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   Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh: (cassidy@mastodon.blaede.family)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 03:56:21 JST Cassidy James :eos: :gg: :fh:

   Game developers:

   What do you think is holding Godot back from AAA game development, if anything? I’m aware of this¹ blog post (which has a lot of good information!), but I want to know what YOU think.

   If you don’t think anything about the engine itself is holding it back, why do you think we don’t see more AAA titles built with Godot? Especially in the current market with other big engines doing their best to push developers away.

   ¹https://godotengine.org/article/whats-missing-in-godot-for-aaa/

   #Godot #GameDev #Unity #UnrealEngine

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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 03:56:16 JST feld

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     @chas @cassidy > Baldurs Gate: the studio was practically picked for their existing engine and tooling
     
     Larian was previously denied rights to BG and only got the green light with Divinity: Original Sin II
     
     > Larian actually originally pitched for Baldur's Gate 3 back when Divinity: Original Sin 1 was in development, but Dungeons & Dragons owner Wizards of the Coast thought the Belgium studio too green, too inexperienced, Vincke said. Funny to hear that now, given the enormous success of the Original Sin series - and evidently Wizards soon cottoned on to what Larian could do. "During DOS2, they reached out to us and said, 'Do you still want to do it?'" Vincke said, to which the obvious answer was: "Yes - of course."
     
     https://www.eurogamer.net/its-true-divinity-studio-larian-is-making-baldurs-gate-3
     
     > Larian had a keen interest in making a Baldur’s Gate sequel. The company was denied the IP by WotC in 2014, having been deemed unproven after releasing Divinity: Original Sin. However, impressed with the premarketing of Divinity: Original Sin II three years later, WotC approached Larian for BG3.
     
     https://naavik.co/digest/baldurs-gate-3-stars-aligned-success/
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     Charles Corbett (chas@tty0.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 03:56:17 JST Charles Corbett

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     @cassidy one good example of this I just thought of it's Baldurs Gate: the studio was practically picked for their existing engine and tooling the would lend well to the genre and game design. They didn't go shopping for an engine like godot to adapt, they found one already tailored and a team experienced on it.

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     Charles Corbett (chas@tty0.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 03:56:18 JST Charles Corbett

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     @cassidy I really think Godot should also focus on the indie market, AAA has their own engines and processes. I know this first hand. They write their own tools, they have their own specs and standards. Godot might be fine for a AAA game, but most AAA studios already have years put into their own pipeline and tools for engines they already modified. Godot's primary draw is always going to be indies, startups, etc - people without those expensive custom pipelines who need better engine controls

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     Charles Corbett (chas@tty0.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 03:56:19 JST Charles Corbett

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     @cassidy I think Godot is being held back from higher tier indie development right now, let alone AAA. Don't get me wrong, I use Godot and prefer it, but I also spend a lot of time banging my head against it because of weird limitations, or import issues with 3D assets (godot just magically loses the last bone in an armature branch for example).

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     Charles Corbett (chas@tty0.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 04:08:22 JST Charles Corbett

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     @feld @cassidy I can also say with 100% certainty that some AAA developers go so far as writing their own asset formats and linkers because the demands and needs of a AAA title are simply in a different scope and scale than your typical indie title (for better or worse)

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     Charles Corbett (chas@tty0.social)'s status on Thursday, 30-Nov-2023 04:08:23 JST Charles Corbett

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     @feld @cassidy yes, I was wrong about selection - forgot they desperately wanted to do it - but I believe my point stands that they had an engine pretty much designed exactly for a D&D experience already with its entire pipeline of toolchains as a starting point

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