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Godot 4.3 Dev Snapshot 6 Updates (godotengine.org)
88 points by pixelbyindex 775 days ago
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omoikane 774 days ago
I like how they pay attention to backward compatibility, particularly with "Reverse Z for the depth buffer" in the linked blog post[1]:

   1. I'm sorry we broke your shader.
   2. I trust you know how to fix your shader.
   3. We promise not to break your shader again by changing the definition of clip space anytime soon.
[1] https://godotengine.org/article/introducing-reverse-z/
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tapoxi 774 days ago
It also prints out a helpful warning: https://preview.redd.it/dev-snapshot-godot-4-3-dev-6-v0-rh3m...
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mhaberl 774 days ago
Perhaps it is just wishful thinking, but at the speed its getting better I feel like next year it will suprass Unity overall.

Godot is awesome. Thank you John Riccitiello!

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pjmlp 774 days ago
Quite a few platforms to support, editor tooling, store for game developers, and first party support from platform holders, before it can actually surpass Unity.
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llmblockchain 774 days ago
Unity's bar is pretty low to surpass. The bar falls a lot when you realize it's essentially an ad company disguised as a game engine.
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pjmlp 774 days ago
Apparently Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Google, Apple, Meta think otherwise in their sponsorship regarding Unity on their platforms.
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llmblockchain 774 days ago
Right. I'm sure none of those companies would ever deal with ads, targeting or user data in way shape or form. It was solely due to Unity's incredible engine and had nothing to do with their user base and ad network.
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gamblor956 774 days ago
All of these sponsorships started long before Unity's ad product was launched...

And Unity's ad network is in competition with several of these companies, most notably Apple and Google.

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glimshe 774 days ago
If people aren't using the engine to build games for them, they will soon start caring a lot less. It used to be the case that Unity was the default choice for an indie game. Nowadays, it's more like "I will use Unity because there is absolutely no other alternative I can bear", which is a fairly small percentage of the indie games starting development today.
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pjmlp 774 days ago
Sure, if they are happy enough targeting PC like systems, for A games, maybe AA.

Not saying that Godot isn't going to get there, only that those that downplay Unity really don't get the spectrum of features it provides.

Google Docs versus Office.

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