The free and open source game engine Godot Engine has a huge new feature release out, so big they had to change the version number and they have some big plans for long-term support.

Originally planned to be 3.2.4, it got so big with new features they branched it to a whole new build with Godot 3.3. Since Godot 4.0 is going to be a major change, with advanced rendering features and Vulkan API support, they're going to keep supporting the 3.x branch with plans in progress for a Godot 3.4 release in Q2/Q3 this year.

Pictured - Godot 3.3 with the .

As for what's in Godot 3.3? A including:

• Godot editor on the Web


• Threading API modernization


• HTML5: Threads, GDNative, AudioWorklet


• Unified 2D batching


• New CPU lightmapper


• Improved FBX importer


• WebXR support for VR games


• OpenXR plugin


• MP3 loading and playback

Hopefully more developers will begin to use it, especially since it's completely free and open source with no royalties needed - along with great multi-platform support for both the editor and for exported games. The team say that Godot 3.3 is compatible with Godot 3.2.x and they are actually recommending users to upgrade.

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