I listened to the launch stream. They seem like nice people with good intensions. But it's probably going to take a while for them to get up to speed and evolve. So at first I think it's going to be mostly what Godot is. I think the biggest difference at start will be if they have a different strategy for merging PR's that have a hard time getting approved by the core team at Godot.

Let's see if Redot can implement Intel Arc GPU GI support faster than Godot 💫 😅

I think it has the disadvantage of splitting resources. Maybe I'm wrong about that as I've just been a user. As long as I'm not required to post a political message on a game I make, I don't really care. The way it sounded to me is it's just the forum moderator who basically knows little to nothing about the engine, anyway. We have this forum which I don't think is connected.

IMO the name Redot is synonymous with retard, and its kinda bad

Also google searches gives many other commercial stuff named RED DOT or something like that.. whic will confuse people even more.

Stuff from interview TLDR:
1) They are still working on release
2) Keep compatibility with OG godot
3) Idea is that to have redot as modules, menaing godot engine core will stays the same but redot stuff gonna be like modules, like in linux.
4) People want to replace gdscript, redot does not, not at the moment.
5) They gonna make yt channels that will feature projects, also they want weekly podcasts, where they talk about dev process and whats going with the engine.
6) They gonna post changelogs on twitter and youtube (i dont have twitter account, and kinda think this is bad)
7) Next week gonna be a mascot contest for the redot on discord (such a shame its on discord)
8) First build gonna be now-tomorrow ???
9) Improving documentation with more examples how to use functions
10) Website gonan be simple with download link and link to discord ( 🙁 )
11) Gonna be a games jam when the first build is out

    kuligs2 i have to agree using major, privately owned platforms as the primary method to communicate things as vital as changelogs, is strange, especially when the point of the fork is to avoid affiliation. that is, unless i'm understanding the point of the fork wrong. is the situation truly confusing, or is this post-viral head fog messing me up?

    besides that, when you say "synonymous", do you mean "sounds like", or "similar meaning/connotation"? if the former, i see that, and besides that i still don't like that name. terrible cadence, a pain to say aloud, and as you already stated, throws up well established unrelated search results from most search engines.
    it's like i say a lot offline, rule 1 to a memorable name, search it online before you decide. failing to do that is how your band never gets recognized and falls to time despite collaborating with Queen's Brian May.

        packrat the latter i mean.. language is subjective, what is offensive in one langvich is not in other .. you have to keep that in mind..

        I agree that you have to think before you name something... its easy to get in sweaty legal battle if you name something that already exist, and oh-oh..

        https://reddotgames.pl/

        redot.com

            kuligs2 Unfortunately his recording cuts off early.

            Here's the entire recording on X..
            I suspect you need to be logged in though. Not sure it's up on youtube yet. I couldn't find it.

              kuligs2 Hehe, yeah... They might have jumped the gun on that one.   😬 Redot Games is what sticks out to me.

                I find myself oddly indifferent towards the whole thing, including the original drama. Forking triggered by skirmishes between rainbow unicorns and attack helicopters is not the brightest of ideas imho.

                  xyz they tried to for gimp once, it didnt go well because as we all know gimp stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, someone didnt like it. D:

                  in few years we will see who is the real godot 😃

                    xyz skirmishes between rainbow unicorns and attack helicopters

                    Is this really necessary? I'd like to be able to visit a game dev forum without being reminded that the average person sees gay and trans people as at best a nuisance and at worst a plague on society, dealing with this shit in real life is already tiring enough. I guess it's my fault for clicking on this thread, but it's on my front page every time I check and there's no way to block or mute posts.

                        housatic I could be wrong but I think @xyz is referring to what Juan said about the situation. And what triggered the situation.

                        DaveTheCoder The blame for that belongs to the political left.

                        Let's not got there. No need to point fingers.

                              packrat I had to think about this one... I came to the conclusion that this is a bit too off-topic and removed it. 🙂

                                MikeCL I could be wrong but I think @xyz is referring to what Juan said about the situation. And what triggered the situation.

                                Maybe, all I know is at this point I just have the "rainbow attack helicopter" etc. jokes associated with people harassing me and my friends, so I get defensive when I see it 🙂

                                    SO just saying a RTS with rainbow unicorns vs attack helicopters would be pretty original.... an Apache and "sprinkles" facing off may get interesting... i will be taking bets.
                                    XYZ is just voicing the extremist nature displayed on both sides in a coy manner (i did "lol" personally). id think we all have the ability to see when something/someone is being too abrasive with their actions, and both parties have gone a little too far here overall.
                                    The whole point of having different parties is to decide HOW to achieve the SAME goal for the betterment of the people. somewhere along the line the world got stuck in a realm of extremes and people are missing the whole... work together aspect.... for the betterment of everyone.
                                    With that said i support the journey of the fork, as long as its headed in a meaningful direction... i really hope it doesn't continue to polarize the environment anymore than has been done here recently. I will still use Godot. Its was my last stop after trying the other engines and i have grown to appreciate the community more than anything.

                                    @MikeCL i will support whatever decision that is made on the forum... this is a great environment and you managed to keep this site "safe" from the BS.... kudos, really! I am "salty" about the outcome still, but it has little effect on me personally (so it does make me feel stupid being this way)... I just foresee this event being being the first step in a bad direction of partisan tactics. It is always best to treat a cancer before it spreads.

                                      if you say REDOT in the OFFICIAL discord it gives you a time-out and you cant post anything.... i literally tried asking about what people knew and if they tried it... guess Godot has an official stance on the fork now..... or they are letting the same person control their message... either way... pretty much the same tactics at work.