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Zero-Cost Empowerment: Build the Game of Your Dreams

This is kind of huge, isn’t it? I’ve been seeing this engine around for a while (it was still in closed alpha I believe) and it seemed really well done. It’s a Godot fork that’s intended to be a simpler experience like Roblox, where it has visual scripting, handles all the multiplayer itself, and allows you to create worlds collaboratively with friends and co-workers in real-time.

The only thing people seemed iffy about was monetization and its closed-source nature, but now that it’s here and FOSS, anyone think it might blow up and be a great introduction to game development for beginners and kids?

I’ll probably test it and see how it is later, but it does seem like it’s still in alpha.

  • stormesp@lemm.eeEnglish
    211·
    9 months ago

    The people that handle the engine posting that meme on what is supposed to be an official website is bad enough, but i think they dont even understand why Fortnite and Roblox are popular, they are not popular because they are easy to use, they are popular because they are easy to use AND they are attached to two of the most popular and well known games on earth.

    Obviously i hope that stuff like Godot gets more traction, but saying that this is going to dethrone or kill uefn and roblox is just hilarous tbh.

    Edit: Oh, i see now why everything seemed so sketchy, they have been promoting this since 2022 as a platform for metaverses, webchain and all that web3 bullshit

  • pipe01@programming.dev
    2·
    9 months ago

    Doesn’t seem like it’s a fork but just an app built using Godot, unless I’m misunderstanding something.

  • The Free Penguin@lemmygrad.ml
    32·
    9 months ago

    BASED!!!

    1. Is it intended for making online multiplayer games?

    2. Will such games be integrated into a platform?

    3. If said platform exists, will the mods try not to be prudish with what gets published?

    • popcar2@programming.devOP
      2·
      9 months ago

      1. Yes

      2. It seems like they have a platform/launcher with user-created content in it. They get 10% marketplace fee but since it’s fully open source you can probably publish your game outside of their platform.