2026-10-29T20:11:51Z https://njump.me Rémi Verschelde https://njump.me/npub1t54qqg6lxtpqgn6rjj2sff2u3ty85cfek5rfueztak64fk5ugs8qdt2596 https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/000/000/182/original/a839d4763fdff374.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/accounts/avatars/000/000/182/original/a839d4763fdff374.jpeg https://njump.me/nevent1qqs86dm6ae73k0fyu7uyl9zxslzxcygeme9da7zpg5gvht33dz76kpszypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zqug05dsx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz5kslzuwgtf49v9t59eyzvcg4ht73ugm8994x0tg60qtp8wq6evqv0gjvz'>nevent1q…gjvz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And there would be plenty more to mention for their contributions on the engine, documentation, translations, beta testing, infrastructure, funding, etc.<br/><br/>It really takes a village to release a new version of Godot, and I&#39;m really grateful to everyone who pitched in – this is your achievement! 💪 2025-09-16T07:46:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz5kslzuwgtf49v9t59eyzvcg4ht73ugm8994x0tg60qtp8wq6evqzypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zqu6s43n7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgjj5kg4kxgjsz98kn4d3wy2s6097kfh809s9u82pde9v2kk6x2vcc6tdqa'>nevent1q…tdqa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Shout-outs to Repiteo and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lca56zcsdmkvhqg90kc5fwee5p7nn7h34t2kfcmqlwnnzz4wqz3szxh9fv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>clayjohn</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lca…h9fv</span>)</a></span> who took care of the release management, AThousandShips for leading the bug and regression tracking, <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10qk6q0zqsytvgscjy6wteql3n4tw5ah9shwmakgxvd5j6vkya9rs5a8cl0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Adam Scott</span> (<span class="italic">npub10qk…8cl0</span>)</a></span> for the wonderful release notes, and all the contributors who took it upon themselves to fix blocking bugs! 2025-09-16T07:46:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgjj5kg4kxgjsz98kn4d3wy2s6097kfh809s9u82pde9v2kk6x2vczypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zqum8cxya #GodotEngine 4.5 is out, and it&#39;s an amazing release from all Godot contributors! 🏅<br/><br/>This release is special to me because it&#39;s the first one (since 2.0) that was released without my involvement.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been on parental leave 🐣 since July and left the release process fully to my Godot teammates. They did a great job!<br/><br/><a href="https://godotengine.org/releases/4.5/">https://godotengine.org/releases/4.5/</a> 2025-09-16T07:44:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgn5fv3rc7ajcuqupuvxchy5kzf5lpknt2y8hgpxjhh967psw3h2szypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zquzhd787 My big brother <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub17xy9hg7f444myms6n532ytacexwuapp4w6ta8262e4uerrcgt3hqeghx6j" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Stormi 🐿️</span> (<span class="italic">npub17xy…hx6j</span>)</a></span> is about to beat me to releasing a game on Steam(*), despite me being the one working professionally in the game industry 😭<br/><br/>Help me repair this injustice by wishlisting, following and sharing <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ykztn94m24q3y43g9kqmlrtc9ylqpje82asjh4xg0vgfzpaeuslslxvj49" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Oremus, illustrated text adv.</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ykz…vj49</span>)</a></span>!<br/><br/><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/3857110/Oremus/">https://store.steampowered.com/app/3857110/Oremus/</a><br/><br/>A beautiful text adventure in 🇬🇧 and 🇫🇷!<br/>#gamedev #indiedev<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/114/994/149/569/242/036/original/c8185a1d025fe2c1.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-08-08T16:46:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxpelh7xdzvu50jun2weknq9v5nwedkgtzcumhmc4xcee0y99upgczypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zqumdzgz0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs025dt7dx3qavfmuzlw4m6atk7l7le0dgctsna8hm4sjvxx679s6q9q5cwf'>nevent1q…5cwf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Honestly, we do care about sharing our announcements to all users, and especially on a platform that&#39;s open source and user owned like Mastodon.<br/><br/>But we&#39;re seriously considering doing so with comments disabled in the future...<br/><br/>This is just one example but the amount of FOSS absolutists who give us shit for e.g. being hosted on GitHub is just not worth our time.<br/><br/>I have 15 years of FOSS development experience, I&#39;ve seen it all. Absolutists just make FOSS seem toxic to pragmatic people. 2024-09-22T08:47:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs025dt7dx3qavfmuzlw4m6atk7l7le0dgctsna8hm4sjvxx679s6qzypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zquy28vxz Looking at the replies on <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@godotengine/113177931856961903">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@godotengine/113177931856961903</a><br/><br/>... What&#39;s up with the FUD spreading on Mastodon?<br/><br/>The Godot editor is available as direct download, and packaged on Steam, EGS, Google Play, and now Horizon Store as a VR enabled app.<br/>All open source and free, with no strings attached, but folks on Masto talk as if Godot sold its soul to the devil.<br/><br/>Mastodon is a platform that claimed to be designed to reduce toxic aspects of social media, but in my experience it&#39;s the most antagonistic I&#39;m on. 2024-09-22T08:43:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvqdqyaxy3g3u78nagfjfftjxzmn6twsqzlpd07madymq3vtjxmdqzypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zquyh3lup In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97fq5ftcwgjvz3a5pdywmptvv7n74lwqzsjlty9v9salqhxuflys2qgwj3'>nevent1q…gwj3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wouldn&#39;t claim it&#39;s always that easy for all projects though. It&#39;s a goal, and something we pay great attention to, but not a guarantee.<br/>Engines are complex, and the API is huge.<br/><br/>But I think we have a decent track record, and 4.2 → 4.3 in particular I&#39;m very proud of 😊 2024-09-19T10:23:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs97fq5ftcwgjvz3a5pdywmptvv7n74lwqzsjlty9v9salqhxuflyszypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zqu3t2d3z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmgfax8ht9qv974x68kp8cr9try2vcssqa7xxhtz8nxe29e9q07g4ns5xm'>nevent1q…s5xm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For those not familiar with it – what is Godot&#39;s upgrade process, e.g. for 4.2 → 4.3?<br/><br/>- Have a project in 4.2<br/>- Download 4.3 (50 MiB), unzip it<br/>- Open 4.3, and edit your 4.2 project<br/>- Done*<br/><br/>*In specific cases, there can be minor adjustments to make, e.g. depth shaders in 4.3. 2024-09-19T10:23:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfmgfax8ht9qv974x68kp8cr9try2vcssqa7xxhtz8nxe29e9q07gzypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zqungkwqa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqx4hwa6pqeu9prhael6hqftvxlp4r97x3y3j2mwxtaasr6kx33us5mha7p'>nevent1q…ha7p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We plan to keep making 4.x releases 2-3 times per year, with care for compatibility and a smooth upgrade process.<br/><br/>Over time it may be difficult to guarantee compatibility across multiple minor releases (e.g. 4.0 → 4.5) but if you stay on top of new releases it should be smooth. 2024-09-19T10:23:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqx4hwa6pqeu9prhael6hqftvxlp4r97x3y3j2mwxtaasr6kx33uszypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zqu7xlsm5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdd7wj3jltwrg75tdw2qkk5ct80xspsv5yt9r6sann8r9pkcmwqysqlvzpy'>nevent1q…vzpy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So I really appreciate Unity adopting a similar release policy to ours, where users should feel safe to adopt minor feature release as they come.<br/><br/>It will take a while to unlearn the current upgrade wariness, but it&#39;s a worthy change for developers. 2024-09-19T10:23:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdd7wj3jltwrg75tdw2qkk5ct80xspsv5yt9r6sann8r9pkcmwqyszypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zqup5ugcm &#34;Unity wants fewer developers to park on older versions of the engine&#34;<br/><a href="https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/unity-wants-fewer-developers-to-park-on-older-versions-of-the-engine">https://www.gamedeveloper.com/programming/unity-wants-fewer-developers-to-park-on-older-versions-of-the-engine</a><br/><br/>---<br/><br/>That&#39;s a good change.<br/><br/>With Godot we&#39;ve always had as a goal to make updating to new feature updates as easy as possible, and something developers shouldn&#39;t be afraid of.<br/><br/>We know the game industry is very wary of engine updates during development, but we want to challenge that. 2024-09-19T10:22:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs93kydke0n4dqgafqddmnxwkjx9s4ygqu6fuxumuk4nsey9hqgfrczypwj5qprtuevypz0gw2f2p99tj9vs7np8x6sd8nyf0km24x6n3zquukwk6p Executive Director of the Godot Foundation following up on key Gamescom takeaways. Colorized, animated, 2024.<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@godotengine/113013875415952679">https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@godotengine/113013875415952679</a><br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/mastodongamedevplace/media_attachments/files/113/013/913/519/197/620/original/958a7d921590c813.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-08-23T23:24:30Z