Godot was a big winner when devs revolted against Unity's Runtime Fee—but its founders were worried about a surprise influx of users.
  • chickenf622@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Glad to see there are some level heads leading this project. Also great answer to how to pronounce it, the GIF creator should’ve gone for that instead of the pun.

    • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      Yeah except it’s named after the play so it’s definitely pronounced God-oh. I think people just mispronounce it Go-dot if they haven’t heard of the play. Looking at you Mr Linus Tips.

      • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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        2 months ago

        From the article linked on this very post:

        Those open source values even extend to how you pronounce the engine’s name. We asked if Godot is pronounced “Go-dough,” like the play, or “Go-dot.”

        “It’s open source,” Verschelde said with a grin. “Pronounce it however you like.”

        • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
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          2 months ago

          They’re being diplomatic. From Wikipedia:

          The name “Godot” was chosen due to its relation to Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot, as it represents the never-ending wish of adding new features in the engine, which would get it closer to an exhaustive product, but never will.

          • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
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            2 months ago

            It’s clear that it’s named after the play. It’s also clear that the devs really don’t care how you say it.

            Personally, I think I’ll start doing god-ot, as in “got it”.