godot 4.4.1 RC 1</a></h2>
<p>With the 4.4 build being available to the public, the bug hunt and feature refinement has begun. Help us test this release candidate before it becomes the new stable version, and report your findings <a href="https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues">on GitHub</a>.</p>
<h2 id="-godot-xr-updatehttpsgodotengineorgarticlegodot-xr-update-feb-2025">🥽 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-xr-update-feb-2025/">Godot XR update</a></h2>
<p>The XR team has written another progress report, detailing changes made to existing toolkits and plugins. In this blog post, they also announced the new <a href="https://github.com/godot-sdk-integrations/godot-meta-toolkit">Godot Meta Toolkit</a>: a GDExtension that exposes the Meta Platform SDK to accelerate your XR development for their devices.</p>
<h2 id="-showcase-museum-of-all-thingshttpsgodotengineorgarticlemuseum-of-all-things">🏛️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/museum-of-all-things/">Showcase: Museum of All Things</a></h2>
<p>What if you could enter Wikipedia like it was a building? That is the premise behind the free and open-source project MoAT. The procedurally generated space allows yourself to be immersed in knowledge like never before — even in VR if you prefer! We interviewed the creator of this recent Godot hit to learn more.</p>
<h1 id="community-news">Community news</h1>
<h2 id="-valve-uses-godot-codehttpswwwgamingonlinuxcom202502valve-pinch-a-little-code-from-godot-for-half-life-2-counter-strike-source-day-of-defeat-source-team-fortress-2">🔍 <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/valve-pinch-a-little-code-from-godot-for-half-life-2-counter-strike-source-day-of-defeat-source-team-fortress-2/">Valve uses Godot code</a></h2>
<p>When Valve updated their Source Engine SDK as part of a Team Fortress 2 release for modders, Godot users immediately spotted <a href="https://github.com/ValveSoftware/source-sdk-2013/blob/0759e2e8e179d5352d81d0d4aaded72c1704b7a9/src/materialsystem/stdshaders/common_lightmappedgeneric_fxc.h#L150">something interesting</a> in the now public code:</p>
<p><img src="https://godot.news/uploads/github-valve.png" alt="Screenshot of GitHub source code, a comment reading &quot;misyl: Bicubic lightmap code lovingly taken and adapted from Godot (https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/89919) Licensed under MIT.&quot;" width="400" height="91" /></p>
<p>Once again proof that open-source projects benefit everyone, and references can be found in the remotest places.</p>
<h2 id="-fractal-tutorialhttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvhjhmh0r9t1y">♦️ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjhMh0R9T1Y">Fractal Tutorial</a></h2>
<p>The creator of this video may be familiar to some of you as the “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2fwxuHZXIA&amp;list=PLKCF1pHYsbiHNKGBoHrIM2l19tlN5GdVK">Remaking Super Mario World in Godot</a>” guy. Delving further into the math of game development, this new tutorial wants to introduce you to the beauty of fractals.</p>
<h2 id="-godot-xr-jam-winnershttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvt5u6dxm8wy4">🏆 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5U6dXm8WY4">Godot XR Jam winners</a></h2>
<p>In our last newsletter, we highlighted the <a href="https://itch.io/jam/godot-xr-game-jam-feb-2025">Godot XR Game Jam</a>, which is organized by the respective engine area’s maintainers themselves. Check out the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5U6dXm8WY4">top 5 games</a> created over the span of only one week.</p>
<h1 id="events">Events</h1>
<h2 id="-godot-at-gdc">🇺🇸 Godot at GDC</h2>
<p>If you are attending the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, USA from <strong> March 17th to 21st</strong>, make sure to mark these Godot talks on your schedule:</p>
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<li><a href="https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/building-godot-the-process-behind-the-engine-presented-by-w4-games/911990">Building Godot: The Process Behind the Engine</a> by our Executive Director Emilio Coppola (session donated by <a href="https://www.w4games.com/">W4 Games</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/arm-developer-summit-profiling-and-optimizing-godot-engine-for-mobile-with-arm-performance-studio-presented-by-arm/911375">Profiling and Optimizing Godot Engine for Mobile With Arm Performance Studio</a> presented by <a href="https://www.arm.com/">ARM</a> as collaboration with our Board Member &amp; Rendering Team Lead Clay John</li>
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<p>Our friends &amp; sponsors from <a href="https://www.w4games.com/">W4 Games</a> are also organizing their own session:</p>
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<li><a href="https://schedule.gdconf.com/session/godot-is-growing-fastheres-how-it-powers-enterprise-success-presented-by-w4games/911991">Godot Is Growing Fast—Here's How It Powers Enterprise Success</a></li>
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<p>Additionally, you can reach out to Emilio for Godot Foundation business meetings via <a href="mailto:emilio@godotengine.org">emilio@godotengine.org</a> 📧</p>
<h2 id="-godot-at-ggbavariahttpsggbavariagames-bavariacombusiness-day-programm">🇩🇪 Godot at GGBavaria</h2>
<p>Locals listen up: beloved <a href="https://bippinbits.com/">Bippinbits</a> (studio using &amp; sponsoring Godot, makers of <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2956040/PVKK_Planetenverteidigungskanonenkommandant/">PVKK</a>) developer Raffaele Picca will be giving a talk at this conference in Munich, Germany. “Stop waiting for Godot” will be part of the <a href="https://ggbavaria.games-bavaria.com/business-day-programm/">Business Day schedule</a> on the <strong> 28th of March</strong>. There will be a casual Godot hangout afterwards for the attendees to network.</p>
<h2 id="game-jams">🍓Game Jams</h2>
<p>The Godot India Community is organizing their first <a href="https://itch.io/jam/godot-india-community-game-jam">weekend jam</a> this month. We love to hear about local initiatives like this one, so please continue to tell us about them! Are you now wondering if your country has a user group you can join? Find out on <a href="https://godotengine.org/community/user-groups/">the community section of our website</a>.</p>
<h1 id="indie-releases">Indie releases</h1>
<h2 id="-block-shophttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2731590utm-sourcegodot-newsletter">📦 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2731590?utm_source=godot_newsletter">Block Shop</a></h2>
<p>Made by the Canadian game development streamer <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/foolbox">Foolbox</a>, <em> Block Shop </em> has been worked on with a live audience for 14 months in total. Warning: this automation puzzle will make you question your intelligence.</p>
<h2 id="-spreadcheathttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2966550spreadcheat">🧮 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2966550/SpreadCheat/">SpreadCheat</a></h2>
<p>We here at Godot enjoy ridiculous game concepts. <em> SpreadCheat </em> lets you live out your finance management dreams as well as general 90s nostalgia on a retro desktop. The comedic demo released during the last Steam NextFest and warranted an inclusion in this newsletter.</p>
<h2 id="-tiny-pasturehttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp3167550tiny-pasture">🐄 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3167550/Tiny_Pasture/">Tiny Pasture</a></h2>
<p>Cute animals at the bottom of your screen while you work, need we say more? Take good care of your new desk buddies and expand your <em> Tiny Pasture </em> over time.</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools-made-withfor-godot">FOSS tools (made with/for Godot)</h1>
<h2 id="-signal-lenshttpsgithubcomyannlemossignal-lens">🔌 <a href="https://github.com/yannlemos/Signal-Lens">Signal Lens</a></h2>
<p>Trouble sorting out your signals? This visual debugger might be just the tool for you.</p>
<h2 id="-card-game-enginehttpsgitlabcomdavidcorrectcard-game-engine">🃏 <a href="https://gitlab.com/DavidCorrect/card-game-engine">Card Game Engine</a></h2>
<p>Starting from scratch can be intimidating. This game developer has shared the barebones of their own card game project as a standalone for you to build upon. Great for prototyping or even to learn how others structure their games.</p>
<h2 id="-chickensofthttpschickensoftgames">🐤 <a href="https://chickensoft.games/">ChickenSoft</a></h2>
<p>This website provides a variety of open-source resources for Godot and C# and therefore has been a community staple for a long time already. With them recently onboarding another organizer and giving the project a proper refresh, we figured it would be a great time for a shoutout as (re-)introduction!</p>
<p><img src="https://godot.news/uploads/bluesky-chickensoft.png" alt="Bluesky post reading: &quot;🥹 Chickensoft (grassroots #godot + #csharp community) is expanding!  @mrkwlsn.bsky.social  is our new co-admin, and he drove the redesign, dev and release of the new chickensoft log projects specifically tailored for #gamedev / #indiedev. He meticulously updated everything that had to be done, too!&quot;" width="400" height="179" /></p>
<h1 id="palate-cleanser">Palate Cleanser</h1>
<p>Don’t those cupcakes look delicious? You can follow “Gunther” the Godot plush on his wholesome adventures <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/godotplushadventur.bsky.social">on Bluesky</a>. Our community truly comes up with the cutest ideas related to our mascot 💙</p>
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<p>Baked by <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/s-ky-la.bsky.social">@s-ky-la.bsky.social</a></p>
<h1 id="thank-you">Thank you…</h1>
<p>…for reading this far. Remember that you can always reach us via <a href="mailto:newsletter@godotengine.org">newsletter@godotengine.org</a> and see you again soon for the March #2 edition!</p>
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		<h1>The Nodeletter</h1>
		<p>Welcome back to the 2nd edition of the Godot Engine newsletter. Thank you for the kind words and encouragement we received after our debut in January!</p>
<p>As established last time, you can use this forum post as a comment section and tell us what you think or discuss the featured topics with other game developers. For anonymous feedback, or in case you want to submit your own news, you can always send a message to <a href="mailto:newsletter@godotengine.org">newsletter@godotengine.org</a> as well.</p>
<h1 id="foundation-news">Foundation news</h1>
<h2 id="-godots-open-source-anniversary">🎂 Godot’s open source anniversary</h2>
<p>Did you know that turquoise is both the color and gemstone of 11-year-anniversaries? Our blue robot here was made available to the public on <strong>February 10th, 2014</strong> – allowing the project started by two Argentinians to grow into one of the biggest international collaborations in the games industry. Are you one of the 2,852 contributors on the <a href="https://github.com/godotengine/godot">Godot Engine repository</a> or looking to join them?</p>
<h2 id="-final-beta-for-godot-44httpsgodotengineorgarticledev-snapshot-godot-4-4-beta-4">⚙️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-4-beta-4/">Final beta for Godot 4.4</a></h2>
<p>The testing phase continues. Even though a feature freeze has been in effect since January 14th, there are a handful of regression fixes and their related PRs you can check out in the various beta blog posts:</p>
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<li><a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-4-beta-2/">beta 2</a></li>
<li><a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-4-beta-3/">beta 3</a></li>
<li><a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-4-beta-4/">beta 4</a> (download this one to help with testing!)</li>
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<p>If you want to follow the development even more granularly, you can also reference our <a href="https://godotengine.github.io/godot-interactive-changelog/">Interactive Changelog</a>.</p>
<h1 id="community-news">Community news</h1>
<h2 id="-how-to-make-3d-games-in-godot-by-brackeyshttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvke5kpqcoiiu">🧑‍🏫 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5KpqcoiIU">“How to make 3D Games in Godot” by Brackeys</a></h2>
<p>The Danish content creator, who taught many of us their first game development steps, returns with another Godot tutorial. Continuing his successful series about the engine, he now focuses on the 3D side of things. “This video is meant as an overview, not a follow-along” Brackeys begins, and splits the content into two sections: developing prototypes and teaching graphics.</p>
<h2 id="-blender-project-dogwalk">🐕 Blender Studio: Project Dogwalk</h2>
<p>Our open source friends in Amsterdam recently <a href="https://studio.blender.org/blog/announcing-project-dogwalk/">announced Project Dogwalk</a>, a Godot micro-game they are developing internally with the goal to “explore workflows to craft all assets and levels directly in Blender and develop a pipeline to have these seamlessly exported to Godot.” A few days ago, the team released their <a href="https://studio.blender.org/blog/devlog-papercraft-woods/">first DevLog</a>, offering a closer look at the defining papercraft art style.</p>
<p><img src="https://godot.news/uploads/blender.jpg" alt="Early render of the game" width="500" height="281" /></p>
<h2 id="-doom-remade-in-godothttpswwwyoutubecomwatchvms170xvqdo4">🔫 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mS170xVQDO4">Doom remade in Godot</a></h2>
<p>Yes, you read that correctly. The ongoing trend of remaking the original Doom with modern tools has reached the Godot community - and even better yet: the video centers around a plugin you can play with yourself.</p>
<h2 id="-godot-arcade-machinehttpswwwredditcomrgodotcomments1ijxydli-built-an-arcade-machine-with-godot-draw-your">🕹️ <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1ijxydl/i_built_an_arcade_machine_with_godot_draw_your/">Godot Arcade Machine</a></h2>
<p>Not only has subreddit member <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/jw-otto/">jw_otto</a> built an arcade machine from scratch, and developed a Godot game to run on it, but their character creator is unlike anything we have seen before. Coloring your avatar on a real sheet of paper and dropping it into the machine, you can watch the figure come alive on screen in seconds.</p>
<p><img src="https://godot.news/uploads/arcade.png" alt="Avatar Maker sheet held in front of the arcade" width="400" height="401" /></p>
<p>The freelance Interactive Designer also shared a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF6_4ikbbMg">longer video on YouTube</a> and revealed that the entire project took about 3-4 months of full-time work.</p>
<h1 id="events">Events</h1>
<h2 id="-godotcon-us-tickets-available-now">🎟️ GodotCon US: Tickets available NOW!</h2>
<p><a href="https://tickets.godotengine.org/foundation/godotcon-us-2025/">Secure your ticket</a> and plan your trip to Boston, since the event dates <strong> May 5th - 7th, 2025 </strong> are only getting closer now. Don’t forget to join our <a href="https://discord.com/invite/At6vnAAXu4">GodotCon Discord server</a> either for a chance to start networking early.</p>
<h2 id="-gamejams">🍓 GameJams</h2>
<p>Have you ever considered working on a game that does not focus on visuals? Step up to the challenge and join the <a href="https://itch.io/jam/games-for-blind-gamers-4">Games for Blind Gamers</a> jam to level up your accessibility skills.</p>
<p>If you are looking for an event with less tight deadlines, the <a href="https://itch.io/jam/road-trip-game-jam">Road Trip Game Jam</a> might be just the one for you. Submissions close in two months, giving you plenty of time for your game development journey.</p>
<h1 id="just-released-indies">Just released indies</h1>
<h2 id="-cruelhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2689470cruel">🩸 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2689470/CRUEL/">CRUEL</a></h2>
<p>Described by the developers as “over the top violence” this run-and-gun horror shooter is delivering exactly what its name and cover promise. Roguelike-elements round off the experience.</p>
<h2 id="-takara-cardshttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp1932210takara-cards">🃏 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1932210/Takara_Cards/">Takara Cards</a></h2>
<p>This roguelike deckbuilder has you chasing space dragons through a sci-fi universe. Update your ship between puzzly combat sessions, and keep an eye on your reputation.</p>
<h2 id="-stray-pathhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2531940stray-path">🐈‍⬛ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2531940/Stray_Path/">Stray Path</a></h2>
<p>You can never have enough card( battler)s. Fight your path through the mysterious and randomly-generated stray world while managing your equipment and exploring the solitaire-reminiscent mechanics.</p>
<h1 id="foss-tools-made-withfor-godot">FOSS tools (made with/for Godot)</h1>
<h2 id="-godot-steam-repository-reaches-3k-stars">⭐ Godot Steam repository reaches 3k stars</h2>
<p><a href="https://godotsteam.com/">Godot Steam</a> is a community-developed integration of the Steamworks SDK that makes publishing games on their storefront and integrating features like achievements or multiplayer a lot easier. Therefore it is no surprise that they recently celebrated a new milestone: 3,000 stars on their GitHub repository!</p>
<p><img src="https://godot.news/uploads/godot-steam.png" alt="@godotsteam.com on Bluesky: &quot;Oh, seems GodotSteam's repo finally got over 3k stars at some point.  Not sure what that really means or matters but I expect to see more cool Godot games on Steam!&quot;" width="450" height="118" /></p>
<h2 id="-dialogue-manager-30">💬 Dialogue manager 3.0</h2>
<p>The rewrite of this popular dialog plugin was highly <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1ib5841/dialogue_manager_version_30_is_now_available/">celebrated on our community subreddit</a>. As a cherry on top, creator Nathan Hoad paired it with a new <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydzj1bT_pC8">tutorial video</a>.</p>
<h2 id="-atlas-arcana-20">🗺️ Atlas Arcana 2.0</h2>
<p>The procedural 2D map-generator <a href="https://arcane-games.itch.io/atlas-arcana">Atlas Arcana</a> was made entirely in Godot and allows you to quickly whip up a polygonal layout of different terrains. This could be useful for your weekend tabletop game or your personal game projects alike!</p>
<h1 id="palette-cleanser">Palette Cleanser</h1>
<p>Last but not least: enjoy this new section dedicated to fun and community interaction. There are enough dire news reaching everyone’s inbox these days, so who better than the games industry to counter with something lighthearted. Hand-picked Godot memes, development bloopers, and whatever else manages to make us laugh on social media now conclude our newsletters.</p>
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<p>Thank you <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/steinmakesgames.bsky.social">SteinMakesGames</a> for baking this delicious reaction image!</p>
<h1 id="thank-you">Thank you…</h1>
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		<h1>The Nodeletter</h1>
		<p>Welcome to the 1st edition of our Godot Engine newsletter: Thank you for showing continued interest in the project by subscribing, and enjoy!</p>
<p>Should you have feedback or want to suggest a feature, simply reach out to <a href="mailto:newsletter@godotengine.org">newsletter@godotengine.org</a>. We are looking forward to hearing from you.</p>
<p>To make up for the lack of a comment section, use <a href="https://forum.godotengine.org/t/the-nodeletter-january-comment-section/99904?u=godot_team">this forum post</a> to discuss the news with other users and our contributors.</p>
<h1 id="foundation-news">Foundation news</h1>
<h2 id="-2024-cherry-pickslink">🍒 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/2024-cherry-picks/">2024 Cherry-picks</a></h2>
<p>With 2024 already in the rear-view mirror for many, we wanted to take the time and remind you of some new features and community highlights you might have missed in the scuffle. Reminisce together with us or mayhaps learn about something new in this review blog post!</p>
<h2 id="-godot-44-beta-1httpsgodotengineorgarticledev-snapshot-godot-4-4-beta-1">⚙️ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-4-beta-1/">Godot 4.4 beta 1</a></h2>
<p>Godot 4.4 is lurking just around the corner. The release of this first beta indicates feature freeze for this development cycle. But before any of our builds can be called stable and used in production, testing needs to happen, and a lot of it - which is where you come into play. Help our contributors out by submitting errors you encounter to the GitHub repository, and allow them to focus on fixing issues and improving performance in the meantime.</p>
<h2 id="-uid-changeshttpsgodotengineorgarticleuid-changes-coming-to-godot-4-4">📂 <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/uid-changes-coming-to-godot-4-4/">UID changes</a></h2>
<p>Partial Unique Identifier (UID) support – a way to reference resources without relying on human-readable file paths prone to change – has been present in the engine since Godot 4.0, but many file types did not benefit from it yet. Now this fully supported workflow makes Godot more resistant to changes in your filesystem organization, and therefore more suitable to larger projects. The blog post also contains an FAQ addressing common concerns with this approach and tips to manage the transition.</p>
<p><img src="https://godot.news/uploads/UID.jpg" alt="ALT: Example code" width="800" height="254" /></p>
<h2 id="-move-to-net-8httpsgodotengineorgarticlegodotsharp-packages-net8">#️⃣ <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godotsharp-packages-net8/">Move to .NET 8</a></h2>
<p>With the release of Godot 4.0, we moved our C# packages from targeting Mono to .NET 6. This version of .NET was released on November 8, 2021 and ended support on November 12, 2024. Therefore, our next release will implement and raise the minimum required version to .NET 8; existing projects will automatically be upgraded when opened with Godot 4.4 while older releases will keep targeting .NET 6 to avoid breakage.</p>
<h1 id="community-news">Community news</h1>
<h2 id="-godot-game-awards-by-stayathomedev">🏆 Godot Game Awards by StayAtHomeDev</h2>
<p>We introduced you to this stay-at-home father, music therapist, and game developer in a <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godot-game-awards-stayathomedev/">recent blogpost</a>, who took the initiative to organize a Godot community award show. You can now watch the winner announcements <a href="https://youtu.be/mUzAHrpjwl4">in this YouTube video</a>.</p>
<h2 id="-acerola-moves-to-godot">🦇 Acerola moves to Godot</h2>
<p>The content creator and technical artist Acerola recently announced on social media that he will be moving his personal projects from Unity to the Godot Game Engine. In <a href="https://youtu.be/ccgl0vh8es8">his video about the transition</a> he explains that the addition of <a href="https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/shaders/compute_shaders.html">compute shader support</a> and the new <a href="https://docs.godotengine.org/en/latest/tutorials/rendering/compositor.html">compositor node</a> revitalized his interest in the engine and enabled him to move. He also hints at the fact he plans to develop tools with it.</p>
<p><img src="https://godot.news/uploads/acerola.jpg" alt="ALT:  Bluesky screenshot of Acerola's announcement" width="400" height="357" /></p>
<h2 id="-the-godot-barn-opens">🌾 The Godot Barn opens</h2>
<p><a href="https://thegodotbarn.com/">The Godot Barn</a> is a new site operated and run by a group of Godot enthusiasts, who hope to enable the community in sharing learning material and resources amongst each other. Everything hosted there is supposed to be free to use.</p>
<h1 id="events">Events</h1>
<h2 id="-godotcon-ushttpsgodotengineorgarticlegodotcon-2025">🇺🇸  <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/godotcon-2025/">GodotCon US</a></h2>
<p>This year, there will be two GodotCon installments, so do not despair EU folks! Join us in Boston, Massachusetts on the <strong> 5th, 6th, and 7th of May </strong> . While tickets are not available just yet, the <a href="https://talks.godotengine.org/godotcon-us-2025/cfp">call for submissions</a> has opened already. We are also still looking for sponsors to help us level up the event!</p>
<h2 id="-game-jams">🍓 Game Jams</h2>
<p>Looking for a game jam you can still join this month? Inspired by <a href="https://godotengine.org/article/january-jams-2024/">a fun little blog post</a> we shared last January, we aim to include one or two interesting events in each newsletter. Such jams are perfect for trying out experimental releases and helping us catch bugs, or trying out a version of Godot you have not upgraded to just yet.</p>
<p>For this month, we want to highlight the ongoing public domain game jam <a href="https://itch.io/jam/gaming-like-its-1929">“Gaming Like It's 1929” </a> in which participants make a game centered around works that have newly entered the public domain. The event is annual and shares the spirit of our open-source community rather well.</p>
<p>If you want to plan ahead for next month, you might be interested in signing up for the <a href="https://itch.io/jam/godot-xr-game-jam-feb-2025">“Godot XR Game Jam”</a> organized by maintainers of the engine area themselves. The itch.io page for this event also contains some beginner-friendly resources for Godot XR development.</p>
<h1 id="just-released-indies">Just released indies</h1>
<p>The Godot Game Engine project has grown up alongside its community and the games made with it, with a lot of our success stemming from the trust of indie game developers who jumped into the cold water and transitioned early. To honor that commitment and support, we want to give back and shout out to a few recent releases in the indie market here.</p>
<p>Find more Godot games released this month <a href="https://steamdb.info/tech/Engine/Godot/">on SteamDB</a> and <a href="https://itch.io/games/new-and-popular/made-with-godot">in this permanent itch.io showcase</a>.</p>
<h2 id="-digseumhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp3361470digseum">🏛️ <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3361470/Digseum/">Digseum</a></h2>
<p>Start your own museum collection in this game about digging up treasure to fill up an exhibition. Use the admission money to upgrade your abilities.</p>
<h2 id="-the-roottrees-are-deadhttpsstoresteampoweredcomapp2754380the-roottrees-are-dead">📰 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2754380/The_Roottrees_are_Dead/">The Roottrees are Dead</a></h2>
<p>You might have seen this detective game on social media recently. Scour through the early internet as well as physical evidence to puzzle together the genealogy of the Roottree family. The goal is to deduct who is eligible for a sizable inheritance.</p>
<h2 id="-everything-ends-in-0httpsstoresteampoweredcomapp3170670everything-ends-in-0">👻 <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3170670/Everything_Ends_In_0/">Everything Ends In 0</a></h2>
<p>The world is doomed, and you are for once not the hero destined to save it. Instead you get to spend one last hour chatting.</p>
<h1 id="thank-you">Thank you…</h1>
<p>…for reading this far. Remember that you can always reach us via <a href="mailto:newsletter@godotengine.org">newsletter@godotengine.org</a> and see you next month!</p>
<p>If you want to support the progress of the Godot Engine, consider donating to the <a href="https://fund.godotengine.org/">Development Fund</a>: it enables us to hire people to work part- or full-time on the project.</p>
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