Xogot - Godot On iPad is Freakin Amazing!

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[@arthritic]

@@gamefromscratch so no one has got a game to demo? Yall are Godot cultists. Show me your game please.

[@LinguisticMirage]

Anki game engine seem really promising and has been in development for 15 years it would be greatly appriciated if you could cover this engine. They have a website and github repo

[@gladiumcaeli]

I'm not sure if Xodot has the swipe to type feature but that would make development much more easier and smoother

[@MoguMasso]

I met the guy at FOSDEM 2016. He kept asking me questions about Godot since I was behind the booth. He's a mad lad.

[@nikkehtine]

That guy is absolutely cracked, what a legend

[@technosurfer92]

If the endgame of this effort is that someone high up at Apple notices this, and ends up donating to the Godot Foundation, then all of this effort would have been worth it.

[@corimyers4985]

As a former Apple Employee I can tell you chances of that happening are slim to none. Nearly 10 years working there, and trying to even get them to even recognize Blender..didn’t happen until I was about to leave. Apple now hires idiots to run most everything there. Non-techies, who don’t know WiFi from C++. Wish I was kidding.

[@askeladden450]

Does apple even have any history of donating to open source. I see other corporations all the time but never apple.

[@hsvfanjan17]

@@askeladden450 A few years ago they started donating to Blender. There are probably more examples, just search for them online

[@prathamshenoy9840]

@@askeladden450 they do as far as I know but they can be unpredictable... I wouldn't be surprised if Apple tried to block game engines running on iPad just to sherlock

[@gorlix]

​@@prathamshenoy9840 that's the first thing I thought 😅

[@ameerashourdraws]

This looks really great and impressive! Hope this gets done, and honestly, I hope the official Android version's UI gets the same treatment as Xodot!

[@maxking97]

that would be awesome

[@KorinDevsDumbStuff]

Godot with MaterialYOU theming would be crazy

[@btarg1]

I really like this UI, even compared to the desktop version. Porting to iPad really gave them an excuse to give Godot a nicer user experience!

[@gamechannel1271]

Only nicer for a touch screen only device. Would be terrible to use on anything with a dedicated mouse and keyboard.

[@WalterMan]

Apple’s UI is really beautiful. Makes you wonder what a macOS port of Godot with the Apple UI would look like.

[@Not_Salman]

Now I want blender on Ipad

[@TheRealAfroRick]

I asked the Blender community about this a couple of years ago and they came at me with pitchforks and torches.

[@randomly2000]

Not gona happen, They even not make on android. Free apps always android first and then Ipad, Like Godot.

[@FlooferLand]

Blender is a lot more hardware-dependent unfortunately, unlike Godot. Godot was built from the ground up to be deployed on any platform no matter how ridiculous, Blender depends on a lot of desktop-specific things

[@christianr.5868]

Yup, just a matter of time I feel. M4 iPad would be a beast for NPR eevee projects and grease pencil stuff

[@TheRealAfroRick]

@@FlooferLand Like what?

[@richbuilds_com]

Y'see, this is the power of Open Source. Can you image the hoops he would have had to jump through to get Unity working on an iPad? Without access to the source? Everything about this is impressive

[@dorjedriftwood2731]

Yeah open source and openly hateful of conservatives.

[@Gladstone-hk9xw]

@@dorjedriftwood2731 Except that they aren't, but don't let facts get in the way of playing the victim card.

[@CoffeeDrinkerKim]

@@dorjedriftwood2731Godot doesn’t hate conservatives, but I sure do.

[@DrawSage]

I might cry. I have wanted a solid game engine on ipads for years.

[@christianr.5868]

HyperPad is also a great one for 2d games

[@juneru2]

My dream of drawing sprites and making games all on my iPad is FINALLY coming true! It's so frustrating how powerful new iPads are, and yet there's barely any apps that utilize said power.

[@Beryesa.]

Migueeeeel de Icazaaaa???!!!! The GNOME founders!!!! This has gotta be solid 🌟

[@fablewalls]

This is SO cool. I have Godot for Android on my Samsung S9 and this port blows that away.

[@antoniocapraro89]

Switch to godot was the best thing I ever did, I have seen your videos to know about godot the first time.

[@richbuilds_com]

WHY DIDN'T HE CALL IT IGOT!!!??!

[@piztech5168]

bc it's dumb

[@Dave102693]

I love it 😂

[@christianr.5868]

With this, nomad sculpt or valance 3d for modeling, cozy blanket or uniform for retopology (uniform can also “sculpt” normal maps), procreate for texture painting, and soon morphin 3d for rigging and animation. The iPad could make some sweet 3d games all on its own

[@KlonoaDreamer]

Naomi just added auto rigging

[@christianr.5868]

@ that’s awesome too, but it’s only humanoid characters right?

[@christianr.5868]

@ hell and cascaduer is on iPad now too! Almost forgot

[@KlonoaDreamer]

@@christianr.5868 correct

[@Cluxiu]

this guy man, wow.

[@MichaelGGarry]

Finally a use for all that M4 power?

[@hsvfanjan17]

There are other powerful apps on the iPad but the problem is that most can't really use all of that power in a good way. Hardware has been excepional for years and I hope they'll eventually give developers tools to use it

[@prathamshenoy9840]

for Apple, the hardware specs are just marketing gimmicks because they know it can never be used to the full potential and they control the walled garden

[@hsvfanjan17]

@@prathamshenoy9840 they get good use in their Macs so I wouldn't agree with that

[@jay.rhoden]

It looks so much nicer with a native interface. I hope he makes a native Mac version as well.

[@potato9832]

So you take your tablet, add a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, and now you've got a tiny portable development workstation? Huh. 🤔

[@chidorirasenganz]

And you don’t even need that. Everything works even with just touch or the Pencil

[@Mikefiser]

Really cool to code on android tablet on the go, but difficult with the UI. this would help the andorid version a lot

[@inkapmusic]

the farther from windows the better, nice work!

[@MichielvandenAnker]

I think Linux is farther from Windows than Apple's golden cage tbh.

[@inkapmusic]

@@MichielvandenAnker agreed

[@prathamshenoy9840]

@@MichielvandenAnker I got a new laptop, installed linux as dual boot. It occupies 2.5GB of memory out of 16GBs. When I boot windows, 8Gbs of 16 is already occupied. Gives so much more performance on linux

[@Shazzner]

Literally no idea Miguel de Icaza was doing Godot stuff, that's cool.

[@aiden_obj]

Really hope this puts some fire under the feet of some Blender contributors to port it to iPad

[@Dave102693]

Ikr?

[@bonecircuit]

Blender has too many requirements for keyboard commands and will be a super long shot. Consider other tools in the meantime like Nomad Sculpt etc.

[@regularguy3879]

@@bonecircuit well, what's the problem? You can use keyboard on ipad

[@mgord9518]

​@@regularguy3879The problem is that it would be an absolutely massive amount of work for very few users. On top of that, Apple charges high fees to keep an app on the store.

[@aiden_obj]

@bonecircuit one can hope 🥲

[@rmt3589]

Not only best me to it, but did far better than I imagined mine being. Probably just gonna use this.

[@Theraot]

"Me Guess", but swap the s with an l sound, and you have Miguel.

[@leocomerford]

0:58 The Ladybird web browser project has been using Swift for its web browser which runs on Linux (and OS X).

[@jarwarren]

Migwel. Exo-Got. Your pronunciation game in unrivaled lol

[@Ignawesome]

Miguel = Mee-**gehl** It's also the equivalent of Michael

[@OsoTedyfazbear3329]

Como hispanohablante te diré que estas en lo correcto: Michael Jackson = Miguel hijo de Jacobo

[@lyghtkruz]

I saw someome running Godot on an iPad over a year ago but it wasn't ready for sharing and hacky to get working. I wouldn't mind paying a fee to get Xogot, as there has been many times I've wanted to make a change to a project or test out an idea and it's cumbersome to carry around an iPad and a laptop or even Chromebook around. I usually carry my iPad everywhere so this would be an amazing addition! 🎉

[@Baekstrom]

How about deploying your project? How does that work?

[@SirusStarTV]

If IOS doesn't allow to produce .ipa app files then only by generating game files that are read by godot player.

[@JuxGD]

me-ghel thæ e-kahh-sah

[@magnetomage]

oh, i was thinking it would be zo-go

[@Lambert06Pasquale06]

Taking "mobile" gaming to a new level! So stoked.

[@pandaengine]

Okay now my dream has been fulfilled, I need another one!

[@richbuilds_com]

I wonder if any of these interface tweaks will make it to the desktop? I sorta kinda like the right hand sidebar way of handling nested resources, but it needs a breadcrumb or similar so you can jump back quick.

[@B0A2]

This is so cool. I may have to start messing with this.

[@seawardspy-jl4hz]

This is actually crazy

[@gnumaru]

Godot on an ipad is a lovecraft monster🤣 edit: I forgot this would be pronounced as "zogot" by native english speakers. My native language is portuguese. "X" is usually pronounced as "SH", not as "Z", so xogot would be pronounced as shogot, almost like shoggoth, the lovecraftian monster.

[@Sand.]

i wish i had this 6 years ago when i didn’t have a computer but had a iPad & REALY wanted to code

[@alejandroklever]

The Godot Mac version should look this well too.

[@Ihsnetad]

I hope that as the result of this project, we would have native UI controls available to godot. It is very critical on mobile to have native looks for screens.

[@Dimmerr]

Are you going to cover s&box? It's a new game platform/engine based on source 2 by Facepunch studios (whom created Garry's mod and Rust). It runs modern .NET 9, uses html/scss for UI, Unity-like editor, networking built in and standalone exporting. Still in early development though but it would be nice to get some coverage.

[@gamefromscratch]

It's high on my todo

[@christianr.5868]

Will it be able to export games?

[@Kioki1-x8p]

Godot has a bright future as a game engine because it's open-source & no hidden fees, nor any future costs unlike private closed-source.

[@fablewalls]

There's something odd here - Mike from Gamefromscratch or maybe Brad Colbow said Krita would never be on the App store because of the Open Source licence....?

[@dorjedriftwood2731]

Except the cost to your dignity for alignment with an engine which is pushing “the message” while banning top tier supporters for asking them to pay attention to development rather than virtue signaling. It is incredible you can do game development on an I pad. Really I do think this is absolutely revolutionary. However we are still in a world where people are treated as less than just for objecting against overt propaganda being forced on us. I don’t think it is wise to overlook any company that will block its own supporters for simply asking for not wanting to be preached to when he is waiting for solutions around bitmaps support should be noted as being a possible problem. They blocked hundreds of people from the GitHub page so they couldn’t even download it. If you have any strong political opinions at all you shouldn’t worry that the open source engine you use might be able to revoke your license simply for being of a particular opinion. That is what I would describe as a hidden fee.

[@JOELwindows7]

I am now waiting for Jetpack Compose ones! (Android but instead of raw whole, it's also mobile friendly with that Godot as a widget view) Wonder if Flutter ones also there.

[@alexanderbuchler4048]

He was at GodotCon Berlin and his showcase was so based and entertaining. The talk is online somewhere on KZbin

[@AnasSiddiquee]

I really hope they fix the android app! It's hell to work with it

[@MarcosCodas]

That is super, super cool.

[@andreioraseanu9652]

Can you save files/games/projects in a cloud drive/OneDrive so you can work on the same game from your iPad and PC? It would be really cool to do work from home then continue that work with your iPad elsewhere

[@TheAlphaPanda13]

We got Godot on iPad before gta6.

[@riufq]

We got godot on samsung fridge before gta6, when?

[@johndrippergaming]

Thank god I hate gta

[@Mahesh_65629]

😐😐😐😐

[@YoutuberUser000]

Kid just stop being cringe

[@635574]

Imagine GTA6 on ipad

[@nordern1]

Impressive. But doesn't Apple still have a ban on programs that run user editable code?

[@itsjoellescott6343]

I'm unsure. For example on iSH I write, compile, and execute C scripts all the time.

[@redbul17]

Is this cross-compatible with standard godot? Can you work on a project on Pc and then pull it up on iPad in a pinch, and use GitHub or similar to swap back and forth? If so this becomes an awesome way to do a bit of dev on the go or from the couch

[@gunterstunter]

This is amazing! It would be awesome if they did this with unity and unreal too.

[@julio1148]

I'm sorry if I missed it, but which iPad model and gen did you use for this video?

[@gamefromscratch]

Gen 1 pro

[@julio1148]

@ thank you!!

[@randomnyyStrannik]

Will it be released on appstore someday?

[@KlonoaDreamer]

Yes it’s on TestFlight in beta on iPad now

[@solodobo]

Has he mentioned if its the latest version of godot or if he will update xogot as godot gets updated?

[@YigitKilicaslan]

Why are you using camtasia? obs is free and better

[@sebastian96s]

looks nice

[@marvetoons1625]

This is really impressive If only someone can do the same for the android version

[@ddxyzz]

Now i want mobile version to get as good as this

[@JorgeRosa]

GODOT with more amazing News! 👍

[@chaosmachines934]

4:09 so asking for godot UI update bad because

[@gricchastain6506]

I cant beleive i didnt think to help, i have ipad with ios 18+ and developer account, but when i got on it i dint know ahy to get back lost on android, but did just accidentally learn device link terms as well as finally ready to deaign driver conditions for communication between devices, and new facilitations in system secondary systems permission from each obverse orchestrations

[@DayOfCasual]

Could someone explain to me why would I want this on Ipad over just new Mac architecture? I am not a Mac user, I just wanna learn.

[@KlonoaDreamer]

For me, all I have is an iPad Pro with a 2gen Apple Pencil and typing cover/case, my only option for game dev was GDevelop for iOS

[@ShiloBuff]

This is one of the most impressive projects i've ever seen, possibly more impressive than Godot editor itself.

[@nowherebrain]

seems it would be frustrating to script with though....because then you need and external keyboard to do it competently...then you have to ask, why don't I just have a laptop..???

[@KlonoaDreamer]

A lot of people have a keyboard cover I know I do for my iPad Pro

[@nowherebrain]

@@KlonoaDreamer ok, my point is still valid...if you want to use an ipad, there is nothing wrong with that...but you are carrying around two items in place of one....that's my point.

[@KlonoaDreamer]

@@nowherebrain I get what you’re saying, but the keyboard IS the cover, so I always have the keyboard with me

[@mxjxn-art]

Love your videos but it's hard to hear you but such a simple and common name

[@corimyers4985]

Not clear on how to grab this…no links Mike!

[@gamefromscratch]

There is a link to the form. You fill out the form then when accepted you get a code. You use an app on iPad called test flight and enter that code and presto. So yeah while in testing not the easiest process.

[@GarredHATES]

Finally I can make games on the can

[@MavikBow]

But why give it a separate name?

[@heysoygiovanni6616]

godot es como el color blanco tiene todos lso colores, unavez estudie genética pero cuando vi que no funciono me fui a la matrix de pixeles [], recuerdo que fue la mejor opción,

[@SHuRiKeN1812]

Didnt the engine got renamed tho ? "-"

[@VM-wt5bl]

is Xogot supposed to be pronounced as Shoggoth? I like it. Game development can be a bit lovecraftian.

[@KlonoaDreamer]

I think it would be zogo

[@raulcengher7735]

There is a android game engine and is called It's Magic Engine

[@Kevinaya]

Godot is available on play store too

[@YigitKilicaslan]

And to record your iPad you could just use apples recording application

[@F-aber]

Ok but why isn’t it called Xodot?

[@JayYeasmin]

Good for migwell

[@FDUKMusic]

I can’t even find it on the App Store?

[@JuhoSprite]

Can't wait for Zzzodot (use Godot in your sleep)

[@Sadewoo0]

Blender next

[@dugtrioramen]

This guy is insane

[@Aeduo]

Was that thumbnail on purpose? Haha. I guess if one wants to grab attention it works.

[@tequilasunset4651]

Well, now I have 2 reasons to get an iPad. (The first being Procreate)

[@TheTongolele360]

Mig-L bro not Mi-goo-el

[@PutinGaming]

I just can't see this being fun to use.

[@DigitalProphet_]

Very impressive. Just a pity I can’t click with the Godot way of working and I’m not keen on GDscript. Last time I checked C# was still a second class citizen. I want to like it but I still prefer Unity.

[@GoblinArmyInYourWalls]

Don't really understand where this second class citizen dialouge comes from, I've been using c# for a whole now and other than needing am external editor it's not bad at all. Seem like the only people who keep repeating this second class citizen nonsense are people who don't use it.

[@DigitalProphet_]

Hey you are completely right I don’t really use it. It is the perception I have on it however. Usually I read someone say I want to use Godot but that they want to use C#. Then usually what follows is a bunch of Godot users saying one should rather use GDscript because of reasons. i’m just not a fan right now of how the node system and stuff works. I guess it’s familiarity and that the reason I think that way. A lot of time spent getting familiar with a tool is sometimes difficult to just unlearn I guess. I will give Godot it another go sometime but right now it’s not a priority.

[@ThreeFortyThree]

This wouldn’t be using C# (Miguel is on record explaining why C# isn’t great for games.) This uses Swift, and you can see it in the code examples on screen in the video.

[@nue_hazel]

Testing Xogot for few days, there’s a lot of things to do. Still unusable for now.

[@0x1337feed]

"Gedow" lmao

[@giffiyt]

Someone should port this GUI to Android as well.

[@ExplorerOfAges]

I get that you want to put out a video as quickly as possible, but please take two minutes to look up how to pronounce a name before you start. It's really grating that a lot of content creators don't do this.

[@OrangeCat-vj4qx]

this is cool. i hope its available for redot soon, as redot seems the more trustable choice at the moment for game dev

[@CoffeeDrinkerKim]

How so?

[@OrangeCat-vj4qx]

@@CoffeeDrinkerKim recently there was controversy where redot took one side of politcs (woke) and said they would not tolerate anyone or anything who didnt agree with them, going on a blocking and banning spree for any devs who questioned the wisdom of this. this is bad of course, as an open source project and for game devs who want to be able to trust godot as a tool

[@CoffeeDrinkerKim]

@@OrangeCat-vj4qx Ok but this didn’t actually happen. The Godot twitter account made a jab at some dude who claimed game engines are woke, jokingly calling themselves “wokot”. This upset a lot of right wingers who started literally harassing the main account as well as other devs and community members. All they did was twitter block the harassing accounts (and a few accidental innocents which they soon rectified). At most, the main admin of the Godot Cafe discord, an UNOFFICIAL server, said some pretty spicy stuff, but they aren’t affiliated with Godot on any official capacity.

[@kortyzol420]

If only blender was possible...

[@KlonoaDreamer]

I really don’t get the whole thing with Godot, I really don’t care what the people who made it think about anything or how they live their lives other than the fact that they have made a good game engine that is free and open source, me making a game with said engine in no way identifies me and the game that I might make with it with the people who made the game engine just like me watching a movie has nothing to do with the actors in the movies personal thoughts on something or what they do with their life outside of they acted the part well in a movie.

[@philosoaper]

now, if only some competent individual makes Xlender....

[@lordmuaddib]

it looks amazing, but it makes me a bit sad, the godot team is halting any kind of jit development to keep up with apple's bs policy...it's a stupid decision

[@vRV379]

Make review on kdenlive

[@00jknight]

Miguel de Icaza is impressive and I consider this a hobby project of his. That being said, I think this is kinda a waste of effort. I cant see this being useful.

[@chidorirasenganz]

Braindead take

[@dovmerrill804]

@@00jknight Why do you say that? Serious question.

[@jeremykiel6709]

@@dovmerrill804 because game dev tooling is usually lead by the commercial industry and productivity. The only real world application this might solve is portable level previewing. Like how architect have tablets to show clients. Other than that, it is inferior to just using a desktop environment.

[@karidyas00]

It makes Godot available to people without access to desktop environments either temporarily or at all. That might not be serious enough for you but for education and accessibility it's amazing.

[@chidorirasenganz]

@ That or people who prefer iPadOS to macOS

[@ChristopherCricketWallace]

WIZARDRY

[@REOsama]

The real challenge is not technical, it is actually the developer experience, the UI/UX, if it is awkward then no body will use it

[@silent21shredz]

Genuine question what's the point of this at all? No one is is gonna be using a game engine on an ipad to code up anything important. Using it as a 3d model or scene viewer has better alternatives. So again just why does this exist? Seems like such a gigantic undertaking for no reason or benefits.

[@KlonoaDreamer]

I gave the same answer to someone else with a similar question, all I have is an iPad Pro with a 2gen Apple Pencil and typing cover/case, my only option for game dev was GDevelop for iOS

[@silent21shredz]

@@KlonoaDreamer I'm curious now, did you manage to develop any games that you released with GDevelop? The idea of developing a game on iPad even if the game development tool exists, seems like such a huge mental chasm to cross for me I can't wrap my head around it. Also if Godot exists on the iPad how do you think you'd use it? I can't imagine being able to make good progress using it through this, even a dirt cheap weak laptop compared to an ipad pro should be such a huge improvement the ipad route isn't worth considering even if possible.

[@KlonoaDreamer]

@ GDevelop is a free no code game engine, I have not made a game with it but lots of people have or are in production, it was 2D mostly but can now make 3D games, myself I work long hours and am married with children so I don’t have the time to commit to making a full fledged game although I would love to. I believe I have the skills. Do you have an iPad Pro or iPhone? I see the newest pro models as quite powerful, I mean ZBrush is on ipad now… it can run games on the level of XBOX One and PS4 or higher, Look up the video from IGN: “AAA games on iPhone is no joke” and obviously iPad Pro’s are more powerful than iPhone. I think it may be a reality now to have a complete game making workflow on the iPad.