On September 15, Godot developers announced the launch of the beta test of the fourth version of the engine. A significant part of its functions in one form or another started working in the first alpha, but several innovations were also introduced.

The developers of Godot have presented the “alpha” of the fourth version of their open source engine. It has been in development for two years. Among the key features are new rendering and lighting systems, changes to the physics engine, an improved import system and an updated editor.In a post on the official website, Godot developers invited everyone to take part in alpha testing.

The developers of the free Godot engine have received a new grant for an undisclosed amount from Reality Labs. The funds will be used to develop additional features to support AR and VR games.At the same time, the authors of Godot Engine shared their plans for the development of the XR direction for 2022:

The developers of the open source Godot engine presented version 3.3. Work on it was carried out for seven months. Among the main innovations are the web version of the editor, a new API for iOS plugins, support for M1 chips, as well as improved rendering tools, multithreading and working with HTML5.Web Editor in Godot 3.3