Godot Engine – Free and open-source 2D and 3D game engine
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderThis is a lot like an open source Unity. It is trying to be pretty comprehensive, and while a little thin in areas, they are doing a great job-- a lot of value for the "cost" (which is namely, learning the new platform.) The 2.x series is current, but 3.0 which is in the final stages is a big upgrade, with physically based rendering, a lot better shadow system, support for multiple programming/scripting languages and a visual programming language (for…
I really like Godot and I've been working on a small 3D game project using it. I'm not biased towards any game engine but whenever I attempted to learn Unity I'd find something that put me off which demotivated me. The UI, for example, is a huge turn off, I think it's straight up ugly and a poor user experience. The engine also doesn't get the best support on Linux (at least it didn't when I tried it last). So…
I’ve been working with Godot 4 on a multiplayer open world survival crafting game for just over a year now - and launched into Early Access back in May[0]. Happy to answer any questions about Godot! [0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2159650/Drift/
I'm working on a game in godot right now for fun. It's great.
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- Breakout years
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- Total points
- 900
- Total comments
- 196
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-23 | Godot Engine – Free and open source 2D and 3D game engine | jorgecastillo | 4 | 0 |
| 2017-01-09 | Godot Engine – open source Unity-like game engine | tekromancr | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-01-16 | Godot: advanced, feature-packed, multi-platform 2D/3D open source game engine | BuuQu9hu | 4 | 0 |
| 2017-04-13 | Godot – Multi-platform 2D and 3D open source game engine | amarsahinovic | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-08-08 | Godot Engine – Free and open source 2D and 3D game engine | macco | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-09-22 | Godot Engine – Free and open-source 2D and 3D game engineFirst breakout · Best thread | malikNF | 593 | 131 |
| 2018-12-24 | Godot Engine – Free and open-source 2D and 3D game engine | febin | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-02-26 | Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine | modinfo | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-01-16 | Godot | tosh | 4 | 1 |
| 2022-03-10 | Free and open source 2D and 3D game engineHall induction | modinfo | 231 | 52 |
| 2023-09-13 | Godot Game EngineLatest 20+ point return | _benj | 50 | 12 |
| 2025-08-14 | Godot: Free, open‑source game engine | doener | 2 | 0 |