Visual Scripting in Game Development ... And Why Godot Are Wrong

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Godot just announced they were removing VisualScript from Godot 4. I think this decision is the correct one, but I do also believe the conclusions for why it failed that they have drawn are the wrong ones.

This video looks at the 3 most popular forms of visual scripting in various game engines, discusses the merits of each, then gets into why I think Godot are drawing the wrong conclusions on why their visual scripting implementation failed.

Links Godot Removing VisualScript From Godot 4: https://gamefromscratch.com/visualscript-removed-from-godot-4/

Microsoft MakeCode Arcade Tutorial: https://gamefromscratch.com/making-a-game-using-microsoft-makecode-arcade-tutorial/

GDevelop 5 Game Engine Revisited: https://gamefromscratch.com/gdevelop-game-engine-revisted/

Codeless Visual Scripting Game Engines: https://gamefromscratch.com/codeless-visual-scripting-game-engines/