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Juan Linietsky Juan Linietsky  - 13 March 2019

Godot 3.1 is out, improving usability and features

After a bit more than one year of work, the Godot developers and contributors are delighted to get their new release out the door, Godot 3.1! It brings much-requested improvements to usability and many important features. Godot 3.1 is more mature and easy to use, and it does away with many hurdles introduced in the previous versions.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 12 March 2019

Release candidate: Godot 3.1 RC 3

All good things come in threes, so after our first two release candidates, here is Godot 3.1 RC 3. We've reached a state which we think should be good to release as the stable branch, so if no critical regression is found, the next build should be 3.1 stable!

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 10 March 2019

Release candidate: Godot 3.1 RC 2

We had our first release candidate for Godot 3.1 two days ago, and various critical bugs have been fixed since then, so we're publishing a new candidate, RC 2. Please give it a try on various devices and platforms, and ensure that no critical issues have been missed.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  -  8 March 2019

Release candidate: Godot 3.1 RC 1

After over one year of work, 5 alpha releases, 11 betas and 7000 commits by close to 500 contributors, we're finally ready to wrap up the 3.1 version and let you all benefit from the hundreds of new features, enhancements and bug fixes that have been worked on by the community since January 2018. We're therefore publishing this first release candidate, Godot 3.1 RC 1, to let all of you test it thoroughly and check if any showstoppers remain. The final release is a but few days away!

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  -  5 March 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 11

One (hopefully) last beta was needed to test the many last-minute bug fixes done over the last few day, which brought the 3.1 version very close to what we want the final version to be. But any heavy bugfix requires QA testing to ensure that it does not introduce regressions, so we're publishing a new 3.1 beta 11 build to have the community confirm if it's ready for the Release Candidate stage.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  -  2 March 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 10

Another beta build towards Godot 3.1. We're getting very close to being ready to call it a Release Candidate, so barring any major regression in this beta, we should be able to publish a RC1 build in a few days.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  -  1 March 2019

Join the Godot Meetup at GDC 2019

We're organizing a Godot Meetup at the GitHub HQ during GDC 2019, on Thursday, March 21 at 6:30 pm. Entrance is free and everyone is welcome to attend, but you do need to register beforehand on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/godot-gdc-meetup-2019-tickets-57554184114

HP van Braam HP van Braam  - 28 February 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 9

The previous beta had some GLES2/Android regressions which, along with several other issues, has been fixed in Beta 9. Please go forth and test! Assuming no new regressions are found we are likely going to move to *release candidate* state soon.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 27 February 2019

Godot in Google Summer of Code 2019

Godot will take part in the Google Summer of Code for the second time in a row, and we are thrilled at the opportunity to mentor students to work on interesting projects for the Godot community.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 26 February 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 8

Our two previous beta builds had showstopper regressions, which have now been fixed. This beta 8 builds allows using the engine with C# again, as well as running it on older CPUs. As we release it, we are already aware of another recent regression with ETC texture import affecting GLES2 on mobile, which will be fixed in the next build.

HP van Braam HP van Braam  - 24 February 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 7

As bugfixing is going at a steady pace towards Godot 3.1 stable, we plan to release beta builds frequently to have broad testing on the latest fixes and spot any regression. So we're now publishing Godot 3.1 beta 7 with close to 25 commits made since beta 6 a few days ago. This is also the first Godot released to have code signed binaries on Windows!

Juan Linietsky Juan Linietsky  - 22 February 2019

Submissions open for Godot 2019 showreel

Are you proud of your game and would you like us to showcase it in Godot's 2019 showreel? Please send us a short video (10-15 secs) for us to include it!

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 22 February 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 6

As bugfixing is going at a steady pace towards Godot 3.1 stable, we plan to release beta builds frequently to have broad testing on the latest fixes and spot any regression. So we're now publishing Godot 3.1 beta 6 with close to 150 commits made since beta 5 a few days ago. This is also the first Godot released to have code signed binaries on Windows!

Juan Linietsky Juan Linietsky  - 20 February 2019

Meet with Godot Representatives at GDC 2019

Another year, another GDC! This year, many of us core developers will be attending GDC in representation of the project to meet with companies interested in knowing more about Godot (or just meeting with us).

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 17 February 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 5

It's only been a few days since beta 4, but we're making very good progress on polishing the 3.1 beta, with many bugs being fixed every day. We'll soon be able to issue a Release Candidate (RC) build and from there, proceed quickly to the stable release. For now, we're still calling this one beta 5, as there are some critical bugs left that we want to fix before RC 1.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 12 February 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 4

The last couple of weeks have been busy, as many core developers were meeting in Brussels for the Godot Sprint, FOSDEM and GodotCon. Nevertheless, other contributors have kept working in the meantime, and some of the Godot Sprint attendees also did some welcome bugfixing, so we have enough content for a new beta 4 build. We're quite close to being ready for a first release candidate.

Nathan GDQuest Nathan GDQuest  - 31 January 2019

GDquest Kickstarter Stretch Goals, Free Tutorials and Demos

The Kickstarter got funded in 4 days! We're hard at work on new tutorials and demos you can get right now. We've also announced 3 stretch goals to contribute more Free content for the entire community.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 29 January 2019

Schedule for GodotCon 2019 in Brussels

GodotCon, the yearly Godot Engine event in Brussels, Belgium, is right around the corner! Here's the current schedule of talks and workshops for the event, with a short presentation of the speakers. You can still register to join us on February 4 & 5, 2019, as well as propose a talk or workshop.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 27 January 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 3

We've been hard at work fixing bugs since the Godot 3.1 beta 2 last week, and our new beta 3 snapshot is a lot closer to what we want the final 3.1 to be like. We've reviewed the many bug reports filed in the 3.1 milestone over the last few weeks, and many of them have been resolved, or postponed to the next milestone when they were not critical. The GLES2 backend is getting more and more mature, especially for the web and mobile platforms where severe issues have been fixed.

Nathan GDQuest Nathan GDQuest  - 18 January 2019

GDquest Kickstarter: learn 2d and 3d game creation with Godot

We are crowdfunding 2d and 3d training series for Godot once again! With our last campaign, we made both paid and free tutorials, contributed to the official documentation, and to Godot's demos. We want to do more, but for that, we need your help.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  - 18 January 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 2

We're making good progress on fixing the most critical bugs for Godot 3.1, and it's now time for another beta build for testers to work with. This brings us one step closer to the final release, with notably many crashes fixed. A major performance regression in the GLES2 backend has also been fixed.

Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde  -  8 January 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 beta 1

We're now entering the beta phase for Godot 3.1, and the release freeze, which means that only major bug fixes will now be merged in the master branch until 3.1 is released. This first development snapshot, 3.1 beta 1, brings a week's worth of bug fixes and enhancements merged in the master branch since the alpha 5 release.

Nathan GDQuest Nathan GDQuest  -  6 January 2019

Introducing Japanese indies to Godot

Godot isn't well-known in Japan just yet, like in many other countries all around the world. I got the chance to present it to indie developers in Tokyo and in Kyoto. Here's a quick report and an example of how you can help raise awareness about the engine where you are.

HP van Braam HP van Braam  -  2 January 2019

Dev snapshot: Godot 3.1 alpha 5

Godot 3.1 alpha 5 is released, with 31 PRs merged since the previous alpha last week. This is the last alpha, we're now moving into the beta stage, where only critical bug fixes will be considered for merging until we are happy with the overall stability of the master branch.