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🚀 Godot 4.5 released - 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!
📚 Ensuring quality in the Godot documentation, a continuous process - 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?
🥽 Godot XR update - An update from the XR team: game jam, using the XR editor, new release channels and the new Render Models API.
🧑 Godot Has Never Looked This Good! - Lukky made a video about a set of shaders for Godot to create realistic humanoid characters.
🚪 Stencil Buffer In Godot 4.5 is INSANE! - Chaff Games goes over some of the new features in Godot 4.5.
🌊 Godot Shaders : An Introduction - A video by Code It All to get you started on your first shader in Godot.
📈 Rémi (Akien) crunched the numbers from the latest Brackeys Game Jam 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 in his post.
🏆 Congrats to Rave Cage Cyberfunk for getting that 1st place and everyone else who participated.
🗡️ Bloodthief - 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.
💐 Flowers And Favours - 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!
⛺ Fireside Feelings - 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.
🃏 Stash: A Card Looter - 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.
If you want to know which games in Steam are built in Godot, we have a couple of Steam curator lists managed by us. The first one 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!
Made with/for Godot
🧑 HumanShaders - A set of shaders for Godot to create realistic humanoid characters.
🔊 raytraced-audio - Adds procedural audio effects to Godot like echo, ambient outdoor sounds, and muffle.
📐 GDScript Formatter: The fast formatter for Godot 4 - The people at GDQuest built a new code formatter for GDScript, written in Rust, that’s fast and easy to use.
🦀 godot-rust v0.4 - Export groups, match_class, easy callables, run_deferred, generic PackedArray and much more!
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.
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This newsletter was written by Emi with help from Kai Koehler and WinnerWind. We are looking for more people helping out making the newsletter, so please reach out!
Bye ✨