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Get things done quickly with Godot's built-in scripting language GDScript.Inspired by Python and other languages, it is easy to pick up even if youare a beginner. Tight engine integration allows it to express game logicin a clear and natural form.
New in 4.0: GDScript offers optional static typing support,boosting your coding efficiency and runtime performance. Powerful languagefeatures and first-class functions allow for expressive yet concise code.
If you're an experienced C# user, Godot offers you first-class supportfor the .NET platform. Power your game with familiar libraries and givethem performance boost, while still benefiting from close engine integration.
Note: .NET support is provided as a dedicated engine executable.C# support is available for desktop and mobile platforms as of Godot 4.2.Web support should be added in the future, but until then,Godot 3 remains a supported option.
Godot is built to be extended, and that means you can choosea programming language not provided by the Godot team itself.Thanks to our community there are many language bindings forpopular tools like Rust, Nim, Python, and JavaScript.
New in 4.0: C++ supports comes officially in the form ofGDExtension API, which gives you a way to script and program your gamecomponents for maximum performance without having to recompile the engine.
Thanks to the modular structure and a straightforward build process of Godotyou can create your own engine modules. Gain every last drop of performanceor integrate with many 3rd party libraries with low-level C++ code.
New in 4.0: With the new movie maker mode youcan record gameplay and scripted scenes from your project ata stable framerate and guaranteed simulation speed. Togetherwith Godot's animation capabilities, make the most out of theengine's visuals.
Godot (/ˈɡɒdoʊ/[a]) is a cross-platform, free and open-source game engine released under the permissive MIT license. It was initially developed by Argentine software developers Juan Linietsky and Ariel Manzur[6] for several companies in Latin America prior to its public release in 2014.[7] The development environment runs on many platforms, and can export to several more. It is designed to create both 2D and 3D games targeting PC, mobile, and web platforms and can also be used to develop non-game software, including editors.
The engine supports deployment to multiple platforms and allows specification of texture compression and resolution settings for each platform. The website provides binaries only for the editor platforms, and exporting projects to other platforms is done within the Godot editor.
The Godot engine can be run on consoles, although popular consoles are not officially supported since they do not allow their platform-specific code to be published under an open-source license.[17] Games can be ported to consoles through third-party companies.[18][19] Godot 4 support for consoles by third party teams is currently being worked on.[15] W4 Games, a commercial company co-founded by some members of Godot's leadership, has announced plans to offer services porting Godot 4.0 games to Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony platforms.[20][21]
Godot supports a variety of programming languages for making games, including the integrated language GDScript, C++[24] and C#. Additionally, the engine includes GDNative, a facility for creating bindings with other languages. Officially-supported GDNative languages include C and C++.[25] Community-supported languages include Rust, Nim, Haskell, Clojure, Swift, and D.[26] Visual coding was also supported, via the built-in language VisualScript, designed to be a visual equivalent to GDScript.[19] Visual Scripting was removed from the core engine in Godot 4.0.[27] Godot games running in the browser can interface with the browser's JavaScript code.
Godot's graphics engine uses OpenGL ES 3.0 for all supported platforms; otherwise, OpenGL ES 2.0 is used. Vulkan is supported starting in version 4.0 and also includes the possibility of support for Metal using MoltenVK.[30] The engine supports normal mapping, specularity, dynamic shadows using shadow maps, baked and dynamic global illumination, and full-screen post-processing effects like bloom, depth of field, high-dynamic-range rendering, and gamma correction. A simplified shader language, similar to GLSL, is also incorporated. Shaders can be used for materials and post-processing. Alternatively, they can be created by manipulating nodes in a visual editor.
Godot also includes a separate 2D graphics engine that can operate independently of the 3D engine, but both can also work at the same time on the same display, so as to make complex mixes between 2D and 3D. The 2D engine supports features such as lights, shadows, shaders, tile sets, parallax scrolling, polygons, animations, physics, and particles. It is also possible to mix 2D and 3D using a 'viewport node'.
Godot contains an animation system with a GUI for skeletal animation, blending, animation trees, morphing, and real-time cutscenes. Almost any variable defined or created on a game entity can be animated.[31] Godot has its own in-house physics engine, and as of Godot 4.x allows third parties to integrate their own physics via GDExtension. In Godot 3.x, the Bullet physics engine is included and used by default.[32] The Thor Vector Graphics (ThorVG) library allows creating GUIs with vector resources.[33]
Juan 'reduz' Linietsky and Ariel 'punto' Manzur co-founded Codenix in 1999, a game development consulting company. As early as 2001, they began work on an engine then code-named "Larvotor" which was licensed to third-party companies in Argentina.[34][35][36][37] Over the course of the following ten years, the engine was renamed to "Legacy", "NG3D", "Larvita" and finally to "Godot". The name "Godot" was chosen due to its relation to Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, as it represents the never-ending wish of adding new features in the engine, which would get it closer to an exhaustive product, but never will.[38] Linietsky and Manzur joined OKAM and the company worked with a number of studios in the closed-source era including Square Enix. Linietsky indicated that their work was hampered by political and economic instability in Argentina at the time however.[39]
The 3.0 update for Godot involved addressing a long list of desired features which required a major refactor of the engine that had been impossible while under commercial constraints in the closed-source era. With Miguel de Icaza's support, Godot received a $24,000 donation from Microsoft in 2017 to implement C# as a scripting language in Godot.[42] A Patreon was launched, which enabled Linietsky and Verschelde to work on the project full time. The 3.0 version launched in 2018. The 3.1 update added a OpenGL ES 2.0 renderer aimed at mobile hardware, as mobile support for ES 3.0 by manufacturers was then limited.[43]
In 2019 two teams were formed, with Linietsky's team focusing on the Vulkan branch (later released as 4.0) and Verschelde's team covering further updates to the 3.x branch. Linietsky indicated that part of the issue was that the 3.x branch was built with older architectural principles in mind, such as single-core processors. Thus, the intention was to redevelop the core architecture for 4.0 and account for modern principles.[44] In 2020, Godot received a $250,000 Epic Games award to improve graphics rendering and the engine's built-in game development language, GDScript, which was used to pay Linietsky and George Marques for two years while freeing donation money for other purposes.[45][46] Godot also received grants from Meta Platforms' Reality Labs in 2020 and 2021.[47][48][49] The 4.0 branch released in alpha form in early 2022, and was polished over the course of the year.[50]That August, Linietsky and several other members of the Godot team established W4 Games to offer commercial services based on the engine, including console ports that cannot be included in its open-source codebase.[51][20] In November, Godot announced plans to transition from the SFC to its own newly-formed Godot Foundation.[52][53][54][55]
The full release of the 4.0 update with Vulkan support occurred in 2023, as well as the arrival of the Godot engine on the Epic Games Store. The version on Epic is identical to others in terms of both content and licensing, with the storefront simply used as a means of distribution and for updating.[56] In September, Unity Technologies announced major changes to licensing for the Unity engine including the addition of "runtime fees" that would charge users on installation of Unity games. As a result, Re-Logic donated $100,000 to Godot, and further announced that it would be donating $1,000 a month going forward, in the interest of supporting an open-source alternative to Unity.[57]
Godot reached version 1.0 on 15 December 2014, marking the first stable release and the addition of lightmapping, navmesh support, and more shaders.[58] Version 1.1 was released on 21 May 2015, adding improved auto-completion in the code editor, a visual shader editor, a new API to the operating system for managing screens and windows, improved 2D physics and a rewritten 2D engine, better Blender Collada support, and a new dark theme.[59]
Version 3.0 was released on 29 January 2018, adding a new PBR renderer implemented in OpenGL ES 3.0, virtual reality compatibility, and C# support (via Mono)[32] thanks to a $24,000 donation from Microsoft.[62] Version 3.0 also added the Bullet physics engine in addition to the engine's built-in 3D physics back end and was the first version of Godot to be included in Debian.
Godot 4 was released on 1 March 2023. It is a major update that overhauls the rendering system, adds support for Vulkan graphics API, improves GDScript performance and usability, enhances physics and animation systems, and introduces many other features and bug fixes. The development of Godot 4 started in 2019 with a rewrite of the renderer to use Vulkan by Linietsky. In 2020, several contributors joined the development team and worked on various aspects of Godot 4, such as GDScript improvements, physics engine overhaul, animation system rewrite, editor usability enhancements and more.
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