diff --git a/article/2022-retrospective/index.html b/article/2022-retrospective/index.html index dfdc805ae5..4780973d31 100644 --- a/article/2022-retrospective/index.html +++ b/article/2022-retrospective/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 2022: A Retrospective – Godot Engine

2022: A Retrospective

By: Juan Linietsky diff --git a/article/2024-cherry-picks/index.html b/article/2024-cherry-picks/index.html index def68cb1f6..6882e9e13a 100644 --- a/article/2024-cherry-picks/index.html +++ b/article/2024-cherry-picks/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ 2024 Cherry-picks – Godot Engine

2024 Cherry-picks

By: Nat diff --git a/article/2d-games-godot-kickstarter-live/index.html b/article/2d-games-godot-kickstarter-live/index.html index ef268bac20..ff16848de5 100644 --- a/article/2d-games-godot-kickstarter-live/index.html +++ b/article/2d-games-godot-kickstarter-live/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Make Professional 2d Games with Godot: Kickstarter LIVE – Godot Engine

Make Professional 2d Games with Godot: Kickstarter LIVE

By: Nathan GDQuest diff --git a/article/80-funded-celebrating-patreon-rewards-upgrade/index.html b/article/80-funded-celebrating-patreon-rewards-upgrade/index.html index ac1e2b2286..11121f9ba6 100644 --- a/article/80-funded-celebrating-patreon-rewards-upgrade/index.html +++ b/article/80-funded-celebrating-patreon-rewards-upgrade/index.html @@ -1,13 +1,13 @@ 80% funded! Celebrating with a Patreon rewards upgrade – Godot Engine

80% funded! Celebrating with a Patreon rewards upgrade

By: Rémi Verschelde Rémi Verschelde
26 August 2017
News

This article is from August 2017, some of its contents might be outdated and no longer accurate.
You can find up-to-date information about the engine in the official documentation.

Astounding and invigorating

I have to admit, the financial support that we got over the last two weeks has been astounding and reached far beyond my expectations for the launch of our Patreon campaign. When we started working on the Patreon page with Juan, we expected that it would take a few months and the publication of Godot 3.0 to bring us near to our $3,000 monthly goal which could secure us Juan’s full-time dedication to the project.

And here we are, two weeks in and already 80% funded, with barely $600 missing to reach our main goal - and it keeps growing slowly but steadily, with a daily influx of new donors. -We want to thank you all for your incredible support! Whether you contribute to the engine’s development via code, bug reports, testing, teaching, developing awesome games or donating to the project, you all participate in making Godot!

And this is also very invigorating. We are a non-profit project, dedicated to making the best free and open source game engine not for our own sake, but for anyone wanting to develop games. +We want to thank you all for your incredible support! Whether you contribute to the engine’s development via code, bug reports, testing, teaching, developing awesome games or donating to the project, you all participate in making Godot!

And this is also very invigorating. We are a non-profit project, dedicated to making the best free and open source game engine not for our own sake, but for anyone wanting to develop games. Seeing that we are able to crowdfund the development of our engine proves us the worth of our voluntary work as free software contributors, and that we are creating something really unique with Godot.

Since I started following Godot’s development in late 2014, and got involved as a contributor mid 2015, I could observe the growth of our community of users and contributors, and I’m happy to say that we are still growing at an overwhelming pace! August 2017 is not finished yet, and still it’s already our all time high both for the number of newly opened issues (following the release of 3.0-alpha1 last month) and pull requests!

Growth of monthly contributions since Godot went public

Growth of monthly contributions since Godot went public. Source: [GitHub](https://github.com/godotengine/godot)

The least I can say is that we are living in interesting times! To see so many contributors gravitating around our humble piece of free software makes me very confident that Godot 3.0+ will impose itself as a major game development tool for big studios and indies alike.

Now, now, that’s enough self-gratification for a day, let’s go back to our other topic: the Patreon rewards.

Upgrade and clarification of the Patreon rewards

First off, for those who missed it until now: we are running a Patreon campaign with a main goal to hire our lead developer, Juan Linietsky, so that he can work full-time on the engine. Patreon is a platform for “creators” to be funded directly by their fans, often in the exchange of rewards related to the creator’s expertise. As an incentive for our community members to donate to the project, we thought of various perks that could be proposed for successive tiers, and many of you already pledged at the various levels.

There are several important points to note regarding those rewards:

  • The main reward for everyone, whether they donate or not, is Godot Engine’s steadier development. Being able to hire Juan full-time means that the engine gets better faster for everyone.
  • As a non-profit project supported by a US-based charity (Software Freedom Conservancy), there are restrictions on the kind of services or products that we can monetize. As such, in order for all pledges to fully qualify as donations and not as taxable business income, we need to make sure that the rewards we offer have no or little fair market value.
  • Anything that we grant to patrons should benefit the project as a whole, and eventually be accessible to everyone.

As such, after reviewing the language of all proposed rewards with our Conservancy lawyer Tony, we decided to reword some of them for clarity (and to comply with the law regarding to charities in the US) and make sure that they can’t be interpreted as e.g. work-for-hire. We also took this opportunity to upgrade all rewards above $14 to their upper tier. In other words, we reduce the minimal pledge amount for each tier.

Which means for example that if you had previously pledged $14 for the “Generous Thank You” level, you will now also be able to vote on the monthly tutorial and demo that we will produce for everyone (which was previously for $18+ patrons). Similarly, if you had pledged $18 to vote on tutorials and demos, you will now also be invited to participate in the monthly video Q&A with the developers. And so on and so forth; the $5 and $10 rewards stay the same.

You can check the details for each reward on the Patreon page. Here’s a matrix giving an overview on the rewards they give access to:

Overview of the rewards for each Patreon pledge tier diff --git a/article/abandoning-gles3-vulkan-and-gles2/index.html b/article/abandoning-gles3-vulkan-and-gles2/index.html index 7022724f35..972ffda106 100644 --- a/article/abandoning-gles3-vulkan-and-gles2/index.html +++ b/article/abandoning-gles3-vulkan-and-gles2/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Moving to Vulkan (and ES 2.0) instead of OpenGL ES 3.0 – Godot Engine

Moving to Vulkan (and ES 2.0) instead of OpenGL ES 3.0

By: Juan Linietsky diff --git a/article/about-godot4-vulkan-gles3-and-gles2/index.html b/article/about-godot4-vulkan-gles3-and-gles2/index.html index 36ece5213e..46f8d0632a 100644 --- a/article/about-godot4-vulkan-gles3-and-gles2/index.html +++ b/article/about-godot4-vulkan-gles3-and-gles2/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ About Godot 4, Vulkan, GLES3 and GLES2 – Godot Engine

About Godot 4, Vulkan, GLES3 and GLES2

By: Ilaria Cislaghi diff --git a/article/about-official-console-ports/index.html b/article/about-official-console-ports/index.html index 06b7f2adaf..043318efca 100644 --- a/article/about-official-console-ports/index.html +++ b/article/about-official-console-ports/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ About Official Console Ports – Godot Engine
diff --git a/article/agile-input-processing-is-here-for-smoother-gameplay/index.html b/article/agile-input-processing-is-here-for-smoother-gameplay/index.html index 98a021e399..dde6c1a3ec 100644 --- a/article/agile-input-processing-is-here-for-smoother-gameplay/index.html +++ b/article/agile-input-processing-is-here-for-smoother-gameplay/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Agile input processing is here for smoother, more responsive gameplay – Godot Engine

Agile input processing is here for smoother, more responsive gameplay

By: Pedro J. Estébanez diff --git a/article/android_godot_editor_play_store_beta_release/index.html b/article/android_godot_editor_play_store_beta_release/index.html index ce8429567c..24905393ed 100644 --- a/article/android_godot_editor_play_store_beta_release/index.html +++ b/article/android_godot_editor_play_store_beta_release/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Godot Editor (Beta) arrives to the Play Store – Godot Engine

Godot Editor (Beta) arrives to the Play Store

By: Fredia Huya-Kouadio diff --git a/article/animation-data-redesign-40/index.html b/article/animation-data-redesign-40/index.html index 1d1ddbb9f2..7b51c9dc9b 100644 --- a/article/animation-data-redesign-40/index.html +++ b/article/animation-data-redesign-40/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Animation data rework for 4.0 – Godot Engine

Animation data rework for 4.0

By: Juan Linietsky diff --git a/article/animation-retargeting-in-godot-4-0/index.html b/article/animation-retargeting-in-godot-4-0/index.html index f07cf2e28b..15412a1bc1 100644 --- a/article/animation-retargeting-in-godot-4-0/index.html +++ b/article/animation-retargeting-in-godot-4-0/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Animation Retargeting in Godot 4.0 – Godot Engine

Animation Retargeting in Godot 4.0

By: Silc Renew diff --git a/article/announcing-2020-showreel/index.html b/article/announcing-2020-showreel/index.html index 8b2c8f8fc4..d8ca797ce1 100644 --- a/article/announcing-2020-showreel/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-2020-showreel/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing the 2020 showreel! – Godot Engine

Announcing the 2020 showreel!

By: Juan Linietsky diff --git a/article/announcing-2021-godot-games-showreel/index.html b/article/announcing-2021-godot-games-showreel/index.html index b2a839e699..70c6819454 100644 --- a/article/announcing-2021-godot-games-showreel/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-2021-godot-games-showreel/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing the 2021 Godot games showreel! – Godot Engine
The Circle of Kerzoven diff --git a/article/announcing-godot-2022-showreels/index.html b/article/announcing-godot-2022-showreels/index.html index 86cdd8a65f..a67b69adc2 100644 --- a/article/announcing-godot-2022-showreels/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-godot-2022-showreels/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing the Godot 2022 showreels! – Godot Engine

Announcing the Godot 2022 showreels!

By: Emi diff --git a/article/announcing-gogodotjam-2/index.html b/article/announcing-gogodotjam-2/index.html index af048b1393..0e331ef333 100644 --- a/article/announcing-gogodotjam-2/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-gogodotjam-2/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing GoGodotJam 2! – Godot Engine

Announcing GoGodotJam 2!

By: Ilaria Cislaghi diff --git a/article/announcing-gogodotjam-3/index.html b/article/announcing-gogodotjam-3/index.html index b2af63c9ac..5a342a2f17 100644 --- a/article/announcing-gogodotjam-3/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-gogodotjam-3/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing GoGodotJam 3! – Godot Engine

Announcing GoGodotJam 3!

By: Ilaria Cislaghi diff --git a/article/announcing-gogodotjam/index.html b/article/announcing-gogodotjam/index.html index c5210a6b09..86419dc675 100644 --- a/article/announcing-gogodotjam/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-gogodotjam/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing Go Godot Jam – Godot Engine

Announcing Go Godot Jam

By: Ilaria Cislaghi diff --git a/article/announcing-monthly-live-q/index.html b/article/announcing-monthly-live-q/index.html index f8719471d9..54372ef05b 100644 --- a/article/announcing-monthly-live-q/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-monthly-live-q/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing the monthly Live Q&A! – Godot Engine

Announcing the monthly Live Q&A! diff --git a/article/announcing-new-community-map-user-groups/index.html b/article/announcing-new-community-map-user-groups/index.html index bf0404493f..40fcd77767 100644 --- a/article/announcing-new-community-map-user-groups/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-new-community-map-user-groups/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing the new community map for user groups – Godot Engine

Announcing the new community map for user groups

By: Hugo Locurcio diff --git a/article/announcing-new-hire-gilles-roudiere/index.html b/article/announcing-new-hire-gilles-roudiere/index.html index e7e3a2ce43..588bf5986d 100644 --- a/article/announcing-new-hire-gilles-roudiere/index.html +++ b/article/announcing-new-hire-gilles-roudiere/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Announcing a new hire! (Gilles Roudière) – Godot Engine

Announcing a new hire! (Gilles Roudière)

By: Juan Linietsky diff --git a/article/as-oss-godot-is-more-than-a-game-engine/index.html b/article/as-oss-godot-is-more-than-a-game-engine/index.html index 6f288c3344..32bcd6b980 100644 --- a/article/as-oss-godot-is-more-than-a-game-engine/index.html +++ b/article/as-oss-godot-is-more-than-a-game-engine/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ As an Open Source project, Godot is more than a game engine – Godot Engine

As an Open Source project, Godot is more than a game engine

By: Juan Linietsky diff --git a/article/asset-library-web-frontend-reaches-beta/index.html b/article/asset-library-web-frontend-reaches-beta/index.html index 0ef7d13e24..a914ff5cf3 100644 --- a/article/asset-library-web-frontend-reaches-beta/index.html +++ b/article/asset-library-web-frontend-reaches-beta/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ The Asset Library web frontend reaches beta – Godot Engine

The Asset Library web frontend reaches beta

By: Rémi Verschelde diff --git a/article/atlas-support-returns-godot-3-2/index.html b/article/atlas-support-returns-godot-3-2/index.html index d93d19172d..5def182e36 100644 --- a/article/atlas-support-returns-godot-3-2/index.html +++ b/article/atlas-support-returns-godot-3-2/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Atlas support returns to Godot 3.2 – Godot Engine

Atlas support returns to Godot 3.2

By: Juan Linietsky diff --git a/article/basic-cryptography-ssl-improvements/index.html b/article/basic-cryptography-ssl-improvements/index.html index 52424b6fed..5244939d79 100644 --- a/article/basic-cryptography-ssl-improvements/index.html +++ b/article/basic-cryptography-ssl-improvements/index.html @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Basic cryptography, SSL improvements – Godot Engine

Basic cryptography, SSL improvements

By: Fabio Alessandrelli diff --git a/article/become-godot-contributor-hacktoberfest-2018/index.html b/article/become-godot-contributor-hacktoberfest-2018/index.html index 9c915c7437..521f98350e 100644 --- a/article/become-godot-contributor-hacktoberfest-2018/index.html +++ b/article/become-godot-contributor-hacktoberfest-2018/index.html @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ Become a Godot contributor for Hacktoberfest 2018 – Godot Engine

Become a Godot contributor for Hacktoberfest 2018

By: Rémi Verschelde -Rémi Verschelde
1 October 2018
News

This article is from October 2018, some of its contents might be outdated and no longer accurate.
You can find up-to-date information about the engine in the official documentation.

October arrived, and with it one of the great community events of the FOSS year, the Hacktoberfest!

This event co-organized by Digital Ocean and GitHub has simple rules: contribute 5 pull requests to open source projects on GitHub, and you will get a cool T-shirt (plus eternal recognition from project maintainers and internal fame in many communities, or something close to that ;)).

And of course, Godot being one of the GitHub-hosted projects, you can work on your Hacktoberfest milestones by contributing directly to Godot’s source code or documentation.

Getting started

First of all head to the Hacktoberfest 2018 website and register with your GitHub account (if you haven’t one, you’ll have to register there too). The Hacktoberfest website has plenty of resources to get you started, and tips on how to find projects that you could be interested in, so make sure to check it in depth.

For Godot specifically, here are relevant links and tips:

Engine contributions

If you want to contribute to the game engine itself by fixing bugs or implementing enhancements (note that new features would be put on hold as we are in feature freeze - you can still make them but you wouldn’t get much feedback for now), head to the godotengine/godot repository. Most of the code is C++, with some bits in Objective-C (iOS/macOS), Java (Android) and JavaScript (HTML5).

This is also the place to work on the class reference, the documentation of all nodes available in Godot and their properties and methods.

Here’s how to get started:

If you want to work on the class reference, have a look at the dedicated page.

Documentation contributions

To contribute to the online documentation and tutorials, the main repository is godotengine/godot-docs. Note that as mentioned above, contributions to the class reference should instead be done directly in the engine repository (as the class reference is also included offline in the editor).

Here’s how to get started:

  • Check the list of issues and see if there’s anything you’d like to work on.
  • Review the documentation on how to write documentation (yes, that has to be documented too!).
  • Join the #documentation channel on Godot’s Discord server (most active place to discuss with fellow documentation contributors), or if you prefer the #godotengine-doc IRC channel on Freenode (but it’s less active).

That’s it! It’s a lot of links and documentation, but you of course don’t need to review everything in depth, look in priority at the contributor’s documentation and then pick something you’d like to work on.

Enjoy your Hacktoberfest and have fun contributing to your very own engine!

1 October 2018
News

This article is from October 2018, some of its contents might be outdated and no longer accurate.
You can find up-to-date information about the engine in the official documentation.

October arrived, and with it one of the great community events of the FOSS year, the Hacktoberfest!

This event co-organized by Digital Ocean and GitHub has simple rules: contribute 5 pull requests to open source projects on GitHub, and you will get a cool T-shirt (plus eternal recognition from project maintainers and internal fame in many communities, or something close to that ;)).

And of course, Godot being one of the GitHub-hosted projects, you can work on your Hacktoberfest milestones by contributing directly to Godot’s source code or documentation.

Getting started

First of all head to the Hacktoberfest 2018 website and register with your GitHub account (if you haven’t one, you’ll have to register there too). The Hacktoberfest website has plenty of resources to get you started, and tips on how to find projects that you could be interested in, so make sure to check it in depth.

For Godot specifically, here are relevant links and tips:

Engine contributions

If you want to contribute to the game engine itself by fixing bugs or implementing enhancements (note that new features would be put on hold as we are in feature freeze - you can still make them but you wouldn’t get much feedback for now), head to the godotengine/godot repository. Most of the code is C++, with some bits in Objective-C (iOS/macOS), Java (Android) and JavaScript (HTML5).

This is also the place to work on the class reference, the documentation of all nodes available in Godot and their properties and methods.

Here’s how to get started:

If you want to work on the class reference, have a look at the dedicated page.

Documentation contributions

To contribute to the online documentation and tutorials, the main repository is godotengine/godot-docs. Note that as mentioned above, contributions to the class reference should instead be done directly in the engine repository (as the class reference is also included offline in the editor).

Here’s how to get started:

  • Check the list of issues and see if there’s anything you’d like to work on.
  • Review the documentation on how to write documentation (yes, that has to be documented too!).
  • Join the #documentation channel on Godot’s Discord server (most active place to discuss with fellow documentation contributors), or if you prefer the #godotengine-doc IRC channel on Freenode (but it’s less active).

That’s it! It’s a lot of links and documentation, but you of course don’t need to review everything in depth, look in priority at the contributor’s documentation and then pick something you’d like to work on.

Enjoy your Hacktoberfest and have fun contributing to your very own engine!