Two weeks ago we finally released Godot 4.0 alpha 1 ― the first official alpha build of our upcoming major milestone, enabling all interested users to try it out and report bugs, as well as provide feedback on the new features.
We got lots of bug repor…

New component allows to define a nice background for 3D games. Just add it to the design by Add Non-Visual Component -> Background (you can add it to any component, but it’s most natural to do it on viewport) and then set to it. You can provide up to 6 textures that define 6 sides …

Lately I’ve done a number of rearrangements in CGE units, to make the engine code cleaner (easier to understand, both for new people and seasoned devs): Units map documentation is now up-to-date and more straightforward. Unit dependencies outlined in units map are (again) automatically checked by check_units_dependencies internal tool (using ppudump from FPC underneath). A …

I’ve added an example project examples/user_interface/custom_cursor showing how you can implement a custom cursor in your applications. It’s very flexible — the custom cursor is just a UI element, synchronized with mouse position, and it can contain an image, a viewport (with animated scene) or anything else you want. You even design the custom cursor …

In parallel to our work on Godot 3.5 (with a first beta) and 4.0 (and finally alpha 1!), we backport important fixes to the stable 3.4 branch for use in production.
A number of such fixes have been queued since the 3.4.2 release, so we’re getting ready…

We have extended our documentation how to put engine on Lazarus (and soon Delphi too) form. It now discusses also where to initialize CGE in this approach, how to use states and UI, and makes it clear that mixing TCastleControl and TCastleWindow in…