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DevCorner: Exciting News From The Godot Engine Project

The Godot Engine ("the open-source answer to Unity3D") continues to make exciting progress with the recent stable release of version 2.1. Besides lots of small usability improvements to the GUI, the main new feature is a asset sharing store build right into the editor:

This should hopefully result in a lot of extremely easy to use assets, and I am looking forward to seeing a lot high quality assets from OpenGameArt.org transferred into it ;)

In related news, it was recently announced that there is work going on to allow C# (a extremely popular game scripting language also used in Unity3D) scripting in Godot besides the current Python based custom language. So this should lower the entry barrier for indie developers significantly, and maybe we will even see a conversion utility for open-sourcing simple Unity3D games?

Furthermore they are also working on a visual scripting system akin to Unreal's Blueprint or what you can use in the Blender Game Engine. Yeah, visual programming systems are usually pretty limited, but they have their use-cases and definitely lower the entry barrier for artists (map events or shader scripting). Or to put it in the Godot Engine developer's words:

To make it clearer, it is not our belief that forcing programmers to write code with visual blocks will result in a more efficient workflow. We know other game engines and solutions try to sell you this point of view, but rest assured that this is not our view or intention. We stand by programming and still believe it's the best.
So then, again, why visual scripting? Our goals with it are the following:

• Provide a way for non-programmers to experience what developing in Godot feels like, by ensuring they have a way to manipulate their game's logic.
• Allow programmers to set up their scenes, AI, etc. in a way they can expose the coarse parameters and logic to level designers or game designers. This way, they can do tweaks without bothering programmers.
• Allow programmers to expose how data is organized in a visual way. Godot's VisualScript has so much flexibility in how the graph flows that it allows creating dialogue trees, coarse game flow, event handling, etc. with small effort.

Please understand it as just an extra tool, not as a replacement to programming. It will be possible to use both GDScript and VisualScript as complementary tool in a same project.

Sounds pretty good doesn't it?

Oh and last but not least, after long waiting the first version of the Godot based point and click adventure framework Escoria has been released. It is based on the work done for the pretty cool commercial game developed by the original team behind the Godot Engine, so it should be quite powerful. You can find the source code here and a nice manual here.

P.S.: There is also work on-going on a higher level networking support for Godot, which should really help with multi-player prototypes.

This post was retrieved from freegamer.blogspot.com.

Anthem | Release Date, Latest Trailer, Latest News

Anthem | Release date, Latest Trailer, Latest News

Anthem is the following huge IP from Bioware, the makers of the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series. First revealed at E3 2017, the epic science fiction RPG expects to unite single-player, multiplayer, shooting, and RPG components in a comparative vein to Bungie's Destiny franchise — yet from a third-individual point of view. 
Pro-GamersArena has compiled everything you need to know about the upcoming BioWare's 'Anthem' including all the latest news, release date, gameplay and more...

Anthem: Quick Facts

• Initial release date: 22 February 2019
• Developer: BioWare
• Engine: Frostbite 3
• Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows.

Anthem: Releasing On 22 February 2019.

Anthem has officially been delayed to 2019 to prepare for Battlefield 5 in October 2018. The upcoming RPG will now release for PS4, Xbox One and PC on February 22nd, 2019, or, in other words previously the March 2019 release date EA proposed the game would have in a recent earnings report.

Anthem: Latest Trailer

Bioware shared a new story trailer for Anthem at The Game Awards 2018, finally offering a closer look at the mysterious force, the Freelancers are fighting, and what seems to be the main antagonist. He's absolutely dressed like a bad guy, anyway. The titular Anthem is on a rampage, and this bad guy is harnessing it for no-doubt evil purposes.

Anthem: Latest News

BioWare has given an update to when the demo for Anthem will be released, giving more specific time frames for when fans can hope to play it. 

Announced on EA's site, there will be two release dates for the demo: Players who pre-order or subscribe to Origin Access will get the chance to play the previous weekend, January 25-27. And the open demo will run from February 1-3 on PS4, Xbox One, and PC and will be available to all players.


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