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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 7d

With the cooperation of passivestar, his minimal theme is on the way to become the new default editor theme for the #godotengine! ✨

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/111118

Add a new editor theme by YeldhamDev · Pull Request #111118 · godotengine/godot

Is with great pleasure that I present you, Godot's soon-to-be new default theme! This is a 1:1 port of @passivestar's Minimal Theme, with himself also helping us behind the curtains in orde...

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21d

#godotengine 4.5 may have just been released, but there's no rest for the wicked: here comes animation length resizing via dragging! 🎞️

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/110623

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Sep 7

Feliz Dia da Independência do #brasil a todos os brasileiros do fediverso! 🇧🇷

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

I'm glad to announce that I will be working as a contractor for the @godotfoundation! :godot: Starting with this PR to make that UI focus is hidden when gained via mouse/touch input:

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/110250

#godotengine

Hide `Control` focus when given via mouse input by YeldhamDev · Pull Request #110250 · godotengine/godot

Closes godotengine/godot-proposals#6577 (by covering godotengine/godot-proposals#2011). This PR makes so that Controls will not show their focus state when activated via a mouse click. It also modi...

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Aug 11

I would like to remind people of a wonderful #foss forge called @Codeberg.

https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition

GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation

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Game Maker's Toolkit @gamemakerstoolkit.com · Aug 4

These are the engines used to make 9,724 games for the GMTK Game Jam in 2025!

1️⃣ Unity - 41%
2️⃣ Godot - 39%
3️⃣ Other / No Engine - 11%
4️⃣ Game Maker - 5%
5️⃣ Unreal Engine - 4%

Pie chart. Title reads "2025. Game engines used to create 9724 GMTK Game Jam Games" Unity has 41%. Godot has 39%. Other has 11%. Game Maker has 5%. Unreal has 4%.

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Jun 28

Really nice to see those two talking together!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9ahH6HrtTc

#stopkillinggames

Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · May 21

Hey there, still working on #Librerama, believe it or not. One of the new nanogames will feature my favorite desktop environment.

In the meantime, have a little fanart of Konqi, #kde's mascot.

Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Mar 6

Who wants a smart build options detection for their projects? 🛠️ I bet you do!

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/103719

#godotengine #lonewolftechnology #w4games

Make build profile project detection also set build options by YeldhamDev · Pull Request #103719 · godotengine/godot

Currently, the build profile editor only updates the used classes when attempting to detect from the project. This PR makes so that the other settings are also updated from the project information ...

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Feb 28

Did you ever wanted to ignore the laws of physics? ⚖️ Well, you still can't. But you can compile your #godotengine templates without them now!

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/103373

#lonewolftechnology #w4games

Allow to compile templates without physics servers by YeldhamDev · Pull Request #103373 · godotengine/godot

This one was prickly. Physics is entrenched around several parts of the engine, but here it is, the ability to compile it without any physics at all! Well, for the most part: Only template builds....

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Feb 21

I'm once again working with #lonewolftechnology and #w4games, this time to bring improvements to cutting out unnecessary fat from binaries in the #godotengine! 🪶

Here's one of them, the ability to compile the engine without RenderingDevice. Which will be useful for games that only use the […]

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Feb 14

Wanna share some love? 💗 Donate to pieces of #freesoftware you frequently use, they need your help to stay afloat.

#ilovefs

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Jan 12

Yes, I'm still working on the game.

Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Jan 12

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#Librerama #godotengine #codeberg

The number of commits in a Git repository being at 666.

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Dec 16

Wouldn't it be lovely to be able to scale bezier curves in the animation editor by just moving the mouse? Well...

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/100470

#godotengine #lonewolftechnology #w4games

Add selection box movement/scaling to the animation bezier editor by YeldhamDev · Pull Request #100470 · godotengine/godot

Implements godotengine/godot-proposals#3532 for the bezier editor. Screencast_20241216_114037.webm Sponsored By: 🐺 Lone Wolf Technology / 🍀 W4 Games.

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Dec 3

Today I bring you sub-resource filtering! 🔍

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/99966

#godotengine #lonewolftechnology #w4games

Make Inspector search inside sub-resources by YeldhamDev · Pull Request #99966 · godotengine/godot

This allows the inspector to search the properties of sub-resources (and the sub-resources of those as well), and keep them visible if they match the filter. Screencast_20241203_...

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Nov 25

An improvement for the runtime selection: *multi* selection!

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/99680

#godotengine #lonewolftechnology #w4games

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Nov 20

Guess whose #godotengine #plushie (finally) arrive?

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Nov 11

Some great news: the PR for making the game window embedded into the editor is open! Created by a fellow #godotengine member:

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/99010

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Oct 31

Here's a Halloween treat for you all: now when editing files like images and sounds, they will also update at runtime! Boo! 👻

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/98710

#godotengine #lonewolftechnology #w4games

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Oct 25

I think it's time we *scale* things up! Ha ha, get it? Because it's a PR related to scaling and, and... I will shut up now.

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/98534

#godotengine #lonewolftechnology #w4games

Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Oct 10

Coming out of the oven, piping hot: a bottom panel lock to prevent involuntary tab switching! 🔒

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/98074

#godotengine #lonewolftechnology #w4games

Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Oct 8

Update on the Game editor PR in the #godotengine:
- Selection of nodes can now be done without suspending the game!
- Camera override added!
- Editor state is now saved.
- General bugfixes.

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/97257

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Sep 24

Another one hot from the oven: Inspector favorites! ⭐

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/97415

#godotengine
#lonewolftechnology
#w4games

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Michael Alexsander @yeldham.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · Sep 21

The foundation to a much requested feature for the #godotengine:

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/pull/97257

I would like to thank both #lonewolftechnology and #w4games for sponsoring me to do this task (and many others that will come, stay tuned! 😉).

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